BY DEBAJYOTI CHAKRABORTY
KOLKATA, 21 JULY 2023:
Ekendra Sen, the protagonist of the mystery thriller movie, The Eken : Ruddhaswas Rajasthan has already emerged as the poster boy of Jaisalmer tourism in the state of Rajasthan.
The Bengalis’ love for Jaisalmer dates back to the 1960’s when legendary film maestro Satyajit Ray had shot his fantasy adventure film, Goopy Gayne Bagha Byne (1968), in Jaisalmer and then again the most famous Feluda series- Sonar Kella (1974) in the 1970s. Both movies have won several awards and accolades and are popular till today.
In the two hours and one minute detective crime movie in Bengali language directed by Joydeep Mukherjee , Anirban Chakrabarti has played the role of Eken Babu , who was enjoying his vacation with his accomplices, Bapi and Pramatha.
Eken babu series started in the OTT platform since the lock down days, but the latest endeavour of Director Joydeep Mukherjee released in the big screen has been a super duper hit already and in less than a month have crossed a business over Rs.4 crores in multiplexes.
Bengali cinema buffs have watched the movie many times in the Kolkata multiplexes.
Talking to The Travel and Tourism Times, Mr. Hinglaj Dan Ratnoo, Officer on Charge of Kolkata office of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) has informed that the movie , The Eken; Ruddhashyay Rajasthan has rekindled the interest of the film loving and nostalgic bengalis to revisit Jaisalmer and many people have started coming to the office for booking of Jaisalmer.
“ We are grateful to Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee and his team for making such a movie which has generated so much interests once again after the films of Satyajit Ray to visit the sand dunes of Jaisalmer, ride the dessert ship camel and off course the Sonar Kella,” says Mr. Hinglaj Dan Ratnoo.
“ Ruddhaswas Rajasthan is beautifully shoot and is like a travel film. It takes us to the heart of the desert land,” added Mr. Hinglaj Dan Ratnoo.
As a recognition of his achievement, the RTDC Kolkata office has recently invited Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee and his wife, Smt. Bhawani Mukherjee and had felicitated them.
In Fact a woman tourist has come directly from a posh South Kolkata multiplex after watching the movie to book her Jaisalmer trip at the RTDC Kolkata office in Ganesh Chandra Avenue. She has visited Jaisalmer several times in the past but once again wants to visit and enjoy the beauty of the sunrise and sunset scenes in the desert, have local cuisines and stay in the desert camps.
There are scenes of sand dunes, camel riding, staying in desert camps at night, Jaisalmer Circuit House, and famous cuisines of Rajasthan like Dal Bati Churma, Shahi gatte ki Sabji, Hing Kachori, Lal Mans etc in the film.
IGP PRISON OF WEST BENGAL ALSO VISITED RTDC KOLKATA OFFICE :
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Prisons of West Bengal, Mr. Sudipto Chakraborty has also visited the RTDC Kolkata office along with his family a few days ago.
He has also been felicitated by Mr. Hinglaj Dan Ratnoo. The IGP and his family are planning a trip to Rajasthan soon and have been provided with the latest updates and facilities provided by the Rajasthan Tourism by the RTDC Kolkata office.
West Bengal is the second source market of domestic tourism of Rajasthan. Last year, the RTDC Kolkata office registered a record business of Rs.4 crores through bookings and this year expects an even better performance.
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