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Abohoman (2010)

Abohoman poster
Original title
আবহমান
Directed by
Rituparno Ghosh
Genre
drama, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married film director falls in love with an actress who is the same age as his adult son. The story examines the complications this relationship creates for everyone involved.

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What happens

Abohomaan (English: The Eternal) is a 2010 Bengali-language romantic drama film by Rituparno Ghosh, which explores the nuances of relationships through a married film director who falls in love with an actress who is the same age as his son. The film stars Deepankar De, Mamata Shankar, Ananya Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Riya Sen and is produced by Mahesh Ramanathan, Reliance Big Pictures. Rituparno Ghosh, Arghyakamal Mitra, Mahesh Ramanathan and Ananya Chatterjee won National Film Awards in 2010 for Best Director, Best Editor, Best Bengali Film and Best Actress respectively. The film was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Earlier, Rituparno Ghosh had planned to make the film in Hindi as Kya Haseen Sitam, with Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Vidya Balan, later decided to make it in Bengali, as Abahoman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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