Cast: Shabana Azmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Bose, Kanwaljit Singh, Shefali Shetty, Waheeda Rehman
Director:Aparna Sen
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Synopsis
Aparna Sen’s ‘15 Park Avenue’ is a film with a sensitive subject. It is a film that will appeal to selected audience. It may not appeal to masses.
'15 Park Avenue' tells the story of Mithali (Konkana Sen) and her elder sister Anjali (Shabana Azmi). Mithi suffers from schizophrenia. She lives in an imaginary world. A part of her imaginary world is her husband Jojo and her children who live at 15 Park Avenue. She will search for the address, but cannot find it.
In the past, Mithi was a vibrant girl and worked as a journalist. She was engaged to Joydeep Roy (Rahul Bose), whom she lovingly called 'Jojo'. During one of her reporting assignments, when she went out of Kolkata, she was gang-raped by number of goons. Since then, she became a target to schizophrenia. Her mental condition is so severe that even Joydeep leaves her off. she cannot be removed from her imagination. It looks so difficult to get her to the reality.
Though Anjali is married, she comes more often to look after her sick sister Mithi and her mother (Waheeda Rehman). She gets divorced from her husband and takes care of them. Mithi, Anjali and their mother will once go to Bhutan. There they happen to meet Joydeep, who is now married and has children. Joydeep gets shocked looking at Mithi's condition. He gets some pity upon her and decides to help her in finding the address '15 Park Avenue'. This marks the end, making viewers think what is real and what is imaginary. The conclusion leaves many things open for viewer interpretation.
Performance:
Konkana Sen suits well for the character of a woman who suffers from schizophrenia. Shabana Azmi's role is good. She suits well as elder sister. Rahul Bose and Waheeda Rehman did their part adequately. Aparna Sen, being an actor, choosen a good cast that suit well to her script. She has moulded her script into a slow paced flick which attracts only some selected audience. The film has no songs testing the viewer's patience.
Verdict: Average |  |
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