Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Joy Goswami to Voice Tagore in Srijit Mukherji’s New Film
A new Bengali movie will tell a story about writers Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
It focuses on Sarat Chandra’s novel Pather Dabi.
The British government banned the novel because it feared the story could encourage resistance.
Tagore and Sarat Chandra exchanged letters about the book and the responsibilities of writers.
Actor Sanjoy Nag will play Tagore on screen.
Poet Joy Goswami will speak Tagore’s dialogue in the film.
They previously worked together on a film about Tagore in 2013.
The new movie will open in cinemas during Durga Puja on October 15.
Poet Joy Goswami will provide Rabindranath Tagore’s dialogue for actor Sanjoy Nag in the Bengali film Emperor vs Sarat Chandra.
Srijit Mukherji directs the Nandy Movies production, which explores the controversy surrounding Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Pather Dabi.
Pather Dabi was banned by the British government in Bengal from 1927 until 1939 over concerns about revolutionary influence.
The film centers on letters between Tagore and Sarat Chandra about literature, politics, state power and individual freedom.
Emperor vs Sarat Chandra is scheduled to release on October 15 during Durga Puja, alongside several Bengali and non-Bengali films.
- Who
- Poet Joy Goswami, actor Sanjoy Nag, director Srijit Mukherji, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore are central to the film.
- What
- Emperor vs Sarat Chandra is a Bengali film about the controversy surrounding Pather Dabi and the differing views of Tagore and Sarat Chandra.
- When
- The film is scheduled to release on October 15; Goswami and Nag previously worked together on Jeevan Smriti in 2013.
- Where
- The story concerns the British government in Bengal and partly takes place in Burma through the novel’s setting.
- Why
- The film examines the ban on Pather Dabi and the writers’ debate over literature, politics, state power and individual freedom.
- Film
- Emperor vs Sarat Chandra
- Director
- Srijit Mukherji
- Production
- Nandy Movies
- Tagore’s voice
- Joy Goswami will dub Rabindranath Tagore’s dialogue for Sanjoy Nag
- Source novel
- Pather Dabi by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- Novel ban
- Banned by the British government in Bengal from 1927 to 1939
- Release date
- October 15, during Durga Puja
- Principal cast
- Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sanjoy Nag, Abir Chatterjee and Mimi Chakraborty