The director of Subhas Chandra Bose’s biopic on Monday issued a clarification after Twitter users claimed that a portrait of the freedom fighter, unveiled by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, was actually that of actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, who played Bose in the 2019 movie.
Srijit Mukherjee, the director of Gumnaami, tweeted a picture of Bose, which he said was the basis of the painting at Rashtrapati Bhavan made by Padma Shri-winning artist Paresh Maity. “For any similarity of Prosenjit’s [actor Prosenjit Chatterjee’s] look to this photo, the credit goes to Somnath Kundu [the make-up artist for the movie],” he tweeted.
The following is the picture on the basis of which the painting at Rashtrapati Bhawan was painted by Paresh Maity. For any similarity of Prosenjit’s look to this photo, the credit goes to Somnath Kundu. #Gumnaami @prosenjitbumba pic.twitter.com/Lhy5FTzjtt
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) January 25, 2021
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