Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood veteran Prosenjit Chatterjee is set to return as Kakababu, a fictional character sketched by late Bengali author Sunil Gangopadhyay, onscreen.

The film will be directed by Chandrasish Ray and produced by SVF and NIdeas Creations and Productions.

The mahurat of the film was held at SVF office on Friday.

Prosenjit Chatterjee and others at the mahurat of the film. (Photo courtesy: SVF)

Prosenjit had earlier featured as Kakababu under senior filmmaker Srijit Mukherji's direction in Mishawr Rawhoshyo (2013), Yeti Obhijaan (2017) and Kakababur Protyaborton (2022).

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