Looking at Society, through the Lens of Rituparno Ghosh

1. Unishe April (April 19)

Unishe April
Unishe April

Sarojini, played by Aparna Sen is a successful dancer, who is not able to balance work and life together. Which creates a tiff between herself and her doctor husband. And that affects their daughter Mithu, played by Debashree Roy. Synchronous to Berman’s ‘Autumn Sonata’, Unishe April is the story of a relationship between a working mother and a daughter who is a byproduct of an unhappy marriage. The film also talks about the power equation of man and woman, especially when the woman is successful. The character of Sarojini in this film is anything but conventional, who barely fits in the ideal definition of a mother, wife or a widow.