Jonaki (film)
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Jim Sarbh
Ratnabali Bhattacharjee
Sumanto Chattopadhyay
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| Directed by | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
| Written by | Aditya Vikram Sengupta |
| Produced by | Samir Sarkar |
| Starring | Lolita Chatterjee Jim Sarbh Ratnabali Bhattacharjee Sumanto Chattopadhyay |
| Cinematography | Aditya Vikram Sengupta Mahendra Shetty |
| Music by | Alexander Zekke |
Production company | Magic Hour Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | India, France, Singapore |
| Language | Bengali |
Jonaki (Firefly) is a 2018 Bengali-language psychological drama film directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta[1] and produced by Samir Sarkar.[2] An India, France, Singapore co-production the film is produced by Magic Hour Films in association with For Films and Catherine Dussart Production. Jonaki is the "dream" of an 81-year-old woman who in her comatose state revisits her tumultuous life through surrealistic images of painful echoing memories. The film stars late Lolita Chatterjee,[3] Jim Sarbh, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee and Sumanto Chattopadhyay.
Jonaki had its world premiere in the Bright Future[4] section of the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam[5][6] in 2018 where it was nominated for the coveted Netpac Awards.[7] It then travelled to several international film festivals including the Shanghai International Film Festival, New Horizons Film Festival, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles,[8] Indian Melbourne Film Festival[9] amongst others.
Jonaki was nominated for the Golden Gateway of India for Best Film at the 20th Mumbai Film Festival[10] (MAMI) in 2018 and went on to win the Silver Gateway Award.[11] It also won a Special Mention for Best Film on Gender Equality at the Oxfam Awards in 2018.[12][13]
While Jonaki, an 80-year-old woman, searches for love in a strange world of decaying memories, her lover, now old and grey, returns to a world she is leaving behind.
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