Spectacular locales where ‘Avijatrik’ was shot
‘Apart from many other exotic vintage locations in Varanasi, we also shot on those very places where Aparajito and Joy Baba Felunath were filmed’
The film
Avijatrik is the concluding part of the epic novel Aparajito by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and sequel to the great Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray. So I did not take any chance and resort to any compromise in terms of production value and film aesthetics. My senior team members were also up to this monumental task, so that we can pay a perfect homage to those masters. Visually, I wanted this film to be as exotic and as breathtaking as it can be, to portray the real India, to portray the wanderlust of Apu. The visual journey is equally complemented by the diverse authentic soundscape design by Tirthankar Majumdar and a brilliant original score by Bickram Ghosh, so that audio visually the entire experience becomes rich with emotions.