Sweet success: 100 days of Cheeni
The film focuses on the ever-changing dynamics between a mother and her daughter
The Telegraph
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Published 09.04.21, 02:55 AM
Aparajita Adhya and Madhumita Sarcar recently got together at INOX, Hiland Park, to celebrate the phenomenal 100-day run of their film Cheeni, directed by Mainak Bhaumik. The film focuses on the ever-changing dynamics between a mother (Aparajita Adhya) and her daughter (Madhumita Sarcar). The bittersweet moments between the mother and daughter in the film have come in for a lot of praise.
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“I think the 100th day of Cheeni and its success is another reminder to me that it’s very important for a Bengali film to be primarily and essentially grounded in Bengali culture and its people. I can only imagine that the reason people liked the movie is because I stuck to a basic principle, which is that I must make a movie that people, including me, can relate to. I guess the ability to relate and identify oneself with, along with a lot of positivity, brings so much happiness to people. A lot of credit I must give to Madhumita, Apadi, Saurav (Das) and Pinkydi (Banerjee) who brought out and gave flesh and blood to my two-dimensional script pages. And also they are very likeable as people and on screen. I’m glad Team SVF took that risk to release my film at a time when everyone was scared to release anything and take a shot. So the payoff was sweet to all of us,” says Mainak.