Mayurakshi

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{{short description|2017 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mayurakshi
| image = MAYURAKSHI.jpg
| director = [[Atanu Ghosh]]
| producer = [[Firdausul Hasan]] & Probal Halder
| writer = [[Atanu Ghosh]]
| screenplay = [[Atanu Ghosh]]
| story = [[Atanu Ghosh]]
| based_on = 
| narrator =
| starring = [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] [[Indrani Halder]] [[Sudipta Chakraborty]] [[Gargi Roychowdhury]]
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = [[Soumik Haldar]]
| editing = Sujoy Datta Ray
| distributor = Friends Communication
| runtime = 102 mins
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| gross =
}}

''''' Mayurakshi ''''' is a 2017 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film directed by [[Atanu Ghosh]] and produced by Firdausal Hassan and Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Debojyoti Mishra.The film won the award for Best [[Bengali language|Bengali]] feature film at the [[65th National Film Awards]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/national-award-for-mayurakshi-recognition-of-director-s-118041300510_1.html|title=National award for 'Mayurakshi' recognition of director's|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-04-13|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/national-award-for-mayurakshi-recognition-of-directors-1211349-2018-04-13|title=National award for Mayurakshi recognition of directors|last=April 13|first=P. T. I.|last2=April 13|first2=2018UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27|last3=Ist|first3=2018 14:20}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/65th-national-film-awards-mayurakshi-grabs-the-best-bengali-film-award/articleshow/63745516.cms|title=65th National Film Awards: 'Mayurakshi' grabs the Best Bengali Film Award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Mayurakshi - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7570242/awards|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/atanu-ghosh-on-winning-national-award-for-mayurakshi-i-hope-more-people-will-see-it-now/story-16iNv1zolE21AKTgQRfixO.html|title=Atanu Ghosh on his film Mayurakshi winning National Award: I hope more people will see it now|date=2018-04-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OnlineTollywood/status/984693281152909312?s=20|title=#Mayurakshi is awarded as the #BestBengaliFilm at 65th National Film Award. Congratulations the entire team.pic.twitter.com/j6CAZOG1tC|last=Online|first=Tollywood|date=2018-04-13|website=@OnlineTollywood|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>

== Plot ==
In the modern world, with work pressures and financial woes mounting, isolation and stress becoming an integral part of life, most people believe that father and son bonding is becoming a thing of the past.

''Mayurakshi'' narrates an intensely emotional tale of an 84-year-old father Sushovan, a brilliant former professor of History, presently suffering from age related neurological problems including dementia and cognitive dysfunction. His middle-aged son Aryanil visits him, an intimately sensitive man going through an unsettling phase in his personal life. Though deeply attached to his father, Aryanil is settled in Chicago, USA, and as such cut off from the soul who shaped his life. Within a five-day span of reunion, lost chapters get curiously reopened and incidents long buried suddenly turn relevant. Few days become more eventful than years and through the process of confrontation with aging and destiny, Aryanil seeks hope and sustenance in his own life.

== Cast ==
* [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] as Sushovan
* [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] as Aryanil
* [[Indrani Halder]] as Sahana
* [[Sudipta Chakraborty]] as Mallika
* [[Gargi Roychowdhury]] as Paromita

==Awards and festivals ==
* '''[[65th National Film Awards|NATIONAL AWARD]]'''<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

::Best [[Bengali language|Bengali]] Feature Film'''<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

* '''SINGAPORE SOUTH ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL'''<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/bengali-film-mayurakshi-wins-top-award-at-singapore-south-asian-film-festival-1909103.html |title = Bengali Film Mayurakshi Wins Top Award at Singapore South Asian Film Festival}}</ref>
::Best Movie Award
::Best Screenplay Award

* '''CHITRA BHARATHI'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/mani-ratnam-gifts-10-lakh-to-groom-young-filmmakers/article22897428.ece|title=Mani Ratnam gifts ₹10 lakh to groom young filmmakers|date=1 March 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
::Best Indian Cinema Award

* '''[[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|WBFJA]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allaboutbanglacinema.org/news/winners-wbfja-awards-2018/|title=Winners of WBFJA (West Bengal Film Journalists' Association) Awards 2018 - Bangla Cinema|date=15 January 2018}}</ref>
::[[West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
::Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee)
::Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee)

