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Tekka (2024)
Average film
This film depicts a cop and kidnapper chasing tale with some amazing twists.
The co-screenplay, dialogues and direction by #SrijitMukherji is brilliant. He is a bit leniant to his craft this time and his narrative style is simple and linear mostly.
The story & co-screenplay by #BhaskarChattopadhyay is engaging.
#ModhuraPalit being the cinematographer steals the show.
#PronoyDasgupta's editing is crispest to the core.
Music Director #RanajoyBhattacharjee has presented some situational chords, but none of them are worth-humming.
Costume Designer #JayantiSen & assistant costume stylist #SampurnaBasu has done a fab job, but the continuity jerk of the hairstyle of Swastika in the film with that in the poster is a concern, however it may be a director's choice. But the look in the poster seems more convincing.
As per the performances are concerned, #Dev as Iqlakh Alam (Jack) is fairly good. He has done the best as much as he could do, but the character of a janitor demands a lot of body-language which was lacking at times. #RukminiMaitra as ACP Maya Khastogir steals the show, all thanks to her groomer #SudiptaChakraborty. #SwastikaMukherjee as Ira Sengupta was good but not convincing enough in the story, as her actions were predictable enough. #ParanBandopadhyay as MLA and industrialist Anubrata Adhikari was as usual superb in his extended cameo. Baby #Aameya as Avantika was adorable. #SreejaDutta as Brishti was fairly good on-screen, #LokenathDey as Inspector Kallol Guha, #KamaleswarMukherjee as DCP Rajat Majumdar and #SujanNeelMukherjee as News Anchor/Journalist were good in their parts, #AryanBhowmik as Tintin was very spontaneous, #AnirbanBhattacharyya as the maintenance manager was good in his part. The film has some guest appearances, namely #TotaRoyChowdhury as Maya's husband Rajiv Sanyal, #KaushikSen as Altaf Alam, #SrijitMukherji as Mr. Arjun Puri and #SudeshnaRoy as Mrs. Mitali Sharma has made their presence amply felt.
Production by #DevEntertainmentVentures of #GurupadaAdhikari & Dev along with distributor #PVRInoxPictures has made an average film.
Definitely Not a Must Watch. 👍🏻
Shastri (2024)
Poor Film
This film depicts the ups and downs of a underdog turned fortune-teller after getting in touch with a magical spect.
The direction by #PathikritBasu is not impressive at all. His narrative style is simple and linear. It tends mundane at times, and leaves a mon
The screenplay & dialogues by #AritraBanerjee & #ArnabBhaumik is engaging, based upon a short story Dolgobindo Babur Chashmah by #DebaratiMukhopadhyay. The story itself is very niche and average.
#GopiBhagat being the cinematographer delivers an average output.
#MdKalam's editing is poorest to the core. The film could have been 10-15 minutes short.
Music Director #IndraadipDasgupta has tried to create some great music but in vain. The background score by Indraadip Dasgupta & #DiptarkaBose is not to be shouted about.
Costume Designer #RajarshiMukherjee & #AyanKumarHore has done a average job.
As per the performances are concerned, #MithunChakraborty as Parimal "Shastri" Sanyal was good, but nothing to shout about. He was looking weary and exhausted at times. #SohamChakraborty as Saikat Majumder, an astrophysicist looked smart, but again he has given better performances in his prior films. #DebashreeRoy as Sarala Sanyal, Parimal's wife, has tried her best, but couldnt deliver the impact on screen. #RajatavaDutta as Ramen Bagchi, the local leader was superb in his part and has got lot of shades. #AnirbanChakraborty as Dipu, Parimal's friend, has his moments and he has made his presence amply felt. #SaswataChatterjee as Madhab resembles the character played by Akshay Kumar in OMG ( with Mithun da playing as Paresh Rawal ) looked good, but again everyone, including him in this film was just casually playing their parts verbatimly. In one word, they didnt seem focussed on the plot. #KaushikSen as Rabi Shastri, a fake astrologer, tried to add some flavour to his role, but rendered dud. #SauraseniMaitra as Anuradha, Saikat's love interest, came as a trophy in her 2-3 scenes only. #AyushDas as Kaustav "Toton" Sanyal has made his presence felt in his brief role. This film has got some special appearances namely, #KanchanMallick, #AmbarishBhattacharya as opposition leader and #AbhijitGuha has played their parts fairly well.
Production by #Soham'sEntertainment, #SurinderFilms & #CreativeSolutionsPvtLtd respectively of producers Soham Chakraborty, #NispalSingh & #BajrangLalChuriwalahas made a poor film.
You may give it a Miss. :-(
Bohurupi (2024)
A Good Entertainer
This film depicts a cat & mouse chase between an imposter and a cop with lots of twists and turns.
The story, dialogues and direction by #NanditaRoy and #ShiboprosadMukherjee is brilliant. They are true to their craft and their narrative style is simple and linear mostly.
The script is fairly engaging.
#IndranathMarick being the cinematographer has done a great job.
#MalayLaha's editing is crisp.
