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Wikipedia article
'Aamis' is a 2019 Indian Assamese-language feature film written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika. The film stars debutantes Lima Das and Arghadeep Baruah in the lead, supported by Neetali Das, Sagar Saurabh, and Manash K Das.
'Aamis' received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival where it was nominated in five categories in the festival's "International Narrative" section. The film is scheduled for theatrical release on 22 November 2019.
The story revolves around the life of two peoples, Nirmala, a wife (played by Lima Das) and Sumon, a medical student (played by Arghadeep Baruah) as they develop feelings for each other with a twist of culinary endeavours from the medical student as a catalyst. The film takes its time to develop the base, and then moves on to explore the themes of cannibalism and dark-psyche, with an ending that's commendable enough to be haunting and pleasant at the same time.
Plot
A PhD student, Sumon, who researches meat eating habits of people in north eastern India starts connecting with a doctor, Nirmali, upon their mutual interest of consuming different types of meats and exploring on its taste. This bizarre relationship leads to a platonic connection between the two. Soon Sumon starts feeding her his own flesh and to Nirmali's shock she likes it. She starts craving human flesh. When she realises her addiction, she tells Sumon that she wants to end it. For that, she needs to eat a big chunk of human meat that will fill her hunger and her cravings will stop. Therefore, Sumon kills a rickshaw driver but is caught by police while cutting the limbs of the dead body. Police check his phone which leads them to Nirmali. In the last scene, both of them are standing at police station, their faces covered with media covering them, holding hands.
Cast
* Lima Das as Nirmali
* Arghadeep Baruah as Sumon
* Neetali Das as Jumi
* Sagar Saurabh as Elias Ahmad
* Manash K Das as Dilip
* Utkal Hazowari as Inspector
* Chandan Bhuyan as Bora
* Samarjyoti Sarkar as Rickshaw puller
* Siddharth Boro as Eddie
* Momee Borah as Mina
* Jishnu Kashyap as Pikoo
* Uddipta K Bhattacharya as Suman's Friend
The film is a Signum and Metanormal production in association with Wishberry films
Awards- Best director- Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF)
References
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