A good film in a relevant and important social and sociological context. Just that such a pretty story deserves to be told better.
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Meghe Dhaka Tara 2013
Showy editing. Beautiful performance.
But I think, the film majorly lacks any soul. To make a film on Ritwik Ghatak, one needs to feel him. One has to know him. That is where the film falters. That is what makes this superficial.
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Chaalchitro 2024
I hate you, Pratim D Gupta.
Capitalize on violence against women (make it vicious and add elements of psychological and intellectual violence for good measure), portray women as semi-developed characters who serve as nagging significant others or simply 'baits' in their role as the receptors of violence - and voila, you've got yourself 'Chaalchitro'. Not a single female character has an exchange of dialogue with any character other than their partners. Or, they can be the evil creatures that ruin…
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The Mind Flies 2023
When I say, "Mon potongo ranks as one of the worst films I have ever seen", believe me, I'm not using hyperbole. Granted that I absolutely loved two of the repeating music pieces, the film gives me nothing else to say good things about. The directors seems to have no idea regarding how people speak, and how children speak in particular, making the dialogues sound like something an extra-terrestrial would write to mimic human conversation. Seema Biswas entirely speaks in…
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