Victor Banerjee & Sanjay Suri commence shooting for NFDC home production
IMP News Wire, Dated 23 May 2009

The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) the central agency established to encourage good cinema movement in the country has commenced the shooting of its home production film titled “As the River Flows”, the movie is inspired by a true incident. The movie stars Victor Banerjee, Sanjay Suri, Raj Zutshi and Nakul Vaid. The movie is being directed by National Award winning filmmaker Bidyut Kotoky (Special Mention at the 53rd National Award for the film `Bhraimoman theatre’). `As the River Flows’, a bilingual film, tells the story of a journalist who is caught in a multi-layered world of intriguing happenings in the largest inhabited river island in the world, Majuli, in Assam. The movie, a socio-political thriller, talks of social conflicts and individual commitments in an age where being self centered is the norm.

Apart from the veteran actor Victor Banerjee along with mainstream actors like Sanjay Suri, Raj Zutshi, Nakul Vaid, Naved Aslam and newcomer Bidita Bag. The music of the film is being given by well known singer & music composer from Assam, Zubin Garg.

‘As the River Flows’ is a bilingual film being made in Hindi and Assamese. While the Hindi version will be named as ‘As The River Flows’, its Assamese version will be called ‘Ekhon Nedhekha Nadir Shipaare’.

 Talking about the new project Bidyut Kotkoy, Director, says “Initially I had my apprehension regarding NFDC, considering the general conception associated with a government organisation. But I must say, my experience with them came as a pleasant surprise. With my personal experience, I can claim that NFDC still remains the best bet for a newcomer if you have a good story to tell.'

NFDC till date has produced and financed more than 300 films in 15 Indian languages and has more than 15 International co-productions to their credit. Its catalogue includes some award winning films like Gandhi, Salaam Bombay, Massey Sahib, The Making of Mahatma, and Train to Pakistan. NFDC has worked with some of most acclaimed filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Mira Nair, Aparna Sen, Ketan Mehta and Girish Kasaravalli.