Titli

Titli ("The First Monsoon day") is a 2002 film by Rituporno Ghosh, starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Aparna Sen, Mithun Chakraborty. The film beautifully captures a developing adolescent, played by Konkona , and the sensitivity of a teenager, and also the portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship and quiet understanding within the pair. The story develops around the evolution of Titli from a girl into womanhood, through the breaking of this crush.... more

Titli ("The First Monsoon day") is a 2002 film by Rituporno Ghosh, starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Aparna Sen, Mithun Chakraborty. The film beautifully captures a developing adolescent, played by Konkona , and the sensitivity of a teenager, and also the portrayal of the mother-daughter relationship and quiet understanding within the pair. The story develops around the evolution of Titli from a girl into womanhood, through the breaking of this crush. The dense jungles of Duars in north Bengal, covered in dense morning fog, sunshine playing hide-and-seek, Buddhist monasteries, the famous Darjeeling toy train, interleaved with poetry and music, create the romantic ambience underpinning this film. Titli is a 17-year-old girl (Konkona Sen Sharma), who has a teenage crush on a Bollywood superstar Rohit Roy (Mithun Chakraborty), who is more than twice her age. Though her bedroom is filled with his posters and memorabilia, Titli's mother Urmila (Aparna Sen) is surprised to learn that she could... less