For Bengali movies the third quarter of 2015 was average , it has very few successful films in comparison to the large number of flops.
Lets have a month-wise recap of the second quarter.
July
The only big release of this month was Venkatesh film's Eid release "Besh Korechhi Prem
Korechhi", featuring Jeet and Koyel. It was a romantic comedy directed by Raja Chanda.
After a long time a fully commercial Bengali film did well at the box office. Once again it proved that Jeet still has the stardom to pull a commercial film on his shoulders.
People loved the chemistry between the leading pair Jeet and Koyel. The popular songs composed by always dependable Jeet Ganguly were add on for the success of this movie.
There were no other big release in this month, but there was a Bengali short film on youtube which created lots of buzz. It was Sujay Ghosh directed short film "Ahalya", a gripping suspense thriller featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Tota Roychoudhury and Radhika Apte. This movie got really good response from the viewers.
August
The month of August started with two movies "Shesher Kobita" and "Anubrato Bhalo Achho?". Both the movies were well appreciated at different festivals and had limited scope at box office.
"Shesher Kobita", directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay , was based on the novel written by
Rabindra Nath Tagore with the same name. It was a story of platonic love between two different individuals Amit Ray and Labonya played by Rahul Bose and Konkona Sensharma.
The director has done a good job to transform the story on big screen with authentic periodic set up. Apart from that the performance of two leading ladies Konkona Sensharma and Swastika Mukherjee were highly commendable.The film which was released after a long delay got a decent opening and continued to do good business for first few weeks which made it an average earner at the box office.
"Anubrato Bhalo Achho" , directed by Partha Sen was a story of two strangers who met by
chance and comes close to each other coming out of their marital commitment to fulfill the void in their life. Before its theatrical release this movie had traveled to many national and International film festivals and was well received everywhere. Unfortunately at cinemas people did not respond that well to this movie mostly because it has very less commercial value due to its uni-dimensional story-line an slow pace. But the performance by Ritwick Chakraborty in the leading role was extra ordinary. He once again proved his caliber playing much older character than his real age with almost perfectly. Among the other cast members Swastika Mujherjee and Debolina Dutta were good too.
During the holiday of Independence day another two big releases came together "Ek Nodir Galpo" and "Nirbaasito".
"Ek Nodir Galpo" was yet another long delayed film which have to wait for so many years to
get released, in this long wait even the director Samir Chanda passed away. It was a story of a father daughter and their bonding, based on a short story by Sunil Gangopadhyay . The father daughter duo has been played by Mithun Chakraborty and Sweta Prasad. The film got good response at box office and continued to run at theaters for more than one month. Mithun Chakraborty was brilliant in the leading role of a father who is very much affectionate about his daughter.
"Nirbashito" was the directorial debut of talented actress Churni Ganguly. This movie was loosely based on the life of the controversial
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin. Although it was not a typical biopic rather it had focused on the loneliness and pain of the author once she was banished from her own country, own people and own literature. The movie was very well made and Churni ganguly has done a wonderful job as a director as well as a leading actress too. The film was highly appreciated at film festivals but the commercial fate of this movie was not so good.
Apart from these movies there was another release "Nataker Mato" featuring Paoli Dam in the lead role. this movie got a mixed response at ticket windows.
September
The month of September was not so happening.
This month one of the most successful commercial film director Raj Chakraborty came with
a new comers love story "Parbo Na Ami Chharte Toke". It was a complete masala entertainer featuring Bonny Sengupta and Koushani. The film did fare enough business considering the new leading cast. The music by Indradip Dasgupta was also a big hit which worked in favor of this movie.
Another important release of this month was director Bauddhayan Mukherjee's debut movie "Teenkahon". It was yet another festival
favourite with a limited box office appeal, but whoever had seen the movie have liked. It was a combination of three short stories which had covered 100 years of journey of Bengali culture, language and socio-economic condition of Bengali's. This movie had some brilliant performances by Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Joy Sengupta, Ashish Vidyarthi and new comers Barshan Shil and Ananya Sen.
Best Films of Q3 2015
Top Performers of Q3 2015:
Actors:
Actresses:
Lets have a month-wise recap of the second quarter.
July
The only big release of this month was Venkatesh film's Eid release "Besh Korechhi Prem
After a long time a fully commercial Bengali film did well at the box office. Once again it proved that Jeet still has the stardom to pull a commercial film on his shoulders.
People loved the chemistry between the leading pair Jeet and Koyel. The popular songs composed by always dependable Jeet Ganguly were add on for the success of this movie.
There were no other big release in this month, but there was a Bengali short film on youtube which created lots of buzz. It was Sujay Ghosh directed short film "Ahalya", a gripping suspense thriller featuring Soumitra Chatterjee, Tota Roychoudhury and Radhika Apte. This movie got really good response from the viewers.
August
The month of August started with two movies "Shesher Kobita" and "Anubrato Bhalo Achho?". Both the movies were well appreciated at different festivals and had limited scope at box office.
"Shesher Kobita", directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay , was based on the novel written by
The director has done a good job to transform the story on big screen with authentic periodic set up. Apart from that the performance of two leading ladies Konkona Sensharma and Swastika Mukherjee were highly commendable.The film which was released after a long delay got a decent opening and continued to do good business for first few weeks which made it an average earner at the box office.
"Anubrato Bhalo Achho" , directed by Partha Sen was a story of two strangers who met by
During the holiday of Independence day another two big releases came together "Ek Nodir Galpo" and "Nirbaasito".
"Ek Nodir Galpo" was yet another long delayed film which have to wait for so many years to
"Nirbashito" was the directorial debut of talented actress Churni Ganguly. This movie was loosely based on the life of the controversial
Apart from these movies there was another release "Nataker Mato" featuring Paoli Dam in the lead role. this movie got a mixed response at ticket windows.
September
The month of September was not so happening.
This month one of the most successful commercial film director Raj Chakraborty came with
Another important release of this month was director Bauddhayan Mukherjee's debut movie "Teenkahon". It was yet another festival
favourite with a limited box office appeal, but whoever had seen the movie have liked. It was a combination of three short stories which had covered 100 years of journey of Bengali culture, language and socio-economic condition of Bengali's. This movie had some brilliant performances by Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Joy Sengupta, Ashish Vidyarthi and new comers Barshan Shil and Ananya Sen.
Best Films of Q3 2015
- Shesher Kabita
- Anubrato Bhalo Achho?
- Nirbashito
- TeenKahon
- Partha Sen - Anubrato Bhalo Achho
- Suman Mukhopadhyay - Shesher Kabita
- Churni Ganguly - Nirbashito
- Bauddhayan Mukherjee - TeenKahon
Top Performers of Q3 2015:
Actors:
- Ritwick Chakraborty -Asha Jaoar Majhe
- Ritwick Chakraborty - Anubrato Bhalo Achho?
- Mithun Chakraborty - Ek Nadir Galpo
- Shaswata Chatterjee - Nirbashito
- Sabysachi Chakraborty - TeenKahon
- Joy Sengupta - TeenKahon
- Barshan Shil - TeenKahon
Actresses:
- Konkona Sensharma - Shesher Kabita
- Swastika Mukherjee - Anubrato Bhalo Achho? / Shesher Kabita
- Churni Ganguly - Nirbashito
- Deboleena Dutta - Anubrato Bhalo Achho?
- Ananya Sen - TeenKahon