Music Directors #AnupamRoy, #BonnieChakraborty, #ArnabDutta, #NaniChoraDasBaul, #SilajitMajumdar, #PrabuddhaBanerjee has presented some melodious and foot-tapping chords to remember, keeping folk as its raw base, which is applaudable. The background score by Bonnie Chakraborty is good too.
Costume Designer #JayantiSen & assistant costume stylist #SampurnaBasu has used the costumes in such a seemless manner that it never looked beyond the character sketches. They looked tailor-made for the characters, which might have helped the latter to get into the skin of them.
As per the performances are concerned, #AbirChatterjee as SI (later OC) Sumanta Ghosal is great with his screen presence as usual, but #ShiboprosadMukherjee as the serial bank dacoit and con artist Bikram Pramanik alias Chuni Kumar / Bablu Sarkar / Eklas Chowdhury steals the show. #RitabhariChakraborty as Sumanta's mentally unstable wife Pori Ghoshal has made her presence amply felt with her bipolar character sketches as much as she could do. #KoushaniMukherjee as the lady-pickpocket and Bikram's partner-in-crime wife Jhimli Pramanik is another discovery and left the audience bewildered with her acting and loooks. #RajatGanguly as Salim Khan, Bikram's cellmate in jail (Guest Appearance) has made her presence amply felt in an unique look. #ProdeepBhattacharya as Khuro, Bikram's partner-in-crime was fabulous as usual. #ReshmiSen as Pori's Mother was good. #SujanNeelMukherjee as SP Rajat Dhar, Sumanta's boss was good. The film has got a plethora of special appearances, namely #RohitMukherjee as Bank Manager, #KamalChatterjee as Chhoku Da, #ManasiSinha as Bank Manager, #SubhrajitDutta as Bank Manager, #BhaskarBanerjee as Bank Manager and Silajit Majumdar as a Baul singer was wonderful in their parts.
Production by #Windows has made a fantastic film.
Don't afford to miss this ultimate cop drama. Definitely a Must Watch. 👍🏻
Babli (2024)
A Poor Mega Serial Adaptation of a Classic
This film is based on #BuddhadebGuha's famous novel of the same name, which depicts an unusual love story rekindling between handsome Abhiroop and chubby Damayanti aka Babli on their car-ride from Imphal ( Manipur ) to Dimapur ( Nagaland ). But Babli started to feel vulnerable after knowing that her air hostess friend Jhuma is also attracted to Abhiroop.
The screenplay and direction by #RajChakraborty is brilliant. He is true to his craft and his narrative style is simple and linear.
The dialogues by #SouvikBhattacharya is engaging.
#ManasGanguly being the cinematographer steals the show by adding grandeur to the frames of the North-Eastern beauty.
#SanglapBhowmik's editing is poorest to the core, dragging the film extensively by 20 minutes.
Music Director #IndradeepDasgupta couldn't deliver a worth-remembering music this time.
As per the performances are concerned, #AbirChatterjee as Abhiroop was brilliant. He looked handsome and charming. #SubhashreeGanguly as Damayanti alias Babli was superb too. Her character has got lot of undertones and shades of complexities which she has ably pulled off. #SauraseniMaitra as the air-hostess Jhuma Bose lent great support. #SohiniSengupta as Babli's aunt was nice in her special appearance, but she has got nothing to do much. #KoushikSen as Nimesh Kaka was good along with #ReshmiSen as Nimesh Kaka's wife. #SandipBhattacharya as the author was good too in his special appearance.
Production by #RajChakrabortyEntertainmentProductions and producers Raj Chakraborty & Subhasree Ganguly have made a average film.
Definitely its a One-Time Watch.
Padatik (2024)
A Well Researched Biopic
This film depicts auteur film director #MrinalSen's active lifetime and his contribution in the Bengali Cinema, ranging from his struggling early days as an idealistic filmmaker during India's independence to his pivotal role in the Indian New Wave cinema movement in 1950s Calcutta, working alongside #SatyajitRay & #RitwickGhatak.
The story, screenplay, dialogues and direction by #SrijitMukherji is simply brilliant. He is true to his craft, but his narrative style is complex and non-linear.
#IndranathMarick being the cinematographer steals the show with his sepia hues and B/W frames.
The director Srijit Mukherji's editing is crispest to the core in resemblances with Sen's cult freeze frames and jump-cuts.
Music pieces by late #SalilChowdhury, #RabindranathTagore & #KabirSuman has presented some superb chords to remember, keeping the Revolution as its raw base, which is applaudable.
Costume Designer #SabarniDas has used the costumes in such a seemless manner that it never looked beyond the character sketches. They looked tailor-made for the characters, which might have helped them to get into the skin of it. Art Direction by #TanmoyChakraborty is splendid, creating the 60's & 70's era.