* '''FILMFARE''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-east-2018/winners|title=Filmfare Award East 2018 Winners - List of Bengali Filmfare Award Winners - Filmfare.com|website=filmfare.com}}</ref>
::Best Film (Critics)
::Best Actor - Critics (Soumitra Chatterjee)
::Best Actor - Popular (Prosenjit Chatterjee)
::Best Background Score (Debojyoti Mishra)

== See also ==
* ''[[Angshumaner Chhobi]]''
* ''[[Takhan Teish]]''
* ''[[Rupkatha Noy]]''
* ''[[Abby Sen]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Atanu Ghosh}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}

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Memories in March

2021-04-07T18:17:44Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Memories in March
| image = Memories_in_March.jpg
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| director = [[Sanjoy Nag]]
| producer = Shrikant Mohta Mahendra Soni
| writer =
| starring = [[Deepti Naval]] [[Rituparno Ghosh]] [[Raima Sen]]
| music =
| cinematography = [[Soumik Haldar]]
| editing =
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|9|10|Pusan International Film Festival|2011|4|1|India}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = India
| language = English Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Memories in March''''' is a 2010 Indian [[drama film]] directed by [[Sanjoy Nag]]. The film stars [[Deepti Naval]], [[Rituparno Ghosh]] and [[Raima Sen]]. The film is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with her late son's sexual identity. The film was released on 1 Apr 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hazra |first1=Saonli |title=A Tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, the Filmmaker Who Humanised Same-Sex Relationships |url=https://thewire.in/film/a-tribute-to-rituparno-ghosh-the-filmmaker-who-humanised-same-sex-relationships |website=The Wire |accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chettiar |first1=Blessy |title='Memories In March' could have been memorable |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-memories-in-march-could-have-been-memorable-1526554 |website=DNA India |publisher=DNA India |accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
Delhi-based Arati Mishra believed her worst day was when she was divorced from her U.S.-based husband, Suresh, until she got the news that her Kolkata-based son, Siddhartha, had been killed in a traffic accident. She travels to Kolkata; is received at the airport by her son's co-worker, Sahana Choudhury, and accompanies her to the crematorium. After the cremation, she is then taken to the guest-house where her son used to live, and told that Siddhartha had been at a party, had not only consumed considerable alcohol but had also insisted on driving, and met with a fatal accident. The next day, she accompanies Sahana to her son's place of employment where she meets some of the staff and signs some documents, but ends up distressed when she is not permitted to take her son's belongings. Quite upset, blaming the office workers' for letting her son drive under the influence, she does not realize that she will be in for more shocks and surprises when she will find that her son had a secret life. Later she accuses Ornub of seducing her son into this but realizes her son's love for him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saibal |title=A gutsy filmmaker whose craft transcended the confines of region |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/a-gutsy-filmmaker-whose-craft-transcended-the-confines-of-region/article4765457.ece |website=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu |accessdate=16 September 2020}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Deepti Naval]] as Arati Mishra
* [[Rituparno Ghosh]] as Ornub Mitra
* [[Raima Sen]] as Sahana Choudhury
* Rajat Ganguly as Sahana's Father
* Suchita Roy as Sahana's Mother
* Anya Chowdhry as Woman At the Airport (billed as Ananya Chowdhury)
* Kunal Padhy as Man At the Airport (billed as Kunal Padhi)
* Pradip Roy as Ramratan
* Buddhadev Chakraborty as Karim
* Abeer Chakraborty as CEO, Ad Agency
* [[Ekavali Khanna]] as Secretary to CEO
* Niladri Chatterjee as New Trainee
* Manjit Mukherjee as Vikash
* Dhruv Mookerji as Siddhartha's Voice (billed as Dhruv Mukherjee)
* Mainak Bhaumik as (voice role)
}}

==Awards==

;[[58th National Film Awards]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]]
* Deepti Naval was Winner of Best Actress Award at the 2012 ImagineIndia Film Festival (in Spain),<ref name="awmadrid">{{cite web|url=http://www.imagineindia.net/2012/eng/|title=ImagineIndia 2012 Awards|accessdate=21 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203135628/http://www.imagineindia.net/2012/eng/|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|1895476}}
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film English}}

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[[Category:Best English Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
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