''Memories in March'' is a 2010 Indian

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directed by Sanjoy Nag. The film stars

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and

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. The film is the effective exploration of a situation wherein a bereaved mother comes to terms with her late son's sexual identity. The film was released on 1 Apr 2011.

Plot

Delhi-based Arati Mishra believed her worst day was when she was divorced from her U.S.-based husband, Suresh, until she got the news that her Kolkata-based son, Siddhartha, had been killed in a traffic accident. She travels to Kolkata; is received at the airport by her son's co-worker, Sahana Choudhury, and accompanies her to the crematorium. After the cremation, she is then taken to the guest-house where her son used to live, and told that Siddhartha had been at a party, had not only consumed considerable alcohol but had also insisted on driving, and met with a fatal accident. The next day, she accompanies Sahana to her son's place of employment where she meets some of the staff and signs some documents, but ends up distressed when she is not permitted to take her son's belongings. Quite upset, blaming the office workers' for letting her son drive under the influence, she does not realize that she will be in for more shocks and surprises when she will find that her son had a secret life. Later she accuses Ornub of seducing her son into this but realizes her son's love for him.

Cast

Awards

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58th National Film Awards The 58th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema for the year 2010. The selection process started by ...

* Best Feature Film in English * Deepti Naval was Winner of Best Actress Award at the 2012 ImagineIndia Film Festival (in Spain),

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* 2010 films 2010 drama films Indian drama films Films set in Kolkata Indian LGBT-related films English-language Indian films Best English Feature Film National Film Award winners LGBT-related drama films 2010 LGBT-related films Films directed by Sanjoy Nag {{LGBT-drama-film-stub