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{{Infobox film
| name = Iti Mrinalini
| name = Iti Mrinalini
| image =
| image = Iti Mrinalini Film Poster.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Aparna Sen]]
| director = [[Aparna Sen]]
| producer = [[Shrikant Mohta]] <br> [[Mahendra Soni]]
| writer = [[Aparna Sen]]<br>[[Ranjan Ghosh]]
| writer =Story and Screenplay: [[Aparna Sen]] <br> and <br> [[Ranjan Ghosh]]
| producer = [[Shrikant Mohta]]<br>[[Mahendra Soni]]
| starring = [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]<br>[[Aparna Sen]]<br>[[Rajat Kapoor]]<br>[[Priyanshu Chatterjee]]<br> [[Koushik Sen]] |
| starring = [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]<br>[[Aparna Sen]]<br>[[Rajat Kapoor]]<br>[[Priyanshu Chatterjee]]<br>[[Kaushik Sen]]
| music = [[Debajyoti Mishra]]
| music = [[Debojyoti Mishra]]
| cinematography = [[Somak Mukherjee]]
| cinematography = [[Somak Mukherjee]]
| editing = [[Rabiranjan Moitra]]
| editing = [[Rabiranjan Moitra]]
| distributor = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| released = June 2010
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|10|27|MAMI International Film Festival|2011|7|29|India}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 128 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| country = [[India]]
| awards =
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
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'''''Iti Mrinalini''''' ({{langx|bn|ইতি মৃণালিনী}} {{langx|en|Yours, Mrinalini}}; {{langx|en|An Unfinished Letter}}) is a 2011 Indian drama film directed by [[Bengali people|Bengali]] filmmaker [[Aparna Sen]]. Sen collaborated with [[Ranjan Ghosh]] to write both the story and the screenplay.<ref name="Konkona plays young mom Aparna">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/178239/konkona-plays-young-mom-aparna.html|title=Konkona plays young mom Aparna|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=2011-07-24}}</ref> The film was produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]] and Mahendra Soni of [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd]].<ref name="Aparna Sen announces Iti Mrinalini" /> Some critics consider it to be among her best works, ranking with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Iyer]]'' and ''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''.<ref name="Aparna Sen's best since Mr and Mrs Iyer">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110506/?pg=33#pg33.html|title=Aparna Sen's best since Mr and Mrs Iyer|access-date=2011-05-30|work=India Abroad-Digital}}</ref>


'''''Iti Mrinalini''''' ({{lang-en|Yours Mrinalini}}) is a forthcoming [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Drama film|drama]] [[Feature film|film]], directed by the acclaimed [[Bengali people|Bengali]] filmmaker [[Aparna Sen]], written by Sen and debutant film writer [[Ranjan Ghosh]], and produced by [[Shrikant Mohta]] and [[Mahendra Soni]] of [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd]].<ref name="Official Iti Mrinalini Group">{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123737177108|title=Iti Mrinalini|accessdate=|work=}}</ref> The film features [[Aparna Sen]] and her daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] in the lead role. It also stars [[Rajat Kapoor]], [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]], [[Koushik Sen]], [[Locket Chatterjee]] and German actor [[Suzanne Bernert]] in supporting roles.<ref name="Mrinalini’s men">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090923/jsp/entertainment/story_11529226.jsp|title=Other casts of Iti Mrinalini|accessdate=2009-09-23|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
This was the first Bengali film Sen directed after a gap of more than a decade. Her previous film was ''[[Paromitar Ek Din]]'', in 2000. ''Iti Mrinalini'' is viewed as the director's first mainstream venture. It focuses on the life of an aging Bengali star actress of yesteryear (Mrinalini), who looks back at her life. [[Aparna Sen]] plays the current-day Mrinalini while her daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] portrays Mrinalini's younger self.<ref name="Aparna Sen announces Iti Mrinalini">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/aparna-sen-announces-iti-mrinalini/503496/|title=Aparna and Konkona in Iti Mrinalini|access-date=2009-08-21|work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161819/http://www.screenindia.com/news/aparna-sen-announces-iti-mrinalini/503496|archive-date=25 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film also stars [[Rajat Kapoor]], [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]], [[Kaushik Sen]], [[Locket Chatterjee]] and German actor [[Suzanne Bernert]] in supporting roles. The entire cast, except for Konkona, is new to Aparna Sen films.<ref name="Mrinalini’s men">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090923/jsp/entertainment/story_11529226.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604144613/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090923/jsp/entertainment/story_11529226.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title=Other casts of Iti Mrinalini|access-date=2009-09-23|work=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India|first=Kushali|last=Nag|date=2009-09-23}}</ref>


This was the first time Sen had collaborated with a scriptwriter,<ref name="Konkona plays young mom Aparna" /> and the first film by Sen to be nationally released in [[Hindi]] simultaneously with the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] version. It is also the first time Sen and her daughter have played the same character.<ref name="Konkona plays young mom Aparna" />
The film revolves around the life of an actress who looks back at her life, where [[Aparna Sen]] plays the older Mrinalini while her daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] portrays the younger version.<ref name="Aparna Sen announces Iti Mrinalini">{{cite web |url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/aparna-sen-announces-iti-mrinalini/503496/|title=Aparna and Konkona in Iti Mrinalini|accessdate=2009-08-21|work=ScreenIndia.com}}</ref>

