Iti Mrinalini

Iti Mrinalini (2011)

ইতি মৃণালিনী

An award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.

Date of release
2011-07-29
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Drama
Director
Aparna Sen

Casting

Interesting facts

Iti Mrinalini 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. The film was produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni of Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt Ltd. Some critics consider it to be among her best works, ranking with Mr. and Mrs. Iyer and 36 Chowringhee Lane.

Production

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. 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.

Somak Mukherjee acted as cinematographer, in place of Shirsha Roy who was unable to participate due to scheduling problems. 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.

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