As per the performances are concerned, #ChanchalChowdhury as Mrinal Sen have excelled in all aspects and probably have given his career's yet another great performance, #KorakSamantha as young Mrinal Sen was superb, #AishaniDey as young Geeta Sen looked sweet, #MonamiGhosh as #GeetaSen, wife of Mrinal Sen lent abled support and #SamratChakravarthy as the lead pair's only son #KunalSen was great in his accent, dialect and screen presence. The film has a plethora of cameos, like #BarunChanda as Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, #JeetuKamal as Satyajit Ray, #SujanNeelMukherjee as #AnjanDutt, #AkshayKapoor, #RohitBasfore, #SajjadulAhamedRiyad & #TanisaIslamMahi who has done their parts pretty well.
Production by #FriendsCommunication & #BigScreenProductionsHouse, producers #FirdausulHasan & #PrabalHalder and distribution by #PVRInoxPictures have made a fantastic film.
Don't afford to miss this ultimate humanitarian saga. Definitely a Must Watch.
Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (2024)
Funny and Witty Horror Comedy Hit Francise
This film depicts a male ghost named Sarkata (translated as 'Headless') has the women of Chanderi in danger. Vicky and Bittu meet Rudra who reveals that Sarkata was chasing after Stree and was hunting all the women who left their houses late in the night. Bittu's girlfriend Chitti goes missing. The women of Chanderi ask Vicky and his friends to save them just like they saved the men of Chanderi the last time.
The script by #NirenBhatt and direction by #AmarKaushik is brilliant. He is true to his craft and his narrative style is simple and linear.
#JishnuBhattacharjee being the cinematographer steals the show.
#HemantiSarkar's editing is crispest to the core.
Music Director #SachinJigar (songs) & #JustinVarghese (score) has presented some superb chords to remember, targeting the mass audience, which is applaudable.
As per the performances are concerned, #RajkummarRao as Vicky was fantabulous with his impeccable comic timing.
#ShraddhaKapoor was good as the unnamed protagonist. #PankajTripathi as Rudra was superb as usual. #AbhishekBanerjee as Jana and #AparshaktiKhurana as Bittu have lent abled support. #AnyaSingh as Chitti was great too.
In other supporting roles, Atul Srivastava as Vicky's father, Mushtaq Khan as MLA, #SunitaRajwar as Jana's mother, Arvind Bilgaiyan as Jana's father, #BhoomiRajgor as Stree, #SunilKumar as Sarkata, Aakash Dabhade as Narendra, Simran Sharma as Mamata, Ajay Pal as postman, Mustaqueem Khan as Durga, Badriprasad Chavan as Lokesh, Vipasha Arvind as Anju Bhabhi, #TamannaahBhatia as Shama (special appearance), #VarunDhawan as Bhaskar urf Bhediya (special appearance), #AkshayKumar as Sarkata's descendant (special appearance), Amar Kaushik (cameo in the song "Aaj Ki Raat") were superb too in their parts.
Production by #MaddockFilms & #JioStudios, producers #DineshVijan & #JyotiDeshpande and distributors #PVRInoxPictures & #PenMarudhar have made a fantastic film.
Don't afford to miss this latest part of the ultimate horror-comedy hit franchise. Definitely a Must Watch.
Boomerang (2024)
Fun Ride with the andro-humanoid Robot
As per the story goes, eminent scientist Samar Sen has made an andro-humanoid robot Nisha, a look-alike of his wife Isha, which became a boomerang from him and created hue and cry, when some chinese goons enters the scene to steal the blue print from Samar.
Direction by #SauvikKundu is fairly good. But the story written by Jeet Satragni & screenplay by Sugata Sinha, Salim & Sauvik Kundu is moderate. This movie is loosely Based on the play named 'Punaray Ruby Ray' by 'Lokkrishti' directed by Phalguni Chatterjee.
This #scifi movie is produced by Jeet, #GopalMadnani & #AmitJumrani.
As per the performances are concerned, #Jeet in a dual role as Samar Sen, a genius scientist and Amar, an andro-humanoid clone robot is average. #RukminiMaitra in her dual role as
Isha Sen (neé Manna), Samar's Wife looked very stiff where as Nisha, an andro-humanoid clone robot, she has performed brilliantly. #SauravDas as Ayan, Samar's co-scientist and best friend performed well with his comic timing. #ShyamalChakraborty as Samar's father, #RajatavaDutta as Isha's father, #KharajMukherjee as Chang Lee, a Chinese agent working for Chinese terrorists in Kolkata and #BiswanathBasu ( cameo ) as Isha's maternal uncle acted well. #AmbarishBhattacharya as Samar's neighbour acted very well. #SyedArefin in his special appearance, #DebchandrimaSinghaRoy as Tina, Ayan's girlfriend, #NanakMadnani as Inspector S Bose, #AyeshaBhattacharya as Baishakhi and late #UdayShankarPaul as the servant and #RohitMukherjee as the boss have performed well in their parts.
