Mone Pode Aajo Shei Din

Cast: Papiya Adhikari,Abhiraj,Moubani Sarkar

Predictable tear-jerker

Rahul (Joy Mukherjee) and his father (Biswajit Chakraborty) are more than buddies. They run a motorbike race every morning and Rahul wins each time because his father wants to see him win every race in life. However does he manage to win every race forms the crux of the film.

Father and son run a reality dance show on a popular television channel. But the TRPs are fast collapsing so Rahul goes into the countryside to scout for new talents and save the show. Sunaina (Sayantika),a beautiful dancer is blind. She passes the audition but loses out in the finals. The judges are corrupt. So she goes back to her small-town home,promising never to return. Of course Rahul and Sunaina have fallen in love so Rahul is heartbroken and chases her because she has returned to the show as a wild card entry. She wins but Rahul dies of brain tumour and donates his eyes to Sunaina. Sunaina remains single to pay homage to Rahul and place flowers on his grave as he is a Christian.

Though Sayantika cannot act in emotional scenes and needs to hone her skills as a dancer,she has a wonderful screen presence,looks fresh and charming and is the perfect foil for the handsome Joy. This film sees them paired for the third time and they ooze out a naïve charm that is missing in our over-exposed top screen lovers in Bengali cinema. However,they fail to set the screen on fire even in their hat-trick film.

The script is weak,the director does not know how to draw the best performance out of his actors and the beautiful locations for the song-and-dance dream scenes are completely spoilt in this weak film. The editing is very bad,jerking from one shot to another,and the cinematography is average. Biswajit Chakraborty is good and Abhiraj as the loyal friend tries to make the best of a badly-written character. The music is good specially for the reality show dance pieces.

Ratings: Two stars for the film’s presentation of a beautiful pair and Biswajit Chakraborty’s acting.

RUSHES

Plot: Tragic love story against a reality show backdrop

Verdict: An overdone story

Box-office prospects:Not good