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{{Short description|2021 Indian Bengali-language film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| image =
| director = [[Ishaan Ghose]]
| writer = [[Ishaan Ghose]]
| producer = [[Goutam Ghose]] [[Ishaan Ghose]]
| starring = Bitan Biswas, Shombhunath De, Sayandeep Guha, Aranya Gupta, Sourav Nayak
| cinematography = [[Ishaan Ghose]]
| editing = [[Ishaan Ghose]]
| music = Soumajit Ghosh, Rajarshi Das
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2021|11|29|Italy|ref1=}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget = 5,000,000
}}

'''''Jhilli''''' ({{Translation|Discards}}) is a [[Bengali language]] film written and directed by [[Ishaan Ghose]] in 2021 and produced by [[Goutam Ghose]] Associates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=TWO BENGALI FILMMAKERS WIN BIG AT KIFF |url=https://explorescreen.com/Inshorts/TWO-BENGALI-FILMMAKERS-WIN-BIG-AT-KIFF/cid7362958.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510020132/https://explorescreen.com//Inshorts/TWO-BENGALI-FILMMAKERS-WIN-BIG-AT-KIFF/cid7362958.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2022 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=explorescreen.com |language=en-IN }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jhilli () - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jhilli-50165 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yalala |first=Sridhar |title=Bengali film Jhilli' wins best film award |url=https://pynr.in/article/bengali-film-jhilli-wins-best-film-award |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=The Pynr |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025191514/https://pynr.in/article/bengali-film-jhilli-wins-best-film-award |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NYOOOZ |title=Bengali film 'Jhilli' wins best film award in KIFF international section {{!}} Kolkata NYOOOZ |url=https://www.nyoooz.com/news/kolkata/1674547/bengali-film-jhilli-wins-best-film-award-in-kiff-international-section/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=NYOOOZ |language=en}}</ref> The film is about a boy named Bokul who resolves to make changes in his life after realizing that most of his friends are leaving him behind in the debris of discards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterji |first=Shoma A. |date=2022-05-27 |title=Budding Filmmaker Ishaan Ghose on his First Film Jhilli - Shoma A. Chatterji |url=https://thespace.ink/lifestyle/ishaan-ghose-young-filmmaker/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=TheSpace.Ink |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Bokul, a fourth-generation manual laborer, toils in the largest trash yard in [[Kolkata]] at a facility that crushes bones. He makes the most of his existence in his environment while being unaware of his difficulties. He has no idea that the outside world is transforming quickly and preparing for a new economic boom. His entire world was exchanged for a recreation area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film card |url=https://www.torinofilmfest.org/en/film-card/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Torino Film Fest |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Discards |url=https://mubi.com/fr/films/discards |language=fr |access-date=2022-10-25}}</ref>

== Cast ==

* Bitan Biswas as Ganesh
* Shombhunath De as Shombhu
* Sayandeep Guha as Guddu
* Aranya Gupta as Bokul
* Sourav Nayak as Chompa

== Production ==
The film was shot with a [[Sony α7S III|Sony a7sii camera]] and one lens – a Canon 16-35mm – on a hand-held stabilizer. With the lack of sound equipment, the sound was recreated completely in post-production with Aneesh Basu, which took a year during the pandemic. This was a self-funded production which had no shooting script and was heavily improvised.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |title=Bengali film 'Jhilli' provides a scorching view of life in the dumps |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1023658/bengali-film-jhilli-provides-a-scorching-view-of-life-in-the-dumps |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Scroll.in |date=11 May 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==
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{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Awards
!Category
!Result
!Ref
|-
|2022
|[[Kolkata International Film Festival]]
|International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images
Best Film | Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award
|{{Yes|Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata International Film Festival |url=https://kiff.in/winners/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=kiff.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Indiablooms |title=Ishaan Ghose's Bengali film Jhilli bags best film award in international category in 27th KIFF {{!}} Indiablooms - First Portal on Digital News Management |url=https://www.indiablooms.com/showbiz-details/WC/15379/ishaan-ghose-s-bengali-film-jhilli-bags-best-film-award-in-international-category-in-27th-kiff.html |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Indiablooms.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The winners at KIFF this year, an eclectic mix of surprises |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/the-winners-at-kiff-this-year-an-eclectic-mix-of-surprises |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|[[Mammoth Lakes Film Festival]]
|INT'L Narrative Feature
|{{Yes|Honorable Mention}}
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Jhilli {{!}} Official Trailer {{!}} Ishaan Ghose {{!}} Goutam Ghose {{!}} An SVF Release | date=4 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEP6eLUwTtk |language=en |access-date=2022-11-14}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[69th National Film Awards]]
|
|
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Torino Film Festival]]''
|
|Premier
|
|-
| [[BFJA]]
|2023
|
|Best Debut Director, Best Cinematography
|
|-
|Filmfare Award
|2023
|
|
|-
|}

== Reception ==

* There is hardship and suffering, but there is also a sense of belonging that is unmatched elsewhere. Nothing about ''Jhilli'' is fictitious. The existence of those among us who have been stripped off their identities and denied access to necessities of life. In this film, the protagonists are denied the opportunity to discover who they are. Instead, all they want is to live.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Aniruddha |date=2022-07-13 |title=Jhilli Discards 2021 Critical Analysis: A fault line within the shadows |url=https://www.cinemamonogatari.com/2022/07/13/jhilli-discards-a-fault-line-within-the-shadows/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Cinemamonogatari |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ishaan Ghose|Ghose]]'s film reveals a delirious and slurred story of a group of pals that drift in and out of each other's lives as they try to earn a livelihood from Dhapa or come up with wacky escape plans that are doomed to failure in this dystopian terrain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gardeners in the Wasteland: On Ishaan Ghose's Jhilli (Discards) |url=https://www.asapconnect.in/post/462/singlestories/gardeners-in-the-wasteland |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.asapconnect.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|id=tt20118774}}

[[Category:2021 films]]
[[Category:Films shot in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:2021 Indian films]]
[[Category:2021 Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language drama films]]

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