Guwahati, Oct 1: An ultimate, all-consuming love is what everyone seeks. But what happens when in this search, you come across your deepest, darkest desires? Directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, the film explores passion, cravings, desires and morals, until it all blends into a dangerous, thrilling cocktail. Winning awards at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, and the South Asian International Film Festival in Singapore, Aamis is all set to release on SonyLIV on October 1,2021.
Set in Guhawati, Aamis traces the story of Nirmali (Lima Das), a married doctor, who meets Sumon (Arghadeep Baruah), a young PHD student researching on food eating habits in Northeast India. Slowly a friendship develops and Sumon initiates Nirmali into learning about it too. Revolving around the theme of forbidden love and the limits of one's hunger, the darkest desires of Nirmali and Sumon's relationship come into the forefront. But how far can one go to feed their burning desire? Where do you draw the line? Or do you, at all?
Produced by Poonam Deol and Shyam Bora, Aamis stars debutantes Lima Das and Arghadeep Baruah in the lead, supported by Neetali Das, Sagar Saurabh, and Manash K Das in prominent roles.