Mayurakshi
# Mayurakshi

Mayurakshi is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan & Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Debojyoti Mishra. The film won the award for Best Bengali feature film at the 65th National Film Awards.

## Plot

In the modern world, with work pressures and financial woes mounting, isolation and stress becoming an integral part of life, most people believe that father and son bonding is becoming a thing of the past.

Mayurakshi narrates an intensely emotional tale of an 84-year-old father Sushovan, a brilliant former professor of history, presently suffering from age related neurological problems including dementia and cognitive dysfunction. His middle-aged son Aryanil visits him, an intimately sensitive man going through an unsettling phase in his personal life. Though deeply attached to his father, Aryanil is settled in Chicago, USA, and as such cut off from the soul who shaped his life. Within a five-day span of reunion, lost chapters get curiously reopened and incidents long buried suddenly turn relevant. Few days become more eventful than years and through the process of confrontation with aging and destiny, Aryanil seeks hope and sustenance in his own life.

## Cast

* Soumitra Chatterjee as Sushovan
* Prosenjit Chatterjee as Aryanil
* Indrani Halder as Sahana
* Sudipta Chakraborty as Mallika
* Gargi Roychowdhury as Paromita

## Awards and festivals

* NATIONAL AWARD

       Best Bengali Feature Film
* SINGAPORE SOUTH ASIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

       Best Movie Award
       Best Screenplay Award
* CHITRA BHARATHI

       Best Indian Cinema Award
* WBFJA

       Best Film
       Best Actor (Soumitra Chatterjee)
       Best Actor (Prosenjit Chatterjee)
* FILMFARE

       Best Film (Critics)
       Best Actor - Critics (Soumitra Chatterjee)
       Best Actor - Popular (Prosenjit Chatterjee)
       Best Background Score (Debojyoti Mishra)
* Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
