Asha Jaoar Majhe


Asha Jaoar Majhe is a 2014 Indian film by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. The film stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdatta Chatterjee as an unnamed married couple, where it brings focus to the hard lives endured by ordinary working people in Kolkata.
The film premiered at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival on 4 September 2014 At the 62nd National Film Awards, it won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Audiography.
The film released in India on 26 June 2015. The film also faced criticisms of plagiarism for its noticeable similarities with the 2013 Iranian short film Zan Va Shohar Karegar by Keywan Karimi. The story as well many shots have striking resemblance to Zan Va Shohar Karegar.

Plot

The woman works in a handbag factory while the man works the night shift at a printing press. The film follows that young married couple as they go about their day, how they stay apart all day long except one brief moment when they get to be with each other. The entire movie has no dialogues. It has background music and some classic old songs thrown in for a soothing effect.

Cast

62nd National Film Awards
New York Indian Film Festival
World Premiere at the 11th Venice Days Film Festival
Marrakech International Film Festival
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Bangalore International Film Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival