SMRITI SATATAI
Synopsis: Smriti Satatai (Memory Forever) is a study on mental health in a migrant family based in multicultural Melbourne. based on an evening in the life of a Bengali couple, Mala & Sujan, living in Australia. Mala’s father has Alzheimer’s, and they are here at her father’s place looking after him. The movie is a poignant study of the family dynamics when the silent killer Dementia wreaks havoc in a migrant Bengali family in Melbourne. It displays intense emotions with subtlety and empathy, where the focus shifts from the father to his daughter Mala & finally her husband Sujan, with a terrible realisation of that which is about to come. It finishes with Dementia Australia data on what is a second largest Dementia is the second leading cause of death of Australians & the leading cause of death for women. Based on a theme of hope & revival it finishes with a call for early diagnosis. Preparing for and shooting the film in stressful times and the postproduction afterwards took a significant toll on the cast & crew and there were significant technical gaps.
This was later worked on and partially rectified through extensive Post Production work by the Creative Movies team..
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Director : Mouli Ganguly
Director’s notes – The screenplay was adapted from the original script by Sudipta Bhawmik. Smriti Satatai (Memory are Forever) is a study on mental health in a migrant family based in multicultural Melbourne, Mala & Sujan, living in Australia. Mala’s father has Alzheimer’s, and they are here at her father’s place looking after him. The movie is a poignant study of the family dynamics when the silent killer Dementia wreaks havoc in a migrant Bengali family in Melbourne. It displays intense emotions with subtlety and empathy, where the focus shifts from the father to his daughter Mala & finally her husband Sujan, with a terrible realisation of that, which is about to come. It finishes with Dementia Australia data on what is a second largest leading cause of death of Australians & the leading cause of death for women. Based on a theme of hope & revival it finishes with a call for early diagnosis. We hope that the movie is awarded and screened in international festivals to promote awareness of Dementia today.& Creation is by Neeraj.
Preparing for and shooting the film in stressful times and the postproduction afterwards took a significant toll on the cast & crew. It has since been used in bringing out a number of Dementia & mental Health related issue in an “Understanding Dementia “workshops. Several related issues came out like early onset, impact on multicultural families in Australia.
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Cast & Crew List Smriti Satatai CAST & CREW CREDITS LIST
- Actors: Mala : Lopamudra Das, Sujan Debanjan Bhar; Mala’s Father Mouli Ganguly.
- Original Story: Suipta Bhawnik.
- Screenplay: Moulinath Ganguly.
- Music : Pratish Bandyopadhya, Ishaan Ghosh, Ryaan Ghosh..
- DOP, Lights, Camera – Biswajit Mitra; Camera : Animesh Mitra, Pratish Bandyopadhaya, Atadhana Ganguly
- Original Editing – Pratish Bandyopadhyay. Post Production and Final Edit Norman Lingwood..
- Digital Creative Arts & Promotion – Sharbani Dhar
- Production Team – Seema Gupta, Asim Das, Saugat Dey.
- Producer : ACERS.
- Director : Moulinath Ganguly.