I was hoping that it will be something different from the "almost same plot" movies we see usually.But I'm so so disappointed that it's not up to mark.The story was undoubtedly exciting,but the direction,graphics,and the most important part-acting was really poor.I only gave it 4 star for the El-Dorado scenes.It was an excellent job to build such a magnificent city.
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Dang!!! All these one star reviews....
suchetvguha11 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I aim to give 5 stars, I would have given more but one part of the story was not right. The romantic in me says this.
An adventure movie, yeah, too many needless deaths by anaconda etc, the scenery was gorgeous, so the 5 stars. I've read the book Chander Pahar many years ago as a kid, so to watch a sequel to that was excellent.
But the part, the romantic in me could not understand...Hence only 5 stars and not more, is the dude/hero of the movie, Dev sails off into the sunset at the end.
What kind of ending was that????? Didn't he see the spark of love in the girl's eyes???
Comeon!! You spend pretty much the whole movie with the heroine, from India to Amazonia, saving her multiple times from all sorts of dangers, and being with her till the end even after the death of her father, but at the end you sail off to India....leaving her behind.
Where was the happy ending???? Bollywood ....if Bollywood made this movie, would have had a happy ending.
Big Budget "C" grade movie
tuhinind16 January 2018
Direction - direction with no definite vision....Execution of the film is totally based on delusions of grandeur.
Screenplay adaptation - it fails to become an explorer's journey with thrill & suspence. It fails to become typical B grade monster movies with chase, plastic gore...like anaconda & Jaws...which were 100 times nore entertaining. It fails to become an action , adventured pack fantasy....into which the audience can actually immerse themselves.
It succedes to become a complete mockery of itself...as the housefull audience was actually laughing at many scenes...people were laughing at it's pretentiousness & superficial theme park like experience ( from point A to B of the map) ...and at the themepark like obstacles that has been cheaply catered.
Acting - Dev isn't the only who ruined the film.David James who played Marco Florian & Svetlana Gulakova as Anna Florian also contributed in ruining the film.... David James with his hyperactive, restless, histrionic personality & maniac laughs....Dev with his expressionless monotony....and with their collective ultra fake accents.
Dialogues - No dialogues to some poorly writen one...as kids when plays with "dollhouse" or "pirates" converses with more realistic manner...in more accurate ways...with more convictions. It doesn't matter wheather it's multilingual film...stupid & cheesy dialogues writen/translated in/into any language would sound stupid & cheesy. "Ana my darling daughter...(histrionic expression)...haahaa(maniac laughs of David James)...ohh..my dear daughter..haahaa(maniac laughs again)".
Cinematography , Vfx - amazing locations, good cinematography...with very back dated CGI ( though I can understand the budget of a bengali film)...but repeatative use of those lame CGI action sequence contributed more or less nothing into the storyline. So the movie became just "Props with out a Play".
Production - To make a big budget film like these you need courageous production company...who can make this crap of a movie with confidence (arrogance)....and then can sell everything with created hype. As It seems the production has recovered the money they've invested...with all these multilingual, star casting , christmass release... They should spend more with movies with content (good story line).... where audience will not be dissapointed as such as this.
I'd conclude by saying this....that this isn't a movie for Dev fans...this isn't a movie for fans who love watching hollywood action, adventure fantasy....This isn't a movie for cinephile like us who loves watching world movies....This only can be a Home Video for Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.
Screenplay adaptation - it fails to become an explorer's journey with thrill & suspence. It fails to become typical B grade monster movies with chase, plastic gore...like anaconda & Jaws...which were 100 times nore entertaining. It fails to become an action , adventured pack fantasy....into which the audience can actually immerse themselves.
It succedes to become a complete mockery of itself...as the housefull audience was actually laughing at many scenes...people were laughing at it's pretentiousness & superficial theme park like experience ( from point A to B of the map) ...and at the themepark like obstacles that has been cheaply catered.
Acting - Dev isn't the only who ruined the film.David James who played Marco Florian & Svetlana Gulakova as Anna Florian also contributed in ruining the film.... David James with his hyperactive, restless, histrionic personality & maniac laughs....Dev with his expressionless monotony....and with their collective ultra fake accents.
Dialogues - No dialogues to some poorly writen one...as kids when plays with "dollhouse" or "pirates" converses with more realistic manner...in more accurate ways...with more convictions. It doesn't matter wheather it's multilingual film...stupid & cheesy dialogues writen/translated in/into any language would sound stupid & cheesy. "Ana my darling daughter...(histrionic expression)...haahaa(maniac laughs of David James)...ohh..my dear daughter..haahaa(maniac laughs again)".
Cinematography , Vfx - amazing locations, good cinematography...with very back dated CGI ( though I can understand the budget of a bengali film)...but repeatative use of those lame CGI action sequence contributed more or less nothing into the storyline. So the movie became just "Props with out a Play".
