Let me start this review by saying it's my personal opinion and you may or may not like this movie, that's up to you.
Kalpurush released in 2008 in India and I was just 14 years old then and it was a beautiful ,very pleasant and nostalgic period.Now, in 2020,I am 26 and going through a life full of ups and downs , challenges,hardles and then a bit of success and then again there is hardle and it
goes on.In between all of this I watched Kalpurush and blown away.This is my first Buddhadeb Dasgupta experience.
It's a father -son relationship drama with so many shades.We all have so many dreams and sometimes they sound funny but we still live in them because we love to have a dream ,we love to live,yes sometimes we just love to live.
In a disturbing time we are living in right now and to make it even worse we are surrounded by pessimistic people; this movie is like oxygen.
Each and every actor ,Be it under -utiliesd great Mithun Chakraborty or Rahul Bose or now retired Samera Reddy have done an extraordinary job but Chakraborty deserves a standing ovation among them.In minor but important roles Laboni Sarkar and Bidipta Chakraborty are fantastic.
The movie runs through a non -linear antiplot structure with a number of metaphors that blurs the boundary between realism and fantasy .
Cinematography by Sudeep Chatterjee captures the mood brilliantly whereas Raviranjan Moitra's editing makes the non linear structure much more impactful and not to mention background score by Biswadeb Dasgupta .The flute music took me to my childhood days.
Now , would you watch it ? If you are a Buddhadeb Dasgupta fan then you might have watched it so far otherwise it depends on your taste .If just typical masala entertainers are your cup of tea then there is 99% chances of getting bored but if you like to carry a movie with you for long after having watched , if you like slow -burners and feel the essence for so many years then never miss it.
