Guwahati: Kenny Basumatary and his team have returned to entertain audiences yet again with the third film in the legendary series, Local Kung Fu 3. This film will be released in cinema halls on September 5th. The film’s poster was unveiled and the trailer was launched at Jyotichitraban, Kahilipara, Guwahati on Tuesday.
“The most fun part is that the beloved characters of Local Kung Fu 1 – Bonzo, Dulu, Tansen, Montu da, Charlie etc – are coming back in Local Kung Fu 3!” said Kenny Basumatary. “We even have a small localverse happening with Mama-Bhagin from Local Kung Fu 2 now entering the world of LKF 1”, he added. Along with local regulars, the new additions to the cast are Rimpi Das as Charlie’s love interest, Rohan Das as Dulu Tansen’s Big Boss, and Javed Akhtar and Rubul Boro as the new villains.
The film’s music is the most ambitious yet among all of Kenny’s films, with 8 songs in the album. Veterans like Achurjya Borpatra, Shashwati Phukan, Neel Akash, Raaj J Konwar and Ambar Das have lent their voices to the songs, and so have young artists like Shady Mellow, Janam Kashyap, Sneha and Sruti Sarma. Bonny Deori has also sung a special song called “I’m Gonna Give Dhulai”, a sequel to his hugely popular “Number One under-18 Don is Bonzo.”
Speaking about releasing the film on 5th September, Kenny said, “It’s a wonderful coincidence that we’re releasing the film on Teachers’ Day because the teacher-student bond is the most important relationship in the film. For this very reason, we had a very beautiful song composed by Raaj J Konwar for the occasion – Guru Mur, Guru Aamar. Sung by Achurjya Borpatra with lyrics by Rajdweep, I hope this song becomes a regular at Teachers’ Day functions.”
From playing the main villain in Local Kung Fu 2, Bibhuti Bhushan Hazarika is now playing the ideal teacher in Local Kung Fu 3. Among his students are Adrita Parasa Mahanta and first-timer Farennya Kashyap.
Written and edited by Kenny himself, most of the cast and crew are local regulars – Suruj Deka on camera, Anupam Baishya as Line Producer, Bibhash Sinha as Production Manager and Tony Deori Basumatary and Derrick Correia handling the background music, which has some very unique sounding pieces. Anmol Raj Saikia worked as Chief Assistant Director, Biswa Kalita headed the makeup department, Jyoti Shankar Bhattacharya the art department, Shyamal Das the colour grading and Prem Rabha costumes. The team said that they spent double the entire budget of LKF 1 on only costumes in LKF 3, and it’s been totally worth it because it shows on screen. The publicity design is by Abhijit Laskar and Tonmoy Kakoti.
“Local Kung Fu 3 is a film for everyone from children to grandparents,” said Kenny. “If someone wants to rewatch LKF 1 or show it to their young children, they can watch it on Reeldrama, along with our other films”, he added.
