Directed by : Raj Chakraborty Produced by : Srikant Mohta Mahendra Soni Written by : N.K. Salil Starring : Bonny Sengupta, Koushani Mukherjee,Kharaj Mukherjee , Tulika Bose Music by : Indradeep Dasgupta Cinematography : Supriyo Dutta Edited by : Aninda Chatterjee Production company : Shree Venkatesh Films
The whole film is narrated by the protagonist of the film Bonny Sengupta who is running back to confess his love to his cousin Koushani Mukherjee. Bonny and Koushani quarrel since their childhood which starts from the time of the latter's birth itself. Koushani is the daughter of Kharaj Mukherjee, the younger brother of Bonny's mother. Kharaj Mukherjee, his family and his parents live in a mansion while Bonny and his widowed mother (Tulika Bose) live in a small house exactly beside the mansion in a modernized yet naturally scenic village.
Tralier : PARBO NA AMI CHARTE TOKE | Bengali Movie | Bonny | Koushani | Raj Chakraborty | 2015
Cast: Swastika Mukherjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Debleena Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Sumit Samaddar and others Direction: Partha Sen Genre: Drama Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
Storyline :
Anubrata (Ritwick) confronts his nemesis, death, every day, as his wife, Neeta (Debleena), fights a losing battle with cancer. His life changes when his path crosses that of Jaya (Swastika), whose husband is fighting a lung ailment in hospital.
Anubrata Bhalo Acho? Movie Reviews :
Anubrata Bhalo Acho? is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it's a dull canvas that's coloured by sterling performances, and on the other, it's a painting ruined by a flawed sketch. The actors are a treat to watch — right from Debleena, who is extremely convincing as a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy, Ritwick, who feels death hovering close and watches helplessly as his wife suffers, Swastika, who feels angry and lonely while tending to her ailing husband, to Sumit, who is constant complaining about the healthcare system.
In fact, the first half of the film is good — with Kharaj Mukherjee adding a dose of subtle humour as the pipe-smoking loner, Mr Lahiri. But despite emotions running amok and wonderful performances, some basic ingredients are strangely missing. While Sumit's character goes on and on about foot-long bills and how the hospital fleeces its patients, Anubrata seems blissfully above such mundane worries. He doesn't have a car, lives in a house that screams lower middle class, hasn't seen Mount Everest in his whole life, and yet, acts like he doesn't need to pay a penny for his wife's insanely expensive treatment process. He even refuses to take money from Jaya for purchasing her husband's medicines. And all this when Neeta is housed in an apparently premium cabin that includes life support equipment, including a ventilator!
Then comes the jolt called the second half. What looks like a healthy friendship between two lonely senior citizens suddenly turns into an amorous affair, with two 60-odd-year-olds making love on the floor! And bam, a good, almost sane storyline goes for a toss! True, both are lonely and depressed, but do such feelings drive two 60-something persons, who, had supposedly led loyal married lives till that moment, towards sex? Bizarre, and somewhat revolting. Suddenly, Anubrata and Jaya lose years and seem to become the age of the actors playing them. And speaking about age, another really baffling aspect of the whole film is the strange casting. Why have Ritwick, Swastika and Debleena been cast as characters a few decades older than them when there's no flashback in the entire film? They are old all through the film, except some blink-and-miss dream sequences. So, why choose young actors; aren't there older ones around? The plot gets more and more convoluted.
But the biggest question mark in the film hangs over Anubrata's character. He keeps waving away an imaginary fly, stays blissfully distant from all things mundane, falls head over heels for the first woman he gets acquainted with at the hospital and bombards her with text messages and phone calls, wears to hospital the same shirt he borrows after a night of wild lovemaking with his 'newfound' ladylove and drops insane questions on unsuspecting acquaintances. Is he really sane? He looks 60, acts like he's 40, dreams like he's 25, has no defined background and no friends — the only thing we know about him is that his wife loves the sea. That definitely makes Anubrata a really vague protagonist.
The background score by composer Mayukh Bhoumik, however, is not vague at all. He has really done well, creating a score that waxes, wanes, accelerates and slows down just like heartbeats, and emotions, do.
Watch Anubrata Bhalo Acho?, and witness actors putting in their best to salvage an otherwise bizarre storyline. And thankfully, they've at least managed to make the film watchable.
Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Shweta Basu Prasad, Jisshu Sengupta, Krishna Kishore Mukherjee, Nirmal Kumar, Anjan Srivastav and others Direction: Late Samir Chanda Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes
StoryLine :
It's a heartbreaking tale of a village postmaster, Darakeshwar (Mithun), who dedicates his sunset years to getting the Keleghai river named after his only daughter, Anjana (Shweta), after her sudden death.
Ek Nadir Galpo Movie Reviews :
Ek Nadir Galpo is a visual masterpiece. The use of light, or the lack of it, to such spectacular effect creates an ultra-real template for the actors to add the dynamics. And they shine. Each character is as real as it gets, not one actor faltering or straying while portraying their simple village life and that touching emotional bonding.
Samir Chanda has truly lived up to his reputation as a meticulous art director, be it through his attention to the most trivial of details or through the play of light and shadow that leaves no room for any make-believe. From body language and mannerisms of the characters to their apparel, ornaments and even toys — everything is taken care of. Not one character is out of place, not one gesture loud or meaningless. The whole film seems to have been shot in natural light, though a few night scenes employ really subtle use of artificial lighting. For instance, a scene where Darakeshwar reads by the light of a lamp, or the next scene, in which he interacts with Anu in the light of two lamps. Though the light doesn't flicker as it should, the texture and the ambience are almost perfect. One can imagine the amount of thought that has gone into creating this poignant yet beautiful masterpiece.
Directed by : Raj Chakraborty
The whole film is narrated by the protagonist of the film Bonny Sengupta who is running back to confess his love to his cousin Koushani Mukherjee. Bonny and Koushani quarrel since their childhood which starts from the time of the latter's birth itself. Koushani is the daughter of Kharaj Mukherjee, the younger brother of Bonny's mother. Kharaj Mukherjee, his family and his parents live in a mansion while Bonny and his widowed mother (Tulika Bose) live in a small house exactly beside the mansion in a modernized yet naturally scenic village.
