Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo

Apart from Rittwik, nobody shined in the acting. As far as the storyline is concerned, it seemed to me that the initial half of the story is copied from a Bangladeshi film called Piprabidya(Ant Story), by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, released in 2013.

The story was interesting. But there is something is missing.. But u can watch it For ritwick & paoli..

Shantilal - A reporter of a Bengali daily - weather reporter. His daily routine is to get up in the morning and go to the office, call the meteorological office and then fill half a column of the newspaper allotted to him. The news does not have its own name but sometimes the story is according to the needs of the editor. At first, Shantilal's conscience was in question but now he is quite used to it . Now He understands that the newspapers don't have any real news. Every news article is nothing but a biased story. So weather report is not also excluded from that. His charmless mundane life becomes a big problem of his life. Suddenly he found something very interesting which may uncover some hidden truth of past. Just like every other journalist, he was about to get into the trap of making a story which will be eventually biased because he doesn't know the other side of the story. He rectifies himself and refrain himself from doing that mistake.

As promised, the movie is a thriller, where we see an ordinary person eventually turning into a detective decoding one clue after another. The movie has an engaging plot and a refreshing approach to the story. The brilliant performances by Ritwick Chakraborty and Paoli Dam are cherry on the top. The movie doesn't have several plots or characters. Ritwick alone carries the story on his shoulder while Paoli's character Nandita, a top actress ready to venture into politics adds mystery and thrill to it. Ambarish Bhattacharya and Goutam Ghose did justice to their roles. Pratim D. Gupta deserves praising for his smart direction. He took a simple plot and served it with immense care. The director fixed all the holes that the story had and kept it as much compact as it can be. The dramatic unfolding of the movie can keep the audience hooked to the screen. All the credits go to the filmmaker only. Cinematographer Subhankar Bhar and editor Subhajit Singha deserve the special mention.

Pratim D gupta didn't do a great work here... I gave this rating only for a new idea... because new ideas are becoming rare in bengali film industry.... . Paoli dam is in full grace... she acted soulfully ... but Ritwick was not in his full form... South indian touch was good... movie could go lot far but it stopped...