Asha Jaoar Majhe (transl. Labour of Love) 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.
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Directed by | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
Written by | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
Produced by | For Films |
Starring | Ritwick Chakraborty Basabdatta Chatterjee |
Cinematography | Mahendra J. Shetty Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
Edited by | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
Music by | Alokananda Dasgupta |
Distributed by | For Films |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Silent |
The film premiered at the 11th Venice Days at the Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014[3][4] At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Audiography.[5]
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.
62nd National Film Awards (India)[6]
New York Indian Film Festival[7]
World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival[2][8]
Marrakech International Film Festival
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Bangalore International Film Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival
National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | |
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