Director Birsa Dasgupta's #One is a stylish
thriller where a continuous mind game is going on between the Hero and the
Anti-Hero.
It is an official remake of a Tamil movie but it has been well adapted
in Bengali environment quite well. It is a story of a cop Ronojoy Bose (Yash
Dasgupta) who actually does more than just his duty as an IPS officer. He is
not happy just catching the culprit rather he is more interested to go to the
root level of the organized crimes. He is too sharp and intelligent with his
approach. In his mission, he is accompanied by a group of three friends and a
girlfriend Megha(Nusrat). On the other hand there is a genius scientist Aditya
Sen(Prasenjit Chatterjee) who wants name fame and money by hook or crook. Even
he is okay to sacrifice his own father for that.
Both Ronojoy and Aditya have no personal rivalry but their mission is
exactly opposite which make them enemies, Ranajoy cannot allow Aditya to
succeed in his destructive plans which is against the country, against
humanity.The first half goes on establishing these two main protagonists and how
they identify each other as the main roadblock to their mission. The second half
mostly have the brain games between the two geniuses to defeat each other which
lead to a predictable climax.
The main highlight of the screenplay is the strategic game between the
Hero and villain and it will keep you entertained till the end. Although
sometimes it is too illogical and impossible to digest but who cares for logic
in this type of movies. But if you have already seen the original movie then it
might not appear that much interesting to you as there is hardly any change in
the concept.
Birsa Dasgupta has a stylish approach of film making which makes him
different from regular bunch of remake film makers and here too he has proved
it.
Yash Dasgupta has matured a lot in his second film compared to his
debut in #Gangster. Also the mustache look has worked in favor of his
character but still it is tough for him to stand opposite a veteran like
Prasenjit Chartterjee. Prasenjit Chartterjee has made a thundering comeback to
mainstream cinema and he has played a totally negative character for the first
time in his career. Though acting wise it is just a sleep walking for him but
he has created solid impact with the character with his style and charisma.
Nusrat has hardly anything to do apart from being the eye candy. Arjun
Chakraborty is just okay in his minimal scope. Supriyo Dutta has done the same
old stuff that he had done in many movies but still he provides some comic
relief.
The songs composed by Arindom are good but apart from the title song in
opening credit the other two songs have just added length and budget of the
movie without serving any purpose. Especially the romantic song picturized in
the beautiful valleys of Kashmir could have been easily avoided.Although the song "Jadi Bolo"
was not required at all but the way the beautiful valleys of Kashmir have been
captured by cinematographer Shubhankar Bhar, it is a treat to our eyes. Not
only the song, he deserves a special mention for his slick and stylish camera
work for the whole film.
Overall if you like mainstream movies then #One is a good watch for you,
though sometime it is over the top but still much better and interesting
compared to other commercial remakes. For the lover's of Prasenjit Chatterjee and Yash Dasgupta it is a must watch.
