At the beginning of Aamis, it’s easy to think that the film will be a unique forbidden romance drama where the lovers could only be satiated by food (and perhaps each other). To a certain extent, that’s correct. Like their love for unique food, it’s the yearning for the unusual and the strange that drives this relationship, with the feelings blossoming between them fulfilling something that their relationships and careers can’t, and the performances between newcomers Lima Das and Arghadeep Baruah make this feeling palpable, taking the two to a surprising, if not totally unexpected, climax that most viewers wouldn’t expect from Bollywood, much less Assamese cinema. Aamis is a provocative romance that might be hard to stomach for some, but undeniably has its own flavor.
A lonely, married woman bonds with a younger man over their shared love of unusual foods. As their excursions become more adventurous, their relationship begins to take a dark turn.
After helping his friend with indigestion, married doctor Nirmali forms acquaintances with Sumon, a PhD student researching meat-eating habits. Their shared love of unusual foods brings them closer to a twisted, forbidden, mutual obsession.
It’s just so brilliant of writer-director Bhaskar Hazarika to twist together the disgust many people have towards unusual food with the compulsive desire for a person outside one’s marriage.
Better watch this while you’re not eating meat.
