MUMBAI: The Japanese Wife, directed by Aparna Sen, will be released with 50-70 prints at select cities in the country on 9 April.

The film, which is in English, Japanese, and Bengali, will initially be released in cities like Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. It may be released in other cities later.

"Saregama, the producers of the movie, has entered into a deal of over Rs 10 million with Bharti Airtel’s Airtel Talkies for publicising the film," Sarergama head of acquisition and distribution Sarang Sharma told indiantelevision.com. 

The film, starring Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku and veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee, is based on Kunal Basu’s book of the same name.

It is the story of an Indian who befriends a Japanese woman as a pen-friend and this gradually grows into more than mere friendship.

Rahul Bose had earlier worked with Aparna Sen in Mr. & Mrs. Iyer and 15th Park Avenue.