Poster of ‘Papa Buka’ and Pa Ranjith

Director and producer Pa Ranjith has introduced that he shall be co-producing a movie titled Papa Buka which is able to mark “the primary cinematic collaboration between Papua New Guinea and India”. The filmmaker took to X to share the information together with the movie’s poster.

Helmed by Indian filmmaker Dr. Bijukumar Damodaran, the movie stars Ritabari Chakraborty and Prakash Naked. Based on Selection, “The movie will comply with Indian historians Romila and Anand who go to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to write down a guide in regards to the Indian troopers who fought with the British and Australian armies towards the Japanese throughout WWII within the nation. They discover 80-year-old warfare veteran Papa Buka who serves as a information to take them to distant jungle villages to satisfy his compatriots and file their reminiscences of the warfare. The journey throws up some surprising occasions.”

Neelam Productions and Silicon Media from India are bankrolling the movie alongside Native Arts And Trend Academy (NAFA) Productions in Papua New Guinea. Cathy Angeline Mereun Sike, Pa Ranjith and Prakash would be the producers of the movie with the execution managed by Parul Agrawal and Adhya Prasad.

Papa Buka will go on flooring in mid-July 2024 in Papua New Guinea. Director Damodaran, recognized popularly as Dr. Biju, is thought for his award-winning works like Veyilmarangal (Bushes Below The Solar, 2019) and Portray Life (2018).