Cinematography by #ManasGanguly is good. The music and lyrics of the film are done by #NilayanChaterjee which is very poor and #SanjoySalilChowdhury has done the background score which is superb. #SujayDuttaRoy handled the editing which could have been crisper by 10 minutes. The action sequences are choreographed by #RaviVerma which is fairly good. #BoscoCaesar has well choreographed the dance sequences while the superb VFX was handled by #NikhilKoduru. Production companies #GrassrootEntertainment & #JeetzFilmworks has made a good entertainer, however it is a One Time Watch 👍🏻
Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan (2024)
A great children and family entertainer
Bheem and his friends from the village of Dholakpur time-travels 1000 years back to the village pf Sonapur to defeat the vicious demon Damyaan from being immortal and wreck havoc on innocent people.
Direction by #RajivChilaka and written by Niraj Vikram & Sridisha Dilip is good, based on the story by Richa Ingle Deo and Seeta, produced by Rajiv Chilaka, Megha Chilaka, Srinivas Chilakapudi & Bharath Laxmipati, this movie promises great entertainment for children for its wonderful VFX.
As per the performances are concerned, #YagyaBhasin as Chhota Bheem looked smart and handsome, #AashriyaMishra as Chutki looked pretty, #SwarnaPandey as Princess Indumati looked gracious, #AdvikJaiswal as Raju looked charming, #DivyamDawar as Bholu and #DaivikDawar as Dholu looked cute together, #KabirSajid as Kalia looked sweet, #AryanKhan as Jaggu (voice) appeared good onscreen, #SumitKeshri as Damyaan (voice) sounded vicious onscreen. #AnupamKher as Guru Shambhu & #MakarandDeshpande as Skandhi graced the movie with their presence. #MeghaChilaka as Bheem's mother, #SurbhiTiwari as Tuntun Mausi ( Chutki's mother ), #NavneetKaurDhillon as Tashika, #ShajiChoudhary as Churan Singh, #ChandrashekharDutta as Singhala, #SanjayBishnoi as Raja Indraverma ( Indumati's father ) lent abled support.
Cinematography by #Suryaa is good. Editing by #JunaidSiddiqui could have been crisper. Music by #RaghavSachar is fairly good.
Production company #GreenGoldStudios & Distribution by #UFOMoviez need to be applauded for this making this film. One-Time watch, but highly recommended for children this season. 👍🏻
Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (2024)
Historical Extravaganza with loopholes
Direction by the auteur #SanjayLeelaBhansali is superb with a fantastic narrative style. Well written by him, Divya Nidhi & Vibhu Puri, produced by #BhansaliProductions & streamed by #Netflix , this movie chronicles the lives of courtesans of the red-light district of Heera Mandi in Lahore, with a backdrop of the Indian independence movement against British rule in India in the 1940s.
Performances by the lead protagonists #ManishaKoirala, #SonakshiSinha, #AditiRaoHydari, #RichaChadha, #SanjeedaSheikh are mind-blowing, #SharminSegalMehta is ( ahem ) what all have already judged, but people need to notice in her in the last 10 mins of the series and #TahaShahBadussha is good, but nothing to shout about. Other supporting casts include #FaridaJalal, #AdhyayanSuman, #FardeenKhan, #ShekharSuman, #IndreshMalik, #JasonShah, #JayatiBhatia, #NiveditaBhargava, #AbhaRanta, #ShrutiSharma, #RajatKaul, #PratibhaRanta, #MarkBennington, #AnjuMahendru & #UjjwalChopra are tailor-made.
Cinematography by #SudeepChatterjee, #MaheshLimaye, #HuenstangMohapatra & #RagulDharuman is of high order and the music and the editing by the director himself is respectively melodious and fast paced and crispest to the T. The screenplay is intriguing. The background score by #BenedictTaylor & #NarenChandavarkar is fantastic. Kudos to the whole team helmed by the director and #PrernaSingh and casting director #ShrutiMahajan. Although there are some major jerks in the back chroma projection ( a river is shown instead of Lahore cityscape ), the book Peer-e-Kamil by Umera Ahmed is shown in the library sequence which is a publication of 2004 and Sonakshi's Urdu newspaper reading scene highlights about Corona outbreak and powercut happening in Candles era, etc. One-Time watch, but highly recommended for its aesthetics though. 👍🏻
Shaitaan (2024)
An Unusual horror flick on Manifestation with an unusual climax and twists
Direction by #VikasBahl is superb with a fantastic narrative style. Well written by #AamilKeeyanKhan, produced by #JioStudios, #DevgnFilms, #PanoramaStudios ( Vikas Bahl, #JyotiDeshpande, Ajay Devgn, #AbhishekPathak and #KumarMangatPathak ) & distributed by #PenMarudharEntertainment, this movie is the official remake of the Gujarati hit film #Vash ( 2023 ) written & directed by #KrishnadevYagnik.
