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  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Political Drama
  • Themes: Haunted By the Past, Political Unrest
  • Director: Shonali Bose
  • Main Cast: Konkona Sensharma, Ankur Khanna, Brinda Karat, Yashpal Sharma, Lovleen Mishra, Choiti Ghosh, Ganeve Rajkotia
  • Release Year: 2005
  • Country: IN
  • Run Time: 102 minutes

Plot

Seeking to uncover the mysteries of her past, a 21-year-old, Delhi-born American woman travels to India to seek out her long-lost relatives in this politically charged drama from filmmaker Shonali Bose. Kaju (Konkona Sensharma) was only three years old when she was swept away to America by her adoptive mother -- but Kaju was never given a definitive reason for her hasty departure or an answer to the question of what fate befell her original birth parents. As the visibly Americanized Kaju seeks out her relatives in hopes of discovering the truth about her past, she learns that the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the violent chaos that subsequently swept the streets of Delhi sparked a series of events that would change her life forever. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Konkona Sensharma - Kaju
  • Ankur Khanna - Kabir
  • Brinda Karat - Keya
  • Yashpal Sharma - Gobind
  • Lovleen Mishra - Leelavati
  • Choiti Ghosh - Tuki
  • Ganeve Rajkotia - Shanno Kaur

Credit

Ayesha Punvani - Production Designer; Lourds Ambrose - Cinematographer; Bob Brooks - Editor; Resul Pookutty - Sound/Sound Designer; Resul Pookutty - Sound Recordist; Shonali Bose - Director; Shonali Bose - Producer; Shonali Bose - Screenwriter; Sujata Sharma - Costume Designer; Nandlal Nayak - Composer (Music Score); Bedabrata Pain - Executive Producer; Gurdip Singh Malik - Executive Producer; Geetha Ravishankar - Associate Producer; Uma Chakravarthy - Associate Producer; Aidan Hill - Co-producer; Atiya Bose - Co-producer
 
 
Wikipedia: Amu (film)
Amu
Amu_poster_small.jpg
Directed by Shonali Bose
Produced by Shonali Bose
Written by Shonali Bose
Starring Konkona Sen Sharma
Brinda Karat
Ankur Khanna
Release date(s) 2005
Language English
IMDb profile

Amu is a critically acclaimed film directed by Shonali Bose. It stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Brinda Karat, and Aukur Khanna. This film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival in 2005. [1]


Synopsis

'Amu' is the journey of Kajori Roy (Konkona Sen Sharma), a 21-year-old Indian American woman who has lived in the US since the age of 3. After graduating from UCLA Kaju goes to India to visit her relatives. There she meets Kabir(Ankur Khanna), a college student from an upper class family who is disdainful of Kaju’s wide-eyed wonder at discovering the “real India”. Undeterred Kaju visits the slums, crowded markets and roadside cafes of Delhi. In one slum she is struck by an odd feeling of déjà vu. Soon after she starts having nightmares. Kabir gets drawn into the mystery of why this is happening particularly when he discovers that she is adopted.

Meanwhile Kaju’s adoptive mother – Keya Roy, a single parent and civil rights activist in LA, arrives unannounced in Delhi. She is shocked to discover that Kaju has been visiting the slums. Although Kaju mistakes her mother’s response to a typical Indian over protectiveness – Keya’s fears are deeper rooted.

Slowly Kaju starts piecing together what happened to her birth parents and mother and daughter clash as Kaju discovers she has been lied to her whole life. What was the truth? Why was it suppressed? As Kaju and Kabir undertake this quest they both discover their families involvement with a man made tragedy of immense proportions which took place twenty years ago in the capital city of India: the massacre of thousands of people of the Sikh faith. In a searing climax the young people are forced to confront the reality of the past and how it affects the present. [2].

Cast

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Awards

  • 2005:National Film Award Best Feature Film in English
  • FIPRESCI Critics Award, January 2005.
  • Gollapudi Srinivasa Award – Best Debut Director (India). August 2005.
  • Star Screen Award – Best English Film (India). January 2006.
  • Teenage Choice Award, Torino, Italy [Cine donne Film Festival]. October 2005.
  • Jury Award, Torino, Italy [Cine donne Film Festival]. October 2005.

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References

  1. ^ http://www.emergingpictures.com/amu.htm/
  2. ^ http://www.amuthefilm.com/synopsis.htm/
  3. ^ http://www.amuthefilm.com/cast.htm/
  4. ^ http://www.amuthefilm.com/awards.htm/

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