Movie Reviews
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Movie Review: The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin(1981)
In this post, we will examine “The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin,” a movie oddity that breaks from conventional genres but proves to be surprisingly good and worthy of discussion. Neither a documentary, biography, nor memoir, its screenplay is not based on the words of either a real or fictitious person close to Amin, Read more
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Movies Based on Plays – I
There are both advantages and disadvantages to adapting a play for the big screen (or TV). It can certainly save the filmmakers the cost and time of writing a screenplay for the movie, but it also adds a new set of complexities. Scripts for plays are usually restricted to a few venues, or in many Read more
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Movie Review: Aschhe Abar Shabor (2018)
This is my third recent review of a Bengali whodunit. I am hooked! In this post, we look at another action-packed investigative thriller featuring Shabor Dasgupta, created by author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and played by Saswata Chatterjee. Subhrajit Dutta and Gaurav Chakrabarty also reprise their roles as Shabor’s sidekicks, SI Nandalal and SI Sanjib. Like the Read more
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Movie Review: Yavanika (1982)
As I have mentioned before, there are two movie industries in India that consistently deliver well-directed movies that appeal to the intellect with great plots, impressive screenplays, and talented thespians. One is the Bengali industry in Western India, and another is the Kerala film industry from southern India. It is no surprise that both states Read more
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Movie Review: Byomkesh Pawrbo (2016)
In this post, we will look at another Byomkesh Bakshi adventure directed by Arindam Sil. Abir Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, and Sohini Sarkar reprise their roles as Bakshi the sleuth, Ajit, his buddy, and biographer, and Satyabati, Bakshi’s wife, respectively. It is another Bakshi who-dun-it and a sequel to “Har Har Byomkesh,” a movie reviewed in Read more
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Movie Review: Har Har Byomkesh (2015)
The duo of sleuth Byomkesh Bakshi and his sidekick, Ajit Bandopadhyay, created by Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, were inspired by the eponymous Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. ‘Har Har Byomkesh’ is a Byomkesh who-dun-it based on Saradindu Bandopadhyay’s novel Banhi Patanga. While the plot in the book unfolds in Patna, the movie’s plot Read more
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