Movie Review:Goynar Bakso

Truly saying I went to watch Nautanki Saala but due to fault in my timing I missed that.Thats why I went to another nearby theatre to watch 'Goynar Bakso'
Direction:Aparna Sen
Main Cast:Konkona Sen Sharma,Mousumi Chatterjee,Srabanti, Saswato Chatterjee
Duration:141minutes
After lots of great movies this is another jewel in Aparna Sen's
own Jewellery box of creations with
the nice presentation, based on a
story, written by famous Shirshendu
Mukhopadhyay. The story revolves
around a widow and her
'Goynar
Bakso' which is passed on to
three generations of her family This wasn't easy
for 'Pishima' (Mousumi
Chatterjee)as, the box was the
center of her world after the death
of her husband, when she was
12. Even after her death, she
haunts her next generation, to
ensure, it does not fall in the
wrong hands and got sold in the
market .She trusts the box with
Somlata (Konkona Sensharma), but
was angry when she discovered
Somlata had stolen  some of her
jewellery to start up a business for
her husband (Saswata Chatterjee).
She curses Somlata,hits also at first but became happy when she found out
the saree store that was set up had her
name on it. Everything was
going fine till a unknown man
(Koushik Sen) was found stalking
Somlata on her way back home.
When Pishima insisted Somlata to
get involved with him she refused but
on repeated insists, she met him on
her way back home. Later it was
found out that, the man was a poet
and he had committed suicide
after failing in love
with Somlata. 10 months after the
incident Somlata's daughter Chaitali
(Srabonti Chatterjee), the narrator
of the story, was born. Somlata
was shocked when she found out
Chaitali looked much alike Pishima.
Pishima, who at first was only
visible to Somlata, is now visible
only to Chaitali and Somlata who
thought Chaitali to be the
reincarnation of Pishima gave the 'Goynar Bakso' to her,
stating everything is in order. When
Chaitali was a college student, East
Pakistan's war of independence in the year 1971,
broke out. It was found out,
Chaitali was in a romantic
relationship with one of the
Leader of the freedom fighters.
She doubts how long for the
freedom fighters could continue war as the dont have money. It was
then Pishima handed over the
jewellery box to Chaitali for their
support.
Awesome acting performance by
Konkona Sensharma and Mousumi
Chatterjee made the audience dumbed. The
Pishima Somlata duo adds the
comedy to the film with
Pishima's humorous activities and
Somlata's introvert and shy nature.
Besides them, all the other actors
have done their best job, especially
Paran Bandyopadhya,Saswata
Chatterjee and Pijush Ganguly.
The film merely have two songs,one raga and another Chorus.
The cinematography was good.Editing by Rabiranjan Maitra was good. Overall, a nice film.

My Rating--3.5/5
--Saptarshi Ghosh ©