==Theme==
The film examines the randomness of life. Nothing is under our control and at times, we should just let go - just let it be what it will. The film also explores different forms of love - one that happens in early youth, one that's more domestic, one that falls somewhere between ''friendship'' and ''love'', and one resulting out of loneliness.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Mrinalini ([[Aparna Sen]]), an ageing actress, writes a suicide note. As a performer, the first lesson she had learnt was timing – the perfect moment for making an entrance or an exit on stage. On the stage of life, her entrance had been outside her control; but she wants to choose the moment of her exit at least.
Mrinalini, an ageing actress, writes a suicide note. As a performer, the first lesson she learned was timing – the perfect moment for making an entrance or an exit on stage. On the stage of life, her entrance was outside her control, but she plans to choose her exit.


However, before taking the pills that will put her to sleep forever, she decides to destroy all her memorabilia – letters, photographs, newspaper cuttings, knick-knacks pertaining to the past – lest they fall into the hands of the press. She has been a victim of media attention all her life and wishes to be spared that at her death.
Before taking the sleeping pills she has ready, she decides to destroy her memorabilia – letters, photographs, newspaper cuttings, knick-knacks – in case they fall into the hands of the press. She was a focus of media attention all her life and wishes to be spared this, as much as possible, at her death.


As she looks through the old box that contains relics from her past, memories flood the night... Incidents that she had forgotten or had relinquished to the furthest corners of her mind now return to haunt her and, through these memories, an entire life is revealed – a life of loves lost and gained, friendships and betrayals, successes and failures, accidents and awards, agonies and ecstasies.
As she looks through the relics from her past, she remembers incidents that she had forgotten or had suppressed. Through these memories, she relives her love life, friendships and betrayals, successes and failures, accidents and awards.


Mrinalini relives her past, as night gradually turns to dawn. An ajaan starts up somewhere. Slowly early morning light fills the room. The moment has passed and the death she had wished for so intensely no longer seems a priority. Her German Shepherd comes and rubs its head on its mistress’s feet and squeaks to be let out. Mrinalini smiles, tears up the suicide note and takes her dog out for a walk.
As Mrinalini relives her past, night gradually turns to dawn. An ''azaan'' (Islamic call to prayer) starts up in the distance. Slowly, early morning light fills the room. The moment has passed and the death she had wished for so intensely no longer seems a priority. Her German Shepherd comes and rubs its head on its mistress's feet and asks to be let out. Mrinalini tears up the suicide note and takes her dog out for a walk. On the street, she meets morning walkers, joggers, and a group of school children.

A young man runs past her. He seems to be escaping from something. Mrinalini thinks that she recognizes him; he resembles her first boyfriend, from her college days. Maybe he's a thief, or a gangster. Then a gunshot is heard. Everyone on the street is startled. Mrinalini stands still, shocked. The young man who resembled her first love checks himself. He is safe, but Mrinalini has been hit in the back. He runs off as she collapses on the ground.


A new day starts. A new life awaits her. A new beginning she has chosen.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Konkona Sen Sharma]] as Younger Mrinalini Mitra
* [[Aparna Sen]] as the Mrinalini Mitra
*[[Aparna Sen]] as Older Mrinalini Mitra
** [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] as the younger Mrinalini Mitra
*[[Priyanshu Chatterjee]] as Imtiaz Chowdhury
* [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]] as Imtiaz Chowdhury
*[[Rajat Kapoor]] as Siddhartha Sarkar
* [[Rajat Kapoor]] as Siddhartha Sarkar
*[[Koushik Sen]] as Chintan Nair
* [[Kaushik Sen]] as Chintan Nair
*[[Shaheb Bhattacharjee]] as Abhijeet Mukherjee
* [[Saheb Bhattacharya|Saheb Bhattacharjee]] as Abhijeet Mukherjee
*[[Locket Chatterjee]] as Maithili Sarkar
* [[Locket Chatterjee]] as Maithili Sarkar
*[[Suzanne Bernert]] as Julia Campbell
* [[Srijit Mukherji]] as Ranajoy Mitra
*[[Gargi Roychowdhury]] as Sumitra Debi
* [[Suzanne Bernert]] as Julia Campbell
*[[Ananya Chatterjee]] as Hiya Majumdar
* [[Gargi Roychowdhury]] as Sumitra Debi
*[[Dulal Lahiri]] as Prasad Sen
* [[Ananya Chatterjee]] as Hiya Majumdar
*[[Rita Koiral]] as Moti
* [[Dulal Lahiri]] as Prasad Sen
* [[Rita Koiral]] as Moti
* Tritee Basu as Toddler Shona
*Poonam Basak as Mrinalini's Roommate
*Avrajit Chakraborty as Mrinalini's friend


