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Kolkata, Jan 26 (PTI) With cinephiles returning to theatres and multiplexes following a dip in fresh COVID-19 cases, at least three Bengali filmmakers have lined up their movies for release, including one on Wednesday.
"8/12", a movie depicting the assassination of the then tyrant IG (Prisons) Lieutenant Colonel N S Simpson by freedom fighters Benoy Bose, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta at the then British secretariat Writers" Building in the heart of Kolkata, will be released in theatres on Republic Day, its producer Kan Singh Sodha told PTI.
"We were initially in dilemma over the release date due to the COVID-19 situation, but we finally decided that it would be apt to release it on Republic Day as a mark of respect to the three freedom fighters," he said.
Film director Arun Roy said, "In the first week of January, when cases had spiralled, we had mulled deferring the release.
However, after much discussion, we decided to release it on January 26.
It is a special movie for us in which we have paid homage to our national heroes." Two other big releases, Srijit Mukherji directed "Kakababur Pratyabartan" and Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy produced "Baba Baby O", are scheduled for release on February 4.