One of the finest executions Srijit Mukherji has ever pulled off! The irony is though that Nirbaak ('Speechless' in English Translation) had me at a loss for words. For the unaware, It is a love story, but what makes this specific story stand out from the conventional ones is its phenomenal exhibition of eccentricities in the most gentle way possible.
There are four anecdotes in total, with each one of them having its own set of idiosyncrasy. The first story through a self-obsessing person promotes the notion of "Love Yourself", or should I rather say it takes that idea to newer altitudes. Whereas, In the second one, the writer with much conviction conveys a Tree's inexplicable feeling & affection towards a human being.
Then comes this story of a Female canine who's possessive of her Male owner, so much so that she cannot tolerate another woman's presence in the same house where she and her owner lives. And finally, in the concluding segment, we got ourselves a minor dosage of Necrophilia, through the moist eyes of a Diener (morgue worker) who seems to fantasize over a corpse of a woman who just came in.
If you've come this far into my review, you must be wondering, "What the heck is this film?"; well, let me tell you I had the same set of thoughts before tuning in. However, that skepticism didn't last long as I got lost in its innate storytelling from the very first shot. One of the most bizarre yet elegant pieces of art I have ever laid my eyes on.
