Looking at Society, through the Lens of Rituparno Ghosh

4. Memories in March

Memories in March
Memories in March

Arati Mishra, played by Deepti Naval comes to Kolkata for the cremation of her son Siddhartha who met with an accident on the eve of an office party where he consumed a considerable amount of alcohol. There she meets her son’s colleague Arnob played by Ghosh himself and finds out about his love affair with her son through Sahana, played by Raima Sen and accuses him of seducing her son. The film deals with various aspects at the same time – a mother suffering from befuddlement due to son’s untimely demise, as well as sudden exploration of his sexuality. Eventually though, the hatred turns into a jovial relationship, alongside a mother’s grief in coming to terms with her son’s demise and homosexuality.