Anidita: Anmol Jodi

35 Anirudh Bondita acted in a movie

Initially they contacted many drama artists to do the movie,  but many of them have not efficiently spoken his version in effective way during auditions. Some of them have clearly opposed him and criticized for his revolutionary thoughts and breaking stereotypes.  One artist also retorted him  that if you are so enthusiastic why can't you act and left the auditions.

Anirudh sighed for being unable to implement his idea through movie, but director got an idea of why can't Anirudh himself act in this film. He had also seen Bondita and urged both of them to act in the film so that they can efficiently and effectively convey their message to everyone. He convinced that other characters especially child husband and wife can be shown through puppets in movie.

Initially they both hesitated but Gagan and director encouraged and motivated them. They told Anirudh Bondita that instead of going to every village and keep on urging, requesting everyone to give up superstitious beliefs it will be best to show them in a film what are the possible worst effects of child marriage, illiteracy, sati rituals, teen pregnancy,..etc.

They agreed and started working on it in their especially Bondita's free time  because Anirudh can't compromise with her studies and that too it It's her final semester. So they worked day and night, completed shooting in 10 days duration.  They announced in their family about it.

Trilochan and Binoy are not convinced that belonging to zamindar and business family,  their son and daughter-in-law acting in a film. They expressed their displeasure on it, especially their daughter in law acting as a drama artist.

Trilochan even thought of doing some shuddhi puja to her.  Anirudh got mad on this and when he is about to start his loud speaker session, Bondita convinced them that " kaka sasurji, sasurji,  I have acted with my  husband and  conveyed our message genuinely to society in this method in an affective way. You only tell me, when my patibabu have conducted awareness camps, only few people that too who respect our RC family got convinced.But if we project our idea visually then there are ample of chances that many of them will understand our point.

Without watching it, how can you judge that we have done sin, behaved indecently with my husband? Kaka sasurji, you very well know that maa parvati will also dance with her husband. Is that a sin? Then how can you say that I have done wrong.

Tomorrow  for any case, if situation requires we have to disguise ourselves and investigate the truth. That doesn't mean that we have stooped low in our ethics"

As usual, both her sasurs mouths  got shut with her argument.

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The film got released in entire Bangal. It is hardly of 90 minutes film in black and white colour.  The film at a time shows child marriage and perfect age marriage. They have shown puppets as child husband and wife whereas Anirudh Bondita have played their role as young husband and wife who are educated, self sufficient and financially independent.

At a time they have shown child puppets got married at early age, poor girl getting taunted in her in laws house. Due to ignorance and illiteracy, how cheaters can take advantage of women in the form of fake saints, how shop keepers loot their money, how they can't read letters received from their relatives and how easily they can be fooled at every step.

Other scene include Bondita confronting cheaters, can read her own letters, can buy qualitative provisions for house, can speak confidently and can also confront a fake saint stating that God will not do partiality with anyone will only expect pure heart and devotion from devotees but not huge offerings.

Next scene include about child marriage, child bride puppet is always taunted by mother in law, nanant, husband. They have sensitively shown that how she is forced in their bed room ( Scene is shown that only sounds are audible outside a closed room, audience easily got connected) and when she got pregnant she is always kept under continuous observation, her mother in law kept on shouting not to run, not to bend, don't do this, that,... Don't eat papaya, seasame seeds food , etc also child bride is getting taunted, humiliated by saas, daima ( mid wife) during labour pain also that she is not able to bear those simple pains. Husband puppet is least bothered.

Other scene shows educated woman Bondita of 20 years age who got married to the husband of her choice Anirudh , she can easily sit and talk with him freely, understand him and she too express her opinions. Bondita's sasural is shown in form of puppets where she can express her views in convincing way and also showing respect after being educated and also highlighted the point that getting educated doesn't mean that they disrespect elders.  She is also shown as a pregnant woman who can take care of herself efficiently without hearing taunts from elders, who have mental strength to endure labour pains.

Anirudh too expressed his affection towards her that husband and wife should equally share all house hold works, respect wife who left her parents, surname and came to his house, took his surname as hers, he also acted like giving support during   labour pain , made sure that her delivery is done in hospital only and he told that it is his responsibility as a husband to support his wife. He made sure that none from his family, doctor and nurse shout on his wife.

They also shown about sati ritual that no one have right to take anyone's life on the name of customs as they all are answerable to God. When we have adopted many changes like using motor vehicles as transport instead of using horses, palanquines, when we adopted using postal system instead of using pigeons or messengers to send letters to our relatives then how can we stick on to age old based sati ritual. Is it not sin to take a woman's life forcibly with the name of customs? It is no less than    murder? We have to live our life till last breath.

Widows have the right to live their lives and achieve something in their life. Without achieving life purpose if anyone's life is taken away it is no less than a crime in law and order perspective as well as in perspective of any religion.

In the background of movie Whenever required as per the necessity of scene,  they have shown Shomik, ( an ayurvedic doctor) Somnath ( an English doctor) describing about health damage and emotional damage done to child bride, teenage mother and children ( They secretly requested Shomik and Somnath and both the doctors agreed to help for this)  and Anirudh Bondita themselves as barristers gave their vision about abandoning different superstitious beliefs in society and how education is important for everyone to lead a respectable and fearless life.

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First 2 days the film got taunted by  elders who still stuck on to their age old beliefs, they also expressed their displeasure that children will go out of hands if they are highly educated , 20 years age pregnancy is a late pregnancy and daughter in laws will not listen to mother in laws, blah..blah. But it got a tremendous and fabulous response from all the youngsters. Social reformers too appreciated the movie.  Many young generation men felt that if their wives are educated when they go to work they need not have unnecessary worries about who will cheat their women for money, and scenes of face to face with wife about every happiness and sorrow, husband thanking wife during labour pains are  something they got emotionally connected.

Technical Team members of film, audience and her college management board have given big round of applause to Anirudh and Bondita except her Dean and some of her classmates who are always jealous of her progress