==Crew==
*[[Film director|Director]] Aparna Sen
*[[Film producer|Producers]] Shrikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni
*[[screenwriter|Scriptwriter]] Ranjan Ghosh
*[[Production Designer]] Aparna Sen with Sabarni Das, Srijit Mukherji, Ranjan Ghosh
*[[Cinematographer]] Somak Mukherjee
*[[film editing|Editor]] Rabiranjan Moitra
*[[Sound Designer]] Anup Mukherjee
*[[Music Director]] Debajyoti Mishra
*[[Art Director]] Indranil Ghosh
*[[Costume Designer]] Sabarni Das
==Production==
==Production==

===Pre-production===
===Pre-production===
For the first time, Sen teams up with [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd]], the makers of ''[[Chokher Bali]]'' and ''[[Raincoat (film)|Raincoat]]''. The pre-production of the film started in the 2nd week of April 2009 with ideation. Scripting started by end April. In a major first, Sen gets attached to the curriculum of any film institute. The screenplay of ''Iti Mrinalini'' was an assignment in the Screenwriting syllabus at the Mumbai based film school [[Whistling Woods International]]. Interestingly this was the first time in Indian Screenwriting that any assigned screenplay of any Indian film institute has actually been filmed.
This is Sen's first collaboration with [[Shree Venkatesh Films|Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd]], the makers of ''[[Chokher Bali (2003 film)|Chokher Bali]]'' and ''[[Raincoat (film)|Raincoat]]''. Pre-production started in the second week of April 2009 with ideation. Scripting started by the end of April.


In [[Aparna Sen]]'s her own admission at a Master Class on Cinema held on Fox History and Entertainment Channel, in the three decades of her film-making career this is the very first time that she collaborates with any film writer. Based on an original story idea given to him by Sen, debutant screenwriter [[Ranjan Ghosh]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Ranjan Ghosh|publisher=''IMDb''|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3666580/| accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref> has written the story and the screenplay of ''Iti Mrinalini'' along with his director. He is a Screenwriting ex-student from [[Whistling Woods International]]. Incidentally, [[Ranjan Ghosh]] becomes [[Aparna Sen]]'s first and only co-author since she began her directing career with the celebrated [[36 Chowringhee Lane]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web | title=Iti Mrinalini| publisher=''Facebook''|url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123737177108| accessdate=2009-12-11}}</ref>
The screenplay of ''Iti Mrinalini'' was an assignment in the screenwriting syllabus at the Mumbai-based film school [[Whistling Woods International]]. This marked the first time that a screenplay emerging from an Indian film institute had actually been filmed.<ref>{{cite news| title=Script is King in any film| newspaper=The Asian Age| url=http://www.asianage.com/ideas/%E2%80%98script-king-any-film%E2%80%99-281/| access-date=2010-11-12| archive-date=3 December 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050627/http://www.asianage.com/ideas/%E2%80%98script-king-any-film%E2%80%99-281/| url-status=dead}}</ref> In a Master Class on Cinema held on [[Fox History & Entertainment|Fox History and Entertainment Channel]], Sen commented that she had never collaborated with any film writer before the screenplay for ''Iti Mrinalini''. First-time screenwriter [[Ranjan Ghosh]], an alumnus of [[Whistling Woods International]], wrote the story and the screenplay along with Sen, based on an original story idea Sen gave him.<ref>{{cite web | title=There's no luck without hard work|publisher=dnaindia|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/interview_there-s-no-luck-without-hard-work_1389978/| access-date=2010-05-31}}</ref> Ghosh was Sen's first co-author since she began her prolific directing career with [[36 Chowringhee Lane]] in 1981.<ref name="Konkona plays young mom Aparna" /><ref>{{cite web | title=Iti Mrinalini| publisher=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123737177108| access-date=2009-12-11}}</ref> The first draft of the screenplay of ''Iti Mrinalini'' was ready by the end of July 2009. The second and third drafts were completed by August and September, respectively


The first draft of the screenplay of ''Iti Mrinalini'' was ready by end-July. The second and the third drafts were written successively by August and September. Cinematographer [[Shirsha Roy]] was supposed to shoot the film initially. However, date hassles kept him away. DOP [[Somak Mukherjee]] stepped in his shoes. Location recce was carried out in Calcutta and Konark in the month of August.
Somak Mukherjee acted as cinematographer, in place of Shirsha Roy who was unable to participate due to scheduling problems.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} Location scouting was carried out in [[Calcutta]] and [[Konark]] in the month of August.


Like in her earlier films, Sen went in for a grueling acting workshop for the cast. The Calcutta chapter was for three weeks when daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] had flown down from Mumbai to attend the workshop. The Mumbai chapter was for another ten days thereafter with [[Rajat Kapoor]] and [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]]. The acting workshop was conducted by [[Sohag Sen]].
As she did for her earlier films, Sen arranged a grueling acting workshop for the cast, conducted by [[Sohag Sen]]. The Calcutta chapter of the workshop lasted for three weeks, with [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]. The Mumbai chapter ran for another ten days, with [[Rajat Kapoor]] and [[Priyanshu Chatterjee]].


