Tintin and his adventures have always been an internal part of Bengali childhood. It is one of the few foreign comics that are introduced to Bengali children quite early and they grow with a huge fondness for the stories. But we never had a Bengali film for Tintin, and there is no doubt that people will actually like it very much.
‘Kuttush’ a new Bengali film has been announced recently. As Bengali readers will know, Tintin’s pet dog is called Kuttush in the Bengali translation and this movie too is in fact a movie about a dog. The poster has been released and it is a white dog that looks like Snowy from behind. A young boy and a young girl sit on both sides of the dog and face the mountains. There are multiple allusions in the title and the poster that make us think that it is an adventure story. But probably the makers will take some creative liberty and introduce some romance in it as well.
The movie is being directed by Anshuman Pratyush and the legendary role will be played by Soumya Mukherjee. There is a chance of a well known Bollywood face doing the role of the female lead.
If it actually turns out to be a Tintin movie, it will indeed be a historical moment in Bengali cinema.