MUMBAI: Janala, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta‘s latest, is slated to be premiered in the Masters of World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival to be held from 10 to 19 September.

Produced by Big Pictures, the film touches on the nostalgia of childhood and the quest to get back to roots while struggling to keep one‘s neck above the waters of the present day muck.

Janala, the sixth Dasgupta film to be showcased at the Festival, will be premiered in the masters of World Cinema section on 11, 12 and 13 September.

"I am glad that my film based on a simple dream of a not-conventionally-successful man has found a coveted space in the Masters of World Cinema section of the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Janala is an attempt to be a reminiscent of the times when we sometimes try to make a simple dream come true, but the cogs of destiny leave us feeling unfulfilled," said Dasgupta.

According to Big Pictures COO Mahesh Ramanathan, "This is a momentous first entry for Big Pictures in the biggest film festival in North America. We are delighted Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Big Pictures will rub shoulders with the world‘s best cinema talent at Toronto."

Other films of Dasgupta that have been showcased earlier at the film festival are Uttara in 2000, Mondo Meyer Upakhyan in 2002, Swapner Din in 2004, Kaalpurush in 2005 and Ami, Yasin Aar Amar Madhubala in 2007.