The film fest Ekagra featuring the movies by Mrinal Sen had a grand closure with the movie ‘Ek Din Achanak’.Featuring Shabana Azmi, the movie was directed by Mrinal Sen. The concluding day of the fest evoked a good response. Being an art film, the screening was well received by the filmy buffs of the city. The five day film fest was organized by Chhavi series of classical cinema, Bharat Bhavan. The movie was csreened here on Sunday at Abhirang Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan.
One evening, in the midst of torrential rains, a professor (Shreeram lagoo) goes out for a walk and fails to return. As the evening stretches into days and the days into weeks with no sign of him, the member of his family struggle both to regain their footing and to understand what might have caused him to leave. Slowly they return to their quotidian activities. The professor’s son Amit (Arjun Chakraborty) establishes his fledgling business; his younger daughter Sima (Roopa Ganguly) resumes her studies at college; and his elder daughter, Neeta (Shabana Azmi), the backbone of the family, returns to her office job.
Behind the facade of normalcy, though, the family is deeply wounded. Amit enjoys success in his business but is bitter and dour. Neeta has a very patient and supportive boyfriend (Anjan Dutt) but the relationship is stuck in a holding pattern. And their mother (Uttara Baokar) suffers debilitating depression. Their hesitant attempts to piece together the Professor’s state of mind before his disappearance raise more questions than they answer: Was he having an affair with a former student (Aparna Sen)IJ Was his academic career crumblingIJ Was he a plagiaristIJ
The movie was much enjoyed by the audience at the Abhirang hall. Further, CAO Prem Shankar Shukla said, “This time Ekagra was well received by the audience. The similar event are in the pipeline for the filmy buffs of the city.”