Mridula
Chatterjee,
a
feisty
widow,
runs
her
own
NGO
for
people
with
disabilities
in
Kolkata.
Her
grandson,
Rohan,
whom
she
has
brought
up
single-handedly,
comes
home
for
his
vacations
from
law
school
in
Bangalore.
Rohan's
natural
curiosity
about
his
grandmother's
life
compels
her
to
dredge
up
memories
that
had
long
remained
confined
within
her
heart.
Memories
of
her
university
days;
of
the
turbulence
heralding
the
Naxalite
era;
of
poetry
and
idealism.
Of
Aftaab
Jaffrey
and
a
love
inevitably
lost
in
the
wake
of
communal
prejudices.
Memories
of
her
hurriedly
arranged
marriage
and
the
untimely
death
of
her
husband
while
she
was
pregnant.
Memories
of
her
daughter,
Palaash,
a
nightclub
crooner.
Always
troubled,
and
tempestuous.
Defined
by
Palaash's
fits
of
insecurity
about
her
wayward
drummer
husband,
Dev,
and
Mridula's
own
emotionally
misbalanced
relationship
with
her
only
child.
Memories
of
a
research
trip
to
the
rural
areas
of
Birbhum
where
she
happened
to
encounter
Aftaab
Jaffrey
again,
now
married
to
the
alcoholic
Rabea.
As
Mridula
unravels
the
past
to
Rohan
and
his
girlfriend,
Tara,
they
begin
to
understand
the
choices
she
had
to
make
-
for
herself
as
well
as
for
Rohan.
And
why,
in
the
end,
she
was
forced
to
reveal
a
strictly
guarded
secret
to
Palaash
and
then
move
on,
alone,
despite
her
daughter's
death
and
the
possibility
of
a
second
chance
with
Aftaab.
Lovesongs:
Yeaterday,
Today&Tomorrow,
a
film
in
English,
is
an
evocative
story
of
how
ordinary
lives
suddenly
change
because
of
extraordinary
circumstances.
And
how
the
fragrance
of
love
moves
gently
from
unremitting
darkness
towards
fresh
light.
To
give
new
hope
and
the
possibility
of
glorious
tomorrows.
Story first published: Monday, June 4, 2012, 13:32 [IST]