| Asha Jaoar Majhe | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| 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 |
Release dates | |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Silent |
Asha Jaoar Majhe (transl. Labour of Love) is a 2014 Indian film byAditya Vikram Sengupta. The film starsRitwick Chakraborty andBasabdatta Chatterjee as an unnamed married couple, which brings focus to the hard lives endured by ordinary working people inKolkata.
The film premiered at the 11th Venice Days at the Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014[3][4] At the62nd National Film Awards, it won theIndira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director andBest 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 dialogue. 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
Bangalore International Film Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival
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