''Paromitar Ek Din'' ( ''Paromitar Êkdin'', lit. "One day of Paromita's", English title: ''House of Memories'') is a 2000 Indian Bengali

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directed by Aparna Sen.

Plot

The film explores the dual themes of friendship and loneliness. The film starts at Sanaka's funeral where Paromita is invited too. Paromita goes into a flashback where it is shown that she was previously married to Sanaka's younger son, Biru. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo, Sanaka ( Aparna Sen) and Paromita ( Rituparna Sengupta), despite differences in age, backgrounds and temperaments, build a strong bond. But when Paromita's marriage to Biru breaks down, social mores prevent the women from remaining close friends. While Paromita marries Rajeev Shrivastav and begins a new life, her mother-in-law, Sanaka, is left heartbroken and alone and eventually falls seriously ill. When Paromita learns of her friend's deterioration, she is compelled to flout convention, and returns to nurse Sanaka on her deathbed. Sanaka dies, leaving her family shattered. The flashback ends, Paromita leaves the funeral and realizes that she and Rajeev are expecting their first child.

Cast

* Aparna Sen as Sanaka Sanyal (Debu, Biru and Sanjukta's mother) * Rituparna Sengupta as Paromita Sanyal (Biru's wife) * Sohini Sengupta as Sanjukta (Khuku) * Soumitra Chatterjee as Moni Biswas (Moni-daa or Moni-mama) *

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (b. 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Hindi cinema, Hindi and English-language Indian films, English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali ...

as Biru Sanyal (Paromita's husband and Sanaka's younger son) * Rita Koiral as Sanaka's elder daughter in law (Debu's wife) * Rajesh Sharma as Rajeev Shrivastav (Paromita's second husband) * Dulal Lahiri *

Kaushik Banerjee Kaushik Banerjee is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He has appeared in more than a 100 films throughout his career of four decades. Born to the ace actor Haradhan Bannerjee, he made his actin ...

as Debu Sanyal (Paromita's husband and Sanaka's older son) *Ratna Sarkar

Awards

The film had won many national and international awards – *2000 – 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 – National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sohini Sengupta *2000 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali *2000 – National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Jayashree Dasgupta – "Hridoy Amar Prokash Holo..."

External links

* *Chatterjee, Shoma A
Memories of another day
Movie Reviews, '' Rediff.com'', 8 February 2000.

References

2000 drama films 2000 films Bengali-language Indian films Films set in Kolkata Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress National Film Award–winning performance Best Bengali Feature Film National Film Award winners 2000s Bengali-language films Films directed by Aparna Sen {{2000s-Bengali-film-stub