Performances by the lead protagonists #AjayDevgn as Kabir Rishi is awesome, but #RMadhavan as Vanraj Kashyap is simply phenomenal as the despotic and vicious menace. Even brilliant would be an understatement. #JankiBodiwala as Jahnvi Rishi is extraordinary in her performance. #Jyothika as Jyoti Rishi and #AnngadRaaj as Dhruv Rishi has their wow moments too. Cinematography by #SudhakarReddyYakkanti is of high order and the editing by #SandeepFrancis is fast paced and crispest to the T. The screenplay is intriguing with ample edge-of-the-seat jumpscare sequences with an unusual twist at the end unlike that from the original film. This movie has got the best climax I must say and a satisfying ending. The music and background score by #AmitTrivedi is simply fabulous, specially the title track. Kudos to the whole team. 👍🏻
Crew (2024)
Smart Storytelling and Great Performances
Direction by #RajeshAKrishnan is stylish with a superb and fast-paced narrative style. Produced by #EktaKapoor, #RheaKapoor, #AnilKapoor & Digvijay Purohit, this movie is the stylish take on the debatable #KingfisherAirlines and #VijayMallya scam in the aviation industry and the outmath in the lives of its crew.
Performances by the lead protagonists #Tabu as Geeta Sethi (flight attendant), #KareenaKapoorKhan as Jasmine Kohli (flight attendant), #KritiSanon as Divya Rana (flight attendant) are tailor-made for them and they have aptly lived their characters, #DiljitDosanjh as Customs officer Jaiveer Singh (Special appearance) & #KapilSharma as Arun Sethi (Special appearance) has lent abled support.
#RajeshSharma as Pruthviraj Mittal (H. R. Head of Kohinoor Airlines) & #SaswataChatterjee as Vijay Walia (Chairman of Kohinoor Airlines) has given a superb performance as the comic villain. #KulbhushanKharbanda as Jasmine's grandfather, #IvanRodrigues as Divya's father, #TruptiKhamkar as S. I. Mala, #CharuShankar as Sudha Mittal & #RamakantDayma as Mr. Rajvanshi are superb with their intricate nuances. Cinematography by #AnujRakeshDhawan is of high standards and the editing by #MananSagar is crisp. The screenplay is fast-paced and with full of comic scenes. The music by Diljit Dosanjh, #Badshah, Raj Ranjodh, Vishal Mishra, Akshay-IP, Bharg Rohit is HIT & the background score by #JohnStewartEduri is excellent. Production companies #BalajiMotionPictures, #AnilKapoorFilmsandCommunicationNetwork
& Distribution by #PenMarudharEntertainment have made a fabulous effort to back up this project. Absolutely, a Must-Watch this season.
Do Aur Do Pyaar (2024)
Weak Screenplay and Glorifying Infidelity
Direction by #ShirshaGuhaThakurta is good and sensible with a very smart narrative style. Produced by Sameer Nair, Deepak Segal, #TanujGarg, #AtulKasbekar & Swati Iyer Chawla, this movie is the official remake of the hollywood film #TheLovers written & directed by #AzazelJacobs, which debates Marriage and arguably glories Infidelity as the better institution.
Performances by the lead protagonists #VidyaBalan & #PratikGandhi are superb with their intricate nuances, but the supporting leads
#IleanaDCruz & #SendhilRamamurthy failed miserably to portray their parts. Cinematography by #KartikVijay is average and the editing by #BardroyBarretto could have been 10 minutes crisper. The screenplay renders mundane intermittently with monotonous sequences, barring some light moments though. The overall film seems to pace like a short film or a telefilm. The music is absolutely not good, and the background score is fair. Production companies #ApplauseEntertainment & #EllipsisEntertainmentProduction and distributors #AAFilms have made a futile effort to back up this project. Absolutely, you may give it a miss.
Maidaan (2024)
Not an enjoyable Biopic and almost a documentary
Superb Cinematography, Poor Direction ( Narrative style could have been more intriguing ), depressing character-sketch of the lead, Weak Screenplay, Horrendous Editing ( the film could have been 20 mins crisper ) even Rudraneil's acting was mere caricature. There was no light moments unlike other worth-remembering sports films like Chak De India, Mary Kom, Dangaal, Lagaan, Azhar, Dhoni or Bhaag Milkha Bhag etc. Even the supporting cast has tried their best but in vain. There were many mundane moments, concentrating more on the football match documentary, making it a One-Time Watch.
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#AkashChawla #ArunavaJoySengupta
#RiteshShah #SiddhantMago
#TusharKantiRay #FyodorLyass #ARRahman #BoneyKapoor #AkashChawla #BayviewProjects #ZeeStudios #DevRaoJadhav #ShahnawazMosani #AjayDevgn #Priyamani #GajrajRao #ChaitanyaSharma #AmartyaRay.
Mirza: Part 1 - Joker (2024)
A Well-made acting film franchise
A superbly shot ganglord film written & well-directed by #SumeetGoradia & #SaahilGoradia, perfectly-knit story & screenplay by #ArnabBhaumik, a superb and successful Production by #AnkushHazra, #AbirGupta & #ArkadebUkil. The overall looks of the cast is amazing, along with the incredible performances of Dancing Superstar Ankush Hazra, #OindrilaSen, auteur #KaushikGanguly, #RishiKaushik, #PriyaMondal, #ShoaibKabeer, #ShantilalMukherjee, #SankarDebnath, #SumitGanguly ( cameo ), #KunalBhandari, #RatanSarkhel, #RajatGanguly, #BiswaroopBiswas and the adorable #RyanGuhaNeogi along with others.
