UMA IS ALL GEARED UP TO RELEASE NATIONALLY

Kolkata, 1st June 2018 – Uma, a poignant tale, defining the uniqueness of the father-daughter bond, a story of hope and unity, is creating a buzz among all audiences alike. Produced by SVF, the film has a heart-warming and touching storyline which is leaving a lasting impact. Thus, establishing an excitement among the mass to watch the film which is releasing nationally in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ranchi, etc. on the same day as Bengal - 1st of June.

To quote Mahesh Bhatt - "In these dark times comes a film of outrageous HOPE! Srijit Mukherjee’s UMA celebrates the spirit of Kolkata and makes you fall in love with it."

The film is inspired from the true story of Evan Leversage, the Canadian boy suffering from cancer and for whom his village of St. George, Ontario came together to celebrate Christmas two months before the actual festival is celebrated worldwide.

Uma, is about a young girl (raised in Austria) battling a terminal disease, a father struggling to make his daughter’s dream come true and a director with his past haunting him. Uma's father, Himadri makes an all-out effort to take her to Kolkata to fulfil her desire to witness Durga Puja, the most celebrated Bengali festival. How many hurdles and dangers would Himadri have to overcome to be able to bring a smile onto his daughter's face?

The Bengali film is directed by National Award winning director Srijit Mukherji (his notable works include Autograph starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Begum Jaan starring Vidya Balan) and has ace actors Jisshu Sengupta, Anjan Dutt, Sayantika Banerjee, Srabanti, Anirban Bhattacharya and Rudranil Ghosh playing prominent characters. This movie will also mark the debut of Jisshu Sengupta's daughter - Sara Sengupta playing the title role.

Watch the trailer here: bit.ly/UmaOfficialTrailer

Uma, slated to release nationally today, has already been recognised by New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2018, London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2018, India Film Festival of Alberta (IFFA) 2018, Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2018, Reelworld Film Festival Toronto 2018, Birmingham Indian Film Festival 2018 and Habitat Film Festival New Delhi 2018.

ABOUT SVF:

SVF is Eastern India’s largest entertainment company, having business interests in Film Production, Television Content Production, Film Distribution, Digital Cinema, Music, New Media and Cinemas. SVF has successfully produced over 120 films including National Award winning 'Chokher Bali', 'Raincoat', 'Memories in March', 'Chitrangada' and 'Chotoder Chobi'; blockbusters like 'Challenge 2', 'Chander Pahar', 'Zulfiqar', 'Yeti Obhijaan', 'Amazon Obhijaan', 'Guptodhoner Sondhane' and critically acclaimed 'Meghe Dhaka Tara', 'Cinemawala', 'Dhananjoy', 'Asche Abar Shabor', 'Aami Ashbo Phirey' to name a few.

SVF’s newest venture is Hoichoi, a one-stop online destination for Bengali entertainment - an on-demand video streaming Website and App with over 500 Movies and Original Web Series, Original Films, Original Shorts and soon, Documentaries. Hoichoi also added audio streaming section from April 2018. (The Hoichoi App is available for download on iTunes - http://bit.ly/iTunesHCDownload and Android - http://bit.ly/AndroidHCDownload)