Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2014
Asha Jaoar Majhe
Buy Asha Jaoar Majhe now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Asha Jaoar Majhe
| image = Labour_of_Love_Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Aditya Vikram Sengupta
| writer = Aditya Vikram Sengupta
| starring = Ritwick Chakraborty
Basabdatta Chatterjee
| producer = For Films
| distributor = For Films
| cinematography = Mahendra J. Shetty
Aditya Vikram Sengupta
| editing = Aditya Vikram Sengupta
| music = Alokananda Dasgupta
| released =
| runtime = 84 minutes
| language = Silent
| country = India
}}
'Asha Jaoar Majhe' 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 2014https://www.screendaily.com/news/venice-days-unveils-2014-line-up/5075481.article| At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Audiography.
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
* Ritwick Chakraborty as the Man
* Basabdatta Chatterjee as the Woman
Awards
'62nd National Film Awards (India)'Chatterjee, Suprateek. [http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/03/24/national-awards-court-haider_n_6930058.html?1427199400 "'Queen', 'Haider', And 'Court' Amongst Winners At 62nd National Film Awards"] Published 24 March 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2015.
* Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film
* Best Audiography
'New York Indian Film Festival'
* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Original Screenplay
' World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival'Official website of Venice Days Festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng
* 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
Buy Asha Jaoar Majhe now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2014