Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo

Plotted on 70's Naxalite era of Calcutta. Casting was too heavy to handle this pitty thriller. Sabyasachi is fabulous as always in a Naxalite role. But story telling could be more mature.Created so much of suspense in the 1st half which have enlarged viewer's expectations. Could be a very good ending as well.

A very much twisting subplot with wonderful cinematography and story telling that slowly peels the onion and makes way for the bulb. Meghnadbodh Kabyo has no such connection with the story (its a weapon) but the story of betrayal has been used as the USP. Certainly its a good watch and a delight to watch Sabyasachi Chakroborty, out of FeludA. There are so many good actors who do not get the privilege of their desired acting.

A 2hrs:15 mins movie with 1hr:30mins of drama. Are you serious??

The first part of the movie is full of intellectual beings (read antels). Too many characters are there, many of them just to stretch the movie to a little over 2 hrs! The real story doesn't even begin before 1.5 hrs. At that the story should have finished in 30 mins tops. It's very slow paced. The story never really builds up. They tried to show a lot of things but touched only the surface with incoherent incidents strewn over. The writer Asimav Bose is a rip-off of 'Amitav Ghosh' and his book 'The Calcutta Chromosome' is christened as 'The Calcutta Chemical' The only thing I liked about this movie was the interiors of the writer's house! Give it a miss if you are sick of slow paced antel movies.

Although the movie is set in modern times, the 70s era Naxalite movement is the central premise of the story, where Sabyasachi Chakraborty plays a former Naxalite, now an elite citizen of the society and an eminent author. While the movie does a good job in piquing the interest of the audience about the history of Naxal movement, it also makes some bold political commentary about the current political scene. The reference to Michael Madhusudan Dutta's most acclaimed work Meghnadbad Kabya was interesting, to say the least. However, a weak story with unnecessary subplots and more than a few loose ends left a lot to be desired. Yet, it is definitely worth a watch, thanks to the brilliant dialogue writing, in true Anik Dutta style, and, more importantly, the political commentary which makes the movie really stand out, elevating it above the realm of an ordinary thriller. I think it is a politically significant movie and a must watch for everybody. The movie is very fast paced which makes it difficult at times to grasp what is going on and, as I had said before, the unnecessary subplots add to the confusion. The ending may not be liked by all as it doesn't say what happened to the protagonist in the end but the observant viewer will realize that what happened to him isn't the main angle of the story - what is far more important is the political message the movie conveys and it does that well. A bit of political awareness and a basic knowledge of the Meghnadbad Kabya (a piece from which was there in the plus 2 syllabus of Bengal board) are recommended prerequisites for watching this movie. On a completely different note, I was surprised to see many of the dialogues in English. Some of the exchanges were fully in the queen's language while in some at least half of the lines were spoken in English.