Director Anniruddha-Roy Choudhary is looking forward to the release of the Hindi version of his Bengali film Anuranan this Friday. "Although, Anuranan is a culture-specific film, its theme is universal. And why should anyone have any objection to a Bengali film getting a national market? I think the only other Bengali film to have made this transition is Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali."

But wasn't the Bengali version released a year back? Even the DVD is out. "Yes it was," admits the director. "But the theatrical and DVD releases were only in Bengali. The dubbing into Hindi was done with my active participation. In fact, linguistically I'd say the Hindi version is more authentic than the Bengali. In Bengali, Rajat Kapoor's voice was dubbed by another artiste. In Hindi all the four major artistes-Rahul, Raima, Rituparno Ghosh and Rajat- have themselves dubbed all their lines. So I'd say I welcome this chance to take my film to a larger audience.