Extensive and exhaustive pre-production meets were held regularly at Sen's place throughout the months of August and September. The production design of this film has been handled by Sen along with her directorial assistants. Sen entrusted her scriptwriter [[Ranjan Ghosh]] - who also doubled up as the Director's Assistant - with the unique task of creating Mrinalini's memory items. The entire memorabilia of the actress were thereby designed and created by Ghosh with some help from the art department. Her long time junior colleague at the Bengali language Women's magazine [[Sananda (magazine)]], [[Sabarni Das]], designed the costumes for Sen's film. Deftly handling the demands of costumes for this period film, Das helped in the art direction of the film as well.
Extensive pre-production meets were held regularly at Sen's home throughout the months of August and September. Production design of this film was by Sen and her directorial assistants. Scriptwriter [[Ranjan Ghosh]] acted as Assistant Director and took on the task of creating Mrinalini's memorabilia with help from the art department. Sabarni Das, Sen's longtime junior colleague at the Bengali-language women's magazine ''[[Sananda (magazine)|Sananda]]'', designed the costumes. Das also helped in the art direction.


===Principal photography===
===Production/Principal photography===
The production of the film started on 6 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kolkata calling for Konkona| publisher=''Times of India''|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Kolkata-calling-for-Konkona/articleshow/5031099.cms| accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref>
The production of the film started on 6 October 2009.<ref>{{cite news | title=Kolkata calling for Konkona|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Kolkata-calling-for-Konkona/articleshow/5031099.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811033317/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-20/news-interviews/28088106_1_konkona-sen-sharma-70s-80s-kolkata-iti-mrinalini|url-status=live|archive-date=2011-08-11| access-date=2009-09-20| newspaper=[[The Times of India]]| date=2009-09-20}}</ref>
This time [[Aparna Sen]] returns to make a Bengali film after a gap of a decade, while her last was ''[[Paromitar Ek Din]]'', in [[2000 in film|2000]].


One of the cult poems by Bengali writer [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], ''Smritir Shohor'', was turned into a song for the film. This is the first time a poem by Gangopadhyay's poems has been in a film. Music director Debojyoti Mishra wrote the score.
[[Aparna Sen]] directs her daughter [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] and acts with her in the same film and for the first time the mother-daughter duo plays the same character.


''Iti Mrinalini'' was shot in 38 locations in just 33 days. The shoot covered areas around Calcutta including the [[Vidyasagar Setu]], the [[Howrah Bridge]], [[Bagbazar|Baghbazar]] Ghat, [[College Street (Kolkata)|College Street]], Favourite Cabin, Calcutta Greens, [[Science City, Kolkata|Science City]], [[Alipore Zoological Gardens|Alipore Zoo]], [[New Market, Calcutta|New Market]], Priya Cinema, Ganga Kutir, and a Silver Spring apartment. The outdoor scenes were shot in Konark in a week, in the latter half of October.
''Iti Mrinalini'' is also the first mainstream film directed by Sen, popular songs are used for the first time in any of her films. Music director Debajyoti Mishra has scored for Sen once again.


The Calcutta Movieton studio at [[Tollygunge]]’s 28A Chandi Ghosh Road reopened after 25 years for ''Iti Mrinalini''. The studio was once owned by ex-star [[Kanan Devi]], who sold it to businessman Jagdish Bagri in 1985. Bagri commented "I had no intention to run a studio back then but now Tollywood is big". Producer Shree Venkatesh Films hired two floors for the shoot.<ref>{{cite news | title=Aparna stars in Aparna film| newspaper=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091112/jsp/entertainment/story_11728536.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115170737/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091112/jsp/entertainment/story_11728536.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2009| access-date=2009-12-11| location=Calcutta, India| date=2009-11-12}}</ref>
Eminent Bengali writer [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] is interestingly linked with ''Iti Mrinalini''. One of his cult poems, ''[[Smritir Shohor]]'' has been turned into a song for the film. Incidentally, this is the first time any of Gangopadhyay's poems have been used as a song for any film.


===Post-production===
''Iti Mrinalini'' is also the first film to be shot by [[Aparna Sen]] in record time. The film's unit faced an uphill task of completing the shoot covering 38 locations in just 33 days. The shoot covered areas around Calcutta like the Vidyasagar Setu, the Howrah Bridge, Baghbazar Ghat, College Street, Favourite Cabin, Calcutta Greens, Science City, Alipore Zoo, New Market, Priya Cinema, Ganga Kutir, Silver Spring apartment among a host of others.
The first two cuts of the film were completed by the end of November 2009 and by mid-December 2009 respectively. The final cut, with a duration of 128 minutes, was completed in January 2010.


Dubbing was held in Calcutta in December and in Mumbai from January to March 2010. Sound design and the final mix-down was completed in 'Maximum City' in September.
For the outdoor schedule, the unit went to Konark for a week in the latter half of October.