Production - To make a big budget film like these you need courageous production company...who can make this crap of a movie with confidence (arrogance)....and then can sell everything with created hype. As It seems the production has recovered the money they've invested...with all these multilingual, star casting , christmass release... They should spend more with movies with content (good story line).... where audience will not be dissapointed as such as this.
I'd conclude by saying this....that this isn't a movie for Dev fans...this isn't a movie for fans who love watching hollywood action, adventure fantasy....This isn't a movie for cinephile like us who loves watching world movies....This only can be a Home Video for Kamaleshwar Mukherjee.
What is the purpose of making this movie, waste of time
Sreekanth-bolla30 April 2018
Movie is worst than a Clear grade movie. I think this idiots who make such movies by spending crores of rupees much first see the movie and then release it. I feel I wanted to make the director and actor make them watch 10 times thisovie and they will commit suicide themselves. Worst movie ever watched
Very poor acting and editing
anisuzzaman211219 April 2018
Why was this film made?
girlinlove-3508431 December 2017
To all those who have a problem with the release of Padmavati, you need to chill - if we can allow something as historically, geographically and technically inaccurate as Amazon Obhijaan to release peacefully, you too can learn to be tolerant.
Amazon Obhijaan is hands down one of the worst films I have seen this year. I'm not going to hold back here, it was terrible. There is absolutely no redeeming factor for this film. I refuse to understand why filmmakers continue to cast Dev, because, let's face it, we cannot allow this kind of terrible dialogue delivery into our lives. This film was multilingual in places, yet nobody can speak even one language correctly. And whoever wrote the dialogues, you need to stop using those quotes fuelled by morality - "We all need to look at the past to look at future", "Alcohol is the choice of (sic) defeated man" - because you are a TERRIBLE writer to have even committed sacrilege with what is probably an 11 year old's Moral Science textbook. The CGI was so bad - I don't think a 40 feet anaconda crawling through the grass is supposed to incite laughter in the audience. This is a period film with zero attention to detail about the period it is talking about. The acting would have been more suitable in a stage production. There is no SUBTLETY in any aspect of this film, my God. The El Dorado myth has been chopped into pieces like some sort of mixed salad, and the piece of gold they show in the end? Yeah, I have craft paper in that texture. There was honestly no reason to make this film.
Anybody who found this to be good cinema - you're entitled to your own opinions, certainly, but you need to experience some real cinema. I'm sure a large section of the audience will enjoy it and all, and people are calling it a 'milestone' in Bengali cinema - but I've seen some brilliant Bengali films this year, and this was not it. Not even with all the sparkle - nope, there was no gold.
I am sure Pizarro, Orellana and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay are regretful of having provided the basis for this story.
Amazon Obhijaan is hands down one of the worst films I have seen this year. I'm not going to hold back here, it was terrible. There is absolutely no redeeming factor for this film. I refuse to understand why filmmakers continue to cast Dev, because, let's face it, we cannot allow this kind of terrible dialogue delivery into our lives. This film was multilingual in places, yet nobody can speak even one language correctly. And whoever wrote the dialogues, you need to stop using those quotes fuelled by morality - "We all need to look at the past to look at future", "Alcohol is the choice of (sic) defeated man" - because you are a TERRIBLE writer to have even committed sacrilege with what is probably an 11 year old's Moral Science textbook. The CGI was so bad - I don't think a 40 feet anaconda crawling through the grass is supposed to incite laughter in the audience. This is a period film with zero attention to detail about the period it is talking about. The acting would have been more suitable in a stage production. There is no SUBTLETY in any aspect of this film, my God. The El Dorado myth has been chopped into pieces like some sort of mixed salad, and the piece of gold they show in the end? Yeah, I have craft paper in that texture. There was honestly no reason to make this film.
Anybody who found this to be good cinema - you're entitled to your own opinions, certainly, but you need to experience some real cinema. I'm sure a large section of the audience will enjoy it and all, and people are calling it a 'milestone' in Bengali cinema - but I've seen some brilliant Bengali films this year, and this was not it. Not even with all the sparkle - nope, there was no gold.
I am sure Pizarro, Orellana and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay are regretful of having provided the basis for this story.
Dev Starrer is a Visual Extravaganza
saptarshig23 December 2017
Amazon Obhijaan,The Sequel To the Path breaking Movie "Chander Pahar"Gets Destinction marks at almost every category.Every Bengali must feel proud about this Visually Perfect Movie.The Director Surely Deserves a standing Ovation for providing such a Beautiful Visual Extravaganza.ne cannot blink For a Second as the visuals are so eye soothing.The Camera Work of The film is very Brilliant.Dev has reprised The role of Shankar,to perfection.David James has also done his job well,but still his acting seems slightly as a drama one.The debutant Svetlana has done her job well.The weak link of this movie is VFX,which is evident while seeing different animals..Otherwise The Movie is quite Classy.DOP,Editing,Cinematography,Art Direction All works are brilliant.Wishing all the Cast and Crew My Love for Providing Such a Brilliant Film.Kudos...
