Review of One

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.