Cinematography by the wizard #AnimeshGhorui is superb with sharp editing by #SanglapBhaumik, but it could have been 15 mins crisper. Music by #IshanMitra & #AneekDhar is superb and worth-humming.
With lots of Twists and Turns and an interesting cameo epilogue ( will not give any spoilers ), Production company #AnkushHazraMotionPictures & distributor #PVRInoxPictures will surely incur huge profit, because this film is technically very well-made, stylish and honestly shot. The efforts invested are visible. Kudos!👍🏻
A Must-Watch Commercial Film not to be missed 👍🏻🍫
My Rating --- 8/10.
Oti Uttam (2024)
Old Wine in a New Bottle
Illogical Premise. Poor Direction. Actors have tried their best to do justice but failed miserably. Very poor direction. But the effort of back-calculating the Screenplay, selecting 54 shots out of Uttam Kumar's old 87 films and then rotoscoping the digitally remasteres shots are not a matter of joke. The music is nice and the Cinematography is good. But picturising intimate scenes with the heroine and Uttam Kumar was like a culture shock. However, One-time Watch 👍🏻
#SoumikHaldar #UttamKumar #GourabChatterjee #AnindyaSengupta #RoshniBhattacharya #SubhasishMukherjee #LaboniSarkar #RupaDutta #PronoyDasgupta #SaptakSanaiDas #PrabuddhaBanerjee #CamelliaProductions #PVRInoxPictures #PVR #INOX.
Pariah Volume 1: Every Street Dog Has a Name (2024)
Tollywood's smart reply to Bollywood movie Animal
A rowdy on prowl for his missing puppy and in the process, exposing the dark secrets of the prevalent dog trade market. Undoubtedly a unique concept for Bengali Cinema ( obviously with manifold Indian movies especially #Lakadbaggha ) and a perfect answer to Bollywood's movie #Animal on the count of gross, gore and graphic violence shown.
As per the performances are concerned, #VikramChatterjee has given his career's best performance and so is the antagonist #SoumyaMukherjee. They both are the rediscovery of Tollywood. #AnganaRoy looked beautiful, although she has got nothing to do, apart from looking nice, barring one interrogation scene with the antagonist, where she has delivered fairly a good job. #SreelekhaMitra acted really well in her part and she has her moments. #AmbarishBhattacharya in his part is very good. His last scene in the movie will give u chills. After the movie #Shibpur, again came across such jumpscaring scenes. #TapatiMunsi is as usual too good. She is a true thespian. #DebashishRoy, #LoknathDey, #DebaprasadHalder, #BimalGiri & #SahirRaj are also convincing in their parts.
Director #TathagataMukherjee has superbly narrated the story with a fantastic style with a great screenplay by Antara Banerjee & himself. Producer #PrateekChakravorty and #AvinabaGhosh under their production house #PramodFilms & #DreamsOnSale have made an excellent project and truly deserve accolades. Music by #RanajoyBhattacharjee, Lyrics by #RitamSen and Tathagata Mukherjee is good. Cinematographey by #UttaranDe is superb and editing by #AmirMondal is crisp. Sound Design by #AdeepSinghManki, Sound Mixing by #TanmoySaha, Colorist #ProsenjitBanerjee, Graphics by #ForthDimension, Art Direction by #BabluSingha and Costume & Styling by #PoulamiGupta have done a fabulous job. They are the unsung heroes to make this film one of the must-watch Bengali films of 2024.
If u r a animal lover, go and watch the movie. And if u r not, u have to watch to know why I am recommending u to watch it. Dont Miss It. For the sake of Good Cinema.
Fighter (2024)
A nice Video Game
It is undoubtedly the first-of-its-kind aerial action franchise film, where some real life Indian Air Force cadets have worked in the film, having references to the infamous 2019 Pulwama attack, 2019 Balakot airstrike and 2019 India-Pakistan border skirmishes. The fantastic visual effects are handled by #DNEG. Direction by #SiddharthAnand, story co-written by #RamonChibb along with the director and screenplay by Ramon Chibb are great, dialogues by #HussainDalal, #AbbasDalal & #BiswapatiSarkar are fairly good too.
Producers Mamta Anand, Ajit Andhare, Anku Pande, Ramon Chibb & Kevin Vaz have made a brilliant film.
As per the performances are concerned, #HrithikRoshan as Squadron Leader Shamsher "Patty" Pathania aka Shammi and #DeepikaPadukone as Squadron Leader Minal "Minni" Rathore both have delivered a stellar performance, #AnilKapoor as Group Captain Rakesh "Rocky" Jaisingh has done his stunts brilliantly as young as never before. #KaranSinghGrover as Squadron Leader Sartaj "Taj" Gill and Akshay Oberoi as Squadron Leader Basheer "Bash" Khan has given their career's best performance till date. #RishabhSawhney as Azhar Akhtar looked menacing as ever and surely deserve to garner awards and accolades --- surely this year's best discovery till date. #SanjeedaSheikh as Saanchi Gill ( Taj's wife ), #AshutoshRana as Abhijeet Rathore ( Minni's father ), #GeetaAgrawal as Usha Rathore ( Minni's mother ), #TalatAziz as Mr Pathania ( Patty's father ), #SharibHashmi as Wing Commander Varthaman (character inspired from Abhinandan Varthaman), #VinayVarma as Air Commodore Debyajyoti "Debu" Biswas, #HarishKhatri as the Prime Minister of India & #ChandraShekharDutta as RAW agent Zarina Begum have supported superbly as the pillars of the script in their special appearances.
