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| Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay |
Director: Anonno Mamun
Producer: Ashok Dhanuka
Music: Savvy, Hridoy Khan
Cinematography: Kumud Verma
Editing: M. Susmit
Screenplay: Eskay Movies
Story/Writer: Anonno Mamun
Ami Shudhu Cheyechhi
Tomaaye is a story of love as sacrifice This is the second directorial feature
of Ashok Pati who made his debut with Khiladi which was a box office hit. It
marks the first pairing of Ankush Hazra and Shubhasree in the romantic lead
with Vikram forming the uncomfortable third angle of a problematic triangle.
The film has been shot across picturesque locales in Kolkata, Darjeeling, the
Rann of Kutch, Bangladesh and Bangkok.
Abhi (Ankush) and Bhoomi (Shubhasree) were close friends since Abhi was in class III. This childhood friendship grew into love when the two grew up. But it was completely one-sided for Abhi because Bhoomi did not have the slightest interest in him and was surprised by his every move to take pain on her behalf, to make her happy come what may and trying to please her every minute. When Bhoomi moves to Darjeeling for higher studies, Abhi, son of a rich scion, chased her to the hilly town and changed his manner, behaviour and mindset to be the ideal boy hoping that it would turn Bhoomi towards him. He became extremely good in studies, gave up drinking and smoking and gallivanting around instead of attending classes. But all this did not draw Bhoomi to him. She had fallen in love with Joy (Bikram). When Abhi finds that she is truly in love with Bikram and not with him he makes every effort to get them married to live happily ever after.
The first half is a big big bore because nothing much happens except Abhi’s wooing tactics that are even more boring and unintelligent and least entertaining. The second half changes to some action when Bhoomi goes to Bangladesh because her dominating father is a landlord wants to marry her off to the family enemy’s dreadful son. Since Joy is scared to go to Bangladesh and ask Bhoomi’s hand in marriage from her father, Abhi takes the responsibility and promises Joy that he will see to it that he gets Bhoomi for a bride. What happens in the end after prolonged circumlocutions and twists and turns till one is ready to doze off is anyone’s guess.
What can any director do with such a wafer-thin plot tell me? So, Pati can hardly do much about his thin storyline sans depth in characterisation. There are many songs in the second half with dream scenes shot in Bangkok which is now almost Kolkata because the skyscrapers and manicured gardens can be recognized by everyone. One song is truly good but it does not fit into the situation or the mood and seems to have been imposed from without. Ankush tries to do the best in an ill-conceived and predictable role and one feels a bit of empathy for him when one sees his desperation to unite the girl he loves to the boy she thinks she loves. But he distinctly lacks a screen presence and fades next to the glamorous Shubashree. Bikram is okay in an okay role while Subhashree has precious little to do except flutter her eyelashes, wear colourful costumes and look pretty, which she already is.
The worse piece of news is that though this critic caught the film on the day of its release at Indira theatre for the evening show, there were hardly ten to 15 couples in the balcony and perhaps an equal number in the stalls. Some of the couples had come for you-know-what but the point one is making is that one wonders what fate Ami Shudhu Cheyechhi Tomaaye will meet at the box office if this is the situation on the first day, second show. You can give it a miss if you so wish.
Abhi (Ankush) and Bhoomi (Shubhasree) were close friends since Abhi was in class III. This childhood friendship grew into love when the two grew up. But it was completely one-sided for Abhi because Bhoomi did not have the slightest interest in him and was surprised by his every move to take pain on her behalf, to make her happy come what may and trying to please her every minute. When Bhoomi moves to Darjeeling for higher studies, Abhi, son of a rich scion, chased her to the hilly town and changed his manner, behaviour and mindset to be the ideal boy hoping that it would turn Bhoomi towards him. He became extremely good in studies, gave up drinking and smoking and gallivanting around instead of attending classes. But all this did not draw Bhoomi to him. She had fallen in love with Joy (Bikram). When Abhi finds that she is truly in love with Bikram and not with him he makes every effort to get them married to live happily ever after.
The first half is a big big bore because nothing much happens except Abhi’s wooing tactics that are even more boring and unintelligent and least entertaining. The second half changes to some action when Bhoomi goes to Bangladesh because her dominating father is a landlord wants to marry her off to the family enemy’s dreadful son. Since Joy is scared to go to Bangladesh and ask Bhoomi’s hand in marriage from her father, Abhi takes the responsibility and promises Joy that he will see to it that he gets Bhoomi for a bride. What happens in the end after prolonged circumlocutions and twists and turns till one is ready to doze off is anyone’s guess.
What can any director do with such a wafer-thin plot tell me? So, Pati can hardly do much about his thin storyline sans depth in characterisation. There are many songs in the second half with dream scenes shot in Bangkok which is now almost Kolkata because the skyscrapers and manicured gardens can be recognized by everyone. One song is truly good but it does not fit into the situation or the mood and seems to have been imposed from without. Ankush tries to do the best in an ill-conceived and predictable role and one feels a bit of empathy for him when one sees his desperation to unite the girl he loves to the boy she thinks she loves. But he distinctly lacks a screen presence and fades next to the glamorous Shubashree. Bikram is okay in an okay role while Subhashree has precious little to do except flutter her eyelashes, wear colourful costumes and look pretty, which she already is.
The worse piece of news is that though this critic caught the film on the day of its release at Indira theatre for the evening show, there were hardly ten to 15 couples in the balcony and perhaps an equal number in the stalls. Some of the couples had come for you-know-what but the point one is making is that one wonders what fate Ami Shudhu Cheyechhi Tomaaye will meet at the box office if this is the situation on the first day, second show. You can give it a miss if you so wish.
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