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Lonely Hearts

A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love. Barun Babu and Charulata Dutta are two members of an old age home who elope and embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Michael Tendulkar and Suzie Q are hustlers who plan and pull off one con job after another. Purnendu Pahari is an immigration officer at the airport who comes across a ravishing frequent flyer Madam Ramona. And there's Titli, a girl fighting a terminal disease but crazily in love with a movie star.

  • Pratim D. Gupta
    Director
  • Pratim D. Gupta
    Writer
  • Avishek Ghosh
    Producer
  • Adil Hussain
    Key Cast
    Mukti Bhavan
  • Mamata Shankar
    Key Cast
    Agantuk
  • Anjan Dutt
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ahare Mon
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 49 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    Alexa
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • South Asian International Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    December 15, 2018
    New York Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
    Hyderabad
    India
    July 20, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Siliguri Global Film Festival
    Siliguri
    India
    August 23, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Singapore South Asian International Film Festival
    Singapore
    Singapore
    August 31, 2019
    Singapore Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Pratim D. Gupta

Pratim D. Gupta has been the movie critic with The Telegraph, the largest selling English daily in eastern India for over a decade.
His first feature film screenplay Vanish was selected for the first NFDC Screenwriters’ Lab that took place at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009.
Pratim’s 2012 feature film debut as writer-director, Paanch Adhyay was selected as the Centrepiece Premiere at New York’s South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) and picked as the New Voice in Indian Cinema at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI).
In 2013, his screenplay INK was selected for the prestigious Sundance Lab, where Pratim developed his script with Oscar winners like Asif Kapadia and Joshua Marston.
Shaheb Bibi Golaam, Pratim’s second feature film, premiered in New York before having a dream run at the Bengal box office. It was the first Bengali film to be picked up by Netflix and has picked up 6 Filmfare trophies.
Maacher Jhol, his third feature, was an official selection at the International Film Festival of India in Goa and later picked up by Netflix.
Pratim spends time between Kolkata and Mumbai.

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Director Statement

It's a melange of love stories amongst people who are not usually associated with love. We have the habit of putting people in boxes and labelling what they can do and what they can't do. People who are old or unwell, or maybe criminals... how can they feature in a love story? Lonely Hearts (Ahare Mon) celebrates the love of such people, who are forbidden by society to fall in love.