Srijit Mukherji has made a big name for himself in a rather short time, with films like “Autograph”, “Baishe Srabon”, “Hemlock Society”, “Mishawr Rowhoshyo”, “Chotushkone”, “Jaatishwar”, “Chotushkone” and “Nirbaak” all receiving high critical acclaim and popularity among tasteful cinemagoers. Anticipation has been high among Bangladeshi film buffs about his upcoming film “Rajkahini”, set to be released over this year’s Puja holidays (October 16), predominantly because Jaya Ahsan stars in it. A brilliant first trailer of the film was released on YouTube on Friday night that has his fans excited all over.

The trailer for the historical drama set against the backdrop of the Partition looks power-packed and quite edge-of-the-seat, opening dramatically with the text patches “August 1947; The British drew two lines (along Rajshahi and Nadia, as stated in a dialogue); The lines divided a 5,000 year old civilization; Its religions, languages and humanity” along with visuals from scores of people crossing borders on foot amid chaos and riots. The storyline is then revealed, of that line going through a brothel, and the defiance and fight-back from the girls there, in what is described as “Where freedom will fight independence”.

Jaya, along with other girls, is seen engaged in close-range full-on battle with soldiers, interspersed with quick cuts from sinister top brass, explosions and gun-battles, love, hate and deceit, among other things. The background score is also very neatly done, adding to the desired effect.

The film’s superb overall cast also adds to the trailer. Rituporna Sengupta possibly getting the most limelight (including a bone-chilling dialogue right at the end), but Jisshu Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Sayani Ghosh, Kaushik Sen, Abir Chatterjee and a lot of other familiar faces of various degrees are also visible. All in all, the film has every tell-tale of another Srijit Mukherji classic, and Bangladeshi film-goers will have a special eye for this one. If that was Srijit’s plan all along behind casting Jaya as Rubina, it may turn out to prove a masterstroke.

Watch the epic trailer here: