Paromitar Ek Din

Infobox Film
name = Paromitar Ek Din


director = Aparna Sen
writer =Aparna Sen
starring = Rituparna Sengupta
Aparna Sen
Soumitra Chatterjee

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editing = | released = 2000
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language = Bengali
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imdb_id = 0249866

"Paromitar Ek Din" or (English title: House of Memories) (2000) is an award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Aparna Sen.

Plot

The story is mostly based on events in a traditional North Calcutta bengali household, where Paromita (Rituparna Sengupta) comes in as the newly married bride of Rajatabha Dutta. Sohini Halder (Khuku) is the demented daughter of Aparna and brother of Rajatabha. In time, Paromita has a son, who is a spastic. Her marriage gradually breaks apart, but she forms an uncommon bond with aparna, her mother-in-law. Paromita finally moves out when she gets divorced, but moves back to nurse Aparna when Aparna is ill. Finally, Aparna dies, and Paromita returns one final time to pay her last respects to the dead Aparna.

Awards

The film had won many national and international awards i. e.

"'Ecumenical Jury Award at the 35th International Film festival of Karlovy Vary' 2000.

Best Film recommendation from the FIPRESCI jury at 3rd International Film Festival of Mumbai' 2000"'

External links

*imdb title|id=0249866|title=Paromitar Ek Din
*Chatterjee, Shoma A. [http://in.rediff.com/movies/2000/feb/08sen.htm Memories of another day] , Movie Reviews, "Rediff.com", 8 February 2000.