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Kalpurush (2005)
Buddhadeb never learns!!
This movie like any other Buddhadeb Dasgupta movies is wondering without a plot or story line. Even an aimless movie can be good movie if the execution is perfect. But in this 'art movie' of Buddhadeb, he fails in that department too. Ad nauseating overdose of 'symbolism' (he never abandoned his ambition to create at least one scene like the legendary filmmaker Ray), anachronistic events of rural Bengal, clichés galore and obsession with the nihilism make this movie a mess. If you really like to see good Bengali movies, go for old classics of Ray or Ghatak or for that matter go for the new movies by a few contemporary directors who make good movies without being 'artificial arty'. Buddhadeb, it seems, never learns from the past.
Nishijapon (2005)
Just Awesome!!!
Sandeep Ray's movie Nishijapon reminds me of his father, the great Satyajit Ray. The direction, the dialogs and screenplay are on par with late Ray Senior.
The story revolves around a small family and friend get together in Darjeeling. After carefully character development in first half hour and so, what happens next is complex human natures displayed perfectly.
The performance from Sabyasachi and Rituparna are exceptional. Dipankar and Saumitra are already masters in these type of roles - so no complain there. Raima and Parambrata had given a solid performance.
The pace of the movie is perfect. Although I wanted at least 10 minutes more in the end.
Anyway, hats off to Sandeep for a great work.