Review of Bibaho Diaries

In Bengali movies normally comedies do not work well with audiences and the main reason is most of the Bengali comedies are frame to frame remakes of popular Bollywood comedies so there is no refreshment at all but fortunately #BibahoDiaries is not one such boring comedy rather it is a film which keeps you entertaining from beginning to end. When we want to enjoy a comedy the two main factors are funny dialogues and superb comic timing of the actors and the good news is #BibahoDiaries scores good marks in both of these two departments.

Story wise it has nothing new to offer it is the same age old story of a couple who have a love marriage but after marriage they get the reality check, they come to know how the romantic equations keep changing between two lovers when they become husband and wife as the responsibilities of a married life comes in between. In spite of being an over exposed subject the film never appears to be boring because of the refreshing screenplay (especially in the first half), the funny dialogues and of course wonderful performances by the lead actors.

From the opening credit you will get a glimpse of the refreshing narrative where few random couples are quizzed about their opinion on marriage. The opening credit itself sets the comic mood. The story is about, pre and post married love story of Pratyay (Ritwick Chakraborty) and Royona (Sohini Sarkar). Pratyay is a struggling theatre actor and director who don’t want to do any job to pursue his career in theatre and Royona is a professional photographer. They both belongs from different family background and social status but still they start liking each other after some casual meetings and finally they decides to get married with their parent’s half hearted consent. The second half is about the side effects of a married life, some regular conflicts between the newly married couple about each other’s habits and also some intervention from the in laws.

The screenplay written by Mainak Bhaumik and Saurav Palodhi is enjoyable till the end, though the pace drops for in the second half and the pre-climax confrontation between Prtyay and Royona looks little hurried, but we can overlook that for the humorous lines which keep coming at regular intervals. All credit goes to dialogues writer Saurav Palodhi, the funny one liners are well written, also there are some smartly written lines against current political situation of the state.

As a director Mainak Bhaumik has tried to attempt a comedy for the first time and he has done full justice with that. Though he has treated the subject in a similar way like his earlier films.

Apart from the dialogues which other factor has worked most in favor of this film is the

brilliant performance by the lead pair. Ritwick Chakraborty is absolutely brilliant like always. It is a welcome change to see him doing comedy after a long time and he has done a superb job. He has also acted as the narrator in the film where he is telling his own love story and he has done exceptionally well in those scenes. Sohini Sarkar has portrayed her character wonderfully, though her character is bit one sided and have lesser scope compared to her male counterpart but she has managed her own to stand out. In most of her earlier films we have seen her in traditional look of a Bengali housewife, but here she has played a modern urban character of a young independent working woman and she looks very nice in her urban attire. Together Ritwick and Sohini have showed a sparkling chemistry which has helped them looking more convincing as a couple on the screen.

Among the others Biswanath Basu and Kamalika Bannerjee has done good job as Prtyay’s friend and Royona’s friendly elder sister. Lily Chakraborty is impressive in a small role. Bishwajit Chakraborty, Mithu Chakraborty, Dulal Lahiri and Alaknanda Roy are good as the parents of the bride and groom.

The music composed by Savvy is good and all the songs have been used quite well in the movie. The wedding song “Evabei Suru Hok”, wonderfully sung by Lognojita, is the best one and it will be with you for a long time.

Overall #BibahoDiaries is a complete entertainer with superb funny dialogues and wonderful comic performance by the lead pair. No matter you are married or not you will definitely enjoy reading the pages of this diary.