Bengali Movies
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Movie Review: Vinci Da (2019)
Vinci Da is a classic Bengali noir thriller by Arindam Sil, featuring Rudranil Ghosh, Ritwick Chakraborty, and Sohini Sarkar in the lead roles. It is a gripping tale of a prosthetic expert who becomes entangled in a twisted scheme by a psychopath to enforce vigilante justice on those who have escaped the law. The movie 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: 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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Movie Review: Eagoler Chokh (2016)
It is time for another Bengali Whodunit/Crime thriller. In the wake of the success of “Ebar Shabor” (2015), Saswata Chatterjee reprises his eponymous role as ACP Shabor Dasgupta in “Eagoler Chokh” (Eyes of the Eagle). The opening scene is reminiscent of the first “Scream” movie, with a woman on the phone in the dead of Read more
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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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