Amu (2005)

Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju ... See full summary »

Director:

Shonali Bose

Writer:

Shonali Bose

Stars:

Konkona Sen Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Brinda Karat

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Kaju "Amu"
Yashpal Sharma	...	Gobind
Brinda Karat	...	Keya
Ankur Khanna	...	Kabir
Chaiti Ghosh	...	Tuki
Aparna Roy	...	Grandmother
Ashish Ghosh	...	Uncle
Ruma Ghosh	...	Aunt
Loveleen Mishra	...	Leelavati
Brajesh Mishra	...	Chachaji
Bharat Kapoor	...	Arun Sehgal
Lushin Dubey	...	Meera Sehgal
Rajendra Gupta	...	KK
Ganeve Rajkotia	...	Shanno Kaur
Kuljit Singh	...	Gurbachan Singh

Storyline

Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old Indian American woman who returns to India to visit her family and discover the place where she was born. The film takes a dark turn as Kaju stumbles against secrets and lies from her past. A horrifying genocide that took place twenty years ago turns out to hold the key to her mysterious origins.

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Plot Keywords:

indian american | genocide | delhi | single mother | violence | 

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Taglines:

When the past lives in the present...

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India USA

Language:

Bengali English Hindi Panjabi

Release Date:

7 January 2005 (India)

Filming Locations:

Delhi, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,593 (USA) (22 June 2007)

Gross:

$5,125 (USA) (29 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jonai Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Courageous Film

I have to say, I was initially not looking forward to this movie based on the lose plot line I had seen, but having seen in, I'm glad I did. While there were a few rough spots, there were a lot of redeeming qualities for this which makes this movie worth seeing.

For example, the historical look at an assassination in is done very indirectly by examining the life of one family. There is suspense, some interesting flashbacks, as well as some plot development which moves on reasonably nicely, with fairly good acting.

I think there were definitely points in the acting or possibly editing that would smooth out the transitions and increase the believability of the movie, but it is fairly easy to look beyond this after the plot line pulls you in.

The courage in telling this story is what is the most important part of this movie. This was good general knowledge information for me on a slice of Indian history as well as an entertaining tale on surrounding an important historical event.