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{{Short description|2010 Indian film by Rituparno Ghosh}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Abohomaan<br />
|image = Abohomaan (2010).jpg<br />
|caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
|director = [[Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
|writer = Rituparno Ghosh<br />
|starring = [[Dipankar De]]<br>[[Jisshu Sengupta]]<br>[[Mamata Shankar]]<br>[[Riya Sen]]<br>[[Ananya Chatterjee]]<br />
|producer = Mahesh Ramanathan, Big Pictures, Jay Dev Banerjee<br />
|distributor = [[Reliance Entertainment|Reliance BIG Pictures]]<br />
|music = 21 Grams<br />
|cinematography = [[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]<br />
|editing =[[Arghyakamal Mitra]]<br />
|released = {{Film date|2010|1|22|df=y}}<br />
|runtime = 122 minutes<br />
|language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Abohomaan''''' ({{langx|en|The Eternal}}) is a 2010 Bengali-language [[romantic drama]] film by [[Rituparno Ghosh]], which explores the nuances of relationships through a married film director who falls in love with an actress who is the same age as his son.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/rituparno-ghoshs-abohomaan-to-release-jan-22-64370-2010-01-05|title=Rituparno Ghosh's Abohomaan to release Jan 22|work=[[India Today]]|agency=PTI|date=5 January 2010|accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref> The film stars [[Deepankar De]], [[Mamata Shankar]], [[Ananya Chatterjee]], [[Jisshu Sengupta]], [[Riya Sen]] and is produced by Mahesh Ramanathan, [[Reliance Big Pictures]]. Rituparno Ghosh, Arghyakamal Mitra, Mahesh Ramanathan and Ananya Chatterjee won [[National Film Awards]] in 2010 for [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Director]], [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editor]], [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Bengali Film]] and [[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywood.com/rituparno-happy-not-celebrating-abohoman-success|title=Rituparno happy, but not celebrating 'Abohoman' success|website=Bollywood.com|accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref> The film was screened in the [[Marché du Film]] section of the [[2009 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Premankur Biswas|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cannes-bound/453327/|title=Cannes Bound|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 May 2009|accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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Earlier, Rituparno Ghosh had planned to make the film in Hindi as ''Kya Haseen Sitam'', with [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Shabana Azmi]] and [[Vidya Balan]], later decided to make it in Bengali, as ''Abahoman''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_rituparno-ghosh-does-his-own-take-on-kaagaz-ke-phool_1161777|title=Rituparno Ghosh does his own take on 'Kaagaz Ke Phool'|date=28 April 2008|work=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]]|publisher=[[Essel Group]]|accessdate=28 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Aniket ([[Deepankar De]]) is one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal, Deepti ([[Mamata Shankar]]) is an actress, with whom he had fallen in love while casting in one of his films, who had sacrificed her career for love and marriage. Apratim ([[Jisshu Sengupta]]) is their only son. They had been a perfect family.<br />
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The plot thickens when Aniket auditions a young actress, Shikha ([[Ananya Chatterjee]]), who bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife when she was younger. Deepti enthusiastically begins to coach Shikha for her husband's film &mdash; so much so that Shikha becomes even more like the young woman Deepti once was and, as a result, the aging Aniket falls in love with Shikha, a woman as young as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family. However, although portrayed as an apparent love between Aniket and Shikha, Shikha was a [[Muse]] for Aniket. Her acting skills and her spontaneity mesmerized him. To him, she was Sreemoti, the name which he had first given to Deepti. Deepti later gave this name to Shikha. Even when Sikha became popular in the acting world by the name Sreemoti, Aniket always referred to her as Sikha. For him, Deepti - his wife was the real Sreemoti. This is revealed towards the end of the movie, when a dying Aniket desires to see Sreemoti, because he has to take a shot, and Deepti comes in front of him. This leaves a lot to be explained but the storyline suggests that Aniket was in love with Sreemoti, more than Deepti or Shikha.<br />
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The storyline connects the relationship between Aniket and Shikha to that between the noted theater director ([[Girish Chandra Ghosh]]) and the noted actress ([[Binodini Dasi]]). Later on when Apratim lies to his wife the same way as his father lied to his wife while spending time with Shikha, it is suggested that this relationship is "Abohomaan" meaning carried over.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Deepankar De]] as Aniket<br />
*[[Mamata Shankar]] as Deepti<br />
*[[Jisshu Sengupta]] as Apratim<br />
*[[Ananya Chatterjee]] as Shikha Sarkar/ Shrimati Sarkar<br />
*[[Riya Sen]] as Chandrika/ Tiya<br />
*[[Saswati Guhathakurta]] as Hashi<br />
*[[Sumanta Mukherjee]] as Girish Chandra Ghosh<br />
*[[Laboni Sarkar]] as Shikha's sister<br />
*[[Shobha Sen]] as Aniket's mother<br />
*Debjani Chattopadhyay as Sangeeta<br />
*[[Rishi Kaushik]]<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The film has won the following awards since its release:<br />
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'''[[National Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''<br />
*'''Won''' - Golden Lotus Award - [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Director]] - [[Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
*'''Won''' - Silver Lotus Award - [[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] - [[Ananya Chatterjee]]<br />
*'''Won''' - Silver Lotus Award - [[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] - [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]<br />
*'''Won''' - Silver Lotus Award - [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] - Mahesh Ramanathan<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1461674}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}<br />
{{Rituparno Ghosh}}<br />
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[[Category:2010 films]]<br />
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[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actress National Award–winning performance]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing National Award]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Rituparno Ghosh]]<br />
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Reliance Entertainment films]]</div>
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