November 24, 2010 : It is now official. Award winning Sri Lankan director Vimukthi Jayasundara has roped in Sudip Mukherjee to replace his previous choice Chandan Roy Sanyal for his upcoming Bengali film ‘Mushrooms’. According to reports doing the rounds, Chandan Roy Sanyal could not adjust his dates for the film because he is currently shooting for another project ‘F.A.L.T.U.’. Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, producer of ‘Mushrooms’ said in a statement that Vimukthi Jayasundara needed to begin filming ‘Mushrooms’ from the 24th of this month and it is keeping this fact in mind that he also had to round up on a replacement for Chandan Roy Sanyal.
The Sri Lankan director was impressed with Sudip Mukherjee’s work in films like ‘Kantataar’ and ‘Hello Kolkata’. It is being said that Sudip will also perform the stunts required for his character in the film himself. Accompanying Sudip Mukherjee as part of the star cast of ‘Mushrooms’ are Bengali actors Paoli Dam and Anubrata. A source close to the film’s unit has reported that while Paoli and Anubrata will begin work for ‘Mushrooms’ from the 24th, Sudip Mukherjee will join his co-stars on the 28th of November.
The major attraction of ‘Mushrooms’ will, however, be Hollywood actor Darwin Shaw. He has been roped in to play the role of a Spanish soldier. The shooting of the film will be done in Kolkata.
