Nil Nirjane (2003)

Original title

নীল নির্জনে

Directed by

Subrata Sen

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

A

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother and daughter navigate their relationship during a quiet vacation. The film is a Bengali movie shot on digital video about family bonds and personal struggles.

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What happens

Nil Nirjane (Bengali: নীল নির্জনে, Vacation Blues) is an Indian Bengali movie, released in 2003. It is the first movie in India that was shot on a digital platform and is often credited as the first digital film in north India. Directed by Subrata Sen, the movie featured Moonmoon Sen, Raima Sen, June Malliah, Ayan Mitra, Mou Sultana and Rajatava Dutta. This is the only movie where Moonmoon Sen and Raima Sen, the real-life mother and daughter of Indian cinema, play reel-life mother-daughter roles. Nil Nirjane also saw the performance of Cactus, a Bengali rock band of Calcutta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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