Sanjita, Suvosmita Mukherjee, Sawon Chakroborty, Debashish Chatterjee, Aarshi Roy star in the new film Ghasjomi, which is running in theatres now. Directed by Sumantra Roy, the film revolves around two women (Ipsita and Barna) played by Sanjita and Suvosmita Mukherjee respectively. A formal meeting between these two women in the film turns into a very close bond that eventually changes them and shapes their lives in unexpected ways.
"The response we have received so far has been wonderful. We arranged a special screening in Barrackpore last Sunday. We had quite a crowd there in spite of the heat and unbearable conditions. Such wonderful reactions are motivating us to take the film to a larger audience. It's quite a challenge, particularly in this weather, but we have taken up that challenge head-on and trying our best to bring more audience to the cinema halls. Ghasjomi is releasing in Calcutta on June 9 at Nazrul Tirtha (5.30pm)," says director Sumantra Roy.
In the film, Barna is a 24-year-old girl, open-minded, intelligent, smart, and full of life, doing her research in social anthropology. Her research deals with Bengali urban, middle-class homemakers. Their childhood, relationship with parents, school, college, love affair, and marriage — all these are significant for her research. From her known circle, she collects the contact numbers of these homemakers and calls them for interviews. If they agree, Barna goes to their places and talks with them. That's how in the film she meets Ipsita. Ipsita is about 15 years older than her, comes from a dissimilar background, and is very different as well. Initially, she is shy and very hesitant to talk about herself but gradually she opens up and they become good friends. Barna gets surprised to know that Ipsita was previously part of a theatre group and she persuades her to rethink it.
"The film is about these two women. Barna and Ipsita eventually flow with the bonding they craft over time and leave a lasting impact on each other that in due course changes their individual lives in unexpected ways. We all enjoyed the shooting of Ghasjomi very much. The film has already been screened at numerous Indian and foreign film festivals and we have received a very good response from the audience," adds the director.
