Jodi Love Dile Na Prane(2014) Bengali Flim Review

Jodi Love Dile Na Prane

Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Arjun Chakraborty,
           Kaushik Ganguly, Kaushik Sen, Tridha Chowdhury
Director: Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy.
Music: Raja Narayan Deb
Cinematography: Shubhodip
Editing: Sujoy Dutta Roy
Screenplay: Anindya Bose

Love still continue in this ruthless world. Romantic tales disappear from Bengali composition in Bengali cinema is a previous affair. But Jodi Love Dile Na Prane, the new release from the director’s Avijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy brings back the character of romantic Bengali movies of the 60’s and 70’s. Based on Sukanta Gangopadhay’s novel ‘Abujh Meye’ the film has followed the narrative.

Rana Majumdar, a well known director and his assistant Mainak meet Rahul, a Mumbai based Bengali producer who wants to produce a romantic Flim but of a different kind.  Though extremely confused at the beginning, Mainak tells a story, a real incident seen in his school days, a love story between Sona Chatterjee and Paromita. Sona Chatterjee falls in love with a girl, Paromita, from the same area. Sona Chatterjee is a middle class, vacillating young man, whose father disappear with another woman and was still missing. Sona was jobless and ultimately Paromita got married to Sulalit, a corporate executive and got settled in Delhi. Paromita tired her best to be with her love but she failed. Sona failed to take the unavoidable reliability.

Paromita now is a mother. Aaheli, the daughter of Paromita, is now doing her graduation from Biswa Bharati University in Bolpur. Paromita in search of Sona forces her husband Sulalit to take a transfer and come back to her hometown Kolkata. The film deliberate around separate tracks. It deals concurrently with Rahul’s dream of producing a love story with a difference and the love adventure of Sona and Paromita. The movie with its provocative pace and truly wonderful story telling reaches a point where Rahul’s dreams come true. Sona and Paromita meet again. Aaheli in search of her real father investigate Mainak’s help and they come close.

Anindya Bose’s knowledgeable screenplay and enthralling dialogues, along with the director’s imaginative treatment makes this movie a treat to watch. This movie again substantiate that the partnership of Anindya-Avijit-and Sudeshna can create wonders as we have seen earlier in Teen Yaari Katha. Though the cinematography of this movie excels with the lyrical appropriation of the streets and bylanes of the city it fails in framing and formulate some interesting moods, specifically where Sona meets Paromita in an old house.

The background music of the film is not up to the mark and generally loud. Not much can be said about the songs in the film as there is practically any song in the film. But for an inconsistency, the use of the much known song, ‘Ke Jeno Bajaye Baansi’ gives goosebumps to the audience and characterize a deep sadness within Paromita. The film’s pace is well balanced and the edit justify special acknowledgment.

Coming to acting, I must say, Aabir Chatterjee (Sona) is a manifestation. The ineffective and confused Sona Chatterjee is outstanding characteriged by Aabir Chatterjee and am sure the Bengali audience will remember Sona for long time. Prestige to the director duo for speculation with the look and make up of Sona Chatterjee. Ananya is commonplace and poor in her representation of Paromita. It is high time she changed her acting pattern as she is the same in every character she is characterige nowadays. Arjun (Mainak) and the beautiful Tridha (Aaheli) are also surprise packages to watch out for and as we watch them we realize that two new capability have accomplish in the Tinsel town. Sujoy Mukherjee as Rana Majumdar is as always unbelievable with his scintillating comic generation and delivery. Kaushik Sen as Sulalit is so-so whereas Mithu Chakraborty in a cameo warrant special acknowledgment. And lastly but not the list Kaushik Ganguly (Rahul)… What an actor he is ! Actor Kaushik Ganguly has many things to deliver and I hope the audience will love him more and more as he is characterige and consideration with different characters presently.

Jodi LOVE Dile Na Prane adds a new feather in the cap of new type Bengali cinema. This is a must watch film and I must truly say Jodi LOVE Dile Na Prane is by far the best film of the director’s. It specifically raises our apprehension from the director duo and we wish they give us more such good films in future.