alik sukh a tale of fleeting happiness will be screened at the marche du films the film market section of the prestigious cannes film festival at the riviera 1 at 6pm on may 22 directed by nandita roy and shiboprasad mukherjee the film is based on a novel by suchitra bhattacharya which explores the life of a doctor with dilemmas on the professional and personal fronts it boasts a powerful star cast with rituparna sengupta debshankar halder sohini sengupta and soumitra chatterjee essaying some of the major roles shiboprasad is excited and tense about his first opportunity to showcase his work at the festival it is the originality of the story that has played a part in its selection he felt he along with codirector nandita and actor rituparna will leave for cannes on may 17 rituparna who plays the protagonists wife is excited about her cannes journey for an actor who believes in sensible cinema getting a slot at cannes is a huge achievement it is a very special moment for me she said alik sukh a tale of fleeing happiness has brought unbridled joy to the bengali film industry the film by director duo nandita roy and shiboprasad mukherjee and starring rituparna sengupta debshankar halder sohini sengupta and soumitra chatterjee has made it to the prestigious cannes film festival it is one of only two bengali films that have made the cut the other being satyajit rays 1964 masterpiece charulata that will be screened in the cannes classic segment based on a novel by suchitra bhattacharya alik sukh explores the life of a doctor with pressures at home and in hospital and dilemmas on the professional and personal front it is the originality of the story that has played the part in its selection felt shiboprasad both excited and tense about his first opportunity to be present at the festival of world cine festivals he along with codirector nandita and actor rituparna will leave for dubai on may 17 en route to cannes via nice when news of the movies registration at the festival arrived it simply blew our mind i still cant believe our film will be there along with works of directors that we have watched growing up to be there at the festival of cinema where filmlovers from the world over congregate is a huge opportunity he gushed the last bengali movie to make it to cannes was sri lankan director vimukti jaysundras chhatrak starring paoli dam in 2011 alik sukh has been selected in marche du films the film market section it is slated to be screened at the riviera 1 at 6 pm on may 22 the other indian movies that have been selected for screening at this years festival are irrfan khan and nawazuddin siddiqui starrer dabba anurag kashyaps ugly firsttime director amit kumars monsoon shootout susi ganeshans shortcut romeo marathi film mumbai chha raja and telugu movie eega rituparna who will be at cannes for the first time said it meant