Neem Annapurna (1979)

Original title

নিম অন্নপূর্ণা

Directed by

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young widow in rural Bengal who struggles with societal expectations and her own desires. She works as a midwife and finds small moments of freedom in her constrained life.

meditativeintimatecontemplativequietrealistichumanistmundanelyrical

What happens

Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Charachar and Uttara. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, Bagh Bahadur (1989), Charachar (1993), Lal Darja (1997), Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) and Kaalpurush (2008), while Dooratwa (1978) and Tahader Katha (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for Uttara (2000) and Swapner Din (2005). Over the years he has published several works of poetry including Govir Araley, Coffin Kimba Suitcase, Himjog, Chhaata Kahini, Roboter Gaan, Sreshtha Kabita, and Bhomboler Ascharya Kahini O Ananya Kabita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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