Ghare Baire / To The Home and The World (1984) :
Brief Review -
A Mind-blowing Satyajit Ray Classic that could have been the FILM OF THE DECADE if that one over-intellectual stance which was 100 years ahead hadn't misfit in it. With this film i am not gonna talk about Acting, Screenplay, Cinematography and Direction because i feel these fields are commonly judged and commonly handled by the artists in every film. I would like to talk about the story because it has stunned me like before and may possibly be never after. What stuns and what is missed is very very important for every movie buff and i expect some genius film lovers to understand what i am trying to say. Ghare Baire is sensational piece of writing. It is highly intellectual and very intelligent writing and it goes on to goes on touch that Red mark which it shouldn't have and then it would have easily became THE FILM OF THE DECADE and i see no other film anywhere close to it. Nikhilesh, an educated and highly intellectual guy marries simple girl Bimala. After 10 years of marriage he grants full freedom to his wife and asks her to meet and find another man assuming that she didn't have a choice at the time of their marriage when she was a little girl. He introduces her to his friend, Sandip, a passionate and active man who is a contradiction to the peace-loving and somewhat passive to Nikhilesh. Sandip easily attracts the innocent and unsuspecting Bimala, creating a love triangle. Although Nikhilesh figures out what is happening, he is a mature person and grants Bimala the freedom to grow and choose what she wants. At last Bimala comfronts true Colors of Sandip and realises that it was his Husband Nikhilesh who truly loved her. Now here, it was a golden chance to deliver possibly the greatest climax for any love triangle by simply making Bimala regret her own misdeeds and Nikhilesh leaving her for the disloyalty. But instead we see Nikhilesh accepting her as if nothing happened and he looks like nothing but a foolish cuckold. I would have loved to see him freeing Bimala to let her repent for lifetime but instead we see Bimala dedicating her pain and everything in the memory of the man (Nikhilesh) who accepted all her failings in the depths of his Stricken heart. That's the exact quote. This high level intellectualism is very hard to accept in today's time and especially when you know that the story takes place in early 19th century. It was way ahead of time. Numerically, 100 or 200 years maybe. But still i would say it was against the ethics and loyalty and that's the only reason why Ghare Baire couldn't became the Film Of The Decade. Remember Ray's Masterpiece Charulata (1964) and how it ends with those freezed frames and leaves us with that burn? Imagine the husband accepting her wife after knowing her affair. Not done, right? That's what Ghare Baire missed. I am feeling to so sorry for the makers that they attempted such a mind-blowing idea and failed to achieve the superlative tag just by just 1 or 2 Inches. Anyways, Ghare Baire is still a Classic and that's more than enough to recommend it. But you know such concepts are hardly attempted by filmmakers and then you feel bad that it couldn't hit the highest bar because maybe we will never see someone attempting such a staggering content. A Must See.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A Mind-blowing Satyajit Ray Classic that could have been the FILM OF THE DECADE if that one over-intellectual stance which was 100 years ahead hadn't misfit in it. With this film i am not gonna talk about Acting, Screenplay, Cinematography and Direction because i feel these fields are commonly judged and commonly handled by the artists in every film. I would like to talk about the story because it has stunned me like before and may possibly be never after. What stuns and what is missed is very very important for every movie buff and i expect some genius film lovers to understand what i am trying to say. Ghare Baire is sensational piece of writing. It is highly intellectual and very intelligent writing and it goes on to goes on touch that Red mark which it shouldn't have and then it would have easily became THE FILM OF THE DECADE and i see no other film anywhere close to it. Nikhilesh, an educated and highly intellectual guy marries simple girl Bimala. After 10 years of marriage he grants full freedom to his wife and asks her to meet and find another man assuming that she didn't have a choice at the time of their marriage when she was a little girl. He introduces her to his friend, Sandip, a passionate and active man who is a contradiction to the peace-loving and somewhat passive to Nikhilesh. Sandip easily attracts the innocent and unsuspecting Bimala, creating a love triangle. Although Nikhilesh figures out what is happening, he is a mature person and grants Bimala the freedom to grow and choose what she wants. At last Bimala comfronts true Colors of Sandip and realises that it was his Husband Nikhilesh who truly loved her. Now here, it was a golden chance to deliver possibly the greatest climax for any love triangle by simply making Bimala regret her own misdeeds and Nikhilesh leaving her for the disloyalty. But instead we see Nikhilesh accepting her as if nothing happened and he looks like nothing but a foolish cuckold. I would have loved to see him freeing Bimala to let her repent for lifetime but instead we see Bimala dedicating her pain and everything in the memory of the man (Nikhilesh) who accepted all her failings in the depths of his Stricken heart. That's the exact quote. This high level intellectualism is very hard to accept in today's time and especially when you know that the story takes place in early 19th century. It was way ahead of time. Numerically, 100 or 200 years maybe. But still i would say it was against the ethics and loyalty and that's the only reason why Ghare Baire couldn't became the Film Of The Decade. Remember Ray's Masterpiece Charulata (1964) and how it ends with those freezed frames and leaves us with that burn? Imagine the husband accepting her wife after knowing her affair. Not done, right? That's what Ghare Baire missed. I am feeling to so sorry for the makers that they attempted such a mind-blowing idea and failed to achieve the superlative tag just by just 1 or 2 Inches. Anyways, Ghare Baire is still a Classic and that's more than enough to recommend it. But you know such concepts are hardly attempted by filmmakers and then you feel bad that it couldn't hit the highest bar because maybe we will never see someone attempting such a staggering content. A Must See.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.