Event

DFW: A Death in the Gunj

INDIE MEME presents A DEATH IN THE GUNJ
1 hr 50 minutes/ India / Drama, Thriller
Hindi, English, Bengali with English subtitles
Director: Konkona Sen Sharma

Set in 1979, A Death in the Gunj is a coming of age story, about a shy student Shyamal Chatterjee. He uses a family road trip to McCluskiegunj, an old Anglo-Indian town, as an escape from his failed semester. At the outset, the makings of a perfect family holiday are in place but something is amiss. In the week that follows, Shutu's quiet unraveling is overlooked by the family revellers, until the holiday ends with an implosion.

Directors Bio
Konkona Sen Sharma is an award-winning actor from India. A Death in the Gunj is her first feature film as writer and director. She is the daughter of Aparna Sen, an award winning filmmaker herself, and granddaughter of Chidananda Dasgupta, a film historian and critic and one of the co-founders of the Calcutta Film Society along with Satyajit Ray. Beginning her acting career at the age of 4, Konkona has acted in over 40 films in Hindi, Bengali and English. She has been felicitated with two National Awards and several industry awards.

A Death in the Gunj Cast
Vikrant Massey as Shutu,
Ranvir Shorey as Vikram,
Kalki Koechlin as Mimi,
Tillotama Shome as Bonnie,
Gulshan Devaiah as Nandu,
Jim Sarbh as Brian,
Tanuja Mukherjee as Anupama,
Om Puri as OP Bakshi,
& Arya Sharma as Tani