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Journalism of Courage
I read Sunil Gangopadhyays Dui Nari Haate Torobari Two Women And A Sword In The Hand four years ago. It somehow related to my frequent visits to the US in the recent past. The original story is set against the US backdrop so we shot the film there, says Aniruddha about his film. He adds,I have experienced the terrible feeling of homesickness they live in. They call up their families just to listen to sounds of cups and saucers back home,or of a passing tramcar in Kolkata. Sunildas story is linked to this experience. They are lonely even within their affluence and their families.
Aniruddha seems to have a special affinity towards relationship films. Is Aparajita Tumi also one such film? I am not very conscious of doing only relationship films. I like to explore the human mind. My last two films have left many areas unexplored. I wished to explore those areas and even as I read the story and pondered over it,it struck me that human life is the most unpredictable thing. Anything can happen to anyone at any time without rhyme or reason. I explore myself through my films. I might do a thriller next time,who knows? The bottom line of the film is Life beyond right or wrong. This non-judgmental approach towards man-woman relationships has been taken because,says the filmmaker,Who am I to make value judgments or even to decide that a marriage has gone sour or a person has gone astray? These are social constructs we need to strip ourselves of. This is what I sought to establish. The US backdrop helped to bring out the contradiction in the lives of the characters in his film. He says that Aparajita Tumi is a high-budget film and exploring it was easier within the US ambience with its lovely landscapes juxtaposed against the emotional stasis in the lives of the characters. He says the US landscape throws up a picture of perfection while the characters come out as imperfect. But somewhere, the lines between perfection and imperfection get blurred depending on the flux in your perspective,felt the director.
