Amu
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Shonali Bose
Konkona Sen Sharma
Brinda Karat
Ankur Khanna
Chaiti Ghosh
Aparna Roy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Kajori Roy, a 21-year-old Indian American woman, has lived in the US since the age of 3. After graduating from UCLA, Kaju goes to India to visit her relatives. There she meets Kabir, a college student from an upper class family who is disdainful of Kaju's wide-eyed wonder at discovering the "real India." Undeterred, Kaju visits the slums, crowded markets and roadside cafes of Delhi. In one slum she is struck by an odd feeling of déjà vu. Soon after she starts having nightmares. Kabir gets drawn into the mystery of why this is happening particularly when he discovers that she is adopted. Meanwhile Kaju's adoptive mother, Keya Roy, a single parent and civil rights activist in LA, arrives unannounced in Delhi. She is shocked to discover that Kaju has been visiting the slums. Although Kaju mistakes her mother's response for typical Indian over protectiveness, Keya's fears are deeper rooted. Slowly Kaju starts piecing together what happened to her birth parents, and mother and daughter clash as Kaju discovers she has been lied to her whole life. What was the truth? Why was it suppressed? As Kaju and Kabir undertake this quest they both discover their families' involvement with a manmade tragedy of immense proportions which took place twenty years ago in the capital city of India: the massacre of thousands of people of the Sikh faith.
Director
Shonali Bose
Cast
Konkona Sen Sharma
Brinda Karat
Ankur Khanna
Chaiti Ghosh
Aparna Roy
Ashish Ghosh
Ruma Ghosh
Yashpal Sharma
Sanjay Kumar
Crew
Lourdes Ambrose
Sanjay Bhattacharjee
Atiya Bose
Shonali Bose
Shonali Bose
Bob Brooks
Uma Chakravarthi
Neelima Goel
Kaushik Guha
Aidan Hill
Gurdip Singh Malik
Nandlal Nayak
Bedabrata Pain
Resul Pookutty
Resul Pookutty
Ayesha Punvani
Geetha Ravishankar
Sujata Sharma
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 2005
Released in United States June 15, 2007
Released in United States November 2005
Released in United States September 2005
Released in United States Summer May 25, 2007
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February (Forum) 10-20, 2005.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 8-17, 2005.
Feature directorial debut for Shonali Bose.
Released in United States February 2005 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February (Forum) 10-20, 2005.)
Released in United States Summer May 25, 2007
Released in United States June 15, 2007 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 2005 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 8-17, 2005.)
Released in United States November 2005 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Asian New Classics) November 3-13, 2005.)
