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Gotro (2019)

Gotro poster
Original title
গোত্র
Directed by
Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
Genre
drama, comedy, family
Country
India
Runtime
2h 21m
Rated
U
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An elderly widow lives alone in her large house while her son is abroad. She hires an ex-convict as a caretaker and their unlikely bond changes both of their lives.

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What happens

Gotro (transl. Clan) is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language emotional family action drama film, directed, produced and co-written by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. It stars Anashua Majumdar, Nigel Akkara and Manali Dey, with Ambarish Bhattacharya, Saheb Chatterjee and Badshah Moitra. The film revolves around the relationship between Mukti Debi (Majumdar), a widow who lives alone in her mansion (her son being settled abroad), with her caretaker Tareq (Akkara), an ex-convict and shows how their lives undergo a change. The story for Gotro was conceived by Roy, when she learned about the relationship between Mukherjee's mother and her caretaker. Roy eventually wrote the film's screenplay, while she and Mukherjee co-wrote the story. This marked their second film after Icche (2011), focusing on mother-son relationship. Supriyo Dutta handled the cinematography while Moloy Laha edited the film. Anindya Chatterjee composed the film's soundtrack, which received favourable reviews on release. Gotro was released on 23 August 2019. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Majumdar's performance won high appraisals; criticism was however, drawn towards Akkara's performance. Nevertheless, the film was a commercial success, grossing ₹50 million (US$520,000) in its theatrical run. The soundtrack album of the film was highly successful. At the 4th Filmfare Awards Bangla, it received three nominations under Best Male Playback and Best Female Playback categories, but did not win any. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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