IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154164/
Date of Birth:19 January 1935, Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of Death:15 November 2020, complications from COVID-19
A youth gains a fuller understanding of his lover Ruru's belief that the whole world is an illusion when he experiences a sudden accident that sends him into another unconscious world of imagination. Once there, he makes love, gets married and starts a whole new famly life.
When Aristo wakes to return to his old life, he struggles to believe that the old world of his imagination could not be real. Ruru reveals new mysteries of this world to Aristo, but the parallels between the real and imaginary world begins to confuse his mental faculties.
Two strangers, both suffering from immense emotional distress arising out of life's tragedies, wanting to commit suicide, meet on a Bridge over the Ganges. For both, the meeting initially brings great challenges but eventually 'healing' at physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Through powerful interactions and intense psychological journeys, both search for a sense of belonging, trust hope and optimism. 'Bridge' essentially expresses a universal theme and a wider worldview of creating bonds and connections between people through love, compassion and selfless service. This independent film was completed with an extremely dedicated and passionate crew, world class actors, on a shoe string budget, funded by personal savings.
Mayurakshi narrates an intensely emotional tale of a 84 year old father Sushovan, a brilliant former professor of History, presently suffering from age related neurological problems including dementia and cognitive dysfunction. His middle-aged son Aryanil visits him, an intimately sensitive man going through an unsettling phase in his personal life. Though deeply attached to his father, Aryanil is settled in Chicago,USA, and as such cut off from the soul who shaped his life. Within a five-day span of reunion, lost chapters get curiously reopened and incidents long buried suddenly turn relevant. Few days become more eventful than years and through the process of confrontation with aging and destiny, Aryanil seeks hope and sustenance in his own life.
his hard-hitting documentary brings to light a lesser-known episode of the Second World War - the 1943 famine, during which time several million people starved to death in Bengal. Today, numerous historians, researchers and writers, from both India and Britain, blame the British Empire for the famine that occurred whilst the subcontinent was under its rule. Some historians allege that Winston Churchill was accountable for the famine and even refer to it as a crime against humanity. The film gives a voice to historians, researchers and survivors, who were witness to these tragic events.
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