While watching the movie 'obhishopta nighty' I was thinking that if I could write this review in ten one liner, - "men know everything except sleeping, but they couldn't express them to a women unless they sleep with her" (it is mine!). Birsa Dasgupta the director of this film and it is his third feature film and for me it is second of him. The previous I had seen was not a pleasure to my eyes and rests of organs were involved to have he comforts of a multiplex theater. Now, this time I must say I liked this movie, there was no such social message, no extra experimental camera work, no intellectual influence of cinematic creativity and above all the story fulfill its own journey in due rotation. Viewers can easily understand the story over laughter. The story, incidents and the characters are implanted so efficiently in a direct proportion with time that Bengali viewers will find a cool movie at last. I found very illogical to write up the summary of the story of the film and the technical judgment which is also beyond my capacity while reviewing a movie. But unfortunately it's an unwanted duty. Monika was a bar singer in 1985 and had an affair with a guy namely raja who was a spoilt brat of a highly influential and rich family. That guy had made love with Monika and accomplishment of his desire he left her with a promise to marry her and get married to a girl of his father's choice. Monika committed suicide and her soul was unsatisfied and created a mess in the present city after 28years (according to the shooting period) approximately through her 'nighty' which she wore at time of her death. Now it is the story of the movie or the story in the film that totally your perception. Now in recent past one thing which always depressed me that so called expected Bengali films were failed to reach their cinematic goal of convey the story to the viewers. 'Obhishapta nighty' at last fulfilled my wish with full pleasure. There were ensemble star cast in the film, and they are fantastic in their job, no need to take some particular name still Paran Bandopadhyay, Kanchan Mullick, Supriya Dutta, Laboni Sarkar, Vaskar Banerjee was awesome, and Birsa Dasgupta utilized them such an effective manner that is really adorable. Locket Chatterjee, Neel Mukherjee, Tanushree Chakraborty, Sumit Samaddar were appropriate and I have to mention Mir especially because of his ability to portray a cliché role such a believable way. Prambrata Chattopaday was the one and only choice for some character and he is excellent in such roles he proved it again. My special attention to Rahul and Priyanka in those tiny and beautiful roles and I always had a hawk eye on Priyanka because of her such an extraordinary simple acting skill.Taju da(Debapratim Dasgupta played a marvelous role in such a short time span and shown his skill. Lastly one thing I have to write whatever the wise people's reaction may be, if there any actor created his aura after Prasenjit Chatterjee He is 'DEV'. I am nowhere to say anything on Shamik Halder's camera work, he was excellent. Indradeep Dasgupta was also very good, the song 'sadher nighty' was just apt for the situation and lyrics of Srijato, - "jekhane thNoter mon jane thNot"
nothing to say. I don't know what you will do with your kids, but I don't think this movie can effect anything more to their up'cum'ing maturity when there are google and Mark Zuckerberg. But you people can obviously go and watch the movie at theaters. I can't say about Quentin Tarentino but those people who raise their nose about Bengali cinema they can smell the 'Pulp fiction' flavor.
