Tagore's international biopic set to roll from next month

The team of Argentine director Pablo Cesar's international biopic on Rabindranath Tagore, Thinking of Him held a press meet in Kolkata on Monday, August 30.

Present were the cast Victor Banerjee, Raima Sen, director Cesar and co-producer Suraj Kumar. The film deals with Tagore and the impact of renowned Argentine journalist and author Victoria Ocampo on the former's life. It's a joint production between Johnsons - Suraj Films International, India and Caesar Production, Argentina.

The film will also be made in Spanish and Bengali and will be shot in West Bengal, Argentina and France. Unlike regular movies, this film will be shoot on 35mm and the Kodak Company is exclusively manufacturing the film reels for the same. Shooting begins in September.

Banerjee essays the role of Tagore and is joined by an ensemble cast of Indian and international actors like Raima, Eleonora Wexner, Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal and Hector Bordoni. The crew has been chosen from various Latin American countries and includes Carlos Isman (DOP), Jerenimo Toubes (writer) and others.

An international biopic on Tagore

Time and again Rabindranath Tagore has been captured on screen, be it him or his works. Now Argentine filmmaker takes one step ahead by being the first director to make an English biopic on the Nobel laureate.

An Indo-Argentine production, Thinking of Him is director Pablo Cesar's tribute to Tagore and stars Victor Banerjee as Tagore and Raima Sen in the lead. Backed by the Argentine government which is investing in movie, Thinking of Him will also be made in Spanish and Bengali apart from English. The film will be shot in West Bengal, Argentina, and France.

Shooting begins in Shantiniketan, where Tagore spent a large chunk of his life, from September 5.