Review of Bengali Movie "Anubrato Bhalo Achho?"

This movie is already talk of the town even before its release because of the recognition it has already received  in some international film festivals. It is journey of two souls who are alone and destiny bring them together for some time. The acting by the lead cast is the main USP of the film.

The story begins with Anubrato (Ritwick Chakraborty), his wife Neeta(Deboleena Dutta) is a

cancer patient and she is in a hospital going under chemo therapy. Both Anubrato and Neeta are hopeless about their future and have almost surrendered to fight the battle against death. In such a time Anubrato meets Jaya (Swastika Mukherjee) , her husband is also admitted in the same hospital where Neeta is admitted. Destiny brings Anubrato and Jaya closer, soon they identify that both of them are struggling with common problem of loneliness.
They becomes friendly with each other to fulfill their emotional as well as physical needs. But how long the relation will survive? Both of them have their own family and priorities , in such situation what happens to their relationship that has been answered in the climax.

The story is very linear , there is no subplot. It just focuses on the demotivated lonely life of

the two protagonist. It hardly tries to give any past of the characters. The pace is very slow and after some point the same life of Anubrato starts looking repetitive, until he meets Jaya. The climax may not appeal to everyone but probably it is the perfect possible ending.

As a director Partha Sen has tried to choose a different subject and credit should be given for that. He has tried to tell the story of two lonely souls without making it just a typical extra marital affair story. The story never tries to question on the morality of extra marital affairs. Only he could have added more layers to the story and characters.

Ritwick Chakraborty has already received international film festival award for Best actor for this role and he deserves that. He is so natural that at any point you can feel you are really watching Anubrato not Ritwick. His body language and look is also perfect for character in his late 40s which is more than his real age. He has once again proved he is the best actor of current generation. Even his silence expresses louder than words.

Swastika Mukherjee has also done a fantastic job as Jaya, a middle aged housewife and mother, who also has her own desires to enjoy life. She has also played an onscreen character older than her real age and she has done that effortlessly.
Deboleena Dutta is wonderful in the role of Neeta, a cancer patient. The pain and frustration is clearly visible on her face. She has opted for a complete de-glamorous look, the way we normally don't get to see her and she looks convincing in this look as a cancer patient.

Rest of the cast has nothing much to do, Kharaj Mukherjee is okay in the cameo.

Among the technical team , full credit should be given to the make up artist for creating the aged look of the main three leads. Rest of the technical team has done a fair job.

Overall it is a film which is very slow in pace and has nothing much to tell but still you can watch it for the superb acting by the leading cast.