Jonaki
Summary of the Film:
“Jonaki” is inspired by the life of the writer’s grandmother, whom he was incredibly fond of and shared an indelible bond with. She grew up in a now nearly extinct class of affluent, aristocratic and anglicised family, the kinds that would attend ball dances and had high-teas. However, her life was marked with pain and suffering. Her father passed away when she was just six. Her mother was authoritarian. Despite being in love with a Christian boy, she was forcefully married at the age of 16. “Jonaki” is firefly in Bengali. Fireflies are magical. They flicker, and between each flicker of light they have moved on. The writer’s grandmother used to tell him that fireflies are part of a Japanese folktale in which the souls of the dead turn into fireflies and wander into the forest.
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Jonaki was inspired by the story of the director's grandmother.
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Director:
Aditya Vikram Sengupta
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