Aupee Karim’s acclaimed film “Mayar Jonjal” (Debris of Desire) has been recently nominated as one of the top ten Indian feature films of 2020.
Directed by Indranil Roychowdhury, the story revolves around a petty criminal, who falls in love with a prostitute and wants to run away with her savings. Things change when he meets a laid-off factory worker who is desperate to stop his wife from working as a housemaid.
Josim Ahmed produced the film and Bangladeshi actor Sohel Mondol, best known for his performance in “Taqdeer” starred in it alongside Aupee Karim.
“Mayar Jonjal” marks Aupee’s comeback in a lead role for the big screen after a 15-year hiatus.
She made her acting debut in cinema with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Bachelor, for which she won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004.
FIPRESCI-India (the India Chapter of the International Film Critics' Organization 'Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique') nominated the following 10 Indian Feature Films as the TOP-10 of 2020 for the FIPRESCI-India Grand-Prix (list in alphabetical order):
1. 1956 Central Travancore, Malayalam, 94M, Dir. Don Palathara.
2. A'hr, Malayalam English Hindi, 104M, Dir. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan.
3. Ashes on a Road Trip, Marathi, 109M, Dir. Mangesh Joshi.
4. Bridge, Assamese, 88M, Dir. Kripal Kalita.
5. Kosa, Hindi, 85M, Dir. Mohit Priyadarshi.
6. Laila Aur Satt Geet, Gojri-Hindi, 98M, Dir. Pushpendra Singh.
7. Mayar Jonjal, Bangla, 104M, Dir. Indranil Roychowdhury.
8. Nasir, Tamil, 78M. Dir. Arun Karthick.
9. Pinki Elli?, Kannada, 107M, Dir. Prithvi Konanur.
10. Sthalpuran, Marathi, 86M, Dir. Akshay Indikar
