Haajar Bachhar Dhorey

I've just moved to Bangladesh for work and thought that one way of learning about the place is to watch some films made here. This is the first one I've seen, chosen almost at random at a local DVD shop. It's set in a rural area at an unspecified time and focuses on a varied set of characters. Montu is a young bachelor and he starts to fall in love with Tuni. She also falls for him but she is already married - to an old man who has two other wives! That's the basic story but the film shows many other characters and situations. There is another woman who also falls for Montu (lucky guy), there's an evil wife-beater, a daughter who doesn't want to get married, and various other characters in the village.

Despite the title (in English, 'Symphony of Agony') it's not all grim. There are funny scenes, songs, and some nice scenery. But there is a fair amount of thwarted love, desperation, and a cholera-outbreak.

The film is very slowly paced. This will be frustrating if you're used to the frenetic pace of most modern films but if you accept that the film wants to tell its story slowly then you'll get a lot more enjoyment from it. The acting is generally fine and the direction is good but the scenes are sometimes stilted. The film is episodic in structure so you can enjoy parts even if others make no sense; it's not always clear what is going on, and why characters are doing what they do.

There's also an interesting framing device, whereby the story of the film is told by a singer who is telling it by song to some village people, and then something curious happens at the end - but I'm not spoiling it!

Recommended.

200+ time watched. A huge movie. This movie shows the untold language, untold love of the woman.

This is probably the best movie in Bengali language. Screen play, plot and acting have taken the movie to another level.

The actors / actresses have shown their skills by capturing the real character of the story. You have to sigh after finishing the movie. As if you are really in a village thousands of years ago!

If you sit down to watch a movie, you will be immersed in just a few minutes.

ATM Shamsuzzaman's character in 'Buro Mokbul' seemed to me the most realistic. Moreover, Riaz has done a great job in the role of 'Montu'. And it seems that the hardest working character is 'Tuni'. Perfect actor has also been taken in the role of Abul.

The dialogue and the story have not changed a bit All in all, this is a great masterpiece movie.

Delineates love & nature of Bangladesh, nature of love of the Bengali people, complexity of relationships affected by the society, economics, religion and culture. A romantic tragedy that has been resonating for thousands of years. The simplicity of Bengali mind is portrayed along with the complexity of its expression. What will you call it? A curse or a blessing? From critical point of view one can find it resembling with himself but to feel it completely just watching isn't enough. You need knowledge from the core, understanding from the heart and of course a visionary eye to absorb the whole emotion. Get ready to suffer from love for a thousand years! Happy watching.

Before writing this review, I thought- lets read some other reviews. but couldn't find any. Then, again thought, let's write a review by myself. There is a big question, No doubt, it's a master piece, then why did I give 9 rating out of 10? First of all, the movie- Haajar Bosor Dhorey ( Through Thousand Years)- is based on a classic Novel "Haajar Bosor Dhorey". Zaheer Raihan, a great writer, director,was an active worker of the Language Movement of 1952, a freedom fighter, wrote his first Novel. It was the best seller, but after-wards it hadn't gone down from the history, from the mind of all fascinates book lover. It was later, included to the National Curriculum & Textbook Board(NCTB). The novel was "Haajar Bosor Dhorey". I am a die hard books(novel) reader. I don't wanna see something- specially based on a novel- which goes away my thinking, my imagination. We all know, how tough it is to make a novel based Movie. Novel is such a thing which could describe a plot lot easier than a Movie.You imagine the every character , places etc. A writer can easily choose the places, plot..But as for the director, his work is much difficult to implies according to the novel. Though some lacking, the director had done it not perfectly, I would say- The betterly..;-)