Director: Srijit Mukherji
Writers: Annapurna Basu (subtitles), Goutam Ghose (poetry),
Stars: Prasenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Raima Sen |
Storyline :
Several murders have taken place through out the city of Kolkata. A
Serial killer is believed to be responsible. The mods operandi being
that the killer always caries out the murder according to verses in
Bengali poetry. He leaves behind the verses next to the victim. The
police are baffled. There lead detective struggles to solve the case.
This leads to his superiors deciding to bring back an ex-cop to help
solve the case. The ex-cop was suspended for orchestrating a fake
encounter and is well known for his bad temperament. Now the ex-cop and
the lead detective must work together to catch the serial killer before
another innocent loses his life.
Baishe Srabon Movie Reviews :
This is the first Indian movie if have ever watch all of the way through - enticed to it by the IMDb rating.
The basic premise is a of serial killings and the police work to try to find the culprit. Usually this kind of movie would have tense moments, a climactic end and hopefully some twists and turns along the way.
Instead, this movie had three musical montages! Maybe these are prerequisites in modern Indian cinema. The first montage certainly had a wide variety o settings - far greater than the rest of the movie, or than were needed. Those montages felt strangely out of place to me. I half-expected the cast to start dancing.
The acting also came across as over-blown - of a standard found in a low budget straight-to-DVD production. Again, and based on reading the other reviews, perhaps this is the approach taken in Indian cinema. It is reminiscent of silent movie stars.
I won't reveal the ending - but that too felt like something out of that aforementioned DVD style.
I enjoyed the basic premise and the cinematography. And I enjoyed some of the sights of India. Otherwise it was a mediocre experience with a flat ending.
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