Tokhon Teish
Atanu Ghosh’s latest, all set for release on January 21
Nostalgia is one important constituent of Bengali life. This might be a sweeping statement, standing a risk of drawing flak from critics. But that is what one feels after viewing majority of the contemporary Bengali films. Be it placing yesteryear heroines together ‘after a gap’ of N number of years, or making up a thirty-ish struggling actor in the mould of the biggest matinee idol of the land – we have seen it all. So it comes as a respite when I chanced upon Atanu Ghosh’s second feature film Tokhon Teish (Then 23, 2010).
Atanu’s first feature Angshumaner Chhobi (Angshuman’s film, 2009) did raise hope in dealing with complicated themes with relative ease and sensitivity. There were questions, both cinematically and philosophically as to the position the director wants to take – his intentions opposing his credentials at times. It...
Atanu Ghosh’s latest, all set for release on January 21
Nostalgia is one important constituent of Bengali life. This might be a sweeping statement, standing a risk of drawing flak from critics. But that is what one feels after viewing majority of the contemporary Bengali films. Be it placing yesteryear heroines together ‘after a gap’ of N number of years, or making up a thirty-ish struggling actor in the mould of the biggest matinee idol of the land – we have seen it all. So it comes as a respite when I chanced upon Atanu Ghosh’s second feature film Tokhon Teish (Then 23, 2010).
Atanu’s first feature Angshumaner Chhobi (Angshuman’s film, 2009) did raise hope in dealing with complicated themes with relative ease and sensitivity. There were questions, both cinematically and philosophically as to the position the director wants to take – his intentions opposing his credentials at times. It...
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