''Ghawre Bairey Aaj'' is a

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political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

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directed by

Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five Filmf ...

. The film starring

Jisshu Sengupta Jisshu Ujjwal Sengupta (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter. who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, '' Mahaprabhu'' where he portraye ...

Anirban Bhattacharya Anirban Bhattacharya (born 7 October 1986) is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. His first successful theatre production was ''Debi Sarpamasta'', written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. His other notable works ...

and

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, released on 15 November 2019 under the banner of

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. It is the modern retelling of '' Ghare Bairey'', 1916 classic novel of

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. ''Ghawre Bairey Aaj'' is the story of three protagonists, one of which is loosely based on slain journalist

Gauri Lankesh Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) was an Indian activist and former journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in ''Lankesh Patrike'', a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own wee ...

. It was world premiered in 10th edition of

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in Delhi on 18 July 2019, under the Indian Panorama category.

Plot

It is a complex triangular love story of a Hindu nationalist professor, young Dalit girl and her liberal editor husband. The film set on the present political turbulence in country. Sandip, an active politician was a childhood friend of Nikhilesh. Nikhilesh, the editor lives with his wife Brinda. After a long time Sandip comes to meet them which causes a serious change of relationship perceptions and increases complexities between husband and wife.

Cast

as Sandip Jha *

as Nikhilesh *

Tuhina Das Tuhina Das is an Indian Bengali model and actress. Career Das grew up in a middle class family of Contai and moved to Kolkata to study fashion. Once in Kolkata, she became active in the theatre scene, and has since pursued an acting career. Her ...

as Brinda *

Rwitobroto Mukherjee ) is an Indian Bengali film and theatre actor. Early life Rwitobroto Mukherjee was a graduate of Jadavpur University (Department of Comparative Literature) . He studied B.A. Comparative Literature Honours from Jadavpur University (Batch of '' ...

as Amulyo Dutta * Sreenanda Shankar

Soundtrack

Release

It had its world premiered in 10th edition of

in Delhi on 18 July 2019, under the Indian Panorama category.

References

External links

{{Aparna Sen Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2010s political drama films Indian political drama films Films directed by Aparna Sen 2019 drama films 2019 films