== Release ==
It was a return to history for the film unit. The sound of “lights, camera, action” returned to Calcutta Movieton studio at Tollygunge’s 28A Chandi Ghosh Road, which reopened after 25 years with ''Iti Mrinalini''. The studio was once owned by yesteryear star Kanan Devi, who sold it to businessman Jagdish Bagri in 1985. “I had no intention to run a studio back then but now Tollywood is big,” said Bagri. ''Iti Mrinalini'' producer Shree Venkatesh Films had taken two floors on hire for the film shoot.<ref>{{cite web | title=Aparna stars in Aparna film| publisher=''The Telegraph''|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091112/jsp/entertainment/story_11728536.jsp| accessdate=2009-12-11}}</ref>
''Iti Mrinalini''<nowiki/>'s domestic premiere was in the 'Indian Frame' section at the 12th [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image|MAMI International Film Festival]] 2010, held in Mumbai on 27 October 2010.<ref>{{cite news| title=Iti Mrinalini movie review Aparna Sen's whirlwind memory trip| publisher=Passion For Cinema| url=http://passionforcinema.com/iti-mrinalini-movie-review-aparna-sens-whirlwind-memory-trip//articleshow/6658998.cms| access-date=2010-12-01}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Iti Mrinalini movie review Aparna Sen's mainstream outing| publisher=Wordpress| url=http://lataravindran.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/iti-mrinalini-movie-review-aparna-sens-mainstream-outing//articleshow/6658998.cms| access-date=2010-12-12}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Its world premiere was at the [[Cairo International Film Festival]] on 30 November 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title=Srijit Mukherji's new heights|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Srijit-Mukherjis-new-heights/articleshow/6658998.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103144514/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-01/news-interviews/28259416_1_bengali-cinema-premiere-srijit-mukherji|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-11-03| access-date=2010-10-01| newspaper=[[The Times of India]]| date=2010-10-01}}</ref> The film opened the River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival on 3 December 2010, which was also its European premiere.<ref>{{cite news| title=Aparna Sen's film Iti Mrinalini to flag off Florence Festival| publisher=Calcutta Tube| url=http://calcuttatube.com/aparna-sens-film-iti-mrinalini-to-flag-off-florence-festival/articleshow/6658998.cms| access-date=2010-12-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129090150/http://calcuttatube.com/aparna-sens-film-iti-mrinalini-to-flag-off-florence-festival/articleshow/6658998.cms| archive-date=29 January 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> It played to sold-out audiences at the [[Dubai International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Iti Mrinalini housefull at Dubai film fest |newspaper=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Iti-Mrinalini-housefull-at-Dubai-film-fest/articleshow/7104659.cms |access-date=2010-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218222905/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Iti-Mrinalini-housefull-at-Dubai-film-fest/articleshow/7104659.cms |archive-date=18 December 2010 }}</ref> and was given a standing ovation at the 8th Edition of the [[Chennai International Film Festival]] on 23 December 2010.<ref>{{cite news| title=iti… a cinematic experience| publisher=Wordpress.com| url=http://rudhran.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/iti…-a-cinematic-experience/article950182.cms| access-date=2010-12-27}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/The-world-comes-to-Chennai/article15591852.ece#!|title=The World comes to Chennai|last=Ramnarayan|first=Gowri|date=2010-12-13|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2010-12-22|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>


The prestigious [[Slamdance Film Festival]] presented ''Iti Mrinalini'' at the 9th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, on 14 April 2011, the film's USA premiere.<ref>{{cite news| title=What to Watch #8: An Unfinished Letter (ITI MRINALINI) presented by Slamdance| publisher=indianfilmfestival.org| url=http://indianfilmfestival.org/blog/?page_id=28.cms| access-date=2011-03-31| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721060444/http://indianfilmfestival.org/blog/?page_id=28.cms| archive-date=21 July 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref> It was selected as the Centerpiece Film at the 11th Annual edition of the [[Indo-American Arts Council|IAAC]]'s [[New York Indian Film Festival|New York Indian Film Festiva'''l''']] in May 2011 in [[Manhattan]],<ref>{{cite news | title=NYIFF announces Opening, Closing, and Centerpiece films| publisher=businessofcinema.com|url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17878rticle950182.cms| access-date=2011-03-20}}</ref> and was shown at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival in May 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite news| title=Festival Guide 2011| publisher=silkscreenfestival.org| url=http://www.silkscreenfestival.org/131/festival-guide-2011.cms| access-date=2011-05-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004014716/http://www.silkscreenfestival.org/131/festival-guide-2011.cms| archive-date=4 October 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2011.<ref>{{cite news| title=An Unfinished Letter| publisher=siff.com| url=http://www.siff.com/MovieEnLists/2011/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID=766B2336-FF37-4A1A-B2DD-06081718313D&ID=ea4fc348-521e-4556-bef5-77857a02f83a.cms| access-date=2011-06-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001061801/http://www.siff.com/MovieEnLists/2011/ShowDetail.aspx?dicID=766B2336-FF37-4A1A-B2DD-06081718313D&ID=ea4fc348-521e-4556-bef5-77857a02f83a.cms| archive-date=1 October 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Post-production===

The film is currently under post-production. The first two cuts of the film were completed by end November 2009 and by mid December 2009 respectively. While the first cut went up to 140 minutes, the second cut's duration was 135 minutes.
The film's commercial release in India was on 29 July 2011, followed by a worldwide release on 31 July 2011.

