Memories in March

Memories in March
Directed by	Sanjoy Nag
Produced by	Shrikant Mohta; Mahendra Soni
Starring	Deepti Naval; Rituparno Ghosh; Raima Sen
Release date	10 September 2010 (Pusan International Film Festival); 1 April 2011 (India);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	India
Language	English; Hindi

Memories in March is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Sanjoy Nag. The film stars Deepti Naval, Rituparno Ghosh and Raima Sen. The film is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with her late son's sexual identity. The film was released on 1 Apr, 2011.[1]

Plot

Delhi-based Arati Mishra believed her worst day was when she was divorced from her U.S.-based husband, Suresh, until she got the news that her Kolkata-based son, Siddhartha, had been killed in a traffic accident. She travels to Kolkata; is received at the airport by her son's co-worker, Sahana Choudhury, and accompanies her to the crematorium. After the cremation, she is then taken to the guest-house where her son used to live, and told that Siddhartha had been at a party, had not only consumed considerable alcohol but had also insisted on driving, and met with a fatal accident. The next day, she accompanies Sahana to her son's place of employment where she meets some of the staff and signs some documents, but ends up distressed when she is not permitted to take her son's belongings. Quite upset, blaming the office workers' for letting her son drive under the influence, she does not realize that she will be in for more shocks and surprises when she will find that her son had a secret life. Later she accuses arnob of seducing her son into this but realizes her son's love for him.

Cast

Deepti Naval as Arati Mishra
Rituparno Ghosh as Ornub Mitra
Raima Sen as Sahana Choudhury
Rajat Ganguly as Sahana's Father
Suchita Roy as Sahana's Mother
Anya Chowdhry as Woman At the Airport (billed as Ananya Chowdhury)
Kunal Padhy as Man At the Airport (billed as Kunal Padhi)
Pradip Roy as Ramratan
Buddhadev Chakraborty as Karim
Abeer Chakraborty as CEO, Ad Agency
Ekavali Khanna as Secretary to CEO
Niladri Chatterjee as New Trainee
Manjit Mukherjee as Vikash
Dhruv Mookerji as Siddhartha's Voice (billed as Dhruv Mukherjee)
Mainak Bhaumik as (voice role)

Awards

58th National Film Awards

Best Feature Film in English
Deepti Naval was Winner of Best Actress Award at the 2012 ImagineIndia Film Festival (in Spain),[2]

References

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-details/memories-in-march/movieshow/66342891.cms
"ImagineIndia 2012 Awards". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

External links

Memories in March on IMDb

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[1] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-details/memories-in-march/movieshow/66342891.cms

[awmadrid-2] "ImagineIndia 2012 Awards". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

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