Aparna Sen’s Japanese Wife set to release
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Director Aparna Sen is making a comeback with the film The Japanese Wife which stars Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Chigusa Takaku and Moushumi Chatterjee. The film is set to release on 9April, 2010.
The film is about Snehamoy, a schoolteacher in the Sunderbans, and Miyage, a young girl in Japan, who meet through letters, fall in love and get married through letters! They have been married for 15 years … but have never met.
Saregama MD Apurv Nagpal says, “We admire Aparna’s work and ability to interpret love. This is not just a film but a lyrical love poem, very different to anything out there in today’s age of instant gratification.”
February 28, 2010 at 3:54 PM
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March 1, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Looks nice. On my to see list.
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KonKona was praising it on twitter. (though she also praised MNIK.
March 28, 2010 at 2:20 PM
Aparna Sen is brilliant: Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose is back in the scene with his forthcoming release The Japanese Wife. Directed by Aparna Sen, the film is inspired by the Kunal Basu’s short story. An International rugby player, writer, social activist and director, Rahul Bose shot to fame for his work in parallel films like English, August, Mr & Mrs. Iyer, 15 Park Avenue etc. Recently in a press con held in Mumbai, we caught hold of him and quizzed him on his new film. Excerpts:
Your best performances have come in all the three films by Aparna Sen. And now we’re told that your role is par excellence in The Japanese Wife. Please tell us about character in the film.
The Japanese Wife is a lyrical love triangle between a Bengali mathematics teacher Snehamoy Chakrabarti played by me, who tutors students at a school in the Sundarbans and the two women in his life – his Japanese wife of 15 years, Miyage played by Chigusa Takaku, whom Snehamoy has never met and Sondhya played by Raima Sen, a widow who was chosen as his child bride but married elsewhere. Snehamoy and his Japanese wife live out their marriage in letters, thoughts, gifts and occasional telephonic conversations in broken English and then there is Snehamoy’s mashi played by Moushumi Chatterjee hovering around him all the time. So this film is a complete love story from the start till the end.
What was so striking about The Japanese Wife? Is it the story or ace filmmaker Aparna Sen?
I would say both! Forget me acting in this film, when I read the script, it almost made me cry. The story is overwhelming and heartbreakingly sensitive. And about Aparna Sen, she is a brilliant director and even this would be an understatement. We used to have our share of disagreements but after working for so long there is always mutual trust and respect which acts as a common factor”. As per handling of subject is concerned her depth and mastery is unbelievable.
So do you think this film by Aparna will impress the audience?
Definitely, without a doubt yes! This directorial venture is a completely different one from what Aparna had done before. If the audience liked the love story in Mr & Mrs. Iyer then the double the amount of people will love The Japanese Wife.
Is your role in the film worthy enough for an award?
I don’t work to get an award. It’s always a bonus when I do but I work for my cerebral satisfaction. This film has witnessed the finest work by all actors be it Moushumi Chatterjee, Raima or even Chigusa, all of them deserve an award according to me.
You’re a multi-faceted person who is into acting, directing, and writing. What about singing?
Oh I’ve tried my hands there too. I sang for a Bengali film called Anuranan.
What next after The Japanese Wife?
Well my forthcoming films are Fired which is a horror film. Then Mumbai Chakachak, I’am, Kuch Love Jaisa are in pipeline as well.
April 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Nobody understands human behaviour like Aparna Sen: Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose, who will be seen romancing onscreen after a long time in Aparna Sen’s The Japanese Wife, says he will continue working with the filmmaker as nobody understands human behaviour like her.
The actor had earlier teamed up with Sen for national-award-winning film Mr and Mrs Iyer and critically acclaimed project 15, Park Avenue.
Bose, 42, is playing a young village school teacher, who falls in love and marries his Japanese pen friend through letters. Bose says the movie is a beautiful “love song” by Sen, which will touch many hearts.
“It is by far the best work that both I and Aparna have done together. It is something that the audience has not seen for decades. We are battling for the soul of Indian audience with this film,” Bose told PTI in an interview.
“She kind of always casts me in romantic roles. But nobody understands human behaviour like Aparna Sen and that is what I like the most about her,” he added.
The film, releasing on April 9, has been shot in English, Bengali and Japanese and apart from Bose stars Raima Sen and Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku. The movie is based on a short story by Kunal Basu.
“My character in the film is very interesting. He is quiet, subtle and does not have any friends but he is very content. He is like the invisible man who only needs some kind of friend in his life which he finds in the Japanese girl,” Bose said.
“This girl is like a little candle flame in the middle of a storm which never goes out. Their relationship is like a husband and a wife. He sends her herbs, she send her woolen socks in winters. Then he gets a chance to call her, the line is bad and both of them sit with a dictionary to talk to each other, it’s beautiful,” he said.
The movie also marks the return of yesteryear’s beauty Moushumi Chatterjee.
After debuting as a director in 2001 film Everybody Says I’m Fine!, Bose will be stepping behind the camera once again with Moth Smoke, which is based on Pakistani writer Mohsin Ahmed’s book of the same name.
Set in Lahore, Moth Smoke is the story of a banker, who loses his job, falls in love with his best friend’s wife, and gets into a life of drugs and crime.
“I dropped out because the people who are backing the film decided to back out. But I am determined to do it now as this year I have an American firm which is interested in funding the film,” he said.
April 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM
Interesting he’s doing Moth Smoke.
April 8, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Khaled Mohamed review
http://passionforcinema.com/movie-review-the-japanese-wife-bond-the-human-bond/