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Directors like Neeraj Ghaywan, Vetrimaaran, and Pa. Ranjith are my biggest enemies. They keep showing real people's struggles, and it totally ruins my VIP-level privileged peace. I watch Homebound (2025) and boom...seven to eight business days of guilt and regret delivered straight to my soul.

I mean, why show society's real problems? Just give us songs, dances, superheroes, and explosions! Reality? No thanks, I like my privilege medium-rare and undisturbed.

Anyway, I think I'll put on a Marvel movie tonight. Time to forget real people's suffering and focus on saving the universe from CGI aliens while eating chips.

Adapting a widely read and praised novel like "Putul Nacher Itikotha" into a film is always a difficult task, because audiences almost inevitably judge the movie through the lens of the book. Given the novel's polyphonic structure, layered narrative, and expansive emotional and social landscape, capturing its entirety within a single film is nearly impossible. Even so, the film manages to hold onto the core essence of the story and, in many ways, does a fair amount of justice to the original text.

There are of course criticisms, particularly regarding Jaya Ahsan's performance, which falls short of the character's emotional depth and complexity. But beyond that, the film vividly brings to life a remote village in 1930s-40s India, with its superstitions, rigid traditions, deep-rooted conservatism, and its tense encounter with modernity and the emerging new world. One of the film's greatest achievements is that it refrains from judging its characters; instead, it allows them to remain grounded in their own beliefs, flaws, and ways of life.

The impressive cinematography, atmospheric music, and rich color grading create an immersive period feel. Abir Chatterjee delivers a restrained yet compelling performance that anchors the film.

Overall, it is a sincere and commendable cinematic effort. It may not fully capture the novel's vastness, but still offers a thoughtful and memorable experience.

It's sad to see a series with such a strong premise, talented cast, and rich context fall into the realm of mediocrity. The political backdrop involving corruption and land mafias had the potential to add real depth to the story. Sadly, the director reduced it to a one-dimensional tool-simply to paint the protagonist's family as villainous-without delving into any meaningful detail or analysis.

Meanwhile, the present-day mystery and kidnapping subplot felt forced and lacked genuine engagement. There were far too many subplots tangled together, making it difficult to discern what was central to the story and what was just filler. With such an ensemble cast, this could have been something remarkable. But instead, the director seemed more focused on dramatic confrontations and fiery dialogue-which, to be fair, were well-acted-but that alone isn't enough.

It's especially disappointing to see a seasoned actor like Saswata Chatterjee underutilized. The attempt to make her character mysterious and central to a major plot twist ultimately fell flat. The narrative as a whole failed to stay cohesive-it became loose, predictable, and struggled to hold tension. Yes, the family drama and suspense were present and occasionally enjoyable, but the series never quite reached its full potential.

Bangladeshi web series makers need to become smarter and more creative. Simply being "good by Bangladeshi standards" is no longer enough-if something is mediocre, it remains mediocre across all benchmarks.