debbkumar

"Posto" is a directorial treat which addresses the most relevant issue plaguing almost every urban bengali household today in the most poignant yet assertive tone. The movie starts off with cute little Posto growing up in Shantiniketan with his caring Grandparents more than filling up the void created by the absence of his millennial parents toiling away in Kolkata to make a life. Nandita-Shib duo perfectly captures the nuances of a hurting mother who is caught in the crossfire of career and spending time with her own son. All goes well till the biological parents want their child back which escalates into a court case between parents and grandparents.Though the idea of court battle seems a little far-fetched but the implementation is impeccable. The director duo is lucky yet again to have Soumitra Chatterjee by their side as the patriarch Dinen Lahiri chastising his son and showering Posto with all his love. Lily Chakraborty as grandma perfectly complements Soumitra. Mimi is fresh and cute and does justify her paradigm shift from commercial garbage to more meaningful stuff. Paran Bandopadhya is his usual self and is brilliant as Soumitra's lawyer. But child actor Argha as Posto is the heart and soul of this wittily crafted family drama with his naughty but cheerful portrayal. Overall Posto is a nice dramatisation of the burning issue of any modern day urban Bengali household and in the end we get a compromise solution which makes sense. The final court scene will make the eyes moist of even the most pragmatic person. Nandita-shib does it again the fourth time by striking a chord with the middle-class bengali household and trust me the movie has something for everyone in the family. Mind you, getting the pulse of the target audience in successive films is no mean feat and that makes this go-getter director duo the 'Bahubaali' of our very own Tollywood. I am going with a generous 4/5.