Confused
titonsahashuvo5 January 2020
Bad Movie in every aspects
sanchiluvu19 August 2018
Totally wasted my time.... Poor acting and storytelling no destination at all... Stop making these kind of silly adventure movies. It could be better if cast is different specially the lead actor who played the role of a "Wood" in the movie
Amazon Obhijaan Review: Undoubtedly an adventure of a lifetime!
Achyut_Prashast_Singh27 January 2018
Movie: Amazon Obhijaan (UA): Action/Adventure - Bengali
Positives:
Negatives:
Repeat value: Yes
AMAZON OBHIJAAN is the first Bengali film I have seen in theatre with English subtitles. I couldn't wait for the Hindi dubbed version so I watched it in its original language. And I came out very impressed, telling others about the excellence this film has. It's a must watch, but as the lead actor Dev said on social media, "You're making a mistake if you're going to watch it alone", go watch it with your family and have fun, as it's also a clean and family-friendly adventure!
Positives:
- The film is technically very strong and right from the first scene you're pulled into the film's atmosphere.
- Dev's performance is excellent as Shankar and he looks to be a real adventurer. Other actors also deliver good performances.
- The thrills work big time and can make you hold your breath.
- The action scenes are also very well shot and executed.
- Most of the film's excellence has to do with the cinematography, adventure and locales. You get the feel as if you've accompanied the characters on their adventure.
- The CGI is very good though it may not be flawless but given the film's budget, I was very impressed with the effects.
Negatives:
- The editing in some portions could've been a bit better.
Repeat value: Yes
AMAZON OBHIJAAN is the first Bengali film I have seen in theatre with English subtitles. I couldn't wait for the Hindi dubbed version so I watched it in its original language. And I came out very impressed, telling others about the excellence this film has. It's a must watch, but as the lead actor Dev said on social media, "You're making a mistake if you're going to watch it alone", go watch it with your family and have fun, as it's also a clean and family-friendly adventure!
Worst Film
gainbaban22 October 2018
Very poor story, acting, graphics... everything
kibriacsebrur26 May 2023
Very poor acting. The dialogues were incoherent. Very weak story with no real basis. Unreal subjects are portrayed in a way that doesn't feel like a movie at all. The graphics were very low quality. The fight scene with the anaconda snake was completely flawed. And most of the animals were fake. In order to portray such a vast area as the Amazon jungle, some real animal scenes were essential which were not seen at all. The tribal communities shown did not seem tribal at all. VFX, graphics should have paid more attention to them. Movie scenes could have been done better. The performances of the three main characters in the movie were completely lifeless. The scenery was also artificial.
There are c-grade movies with better storyline and picturization.
nilanjan151521 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The first 30 mins of the movie was enough to kill the mood. seriously you intend to kill a animal and take revenge during the plot of an expedition WOW what a nonsensical crap! With movies like this it is pity much understandable that the intention is only to put some random crap together and hope to get some profit.
Not sure how Dev made a career as an actor.
irpid26 October 2019
Novice direction, graphics comparable to Shaktiman tele series which ran on TV 10 years ago but the worst of it all was watching Dev trying to play his character. The guy has no acting skills and probably didn't bother to take any acting lessons in his life. The supporting cast tries their best to give him strong competition in childish emoting and dialog delivery. Only thing real in this fest of fake accents, fake characters, fake graphics and fake acting is your hard earned money wasted on this garbage of a movie.
Gone are the golden days of Bengali cinema. These incompetent movie cast and support crew have taken the responsibility to ruin our childhood classics and make a quick buck while at it.
Gone are the golden days of Bengali cinema. These incompetent movie cast and support crew have taken the responsibility to ruin our childhood classics and make a quick buck while at it.
Poorly written and Animated obhijaan
TheNonSmoker21 March 2021
A Good one
sarkarsarbartha8 September 2020
Adventure Thrill Excitement - all about Amazon obhijaan . Thanks for exploring Amazon jungle in these cinema as well as Indian cinema . Good one such an intriguing Adventure Movie on West Bengal . Thank you Director kamaleswar Mukherjee & Actor Dev .
Watch yourself and then decide!!
mukhopadhyay-arka012 December 2018
I do not understand how some people have rated it 8/10 stars!
The last movie from the franchise was a much better effort . I completely agree that the novel although written so long back was so illustrious that it would have been a very tough task to do justice to it!
