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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Parama<br />
| image = ParomaPoster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster of ''Parama'', featuring Rakhee Gulzar<br />
| director = [[Aparna Sen]]<br />
| writer = [[Aparna Sen]]<br />
| starring = [[Raakhee]]<br />[[Aparna Sen]]<br />[[Anil Chatterjee]]<br />[[Deepankar Dey]]<br/>[[Mukul Sharma]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Ashok Mehta]]<br />
| editing =<br />
| released = 06/09/1985<br />
| runtime = 139 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Hindi and Bengali<br />
| music = [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Paroma''''' <ref name="33rdawardPDF"/> (English title: The Ultimate Woman) is a 1985 award-winning [[India]]n [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] feature film directed by [[Aparna Sen]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Paroma |author=Chatterjee, Shoma A.|publisher= Upperstall.com| url = http://www.upperstall.com/films/1984/paroma <br />
| access-date = 2013-09-19}}</ref><br />
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==Plot== <br />
The movie is about a 40-year-old married woman, Paroma ([[Raakhee]]) whose identity lies in the words like "bouma" (the daughter-in-law), "kaki maa" (paternal aunt) and "boudi" (brother's wife). Her well-settled, very normal and predictable life turns upside down when Rahul (Mukul Sharma), an expatriate photo-journalist working for a magazine chooses her to pose for a photo essay, "An Indian Housewife". It begins with a simple question, "What do you think, Paroma?". Through Rahul, Paroma rediscovers herself. His photographs of her make her look glamorous. Their affair or rather her discovery of herself, becomes a problem when some of the photographs, earlier admired by the family, are published in a journal (the semi nude photographs that were published were never shown to the family, Rahul deceived her by publishing those photographs without her consent). Paroma is rejected by her husband and has a mental breakdown. She tries to commit suicide cutting her vein but she ends up hitting her head in the bathroom. She has to undergo a surgery for which she had to cut her hair. She is taken care of by a nurse appointed by her family members. Though the family members decides to forgive her she is reluctant to go back to her old life. In the end, a doctor suggests prescribing psychiatric treatment and the family is willing to accept her back, but Paroma adamantly refuses any sense of guilt, turning to her friend and asking her if she can help her find a job. In the end she finally recalls the name of the flower which throughout the movie she was not able to recall. The movie closes with Parama and her daughter on the bed looking out through the window as a breeze comes into the room.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Raakhee]] as Paroma<br />
* [[Aparna Sen]]<br />
* [[Anil Chatterjee]]<br />
* [[Deepankar Dey]]<br />
* [[Mukul Sharma (writer)|Mukul Sharma]] as Rahul<br />
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==Awards==<br />
'''1986 [[National Film Awards]]'''<br />
* Silver Lotus Award - [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] - [[Deepankar De]] <br />
* [[National film award for best feature film in Bengali]]<ref name="33rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|page=27|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{External media<br />
|video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xya3sKYkM2M Full movie at Youtube (Hindi dubbed)]<br />
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*{{IMDb title|id=0087886|title=Paroma}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Bengali}}<br />
{{Aparna Sen}}<br />
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[[Category:1984 films]]<br />
[[Category:1984 drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor National Film Award-winning performance]]<br />
[[Category:Films about women in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films about adultery in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian feminist films]]<br />
[[Category:Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Bengali-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Aparna Sen]]<br />
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