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The cab runs towards the airport. Himadri takes out an old photograph of his and his ex-wife and shows it to Uma sitting on the backseat. Uma says “sorry”! Himadri bursts into tears. And the director Srijit Mukherji plays his masterstroke with this scene, bringing out the aura of a movie where everyone tries to fulfill others’ wishes.

“Uma” runs as part of the 9th edition of the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival, that runs at 15 cinemas, across London, Birmingham and Manchester, from 21st June to 1st July, with 27 films, including features and short films, in competition. It is the largest South Asian film festival in Europe. Buy your tickets via this website, at respective cinema box offices: http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/

Srijit Mukherji is a passionate story teller. “Hemlock Society”, “Jaatishwar”, “Nirbaak”, “Chatushkone” , “Rajkahini” – in every movie Srijit has portrayed a different narrative with a powerful and distinct story line for his audience.

Not many know this but Sushmita Sen speaks fluent Bengali with her parents, and has been pining to do a Bengali film for a very long time. She did a Bengali film, Mahesh Manjrekar's It Was Raining That Night in 2005, a remake of the director's Astitwa, which never got released. More recently Sushmita was all set to star in Rupali Chatterjee's Jodi Emon Hoto. That project is now as good as shelved. Finally the Bengali project that Sushmita has been craving to do has materialized. One of Bangla cinema's top directors Srijit Mukherjee who started his career with the hugely successful Bangla film Autograph and then went on to make other milestones like Hemlock Society and Jaatishwar, has signed Sushmita for his next film. Shedding light on the project Srijit says, "It's a film called Nirbaak (speechless). It compresses together four love stories connected by the theme of silence.