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It stars Sohini Sarkar as Laili (Lady Macbeth), Debasish Mondal as Mandaar (Macbeth), Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dablu Bhai (King Duncan), and Anirban Bhattacharya as Muqaddar Mukherjee, a corrupt police officer.
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- A Hungry Man Is A Demon!
- Lady Macbeth Time and Again Questions His Manhood
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- What You Get Is Not What You See, with Mukaddar
- These Are All Fantastic Actors I Have Worked with
- Theatre Has Shaped My Life, My Personality
- Whatever You Create Exists Within The Wheels of The Modern Times Machine
Setting it against the backdrop of a fisheries village in East Midnapore. How did that come about? We had a few elements in mind when it came to the geographical backdrop. We were talking of contemporary society, not kings and dukes. But there’s a grandness to Shakespeare’s plays… the palaces or, say, the barren landscape through which Macbeth and ...
And the three witches… the mother, son and the cat here. That’s a very interesting take on the witches. Take us through the ideation for this. (Laughs) To convey what I had in mind as a director for the witches – in this case Majnu Budi, Pedo and Bedal (the cat) – required a certain level of skill or erudition. I have no hesitation in admitting tha...
Talking about Mandaar’s sexual dysfunction and the interplay of sex and power in your adaptation, the impotence (weakness) is alluded to in the original but here it comes to the forefront. I have always believed that sexual desire is an integral part of our lives, be it a metropolitan city or the back of beyond. If you consider Manik Bandopadhyay’s...
Mandaar is one of the most innovative visual and aural designs I have seen in Indian cinema. From workers dressed in faux Barcelona shirts, Dablu Bhai’s son wearing a Che Guevara tee while beating up a worker, the sound of a child’s laughter as Laayli’s ringtone, the fluid camerawork juxtaposing top-angle shots with static shots that seem like we a...
Coming to the character you play – Mukaddar Mukherjee. That’s an addition at your end. What was it that prompted you to have him talk in English? The music he plays on his mobile is as alien to the landscape of Mandaaras to jolt you with its innovativeness. His penchant for food (you have so many scenes of him eating). The almost feminine way he sp...
A note on the selection of actors. These are largely hitherto unseen faces, drawn from theatre. They look like they emerge from the landscape, belong there. Even Sohini (Sarkar) is far removed from the actor we have known so far. The decision to cast actors primarily from theatre was not premeditated in any way. I needed a certain kind of ‘face’ wi...
How has your background in theatre shaped your vision for the series? Whatever I do – be it acting, writing, composing, singing – all of these are informed by my training in theatre. I owe all my learnings to theatre. Coming to cinema, I have only worked in the medium but it has not trained me for anything – that credit belongs entirely to my tryst...
What next? Where does Anirban go from here? You have set the bar impossibly high both for yourself and for cinema in Bengal! (Laughs) I really don’t know. I am aware of the inherent charm of your first initiative. Its acceptance is as influential as its rejection. But I am also aware, we no longer have cinema – we have content. We have concepts now...
Nov 20, 2021 · Mandaar is much closer to Macbeth, not only in terms of (almost) supernatural elements but also that women take power in their hands here, even though they don't ever dirty their hands themselves. Anirban has added some sleazy shots which are a mood kill in the intense story.
- Shaheen Irani
Nov 19, 2021 · Mandaar, the new Bengali web series starring actors Debasish Mondal and Sohini Sarkar, is an adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy Macbeth, said actor Anirban Bhattacharya, who is making his directorial debut with the series, in conversation with Silverscreen India.
Nov 19, 2021 · Based on Macbeth, the series is gnarly and oftentimes difficult to watch. Mandaar is extremely well-crafted. As I mentioned previously, the series wastes no time to get the show running.
Mandaar is a Bengali web series directed by Anirban Bhattacharya. It is starring Sohini Sarkar, Anirban Bhattacharya and Debasish Mondal in the lead roles. The series is made under the banner of SVF Entertainment. It is based on the Macbeth written by William Shakespeare.
Based on William Shakespeare's one of the most iconic tragedies "Macbeth", it does not fail to live up to neither the adaptation, nor the hype it received. The cinematography's excellence is clearly visible from the first episode of the series.
