Axone is a 2019 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Kharkongor and produced by Yoodlee Films, Saregama India's film division. The film stars Sayani Gupta, Vinay Pathak, Lin Laishram, Dolly Ahluwalia, Adil Hussain, Lanuakum Ao, Tenzin Dalha, and Rohan Joshi. The film follows Northeast Indian migrants in New Delhi, in their attempt to organize a wedding party.[3] The film premiered at the London Film Festival on 2 October 2019.[4]

Axone
Film poster
Directed by	Nicholas Kharkongor
Produced by	Siddharth Anand Kumar Vikram Mehra
Starring	Sayani Gupta Vinay Pathak Dolly Ahluwalia Lin Laishram Adil Hussain
Cinematography	Parasher Baruah
Edited by	Suresh Pai
Music by	Papon M. Mangangsana Mangka Mayanglambam Tajdar Junaid
Production companies	Saregama India Yoodlee films[1]
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) (London) 19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) (Mumbai) 12 June 2020 (2020-06-12) (India) [2]
Running time	96 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi English

Plot

The story tells of a group of migrants from Northeast India to Delhi, Upasana, Chanbi, and Zorem, who are trying to help their friend Minam with her wedding preparations. Minam, who shares a flat with Upasana, Chanbi, and others from their region, is called away suddenly for an interview. Meanwhile, her friends try to find an ingredient to make 'Axone,' a special dish that they want for the wedding. The friends face various difficulties as they attempt to plan the wedding and prepare Axone. The other tenants object and the landlord's mother-in-law enforces her rule against parties or spicy cooking in the flat. They decide to hold the wedding at Chanbi's boyfriend Bendang's flat, but finding a way to cook Axone without drawing the attention of locals brings comical problems.

Shiv, the landlord's son, and a friend of Zorem, lends his hand. His girlfriend breaks up with him when she sees him with Upasana, and later with Chanbi. As the wedding hour nears, the friends are discouraged at the thought of failing Minam (who has not yet returned). Zorem finally resolves to cook Axone on Upasana's landlord's terrace, and receives the landlord's permission in spite of his mother-in-law. The friends manage to prepare the Axone just in time for the wedding.

The marriage begins with Minam opening a video conference with her groom and family at her native home. The friends had not realised it was a long-distance marriage, with the bride's sister standing proxy in Minam's place. They had gone through all the Axone trouble for a marriage that was not even happening in Delhi. After the wedding ceremony, Zorem proposes to Upasana and Chanbi decides to return to her native place with Bendang. Meanwhile, Bendang makes peace with a racist incident from his past. Finally, the friends treat themselves to Axone, while Shiv regrets that he can't find any mainland Indian cuisine.

Cast

• Sayani Gupta as Upasana
• Lin Laishram as Chanbi
• Lanuakum Ao as Bendang
• Rohan Joshi as Shiv
• Merenla Imsong as Balamon
• Tenzin Dalha as Zorem
• Asenla Jamir as Minam
• Dolly Ahluwalia as Nani, Landlord mother
• Vinay Pathak as Landlord
• Samit Gambhir as Rakesh (eve teaser), Supporting/ Guest Appearance
• Eliel R Famhoite as Lalrempui
• Milo Sunka as Hayna
• Aakash Bhardwaj as Hironya
• Deepansha Dhingra as Shiv's Girlfriend
• Jimpa Bhutia as Bunty
• Pallavi Batra as Secretary's Daughter-in-Law
• Vijay Kumar Dogra as Rowdy neighbor
• Adil Hussain as the man outside Zorem shop (Special appearance).

Production

The film took 25 days to shoot on locations in New Delhi.[5]

Release

The film premiered at the London Film Festival on 2 October 2019 and made its debut in India at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) on 19 October 2019.[5] The film was released on Netflix on 12 June 2020.[2]

Soundtrack

Axone
Soundtrack album by Papon, M. Mangangsana, Mangka Mayanglambam and Tajdar Junaid
Released	24 June 2020[6]
Recorded	2018-19
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:09
Language	Hindi Khasi Meiteilon Assamese
Label	Saregama Music
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's music was composed by with Papon, M. Mangangsana, Mangka Mayanglambam and Tajdar Junaid with lyrics written by Vaibhav Modi and Kh. Mangi Singh.

See also

• Akhuni

References

External links

• Axone at IMDb