Paromitar Ek Din

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Paromitar Ek Din
DVD cover for Paromitar Ek Din.
Directed byAparna Sen
Written byAparna Sen
StarringRituparna Sengupta
Aparna Sen
Soumitra Chatterjee
CinematographyAbhik Mukhopadhyay
Edited byArghyakamal Mitra
Music byJyotishka Dasgupta
Release date
8 January 2000
Running time
130 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Paromitar Ek Din (Bengali: পারমিতার একদিন Paromitar Êkdin, lit. "One day of Paromita's", English title: House of Memories) is a 2000 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Aparna Sen.[1][2]

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 together. 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

Awards

The film had won many national and international awards –

External links

References

  1. ^ "অনেক কথা বললেন অপর্ণা". www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ Bhattacharya, Pritha (20 August 2020). "Film Review: Paromitar Ek Din Explores The Friendship Between A Mother-In-Law & Daughter-In-Law". Feminism In India. Retrieved 1 March 2022.