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Asha Jaoar Majhe
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Directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Written by Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Produced by For Films
Starring Ritwick Chakraborty
Basabdatta Chatterjee
Cinematography Mahendra J. Shetty
Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Edited by Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Music by Alokananda Dasgupta





Country India
Language Silent



Asha Jaoar Majhe (Template:Translation) is a 2014 Indian film by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. The film stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdatta Chatterjee as an unnamed married couple, where it brings focus to the hard lives endured by ordinary working people in Kolkata.

The film premiered at the 11th Venice Days at the Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014[1][2] At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Audiography.[3]

Plot

The woman (Basabdatta Chatterjee) works in a handbag factory while the man (Ritwick Chakraborty) works the night shift at a printing press. The film follows that young married couple as they go about their day, how they stay apart all day long except one brief moment when they get to be with each other. The entire movie has no dialogues. It has background music and some classic old songs thrown in for a soothing effect.

Cast

Awards

62nd National Film Awards (India)[4]

  • Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film
  • Best Audiography

New York Indian Film Festival[5]

  • Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay

World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival[6][7]

  • Best Debut Film

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Best Director

Abu Dhabi Film Festival

  • Jury Special Mention

BFI London Film Festival

  • Honorable Mention

Bangalore International Film Festival

  • NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film

Jaipur International Film Festival

  • Best Feature Film

References

  1. Venice Days, Giornate degli Autori. Venice Days.
  2. https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article%7CTemplate:Dead link
  3. 62nd National Awards complete winners list(24 March 2014).
  4. Chatterjee, Suprateek. "'Queen', 'Haider', And 'Court' Amongst Winners At 62nd National Film Awards" Published 24 March 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2015.
  5. Archived copy. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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  7. Official website of Venice Days Festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng

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