RAKTABEEJ (Seeds of Blood): Based on the real life story of the late Indian President Sri Pranab Mukherjee and the terrorist attack hatched against him, this movie is a thriller. Editing is very crisp. Gorgeously mounted on the Durga Puja backdrop, the music is great (especially Naku Nakur and Gouri Elo) and the cinematography is heavenly. The ensemble cast works perfectly and blends in well with the main protagonists. Abir Chatterjee proves once again that he is a dependable actor and renders a competent act as a macho police officer. Mimi Chakraborty is a director’s actor and fleshes out a police officer persona flawlessly. Devlina Kumar is convincing in a small but meaty role. She has sharp features and a great body, only if she gets help from a pimple-popping MD, she would get bigger and better roles. But I felt that Victor Banerjee is miscast as the Prez of India. He just looks like a tired old man. Barun Chanda would have been a better choice. Ankush Hazra shows up in an item number whose choreography is nothing to talk home about. The movie is a wholesome entertainer and it would chime well with the elderly generation. One comment though, men stroke their moustaches to depict manliness and virility. What if women started to stroke their -oh forget it!
AninditaRoyMusings 