Nineteenth April
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rituparno Ghosh
Bodhisattva Mazumdar
Aparna Sen
Chitra Sen
Debashree Roy
Deepankar De
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Synopsis
Set in modern Calcutta, a two character daughter-mother tour de force which centers on Aditi, a medical student in love with a heel, who comes home for a few days just as her mother, Sarojini, a famous dancer, is being awarded an important prize. The two have been largely estranged since Aditi was sent away to boarding school as a girl. Although a mature academic on the outside, Aditi is still childishly attached to an idealized image of her dead father, and her visit is immediately soured as she is forced to reproach her seemingly oblivious mother for forgetting that the 19th of April is the anniversary of her father's death. Caught up in congratulatory phone calls and telegrams, Sarojini doesn't notice her daughter's unhappiness, until Aditi swallows a bottle of sleeping pills.
Director
Rituparno Ghosh
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at International Film Festival of India in New Delhi January 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
color
Bengali dialogue
