Badshahi Angti - Feluda movies regain their lost glory - Very Highly recommended
Saw 'Badshahi Angti' today. I was initially very apprehensive about how Abir Chatterjee would portray Feluda. However, I was totally, literally blown-away/floored by the movie. Abir is the next best Feluda, after Soumitra Chatterjee. Looks, personality, gait, alacrity and sportsmanlike litheness and spiritwise, Abir has been able to portray Satyajit Ray's Feluda spot on; the best part is that he has brought back the 'nikhaad Bangaliana' in Feluda's personality, which Soumitra so adeptly portrayed in Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath, but which got totally lost in Sabyasachi Chatterjee's portrayal of Feluda in the successive Feluda films. Feluda is now in the safe hands of Abir, for the next couple of years at least.
The film itself is simply brilliant. Sandip Ray's screenplay adaption from his dad, Satyajit Ray's much read original book, is terrific and very faithful and true to the original source material. Sandip Ray's directing is getting better with each successive film. The taut and brisk pacing of the film is gripping, to say the least, and is easily upto the standard of any American thriller film. In the movie, Sandip Ray makes visual references to his favorite films or books - a poster of the Peter Yates film 'Bullitt'starring Steve McQueen is seen in the background (pasted on a wall in a room) and Topshe is seen reading volume 7 of the Tintin Omnibus. The cinematography is dazzlingly brilliant. The sound design of the film is excellent and Sandip Ray makes brilliant use of LFE elements and also makes the sorround speakers come alive.
A major disappointment is Sourav Das, who portray's Topshe. He has as much acting skills as a horse and his totally uninspiring, deadpan and unnatural dialog delivery and his drab, lack-luster acting is a majorly repulsive factor in the film.
However, the one dazzling bright star in this film is Paran Bandopadhyay. He steals every scene he is in and literally chews up the frames with his stunningly brilliant, incomparable portrayal of the villain Banbiharibabu. I was literally shocked to see how amazingly good he is as a character actor. I have always seen him in only comedic roles and never knew he was so damn talented in portraying serious roles.
All in all, this is a MUST WATCH FILM and I am highly recommending all of you to see this movie.
Saw 'Badshahi Angti' today. I was initially very apprehensive about how Abir Chatterjee would portray Feluda. However, I was totally, literally blown-away/floored by the movie. Abir is the next best Feluda, after Soumitra Chatterjee. Looks, personality, gait, alacrity and sportsmanlike litheness and spiritwise, Abir has been able to portray Satyajit Ray's Feluda spot on; the best part is that he has brought back the 'nikhaad Bangaliana' in Feluda's personality, which Soumitra so adeptly portrayed in Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath, but which got totally lost in Sabyasachi Chatterjee's portrayal of Feluda in the successive Feluda films. Feluda is now in the safe hands of Abir, for the next couple of years at least.
The film itself is simply brilliant. Sandip Ray's screenplay adaption from his dad, Satyajit Ray's much read original book, is terrific and very faithful and true to the original source material. Sandip Ray's directing is getting better with each successive film. The taut and brisk pacing of the film is gripping, to say the least, and is easily upto the standard of any American thriller film. In the movie, Sandip Ray makes visual references to his favorite films or books - a poster of the Peter Yates film 'Bullitt'starring Steve McQueen is seen in the background (pasted on a wall in a room) and Topshe is seen reading volume 7 of the Tintin Omnibus. The cinematography is dazzlingly brilliant. The sound design of the film is excellent and Sandip Ray makes brilliant use of LFE elements and also makes the sorround speakers come alive.
A major disappointment is Sourav Das, who portray's Topshe. He has as much acting skills as a horse and his totally uninspiring, deadpan and unnatural dialog delivery and his drab, lack-luster acting is a majorly repulsive factor in the film.
However, the one dazzling bright star in this film is Paran Bandopadhyay. He steals every scene he is in and literally chews up the frames with his stunningly brilliant, incomparable portrayal of the villain Banbiharibabu. I was literally shocked to see how amazingly good he is as a character actor. I have always seen him in only comedic roles and never knew he was so damn talented in portraying serious roles.
All in all, this is a MUST WATCH FILM and I am highly recommending all of you to see this movie.
