Title of film : Between Rain drops
Director Name : Abhijit Guha,Sudeshna Roy
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Producer : Pradip Churiwal
Editor : Sujay Datta Ray
Cast :
Synopsis : Neelabho Roy is a successful Neuro physician, working in a Corporate Hospital. Armed with several foreign degrees, Neelabho’s success is a foregone conclusion. But as the world lauds him, Neelabho is drifting away from his family and close friends . In fact at times he is in a denial mode as far as acknowledging his roots is concerned. For him only the present is important to build up a more successful future. A new patient Dr Amitava Sarkar is admitted under Neelabho. . He is a well known historian, but the tragedy is that he is slowly losing his fight against Alzheimer, a degenerative disease that has no cure, or reversal. Dr Sarkar is accompanied by a young lady Shubha Sarkar, 1/11/2019 66th National Film Awards 2018 2/6 whom Neelabho mistakes as his daughter, only to be corrected by Dr Sarkar, who says she is my wife. The disparity in their age prompts people to misjudge the relationship between the two. However as Neelabho treats Dr Sarkar he realizes, the professor is slowly getting caught up in a time warp. He keeps talking of the restless 70s, the trip to Paris with Shubha and their honeymoon in Darjeeling, where they stayed at the Planters’ Club. In each of these experiences he keeps mentioning Shubha was with him, but that is where the mystery lies. Shubha, his wife was probably born in the Seventies, and could hardly have shared his experiences in those days. Shubha tries her best to point out his mistakes and to put him in the right perspective, but it is of no avail. Dr Sarkar is caught up in his past and living in the present with no future to look forward to. And Shubha, is totally dedicated to Dr Sarkar. Yet one day Neelabho sees a totally different Shubha while shopping at a mall. She is hardly the bespectacled, saree clad, self effacing wife of Dr Sarkar...And to top it all Neelabho gets to know that the spectacles that Shubha sports is without power. It’s just a guise! Other things keep adding up to his suspicions... The nurse Sarah Verghese in the hospital too expresses her suspicion about Shubha. Is she really Dr Sarkar’s wife? Or is she a gold digger? As the film progresses, we see snippets of hospital life, and how despite being a good doctor, dedicated to his patients, Neelabho keeps getting misjudged. His wife, his father, friend and his sister all say he is not the person they knew. He is a changed person whose identity is suspect.. The film deals with the identity crisis of three persons, for one it is a conscious decision, for another it’s beyond control and for the third it’s a suspicious metamorphosis.. The film is all about the analysis and path to resolving these crisis.
Director Bio : ABHIJIT GUHA AND SUDESHNA ROY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE FIELD OF AUDIO VISUALS FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS. THEY STARTED LIFE WITH TELEVISION PRODUCTION, AND THEN MOVED ON TO THE BIGGER ARENA. TILL DATE THEY HAVE 14 FEATURE FILMS TO THEIR CREDIT. THEIR FORTE HAS BEEN POPULAR FILMS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM AS WELL. THE SUBJECTS THAT THEY HAVE DEALT WITH INCLUDE THE DILEMMAS OF YOUTH TO THE INTRICATE WORKINGS OF THE OLDER MIND. FROM POPULIST ROMANCES TO URBAN PROBLEMS OF EXISTENCE. FROM MARITAL BLISS TO DISCORD IN MARRIAGE. THEIR FILM TEEN YAARI KAWTHA, WAS SHOWCASED IN THE COMPETITION SECTION OF THE OSIAN CINEFAN FESTIVAL IN 2006, IT TRAVELLED TO BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND WAS SHOWN IN THE KOLKATA FILM FESTIVAL TOO IN THE SAME YEAR.. JADI LOVE DILEY NA PRAANE( ALL ABOUT LOVE) ANOTHER FILM OF THEIRS WAS PART OF THE INDIAN PANORAMA IN GOA IN 2014. THE SAME FILM WAS SHOWN IN PUNE FILM FESTIVAL AND IN HYDERABAD BENGALI FILM FESTIVAL. JADI LOVE DILEY NA PRAANE WON A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AT THE FIJI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN 2015. THE DUO HAS DIRECTED ABOUT 20 FILMS FOR TELEVISION, INCLUDING A SERIES OF FOUR FILMS BASED ON SINGLE MOTHERS. SRABONER DHARA:BETWEEN RAIN DROPS IS THEIR 14TH FILM. Both believe in cinema that appeals to the heart and head. They take on subjects that are varied, and their treatment of each film has a unique appeal. “Cinema should speak its own language and communicate with a larger audience.” That is why the duo makes films that have layers and sub text interwoven with a good dose of entertainment. So far the duo has 13 releases to their credit. Their film Benche Thakar Gaan: The Song of Life was selected as the inaugural film for the Kolkata International Film Festival 2016. This is the first time in history that a Bengali language film was given this honour. The film travelled to several festivals all over India and won critical acclaim.
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