"Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2" has nothing to do with its prequel "Chirodini Tumi Je Amar". The only similarity is that it is also a tragic love story and is a remake of a south Indian film. With this two similarities it could have been easily named as a "Prem Amar 2" or a "Bojhena Se Bojhena 2". Anyways what is in a name.
This movie is about two young couples whose stories are very much different with each other but they are interconnected. At one side there is an innocent love story where there is no money but the hearts are full of love on the other side there is lust and betrayal of a rich spoilt brat where there is lots of money but there is no love or trust. When this two stories criss-cross each other what happens, obviously poverty will surrender to the power of money but will true love surrender against the power wealth or not?
The story starts with a poor guy Bhanu Sardar (Arjun Chakraborty) who had came to Kolkata from a village of Purulia to earn money to run his family. He works at food stall. One day he meets Jyoti (Urmila Mahanta) , a housemaid at nearby apartment. Soon after his first meeting with Jyoti, he falls in love with her, but Jyoti's mother(Soma chakraborty) does not like him. So feels scared to express his feelings to Jyoti. Parallel to this love story there is another track of a grown up rich kid Raj (Bihu Mukherjee) who has some lustful intentions towards an innocent teenager girl Shreya (Ena Saha) who lives in the same housing complex. Shreya is the girl from the house where Jyoti works as a maid.
At one point these two stories mingles with each other and true love has to face the challenges of the power of wealth.And what happened then is the climax of the film.
The story works well with audiences because of the interesting screenplay and a bunch of believable characters with whom one can easily identify. The way the story unfolds using the flashbacks of past incidents looks interesting. At interval point a twist comes to the story which is very good. In the middle of all seriousness and tension some solid dose of laughter has been provided in the form of the character of Rakhal Mondal (Riddhi Sen) a friend and co-worker of Bhanu at the roadside food stall. Bhanu and Rakhal 's friendship track has emotional quotient too. Another good thing is that unlike other commercial Bengali movies the use of songs has been restricted very well there is no scope for unnecessary songs picturised in foreign locations. The only problem with the screenplay is its length. The movie could have been shortened a bit by reducing the elaborated depiction of Bhanu's past life in the opening few reels. It has nothing much to do with the original track.
As a director Soumik Chatterjee has done full justice to his characters and story. At one point he has captured the poor class people's life authentically on the other hand he has portrayed the young rich kids and their lifestyle too with much detailing. Another credit goes to him for introducing a bunch of new talented faces and make them act well in front of the camera.
Among the actors it can be said apart from Arjun Chakraborty all the other kids are new, even for Arjun Chakraborty too it is his second film only. But all of them has acted very well. Arjun Chakraborty is totally believable as the poor helpless Bhanu. His body language to his dialogue delivery everything is appropriate for his character. Riddhi Sen (Son of Kaushik Sen) has done a brilliant job as Rakhal. He is the live wire of the film, without his comic relief the film could have been turned into a monotonous and depressing story. Every time he comes on the screen , he brings smile on the audiences faces. Even in the climax portion he has acted well in the emotional scenes too. Newcomer Bihu Mukherjee(Son of Kharaj Mukherjee) is another genius and he is also the future of Bengali film industry. He shines very well with his evil to the core character of Raj.
The screenplay has been written in such a way that the guys get better roles in most of the part but the two debutante ladies Urmila Mahanta and Ena Saha have done justice to their characters too. While Urmila Mahanta has not much dialouges for most of the parts, she has to enact with her eyes and facial expression only and she does it very well. On the other hand Ena Saha' s character Shreya is totally different to Jyoti, she is a bubbly rich talkative girl who is very lively and Ena Saha has brought life to the character.
The best thing about the young actors is that they act as per their age neither they looked too mature to their age nor they behaved too childish.
Among the senior actors Kharaj Mukherjee is just too good as the Police Officer. He brings smile with his comic timing. Another actor who has shown good comic timing is Sumit Samaddar as the food stall owner Ghanada. Soma Chakraborty has given good support as Jyoti's mother. Music composer Samidh Mukherjee has a very funny guest appearance as a Tollywood actor.
The dialogues are very realistic and very bold too.As a result some of the cuss words have been beeped as per censor board's advice. The camerawork by Madhusudan Shee is good, only the overuse of close up shots could have been avoided. The sets and costumes goes very well with characters.
The music by Jeet Ganguly is very much soulful and melodious. Both the songs "Mon Bojhe Na" and "Eka Ekela Mon" has been composed and written very well and have been sung well too by current favorite Arijit Singh. Another track "Maula" comes towards the climax in the background, but it failed to create the needed impact of pain and agony of the two lovers.
Over all this is a film with a good story which will touch your heart, though the climax may not be acceptable for some of the audiences. But the interesting characters and the good acting by a bunch of newcomers will win your heart. Go and watch it and give a chance to the future actors of Bengali film industry.
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