15 Park Avenue (2005)

An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a ... See full summary »

Director:

Aparna Sen

Writer:

Aparna Sen

Stars:

Shabana Azmi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Bose

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shabana Azmi	...	Anu
Konkona Sen Sharma	...	Meethi (as Konkona Sensharma)
Rahul Bose	...	Joydeep
Dhritiman Chatterjee	...	Dr. Kunal Barua (as Dhritiman Chaterji)
Kanwaljit Singh	...	Sanjeev
Shefali Shah	...	Lakshmi
Yama Shroff	...	Charu
Alexandra McLuskie	...	Joyeeta
Gregen McLuskie	...	Jishnu
Waheeda Rehman	...	Mother
Soumitra Chatterjee
Suranjana Dasgupta	...	Madwoman
Sumit Roy	...	Mahesh
Tina Nobis	...	Padma
Aashna Shah	...	Shreya

Storyline

An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a successful professor with a powerful personality. She is the anchoring rock for her family and carer for her sister Meethi whose progression into schizophrenia has been speed ed up by traumatic experiences. Anjali has always dominated the life of her attractive younger sister, and jealously warded off Meethi's handsome fiancé Jojo with fear of Meethi's impending illness. Years later when Meethi and Anjali are on holiday in the Hills there is a chance meeting with Jojo, now with his new wife and children. He is shocked to discover that Meethi does not now recognize him, but lives in a world visited by an imaginary husband and children of her own.

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Plot Keywords:

schizophrenia | professor | love | f rated | second marriage | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

English Hindi Bengali

Release Date:

6 January 2006 (India)

Also Known As:

Парк авеню 15

Filming Locations:

Bhagirathi Neetia Women and Child Care Centre, Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

INR 2,500,000 (India), 13 January 2006

Company Credits

Production Co:

SPS Telefilms

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

meethi's reality

i went to watch this film with my family who were expecting a neatly conclusive story like ''mr.& mrs.iyer''.and they returned home thoroughly disappointed.so,this is a warning to all ''conclusive story lovers'' to stay away.15 park avenue does not seek to answer questions or provide moral solutions on how to treat the mentally challenged.rather its intention is loud and clear.it questions every human being's,sane or not,sense of reality.in fact for me it even arouses doubts about my taken-for-granted sense of sanity.the security,bondage,satisfaction that i find in my present,is it really what i am or does it really create an illusion that all of us desperately and sometimes ignorantly cling on to just to falsely console the neglected 'meethi' which exists in all of us in some way or the other? so,why does anjali so maniacally makes it a point to show off her strength of mind when she is really harrowed by the realization that she is becoming a monster?aren't we all who think we are ''normal'' ,really monstrous and helplessly vulnerable about it deep down inside? is it not better to be happy even insanely,than to create the impression of 'normalcy' while suppressing one's fragility? meethi bravely,madly,sincerely does that.and society labels her as ''schizophrenic''.the ending did confound me at first,but then you realise that meethi bravery and sincere belief took her where she wanted to go.she found what she was searching for,not caring what society had to comment upon her search. and it is the seemingly 'real' people - anjali,the psychiatrist,and jojo- who never reach anywhere.my family thinks that i am schizophrenic too in trying to make sense of a film that is largely 'insane' to the rest of the world.anyone else willing to believe in my sense of reality...........?