Uma in Sydney, 1st July 2018

Uma is an Indian Bengali drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji based on true events surrounding the life and death of Evan Leversage, who lived in St George in Ontario, Canada.

The film stars Jisshu Sengupta, Sara Sengupta, Anjan Dutt, Sayantika Banerjee and Rudranil Ghosh. The movie is set to be released on 1st June 2018.

In the film, a young girl, Uma (Sara Sengupta) living in Switzerland, is fighting for her life with a terminal disease. She wants to see Durga Puja of Kolkata, the biggest celebrated festival of the Bengali Hindus.

Himadri, her father (Jisshu Sengupta) takes her to Kolkata to fulfill her dream by planning to set up a fake Durga Puja. Her father and family struggle much to make his daughter’s dreams come true and find a director called Brahmananda (Anjan Dutt).

The failed director sees this as his opportunity to create a masterpiece, by helping a dying girl. After several requests, the director agrees and makes a false set of Durga Puja. During this, they face many problems to make Uma’s dream true.

Directed by: Srijit Mukherji

Produced by: Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni

Written by: Srijit Mukherjee

Starring: Sara Sengupta, Zara Sengupta, Jisshu Sengupta, Anjan Dutt, Sayantika Banerjee, Srabanti Chatterjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Anirban Bhattacharya,Babul Supriyo, Gargi Roychowdhury, Neel Mukherjee, Ambarish Bhattacharya, Abhijit Guha, Partha Sen

Music by: Anupam Roy and Neel Dutt

For queries regarding this event, please contact with the organizer at 0406 063 058.