Parama (film)

Parama
Parama
	File:ParomaPoster.jpg Poster of Parama, featuring Rakhee Gulzar
Directed by	Aparna Sen
Written by	Aparna Sen
Starring	Raakhee; Aparna Sen; Anil Chatterjee; Deepankar Dey; Mukul Sharma
Music by	Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Release date	06/09/1985
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi and Bengali

Paroma ^[1] (English title: The Ultimate Woman) is a 1985 award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Aparna Sen.^[2]

Plot[edit]

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.

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

1986 National Film Awards

Silver Lotus Award - Best Supporting Actor - Deepankar De
National film award for best feature film in Bengali^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 27. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
↑ Chatterjee, Shoma A. "Paroma". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

External links[edit]

Paroma on IMDb

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[33rdawardPDF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 27. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

[2] Chatterjee, Shoma A. "Paroma". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

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