== Reception ==
[[The Hollywood Reporter]] called ''Iti Mrinalini'' "[a]n addicting shot of melodrama" with "anxious beautiful women" and "a sense that society, an entirely alien force outside those nighttime windows, is conspiring to ruin lives and despoil love".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/an-unfinished-letter-iti-mrinalini-179447|title=An Unfinished Letter (Iti Mrinalini): Movie Review|last=Honeycutt|first=Kirk|date=2011-04-18|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502131603/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/an-unfinished-letter-iti-mrinalini-179447|archive-date=2017-05-02|access-date=2011-06-10}}</ref>

[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]] commented that "[t]he film transcends its regional mould and presents Bengalis as part of a bigger global existence... This is a new-generation film which doesn’t need a hip youngster to make it contemporary".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/of-memories-men/cid/356743|title=Of memories & men|last=Bhaumik|first=Mainak|date=January 8, 2011|website=Telegraph India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>

[[The Indian Express]] wrote that "The film ends abruptly on a tragic, pessimistic, almost melodramatic note that is unlike Aparna Sen. Sen's minute eye for detail is scattered through the film, as are myriad characters of different colours who dot her life from her youth in the 1970s to the present time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/iti-mrinalini/831131/|title=Iti Mrinalini - Indian Express|last=Chatterji|first=Shoma A.|date=August 12, 2011|website=Indian Express|access-date=2019-09-26}}</ref>

[[Anandabazar Patrika]] rated the film 8.5/10, calling it "Aparna's most mature outing till date, and a marked departure from her usual style of film-making".{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

==Themes==
The film examines the uncertainty of life, suggesting that nothing is under our control no matter how hard we try. The film also explores different forms of love: romantic love, domestic happiness, platonic love, and love that results from loneliness and seclusion.

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack has music composed by [[Debojyoti Mishra]], with lyrics by [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], [[Srijit Mukherjee]] and [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. The music was released on 28 March 2011.
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{{Track listing
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| title2 = Ajana Kono Galpo Bole | extra2 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]] | lyrics2 = [[Srijit Mukherjee]]
| title3 = Mone Holo Jeno Antabihin | extra3 = [[Sudeshna Chatterjee]] | lyrics3 = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| title4 = Bishe Bishe Nil | note4 = Female | extra4 = Shreya Ghoshal | lyrics4 = Srijit Mukherjee
| title5 = Smritir Sahor | note5 = Part 2 | extra5 = [[Aparna Sen]], Srikanto Acharya, Priyam Mukherjee & Sourish Bhattacharya | lyrics5 = Sunil Gangopadhyay
| title6 = Amar Mukti Aloye Aloye | extra6 = Sudeshna Chatterjee | lyrics6 = Rabindranath Tagore
| title7 = Bishe Bishe Nil | note7 = (Male) | extra7 = [[Bonnie Chakraborty]] | lyrics7 = Srijit Mukherjee
| title8 = Amake Tan Mare | note8 = | extra8 = | lyrics8 =
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==Awards==
Dubbing was held in Calcutta over two phases. In the first phase, lasting a week, in early December, all major and secondary characters completed their dubbing. The second phase lasted for three days whence [[Aparna Sen]] did her portion. The dubbing session to be held in Mumbai begins in the third week of January 2010. Sound design and final mix are planned to be completed in the 'Maximum City' by March. ''Iti Mrinalini'' is being dubbed in Hindi as well. It is targeted to release in June 2010.
* New York Indian Film Festival (Best Director) - [[Aparna Sen]]
* New York Indian Film Festival (Best Actress) - [[Konkona Sen Sharma]]<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=''Spring in the Colony' Wins Best Feature as New York Indian Film Festival Closes'|date=9 May 2011|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spring-colony-wins-best-feature-186470|access-date=9 May 2011|first=Nyay|last=Bhushan}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|1521223|Iti Mrinalini}}


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Iti Mrinalini
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAparna Sen
Written byAparna Sen
Ranjan Ghosh
Produced byShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
StarringKonkona Sen Sharma
Aparna Sen
Rajat Kapoor
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Kaushik Sen
CinematographySomak Mukherjee
Edited byRabiranjan Moitra
Music byDebojyoti Mishra
Distributed byShree Venkatesh Films
Release dates
  • 27 October 2010 (2010-10-27) (MAMI International Film Festival)
  • 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) (India)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Iti Mrinalini (Bengali: ইতি মৃণালিনী English: Yours, Mrinalini; English: An Unfinished Letter) is a 2011 Indian drama film directed by Bengali filmmaker Aparna Sen. Sen collaborated with Ranjan Ghosh to write both the story and the screenplay.[1] The film was produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd.[2] Some critics consider it to be among her best works, ranking with Mr. and Mrs. Iyer and 36 Chowringhee Lane.[3]

This was the first Bengali film Sen directed after a gap of more than a decade. Her previous film was Paromitar Ek Din, in 2000. Iti Mrinalini is viewed as the director's first mainstream venture. It focuses on the life of an aging Bengali star actress of yesteryear (Mrinalini), who looks back at her life. Aparna Sen plays the current-day Mrinalini while her daughter Konkona Sen Sharma portrays Mrinalini's younger self.[2] The film also stars Rajat Kapoor, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Locket Chatterjee and German actor Suzanne Bernert in supporting roles. The entire cast, except for Konkona, is new to Aparna Sen films.[4]

This was the first time Sen had collaborated with a scriptwriter,[1] and the first film by Sen to be nationally released in Hindi simultaneously with the Bengali version. It is also the first time Sen and her daughter have played the same character.[1]

Plot

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Mrinalini, an ageing actress, writes a suicide note. As a performer, the first lesson she learned was timing – the perfect moment for making an entrance or an exit on stage. On the stage of life, her entrance was outside her control, but she plans to choose her exit.

