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A Death In The Gunj (2016)

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Original title
A Death in the Gunj
Directed by
Konkona Sen Sharma
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 60 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A quiet young man goes on a family retreat to a small hill station. As hidden tensions and resentments among his relatives surface, his fragile mental state unravels.

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What happens

A Death In The Gunj is a 2016 Indian English-language drama thriller film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh and Ranvir Shorey. The film has been produced by Ashish Bhatnagar, Vijay Kumar Swami, Raagii Bhatnagar, Abhishek Chaubey, and Honey Trehan under the banners of Studioz IDrream and MacGuffin Pictures. It is Sen Sharma's directorial debut feature. Principal photography began in February 2016 and was completed in March 2016 after a six-week shoot in McCluskieganj, Jharkhand. The film released on 2 June 2017 and received eight nominations at the 63rd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Critics), Best Actor (Critics) for Massey, Best Supporting Actress for Tillotama Shome, and it won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for Konkona Sen Sharma. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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