Overview
Adda (English: Gossip) is the first feature film by filmmaker Devayush Chowdhary. It has been produced by Maxim Pictures and Reeldrama Productions and released in India on 13 September 2019.
Plot
Adda is a modern-day fable of four interconnected tales of love, friendship, karma, and catharsis. The film is about two naughty angels, Black and White, who come down to Kolkata and spy in on the lives of four jobless friends, an aging freedom fighter, a struggling actress, and a self-righteous journalist in order to decide humanity's fate and in the process become witnesses to our bumbling attempts at happiness.
Cast
Soumitra Chatterjee as Dhritimaan Panja, an aging college professor.
Sabyasachi Chakraborty as White, the angel of light.
Dipangshu Acharya as Black, the angel of darkness.
Saayoni Ghosh as Tanya, a struggling actress.
Indrasish Roy as Rudro, a successful banker.
Saurav Das as Satyajit, an NRI filmmaker.
Ritwika Pal
Deboprosad Haldar
Prantik Banerjee
Jit Das
Swarnab Banerjee
Anamika Chakraborty
Dipanwita Nath
Sanghasree Sinha
Nilankur Mukkhopadhyay
Reception
Adda opened to generally positive reviews but a tepid response at the box office owing to a lack of big commercial stars and huge publicity. However, the film soon caught on through word of mouth.
Renowned film critic Shoma Chatterji of The Statesman (India) called the film "An accomplished debut".
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