Axone (अखुनी)

"Axone (अखुनी)"

Watched Hindi movie "Axone (अखुनी)". This movie is directed by Nicholas Kharkongor. Produced by  Siddharth Anand Kumar and others. Written by Nicholas Kharkongor. Music Papon, Tajdar Junaid. Cinematography Parasher Baruah.

It stars Sayani Gupta, Vinayak Pathak, Adil Hussain, Lin Laishram, Dolly Ahluwalia, Tenzing Dalha, Rohan Joshi. I watched the movie on Netflix with Aditi on 19th Jun 2020.

A group of friends from Nort- East want to celebrate wedding of Meenam. Upasana, one of the girls in the group, is Nepali. They want to surprise Meenam with a NE special dish called Axone (pronounced अखुनी).

Axone is a dish made with pork meat and fermented soya. It has a very pungent odour but is considered a delicacy.

This movie is director's take on the problems they face while trying to cook the dish. Director also emphasizes on the issue of prejudice against North Eastern states, especially girls. 

The movie has all unknown actors, except Sayani Gupta. She is the central character. One really feels empathy for her character. There's always one in the group like her. Other actors also do well. 

The movie doesn't have much in story, so it is slow. Some may find it too slow. 

However,  it's good to watch such off beat movies once in a while. 

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