Year : 2000
Language : Bengali
Country : India
Director : Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen is a genius of our times. 36 Chowringhee Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Yugant are among the great movies from this lady of high intellect. "Paromitar Ek Din" is a movie exploring the dual subjects of "loneliness" and relationship between two women Sanaka (Aparna Sen) and her daughter-in-law Paromita (Rituparna Sengupta), overcoming some social stigmas. Both the ladies' marriages are unhappy and the only common thing they share among themselves is nursing mentally handicapped children, they forge a close friendship among themselves. When Paromita decides to break her marriage and marry a documentary film maker, Sanaka breaks down and drowns in her loneliness.
The movie at times felt slow but nevertheless very good. Most of all, the settings of the movie - the stereotypical old bengali house, women clad in Taant'er sari, made me nostalgic about my roots. It had some awesome acting by Aparna Sen and Sailee Sengupta as the schizophrenic daughter of Sanaka. Rituparna's acting was also very good but the others seemed pretty much flat. Use of Rabindrosangeet was very absorbing.
The movie at times felt slow but nevertheless very good. Most of all, the settings of the movie - the stereotypical old bengali house, women clad in Taant'er sari, made me nostalgic about my roots. It had some awesome acting by Aparna Sen and Sailee Sengupta as the schizophrenic daughter of Sanaka. Rituparna's acting was also very good but the others seemed pretty much flat. Use of Rabindrosangeet was very absorbing.
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