But then why try such movies and make a laughing stock of yourself! Every CGI looked childish and all animals in the movie seemed like from a cartoon movie--Bengali films still do not have that kind of budget that they can spend on such gala CGIs. Obviously the result was childish --the scene where a snake was on the hero's body seemed to just pass through him!
And dont let me start on the pumas and the anaconda!
ACting was pure trash! Dev has improved a lot recently but here he again threw off hsi towel! The foreign male actor, David, I assume, however should win a prize for over acting!
But then why try such movies and make a laughing stock of yourself! Every CGI looked childish and all animals in the movie seemed like from a cartoon movie--Bengali films still do not have that kind of budget that they can spend on such gala CGIs. Obviously the result was childish --the scene where a snake was on the hero's body seemed to just pass through him!
And dont let me start on the pumas and the anaconda!
ACting was pure trash! Dev has improved a lot recently but here he again threw off hsi towel! The foreign male actor, David, I assume, however should win a prize for over acting!
It wasn't that bad okay !!!
mugdhaamadhulikaa16 September 2018
It wasn't that bad . Considering the budget , it was a good movie . Well it's better than a lot of movies we see today . Sure the acting wasn't great and the graphics weren't that Good either , but I could watch through the whole movie which I can't for a lot of Bollywood movies today . I gave it a 9 to increase its rating as its rating should be above 6.
Visually Perfect..and rock solid experiment on script..
spandand25 December 2017
Great effort svf..i can assure everyone will appreciate the hard work shown by the bengali team and the brave decision taken by them to go and shoot in amazon...Though cgi can give pain in ur ass..if you are a tech freak..but the visuals are stunning..Now coming to the cinematography..saumik halder is undoubtedly one of most talented cinematographers in this country at this very moment..Amazon Obhijaan is based on a real story -the Amazon expedition of Theodore Roosevelt and Candido Rondon.Not only was the journey along the uncharted territory(Terra incognit) challenging ,the living condition grew extreme..Dont make your expectations too high..This is the best you can have with 20 crore budget..wont be a waste of money..After all bengali industry did something out of box..We can atlast expect more from this industry next time..
Greatest adventure movie ever!!!😊👏
hmaprioum9 September 2020
An amazing adventurous journey
san_dhiraj1 January 2018
This movie is really a mind blowing movie. The adventure with Shankar was awesome. I can say it's full of thrilling. The direction was too good. and the screenplay was perfect. An amazing movie to watch for multiple time.
BEST BENGALI ADVENTURE FILM EVER.
karmakerniloy6 May 2018
Just mind blowing. It fully deserves the crown of the best adventure film of India of all time. Great film from the great franchise. Just like the previous film, (Chander Pahar) Amazon Obhijaan was a fantastic film to watch.
Really must have to appreciate the three leading actors of the film. Dev portrayed the character of Shankar perfectly, nice job by David James. And undoubtedly Svetlana Gulakova was the best actor of the film. She was gorgeous and flawless throughout the film. The way she adopted the Bengali language it was terrific despite being a Russian.
I should have give 8/10 but by looking at the budget of the film, and the emotion of BANGALI culture maybe it deserves a 10.
HONEST REVIEW CHANDER PAHAR 9/10 AMAZON OBHIJAAN 8.5/10
FRANCHISE REVIEW 9.2/10
THANK YOU FROM BANGLADESH
Really must have to appreciate the three leading actors of the film. Dev portrayed the character of Shankar perfectly, nice job by David James. And undoubtedly Svetlana Gulakova was the best actor of the film. She was gorgeous and flawless throughout the film. The way she adopted the Bengali language it was terrific despite being a Russian.
I should have give 8/10 but by looking at the budget of the film, and the emotion of BANGALI culture maybe it deserves a 10.
HONEST REVIEW CHANDER PAHAR 9/10 AMAZON OBHIJAAN 8.5/10
FRANCHISE REVIEW 9.2/10
THANK YOU FROM BANGLADESH
Never happened b4 in India,an amazing movie to watch
akashsarkar1 January 2018
It's truely an amazing next gen movie within the limited budget of 25crores..it's a eye candy bcoz of the stunning visuals superb cinematography & the beautiful locations hv been captured in Amazon..The city of gold Eldoraado is the superb even it's better than bahubali & somewhere u starts believing it really does exist..the best action scene is killing anaconda scene..the most stylish kill ever watched in a movie & moreover children were enjoying a lot aall around me..it's going rock soild in box office..Shankar rox..waiting for Amazon Abhijaan part 2..long way to go Shankar..
Industry Hit
miltontalukder-5785830 July 2022
This Movie is amazing to me. I enjoyed every moment of the film. You don't need a big budget to win the hearts of the audience, only if the story is good, the audience will rush to watch the film. An Industry hit Film by Dev. Worldwide Box Office Collection 50+ Cores.
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