Starring: Rituparno Ghosh, Indraneil Sengupta, Jishu Sengupta, Raima Sen
Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
Rating: ***
A welcome whiff of fresh air for Bengali mainstream cinema
Starring: Rituparno Ghosh, Indraneil Sengupta, Jishu Sengupta, Raima Sen
Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
Rating: ***
Rituparno’s brilliant acting, aided by sensitive performances by Churni, Raima and Jishu, carries the film. Jishu surprises with his intensity, especially in the Tarapith sequences with the young Chapal (Rituparno). Indraneil hardly lives up to what could have been a brilliant opportunity to explore his range as an actor. If only the screenplay had aided the actors more: it seems to struggle to hold too much together. In spite of the rough edges, however, Arekti is a welcome whiff of fresh air for Bengali mainstream cinema, one that breaks the ice on a difficult subject in the right ways.