Asha Jaoar Majhe

Asha Jaoar Majhe
Asha Jaoar Majhe
	Film poster
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
Distributed by	For Films
Release dates	2 September 2014 ( Venice Days Film Festival 2014 ); 26 June 2015 (India);
Running time	84 minutes
Country	India
Language	Silent

Asha Jaoar Majhe (transl. Labour of Love) is a 2014 Indian film by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. The film stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdatta Chatterjee as an unnamed married couple, which 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^[3]^[4] At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Audiography.^[5]

Plot[edit]

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 dialogue. It has background music and some classic old songs thrown in for a soothing effect.

Cast[edit]

Ritwick Chakraborty as the Man
Basabdatta Chatterjee as the Woman

Awards[edit]

62nd National Film Awards (India)^[6]

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film
Best Audiography

New York Indian Film Festival^[7]

Best Film
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay

World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival^[2]^[8]

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[edit]

^ OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.giornatedegliautori.com/chisiamo.asp?lang=eng
^ ^a ^b Rosser2014-07-22T15:11:00+01:00, Michael. "Venice Days unveils 2014 line-up". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Venice Days, Giornate degli Autori". Venice Days.
^ https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article%7C^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "62nd National Awards complete winners list". The Times of India. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
^ Chatterjee, Suprateek. "'Queen', 'Haider', And 'Court' Amongst Winners At 62nd National Film Awards" Published 24 March 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2015.
^ "NYIFF". Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ Official website of Venice Days Festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng

External links[edit]

Asha Jaoar Majhe at IMDb

[1] OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.giornatedegliautori.com/chisiamo.asp?lang=eng

[auto-2] Rosser2014-07-22T15:11:00+01:00, Michael. "Venice Days unveils 2014 line-up". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Venice Days, Giornate degli Autori". Venice Days.

[4] ttps://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article%7C^{[permanent dead link]}

[diff-5] "62nd National Awards complete winners list". The Times of India. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[6] Chatterjee, Suprateek. "'Queen', 'Haider', And 'Court' Amongst Winners At 62nd National Film Awards" Published 24 March 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2015.

[7] "NYIFF". Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[8] Official website of Venice Days Festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng

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