''And they lived Happily ever after.....''
Well this didn't apply to the life of Sandeep, Bimla (a.k.a Brinda) and Nikhilesh Choudhary. Directed by Padma Shri and National Award winner, Aparna Sen - Ghawre Baire Aaj is truly a cinematic experience to its utmost supremacy. A modern retelling of the Tagore's novel, "Ghawre Bairey" it is a story of Love, Friendship, Illusion, Truth and above all "Clashing Idologies"
Story :
The Tagore's Ghawre Bairey deals with a complex love triangle of Nikhilesh, his wife Bimla and his friend Sandip. Bimla - who has never known any other man except her husband, realises that there is a perplexing emotions of her relations with Sandip. The film explores the emotional upheaval attached to this Love triangle. It is a socio-political drama which hit the thetre yesterday and a film which you should definitely go and watch.
Now, I was going to give a review when I saw that the film has a got a lot of negative reviews all over the internet. So, I have decided that I will tell you some reasons which I have liked and disliked in the movie and then I will leave it to you.
REASONS TO WATCH THE MOVIE :
1. Brinda's Story- The film has given Brinda a new dimension. The film tells her past. The film starts with Brinda addressing the audience, a snippet of childhood as how she happened to be this little skinny girl who happened to run around in the fields of Jharia till one day her parents died and she was taken to her Amma's (grand ma's) place in Delhi where she used to work as a Nanny in Nikhilesh's place. There she was brought up as their own daughter and then again we are brought to today's time when she tells us that she works as proof reader at the Oxford press and married to Nikhilesh. Although they have a huge age gap, they still share a very healthy relationship and Brinda respects a Nikhilesh a lot for the person he is.
2. Clashing Ideologies leading to change of Equation-
Nikhilesh and Sandeep were childhood friends. They went to the same school and college. 20 years after their college, we see Nikhilesh is an editor of a digital newspaper called India Online and his friend Sandeep is an aspiring right-wing politician who wants to establish India as a Hindu Nation. Sandeep, who was a leftist in his collge days today turned into a right wing nationalist due to a chain of events that happened in the film and that has been shown by the director with brilliance.
3. The modernised adaptation- What was shown by Tagore and Ray was a pre-independence problem, " Swadeshi Movement" Although we have all read in our History books that Swadeshi Movement eventually lead to the Brits leaving India but we don't know what were the sufferings of the poor shopkeepers had been during those days. We get to see that from Nikhlesh's eyes in Ghawre Baire . Although Ghawre baire Aaj tells a completely different story. It tells us about the Hindu Muslim conflicts, the poverty of the Bastar region and a conflict of opinions regarding a dispute piece of land in Bastar. While Nikhilesh and his people wanted to make a Hospital out there for the poor and under privileged of that area, Sandeep and his party wanted to make a Temple. The conflict is also between a man who acts because the action is profitable (Sandip) and one who acts only when it is good (NIkhilesh)
4. Nostalgia- Anirban Bhattacharya, @JisshuSengupta and @TuhinaDas in the lead and @AnjanDutt and Rwitobroto Mukherjee in key roles this film surely triggers nostalgia.
WHAT I DISLIKED ABOUT THE FILM WAS :
The film finds itself burdened by the heavy conflict between its political ideology and the human drama. The scene of Brinda's observation of Sandip, wondering "if only Nikhilesh spoke as passionately", becomes an allegory on the current world seduced by leaders that are brash in speech and direct in action, often to distressing effect. Yet, on the screen, the scenes play on with staid effect. I personally think, Aparna Sen would have done better to focus on the human drama and let the politics evolve through it.
Talking about the acting. Every one has portrayed their character in the bestest way possible. Kudos to Tuhina Das for her work is something I have truly become a fan of. Nevertheless, all the other actors did equally well. Not worthy of these much of negative reviews. Must Watch if you are a Movie Lover.
