Rays Chiriyakhana to be remade by Anjan Dutta

Kolkata, Dec 11 (PTI) Satyajit Rays multiple award winning crime drama "Chiriyakhana" starring Uttam Kumar is set to be remade by National award winning director Anjan Dutta.

Based on Saradindu Bandyopadhyays story featuring Byomkesh Bakshi, Rays "Chiriyakhana", released in 1967, had fetched the legendary filmmaker the best director award in the National Awards presentation.

Dutta said his film would have more literary overtones and less of influence of Rays film, specially in the delineation of the character of Byomkesh.

"My film will not be influenced by Chiriyakhana of Ray and Byomkesh will not be influenced by Uttam Kumars style and mannerism," Dutta told PTI.

He said that his film would be guided purely by the original novel and not by Rays film.

Jisshu Sengupta will play the role of Byomkesh, the director said.

Asked further about the influence of Rays classic, Dutta said, "If someone wishes to make Nastoneer, Tagores famous short story which was made into Charulata by Satyajit Ray, there was no reason to infer that he needed to draw reference from Charulata," Dutta said.

The director, who has plans to direct Albert Camus "The Outsider", says he has the script ready.

Dutta said, "While Satyajit Ray had been banking on stories by famous novelists like Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhya, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Saradindu Bandopadhyay for his films, and Mrinal Sen on Subodh Ghosh and Premendra Mitra, our generation of film makers started writing our own stories. But again we are turning back to literary works by our masters." PTI SUS MD MM JCH