Film archive, 2025

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Director Tannishtha CHATTERJEE

1Festival entries

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Amreen is a Muslim woman with a talent for cooking. After her husband Imtiaz is injured in an accident, she decides to become the breadwinner. Despite family opposition and difficulty finding work due to prejudice against her black hijab, she lands her first job as a cook for a vegan couple, Parul and Vinod. Although Amreen initially struggles with unfamiliar ingredients and strange cooking methods, she gains recognition and becomes highly sought after. Yet in doing so, her husband’s position as head of the household inevitably weakens. Through this married couple facing the biggest crisis of their 18-year marriage, Tannishtha Chatterjee wholeheartedly champions a woman choosing to resist the oppression of customs and tradition. Occasional humorous scenes combined with Amreen’s imagination offer viewers breathing space and cheerful magical moments. Perhaps all we need is one radiant color to help us through—the very color we always dreamed of, without knowing if it was even a dream.