Cinematography by #SatchithPaulose is of international standards and editing by #AarifSheikh is crispest to the core.
Music by (Score) #SanchitBalhara and #AnkitBalhara and (Songs) #VishalShekhar is fantastic according to the screenplay and is already topping the charts nationwide.
Kudos to the production companies #Viacom18Studios & #MarflixPictures and distribution by #Viacom18 Studios.
A Must Watch this season.
Shri Swapankumarer Badami Hyenar Kobole (2024)
Ode to Pulp Fiction but the screenplay is not Palpable
My Review of #ShriSwapankumarerBadamiHyenarKobole ::: Direction by #DebaloyBhattacharya is fairly good. His storytelling narrative is not intriguing, but his shot-taking style is very fresh. Dialogues are superbly penned. Many scenes and shots resemble his previous films, specially #DraculaSir.
Cinematography by #RamyadeepSaha is of first order. Marvellous would be an understatement. Editing by #SanglapBhowmick is very slow paced, just like the screenplay. So, the audience tends to get bored very soon. Music by #AmitChatterjee is fresh to the ear, but not hummable enough. But the song 'Mushroom' is well-composed. Production company #HoichoiStudios ( #Hoichoi ) & distribution by
#ShreeVenkateshFilms ( #SVF ) has made this venture saleable, but its Box Office glorious run is debatable.
As per as the performances are concerned, #AbirChatterjee as Dipak Chatterjee & #ParanBandopadhyay as Sri Swapankumar has tried their best to backup the poor screenplay with their screen presence by acting well.
#ShrutiDas as Tashi is not at all impressive and looked very dull and stiff in her dialogues delivery. #GoutamHalder as usual acted as a carbon copy in his signature style. #PratikDutta as Ratanlal is a new and fresh discovery and someone to watch out for. #LoknathDey is good. Last but definitely not the least, theatre & TV actress #SaoliBandopadhyay looked very confident and tried her best as much she can, in her few scenes. But her atrocious wig looked very poor on her. But overall, if you leave your brain, aptitude and logic at your home, and come to enjoy a #PulpFiction film based on a graphic novel chain of the similar genre, then you would surely gonna enjoy the film. One-Time watch or a Timepass 👍🏻
Merry Christmas (2024)
Superb Narrative and Fabulous Screenplay
My Review of #MerryChristmas ::: Direction by the auteur #SriramRaghavan is per excellence. His storytelling narrative and non-linear screenplay is superb as usual. The film is based on #LeMonteCharge by #FrédéricDard.
#RameshTaurani, #JayaTaurani, #SanjayRoutray & #KewalGarg have produced such a brilliant and underrated film.
As per the performances are concerned, #KatrinaKaif and #VijaySethupathi have excelled in their parts, while #SanjayKapoor, #RadhikaApte, #VinayPathak, #PratimaKazmi, #TinnuAnand, #AshwiniKalsekar, #LukeKenny & ( baby ) #PariMaheshwariSharma lent able support and made their presence amply felt.
Cinematography by #MadhuNeelakandan is of first order and Editing by #PoojaLadhaSurti is crisp at its edge. Music by #Pritam is good, but none of the songs are hummable enough, and could have been better, for thrillers like this. The Background Score by #DanielBGeorge is fabulous and one of the main pillars of the plot. Also Kudos to the Art department and the overall Production Design of the project.
A superb production by #TipsFilms & #MatchboxPictures & Distribution by #PenMarudharEntertainment & #UFOMoviez. Dont afford to miss it in theatres or else catch its streaming very soon on #Netflix. Happy Watching 👍
Kabuliwala (2023)
Multiple Time Watch and Asset Acting of Rahmat-Mini Duo
My Review of #Kabuliwala ::: Director #SumanGhosh has brilliantly made this #RabindranathTagore written short story.
#MithunChakraborty & #AnumeghaKahali has acted brilliantly. #AbirChatterjee, #SohiniSarkar, #KanchanMullick, #SumitSamandar & #GulshanaraKhatun has performed well. #SubhankarBhar has cinematographed well. #SujayDattaRay has edited crisply. #IndradeepDasgupta has musically knit the film well. #SVF & #JioStudios had made this joint venture successfully. During the first half of the Film, you will be relocated to any Kurdish environment with the beautiful camerawork of the cinematographer.
Pradhan (2023)
Poorest Film of 2023
Honest, Unbiased, Upfront & Fearless Review of #Pradhan : Poor Direction. Worst Cinematography. Non hummable music. Sloth screenplay. Poor Editing.
