Movie Reviews
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Movie Review: Chorabali (2016)
It’s time again to review yet another hidden gem and yet another Bengali whodunit. “Chorabali” (Quicksand) is a murder mystery adapted from Agatha Christie’s “Cards on the Table”. It is set in modern-day Calcutta, at a time when mobile phones, the internet, and cable media are ubiquitous. There will always be those among us who Read more
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Movie Review : Munnariyippu (2014)
Having made allusions to the greatness of the Malayalam/Kerala film industry in my earlier posts, it is high time I reviewed a Malayalam movie. I am more than delighted that “Munnariyippu” (The Warning) will be the first Malayalam movie I review. I stated earlier that Kerala’s Malayalam film industry and the Bengali movie industry are Read more
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Movie Review: Ebar Shabor (2015)
Ebar Shabor (“Now It’s the Hunter”) is another noteworthy Bengali whodunit. The crime this time is tackled by ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Shabor Dasgupta, played by the immensely talented thespian Saswata Chatterjee. Ebar Shabor is based on the novel “Rwin” by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and directed by Arindham Sil. The movie opens with a woman Read more
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Movie Review: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
One of the best things to emerge from the Film Noir Era is the Neo-Noir style of filmmaking. (I will devote a new post entirely to this subject.) Neo-Noir movies push the boundaries of Noir in terms of plot, characters, and geography. While this novel is set in 1940s LA like many film noir movies, Read more
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Movie Review: Chotushkone (2014)
If there is one thing that can be said about Bengali movies, it is that they celebrate intellectualism. This gem of a movie is a testimony to that statement. There are two movie industries within India that stand out for their consistency in producing quality content: the southern Malayalam movie industry of Kerala and the Read more
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Chiriyakhana (1967) vs Byomkesh o Chiriyakhana (2016)
The fictitious sleuthing duo of Holmes and Watson, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have inspired numerous other detective duos, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Hastings. Another detective duo inspired by Holmes and Watson are the “truth-seeker” Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerjee, his loyal friend and sidekick. This duo was created by the Bengali Read more
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