Debut writer/producer Sangeeta Datta will be previewing her first feature film 'Life Goes On' in London on 4th November, followed by regional previews in Birmingham and Leicester. The film is a multi-cultural adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous ‘King Lear’, set in contemporary British Asian context. It features a well known star cast from India headed by acclaimed international actor Om Puri, revered Indian writer, playwright and actor Girish Karnad and legendary Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore acting opposite her daughter Soha Ali Khan for the first time. Also, part of the cast are British newcomers Rez Kempton, Neerja Naik, Chris Hatherall, Mukulika Banerjee and Misha Crosby.

Outstanding young British Asian music talent, Soumik Datta, has composed the soundtrack for the film collaborating with top Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar, singer/songwriter Fiona Bevan, Bollywood playback singer Abhijit Bhattacharya and singer Reena Bhardwaj. The film marks the 150th anniversary of the Bengali Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore and uses Tagore’s songs as a tribute. These have been translated for first time into Hindi by Javed Akhtar.

‘Life Goes On’ is the first feature film by writer and director Sangeeta Datta (Associate Director of Brick Lane, The Last Lear, Choker Bali; The Raincoat). who is Managing Director of Stormglass Productions, Datta is also known as a film historian, lecturer, critic and documentary filmmaker. Her film, ‘The Way I See It’ on Indian female filmmakers was received to critical acclaim. ‘Life Goes On’ has travelled to film festivals Marche Du Film and Cannes Film Festival and has won Best Feature Film award at the prestigious Pravasi Film Festival, India and the Audience Appreciation Award at the Tongues on Fire Film Festival, London 2010.

Shot on location in and around London and also in Kolkata, ‘Life Goes On’ tells the story of a grief stricken British Bengali doctor who struggles to cope with his three daughters after his wife’s unexpected death. The drama explores their relationship and unfolds over five days leading up to the funeral. A series of events also leads the main protagonist, a Hindu, to face the demons of his past and his old and unspoken prejudice against Muslims.