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{{Infobox film
| name = Ami Aadu
| image = Ami Aadu 2011 Bengali film poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| director = Somnath Gupta
| producer = [[New Theatres]]
| writer =
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| starring = [[#Cast|See below]]
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| cinematography = Soumik Haldar
| editing = [[Arghyakamal Mitra]]
| studio = New Theatres
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|02|25|Kolkata}}
| runtime = 117 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
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'''''Ami Aadu''''', formerly titled ''Aadur Prem'', is a 2011 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film produced by [[New Theatres]] and directed by [[Somnath Gupta]]. In this film the protagonist, Aadu, a poor Bengali village girl from [[Murshidabad]], writes a letter to U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] informing him about the hardships in her life caused by the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite news|title=Ami Aadu|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ami-aadu/760536/0|accessdate=12 March 2013|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref><ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news|title=Ami Aadu|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110228/jsp/entertainment/story_13644253.jsp|accessdate=12 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)}}</ref><ref name=ToI>{{cite news|title=Ami Aadu review|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/movie-reviews/Ami-Aadu/movie-review/7609821.cms|accessdate=12 March 2013|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>

This was Gupta's debut film as a director. Actress Deblina Chatterjee, who played the title role, made her cinematic acting debut with this film as well.<ref name=Telegraph /> The film received [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]] in 2010.<ref name="National Film Awards">{{cite web|title=National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|publisher=Indian Government|accessdate=12 March 2013}}</ref>

==Plot==
It is the early 2000s; [[George W. Bush]] is the [[President of the United States]] and [[Saddam Hussein]] is the [[President of Iraq]]. Meanwhile, Aadu, a young poor Hindu girl living in a village in [[Murshidabad|Murshidabad, India]], falls in love with Suleman, a Muslim garment supplier who lives in the nearby village of Amodiya. Suleman dreams of learning [[English language|English]] and becoming a fluent speaker, so he can go overseas and find a job. Though Aadu and Suelman follow different religions, their families allow them to marry, and the marriage goes off smoothly.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name=Telegraph />

The impoverished Suleman decides to head to [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] with his friend Jabbar in search of a good job, leaving his new wife Aadu in the village. Then, in [[2003 invasion of Iraq|March 2003, the United States invades Iraq]]. Because of the war and the resulting political turmoil, all communication links between Aadu's village and Iraq are cut off. Aadu and the villagers gradually learn news about the bombings and destruction in Iraq and are horrified. The helpless Aadu decides to write a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush, whom she heard was "all powerful", informing him about the troubles in her life caused by the [[Iraq War]].<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name=Telegraph />

== Cast ==
* [[Deblina Chatterjee]] as Aadu
* [[Samadarshi Dutta]] as Suleman
* [[Bidipta Chakraborty]]
* [[Rudranil Ghosh]] as Jabbar
* [[Ena Saha]] as Amina
* [[Mithu Chakraborty]]
* Pradip Mukherjee
* [[Biplab Chatterjee]] as Mainuddin
* Angana Basu
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]
* [[Pradip Mukherjee]]

== Release and reception ==

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! colspan="2" style="background:#d1dbdf; font-size:120%;" | Review Scores
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|''[[The Indian Express]]''
|{{Rating|4|5}}
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|''[[The Times of India]]''
|{{Rating|3.5|5}}
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The film released on 25 February 2011 and got positive reviews from critics. ''[[The Indian Express]]'' gave it four stars<ref name="Indian Express" /> and in ''[[The Times of India]]'' critic's rating the film got three and a half starts out of five stars.<ref name=ToI /> Acting of both Deblina Chatterjee as Aadu and Samdardhi Dutta as Suleman were critically appreciated. ''The Indian Express'' wrote in their review, Debalina Chatterjee's as Aadu was "mind-blowing" in the film.<ref name="Indian Express" /> Soumik Halder's cinematography, specially the shots of rural Bengal and editing of Arghyakamal Mitra were appreciated too.<ref name=ToI />

== See also ==

* ''[[My Name Is Khan]]'', a 2010 Indian film with similar undertones

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2083925}}

{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}

[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:2010s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in 2003]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian interfaith romance films]]
[[Category:Iraq War in fiction]]
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:2011 directorial debut films]]

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