Both the hero and heroine were disappointing. John, Sneha, Rupsha, Arindol, Biswajit, Tulika were behaving as Trophies pr Furniture or Flower Vasses. Editing could have been crisper. Have to return home purchasing a Saridon. Such a boring and mundane film.
Overall 1/5, One Time Watch.
#Dev #AnirbanChakrabarti #MamataShankar #ParanBandyopadhyay #SohiniSengupta #AvijitSen #DevEntertainmentVentures #soumitrishakundoo #soumitrishakundu #DebasishMondal.
Dawshom Awbotaar (2023)
An Honest, Blunt, Upfront, Unbiased & Impartial One-Liner Review
Director #SrijitMukherji's latest product from his Cop Universe and from the house of #SVF, jointly delivered a much-hyped but a thoroughly disappointing melodramatic daily-soap kinda experience. The first half was no-doubt fast-paced and power-packed, but on the contrary, the second half lacked its pace and the screenplay went totally haywire. Music is equally awful, and so is the editing. The second poorest release after Bagha Jatin. The camera work is fairly moderate. But over-usage of slo-mo and Drone shots seems overrated. The plot is predictable and the screenplay is neither edge-of-the-seat, nor gripping. Both #ProsenjitChatterjee & #JisshuSengupta delivered good performances, #AnirbanBhattacharya is fair too, while #JayaAhsan tried her best, but all her efforts to cope up with the predictable plot rendered futile. However, its a one-time watch movie. Moral of the story, over-usage of cuss words and intimate scenes along with titillating the audience with previous franchises' hints couldn't save the drowning ship, when the premise is itself weak.
Raktabeej (2023)
Honest, Blunt, Upfront, Unbiased & Impartial One-Liner Review
#Raktabeej : Fabulous Cinematography, Crisp Editing, Fantabulous Music & Gripping Screenplay with a Superb Narrative Style, twists and turns till the end. #AbirChatterjee, #MimiChakraborty, #DebasishMondal and #UmaBanerjee stole the show eclipsing others, even #VictorBanerjee and #AnasuaMajumdar. #KanchanMallick, #ParometaMukherjee & #DevlinaKumar has their moments though. #MaulikGhosh needs to be praised with special mention. But #SatyamBhattacharya, #KanchanMallick, #SubhaRanjanMukherjee & #AmbarishBhattacharya has been a miscasted and wasted as a whole. But #TanusreeShankar has her presence amply felt in her brief cameo, just because of the character of whom she has played ... #AnkushHazra has his moments in the foot-tapping item number ( and may be many more which u had to check out urself ). Well, must say, it has got one of the best Climax sequence ever in the recent Bengali films been shot. Kudos to the director duo #NanditaRoy & #ShiboprosadMukherjee and co-writer #ZiniaSen for making a such a brilliant and well-made, social-awareness and relevant Film. Indeed it will attract repeat audiences too. A must-watch this puja. It is a perfect Puja Film and truly a Game-Changer.
Bagha Jatin (2023)
Honest, Blunt, Upfront, Unbiased & Impartial One-Liner Review
Poorest Cinematography of #GopiBhagat till date ( with lots of jerky steady frames, irrelevant camera movements and off-focus preference shots ), Sloth Editing, Dragging Screenplay with a Mundane Narrative Style. Unnecessary usage of Background Commentary by #MirAfsarAli and Animation just to forcibly make it look like a Docu-Fiction. #Dev tries to steal the show eclipsing others, but under no circumstances, it is justified to design the action sequences of pre-independence era in such a fashion, that it looks like someone Dev, Amitabh, SRK or any Tom Cruise is performing. Of course, Bagha Jatin was no less than a Superhero but the tiger sequence and the other fight sequences were shot like a XBox Video Game. Very poor execution ! Apart from #SudiptaChakraborty in her body language and dialogue delivery style, none of the actors have done justice to their characters. Everyone were playing like their original selves. Noone has got into the skin of their characters to be very honest, blunt and specific. But, somehow the theater actors bunch has tried to put some effort, but couldn't able to catapult the project as a whole, whatever justification or clarification they might put forward. Director #ArunRoy highly disappoints this time for falling into the trap of consumerism and superstar glamour for making such a dud by superstar producer and trying to make his project way more saleable, which is even way worse than his previous films. U may skip it this time, if u haven't seen it yet.
Jongole Mitin Mashi (2023)
Honest, Blunt, Upfront, Unbiased & Impartial One-Liner Review
#JongoleMitinMashi : Beautiful Cinematography, Crisp Editing, Great Music by #BickramGhosh, Fairly Good Screenplay with a Lovely Narrative Style. #KoelMallick stole the show eclipsing others. Applause to director #ArindamSil for making a good Children's Film which is way better than its previous franchise. It is a perfect puja film and shouldn't be missed in this festive time. All the other actors have done their parts well. Based on one of the lovely stories of Mitin Mashi written by Suchitra Bhattacharya, it is a perfect tribute to the genius. This is the perfect mixture of Jungle Adventure.