Meena Jha

The film is about two girls. Meena and Ayesha are teenagers who study in a convent school. They are grown together even though their dreams, realities and social setup are totally different from each other. Calcutta is the backdrop of this unlikely relationship. The girl struggle to live out the first adult relationship of their lives. Ayesha is easily bored and looks for constant stimulation. She likes to live in a dream world, nightmares even. In Meena, she finds a listener one who believes all her tales blindly, one who dreams and lives through her stories. The film is a collage of shared experiences, memories, dreams and realities, held together by an un-predictable non-linear structure.

  • Award: Best Debut Film, 48th National Film Award, 2001
  • Director: Anjalika Sharma
  • Camera: Amal Neerad C.R
  • Edit: Basudev Chakraborty
  • Sound: Mahua Maitra
  • Year: 2000
  • Language: Hindi
  • Format: Film (35mm)
  • Duration: 35:00 min
  • CourseCinema: Post Graduate Programme in Cinema
  • Batch: 1996 - 1999