India, Aug. 16 -- Bengali actor Jeet gained popularity in the Hindi belt with his web series Khakee: The Bengal Chapter last year. His recent release Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat, based on freedom fighter Ananta Singh's life, arrived on Independence Day in West Bengal. Even after having seen success in Hindi and the concept of his film being pan-Indian, the actor-producer chose to not release the film across India, and he explains why.

"The necessity of the story is to have more of a local connection, so if it performs well here, than we might think about a wider release. Also, the data of the last few years say that all the films which were released as pan-India, haven't performed that well. The South films aren't able to penetrate t...