Before taking the sleeping pills she has ready, she decides to destroy her memorabilia – letters, photographs, newspaper cuttings, knick-knacks – in case they fall into the hands of the press. She was a focus of media attention all her life and wishes to be spared this, as much as possible, at her death.

As she looks through the relics from her past, she remembers incidents that she had forgotten or had suppressed. Through these memories, she relives her love life, friendships and betrayals, successes and failures, accidents and awards.

As Mrinalini relives her past, night gradually turns to dawn. An azaan (Islamic call to prayer) starts up in the distance. Slowly, early morning light fills the room. The moment has passed and the death she had wished for so intensely no longer seems a priority. Her German Shepherd comes and rubs its head on its mistress's feet and asks to be let out. Mrinalini tears up the suicide note and takes her dog out for a walk. On the street, she meets morning walkers, joggers, and a group of school children.

A young man runs past her. He seems to be escaping from something. Mrinalini thinks that she recognizes him; he resembles her first boyfriend, from her college days. Maybe he's a thief, or a gangster. Then a gunshot is heard. Everyone on the street is startled. Mrinalini stands still, shocked. The young man who resembled her first love checks himself. He is safe, but Mrinalini has been hit in the back. He runs off as she collapses on the ground.

Cast

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Production

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Pre-production

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This is Sen's first collaboration with Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd, the makers of Chokher Bali and Raincoat. Pre-production started in the second week of April 2009 with ideation. Scripting started by the end of April.

The screenplay of Iti Mrinalini was an assignment in the screenwriting syllabus at the Mumbai-based film school Whistling Woods International. This marked the first time that a screenplay emerging from an Indian film institute had actually been filmed.[5] In a Master Class on Cinema held on Fox History and Entertainment Channel, Sen commented that she had never collaborated with any film writer before the screenplay for Iti Mrinalini. First-time screenwriter Ranjan Ghosh, an alumnus of Whistling Woods International, wrote the story and the screenplay along with Sen, based on an original story idea Sen gave him.[6] Ghosh was Sen's first co-author since she began her prolific directing career with 36 Chowringhee Lane in 1981.[1][7] The first draft of the screenplay of Iti Mrinalini was ready by the end of July 2009. The second and third drafts were completed by August and September, respectively

Somak Mukherjee acted as cinematographer, in place of Shirsha Roy who was unable to participate due to scheduling problems.[citation needed] Location scouting was carried out in Calcutta and Konark in the month of August.

As she did for her earlier films, Sen arranged a grueling acting workshop for the cast, conducted by Sohag Sen. The Calcutta chapter of the workshop lasted for three weeks, with Konkona Sen Sharma. The Mumbai chapter ran for another ten days, with Rajat Kapoor and Priyanshu Chatterjee.

Extensive pre-production meets were held regularly at Sen's home throughout the months of August and September. Production design of this film was by Sen and her directorial assistants. Scriptwriter Ranjan Ghosh acted as Assistant Director and took on the task of creating Mrinalini's memorabilia with help from the art department. Sabarni Das, Sen's longtime junior colleague at the Bengali-language women's magazine Sananda, designed the costumes. Das also helped in the art direction.

Production/Principal photography

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The production of the film started on 6 October 2009.[8]

One of the cult poems by Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay, Smritir Shohor, was turned into a song for the film. This is the first time a poem by Gangopadhyay's poems has been in a film. Music director Debojyoti Mishra wrote the score.

Iti Mrinalini was shot in 38 locations in just 33 days. The shoot covered areas around Calcutta including the Vidyasagar Setu, the Howrah Bridge, Baghbazar Ghat, College Street, Favourite Cabin, Calcutta Greens, Science City, Alipore Zoo, New Market, Priya Cinema, Ganga Kutir, and a Silver Spring apartment. The outdoor scenes were shot in Konark in a week, in the latter half of October.

The Calcutta Movieton studio at Tollygunge’s 28A Chandi Ghosh Road reopened after 25 years for Iti Mrinalini. The studio was once owned by ex-star Kanan Devi, who sold it to businessman Jagdish Bagri in 1985. Bagri commented "I had no intention to run a studio back then but now Tollywood is big". Producer Shree Venkatesh Films hired two floors for the shoot.[9]

Post-production

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The first two cuts of the film were completed by the end of November 2009 and by mid-December 2009 respectively. The final cut, with a duration of 128 minutes, was completed in January 2010.

Dubbing was held in Calcutta in December and in Mumbai from January to March 2010. Sound design and the final mix-down was completed in 'Maximum City' in September.

