Bengali actress Ritabhari Chakraborty is all set for her debut international project Papa Buka, a joint venture between stakeholders from Papua New Guinea and India, she said in a social media post on Wednesday, dropping the first poster of the Dr Bijukumar Damodaran-directed film.
Presented by Pa. Ranjith, Papa Buka will feature Prakash Bare in the lead role alongside Ritabhari. Taking to Instagram, Ritrabhari expressed her excitement about the upcoming project. “Need your blessings,” she wrote alongside the poster of the film.
Three-time Grammy winner Ricky Kej will be scoring the music for Papa Buka, with Yedhu Radhakrishnan serving as the director of photography. Filming is set to begin in mid-July 2024 in Papua New Guinea.
Pa. Ranjith, Cathy Angeline Mereun Sike, and Prakash Bare are jointly producing the film, with Parul Agrawal and Adhya Prasad overseeing the execution.
The project was officially announced by Inbasekar Sundaramurti, High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, and Noelene Taula Wunum (NAFA). Key project members Parul Agrawal (Executive Producer), Adhya Prasad (Production Controller) and Indian film personalities Davis Manuel (Film Editor) and Dileep Daz (Chief Production Designer) were in attendance at Papua New Guinea for the announcement.
Ritabhari had previously worked with Bijukumar and Prakash Kare in the 2018 film Painting Life.
