Asha Jaoar Majhe

Asha Jaoar Majhe (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, where it brings focus to the hard lives endured by ordinary working people in Kolkata.

Asha Jaoar Majhe
A poster for Asha Jaoar Majhe.
Directed byAditya Vikram Sengupta
Produced byFor Films
Written byAditya Vikram Sengupta
StarringRitwick Chakraborty
Basabdatta Chatterjee
Music byAlokananda Dasgupta
CinematographyMahendra J. Shetty
Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Edited byAditya Vikram Sengupta
Distributed byFor Films
Release date
  • 2 September 2014 (2014-09-02) ( Venice Days Film Festival 2014 [1][2][)
  • 26 June 2015 (2015-06-26) (India)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageSilent

The film premiered at the 11th Venice Days 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]

The film released in India on 26 June 2015.[6] The film also faced criticisms of plagiarism for its noticeable similarities with the 2013 Iranian short film Zan Va Shohar Karegar (The adventures of Married Couple) by Keywan Karimi. The story as well many shots have striking resemblance to Zan Va Shohar Karegar.[7]Sengupta, however, claimed that in a private communication between Sengupta and Karimi, director of the short film, Karimi has said both are different films.

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)[8]

  • Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film
  • Best Audiography

New York Indian Film Festival[9]

  • Best Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay

World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival[2][10]

  • 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. OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.giornatedegliautori.com/chisiamo.asp?lang=eng
  2. Rosser2014-07-22T15:11:00+01:00, Michael. "Venice Days unveils 2014 line-up". Screen.
  3. "Venice Days, Giornate degli Autori". Venice Days.
  4. https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article%7C%5B%5D
  5. "62nd National Awards complete winners list". The Times of India. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. Anindita Acharya (10 June 2015). "Aditya Sengupta's award-winning Asha Jaoar Majhe set for release". Hindustan Times.
  7. "Plagiarism allegations mar Asha Jaoar Majhe success! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. Chatterjee, Suprateek. "'Queen', 'Haider', And 'Court' Amongst Winners At 62nd National Film Awards" Published 24 March 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2015.
  9. http://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2015/
  10. Official website of Venice Days Festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng
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