Release

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Iti Mrinalini's domestic premiere was in the 'Indian Frame' section at the 12th MAMI International Film Festival 2010, held in Mumbai on 27 October 2010.[10][11] Its world premiere was at the Cairo International Film Festival on 30 November 2010.[12] The film opened the River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival on 3 December 2010, which was also its European premiere.[13] It played to sold-out audiences at the Dubai International Film Festival,[14] and was given a standing ovation at the 8th Edition of the Chennai International Film Festival on 23 December 2010.[15][16]

The prestigious Slamdance Film Festival presented Iti Mrinalini at the 9th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, on 14 April 2011, the film's USA premiere.[17] It was selected as the Centerpiece Film at the 11th Annual edition of the IAAC's New York Indian Film Festival in May 2011 in Manhattan,[18] and was shown at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival in May 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[19] and the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2011.[20]

The film's commercial release in India was on 29 July 2011, followed by a worldwide release on 31 July 2011.

Reception

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The Hollywood Reporter called Iti Mrinalini "[a]n addicting shot of melodrama" with "anxious beautiful women" and "a sense that society, an entirely alien force outside those nighttime windows, is conspiring to ruin lives and despoil love".[21]

The Telegraph (Calcutta) commented that "[t]he film transcends its regional mould and presents Bengalis as part of a bigger global existence... This is a new-generation film which doesn’t need a hip youngster to make it contemporary".[22]

The Indian Express wrote that "The film ends abruptly on a tragic, pessimistic, almost melodramatic note that is unlike Aparna Sen. Sen's minute eye for detail is scattered through the film, as are myriad characters of different colours who dot her life from her youth in the 1970s to the present time".[23]

Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 8.5/10, calling it "Aparna's most mature outing till date, and a marked departure from her usual style of film-making".[citation needed]

Themes

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The film examines the uncertainty of life, suggesting that nothing is under our control no matter how hard we try. The film also explores different forms of love: romantic love, domestic happiness, platonic love, and love that results from loneliness and seclusion.

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack has music composed by Debojyoti Mishra, with lyrics by Sunil Gangopadhyay, Srijit Mukherjee and Rabindranath Tagore. The music was released on 28 March 2011.

Iti Mrinalini
Soundtrack album cover
Soundtrack album by
Debojyoti Mishra
Released28 March 2011 (2011-03-28)
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageBengali
LabelSVF
ProducerShrikant Mohta
Mahendra Soni
No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
1."Smritir Sahor" (Part 1)Sunil GangopadhyaySrikanto Acharya, Priyam Mukherjee & Sourish Bhattacharya 
2."Ajana Kono Galpo Bole"Srijit MukherjeeShreya Ghoshal 
3."Mone Holo Jeno Antabihin"Rabindranath TagoreSudeshna Chatterjee 
4."Bishe Bishe Nil" (Female)Srijit MukherjeeShreya Ghoshal 
5."Smritir Sahor" (Part 2)Sunil GangopadhyayAparna Sen, Srikanto Acharya, Priyam Mukherjee & Sourish Bhattacharya 
6."Amar Mukti Aloye Aloye"Rabindranath TagoreSudeshna Chatterjee 
7."Bishe Bishe Nil" ((Male))Srijit MukherjeeBonnie Chakraborty 
8."Amake Tan Mare"   

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Konkona plays young mom Aparna". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Aparna and Konkona in Iti Mrinalini". Screen. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Aparna Sen's best since Mr and Mrs Iyer". India Abroad-Digital. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. ^ Nag, Kushali (23 September 2009). "Other casts of Iti Mrinalini". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Script is King in any film". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  6. ^ "There's no luck without hard work". dnaindia. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Iti Mrinalini". Facebook. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Kolkata calling for Konkona". The Times of India. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Aparna stars in Aparna film". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  10. ^ "Iti Mrinalini movie review Aparna Sen's whirlwind memory trip". Passion For Cinema. Retrieved 1 December 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Iti Mrinalini movie review Aparna Sen's mainstream outing". Wordpress. Retrieved 12 December 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Srijit Mukherji's new heights". The Times of India. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  13. ^ "Aparna Sen's film Iti Mrinalini to flag off Florence Festival". Calcutta Tube. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  14. ^ "Iti Mrinalini housefull at Dubai film fest". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  15. ^ "iti… a cinematic experience". Wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 December 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  16. ^ Ramnarayan, Gowri (13 December 2010). "The World comes to Chennai". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  17. ^ "What to Watch #8: An Unfinished Letter (ITI MRINALINI) presented by Slamdance". indianfilmfestival.org. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  18. ^ "NYIFF announces Opening, Closing, and Centerpiece films". businessofcinema.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  19. ^ "Festival Guide 2011". silkscreenfestival.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  20. ^ "An Unfinished Letter". siff.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  21. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (18 April 2011). "An Unfinished Letter (Iti Mrinalini): Movie Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  22. ^ Bhaumik, Mainak (8 January 2011). "Of memories & men". Telegraph India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  23. ^ Chatterji, Shoma A. (12 August 2011). "Iti Mrinalini - Indian Express". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  24. ^ Bhushan, Nyay (9 May 2011). "Spring in the Colony' Wins Best Feature as New York Indian Film Festival Closes'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
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