New Aparajito directed by Anik Dutta is a real hit and a good photocopy but that’s about it
New Aparajito Directed by Anik Dutta is a real hit and a good photocopy, but that’s about it
in new movie Aparajito, Satyajit Ray becomes Aparajito (Apu) Ray. His character turns out to be Apu Manik, the real name of Satyajit Ray. Soon the entire film, a direct tribute to the making of a classic film, turns into a clever guessing game. Everyone gets names that are cousins of their real names: John Huston becomes John Hudson, Bejoy Ray becomes Bimala, Ravi Shankar becomes Surya (get it?). The shocking thing is that even the names of classic movies are changed. So cycle thiefA film much admired by Ray, becomes cyclist, Pather Panchali has been named Pather Padbali,
It’s like a parallel universe where everything is familiar but a little skewed. The only person to survive the name game is Rabindranath Tagore because you don’t just play with God. In Bengali culture, Ray is the closest thing to God. But in his 101st year, Bengalis have no way of celebrating the great man.
lots of love
Just the other day I saw a whole feature on how Ray loved light mutton curry. I admit I clicked on that, as a result of which I now get news about a restaurant in Kolkata serving a culinary tribute to the man with a Manikdar Rajbhoj (or Manik-da’s Royal Feast). It includes several Bengali standards like Kosha Mutton, Prawn Malai Curry and Mishti Doi. Perhaps adding Ray’s name to them makes the classics more classic. There are Ray-themed restaurants and cafes, blouses, kurtas, even a table runner that characterizes all his films. the government has promised apur sansar Theme Park.
A still from ‘Aparajito’ (2022), directed by Anik Dutta.
Of course there is love. Ray fans designs menu with fishybaba sandwich (a nod to his film Jai Baba Felunath) or serve your beloved Becky Meunire. These are nostalgia for the food and there is nothing wrong with that. I just want anything with more fiber.
faithfully recreated
Aparajito It could have been a movie. By choosing not to call its protagonist Satyajit Ray, the filmmaker had license to tell a story about a budding filmmaker who was not Ray, who dreamed big and fought against all odds to make the kind of film he wanted. had struggled, to make the kind of film he believed in. In. But Aparajito mentioned in books like Ray’s own, so lovingly close to the origin story my years with apuThis relieves any dramatic tension because as soon as a problem is identified, a solution is quickly offered. Even when he quits his job to become a filmmaker, his mother needs barely 30 seconds to be convinced that he will one day be a world-renowned filmmaker and make audiences 20. /20 will get the benefit.
Actor Jeetu Kamal, who plays Ray, has become a sensation for pulling off the looks and mannerisms of the man. At the screening, the lady next to me at some point turned to her partner and said, ” face-ta puro Satyajit Ray (look is completely Satyajit Ray). It becomes the ordeal of such tribute. Why re-imagine the man’s work when the audience’s interest is in how well you can photocopy his looks? hopefully Aparajito Does an excellent job at trying to get the period look and feel right. Even veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has praised it.
A still from ‘Aparajito’ (2022), directed by Anik Dutta.
Another recent film, aristocratTraces the life story of Ray’s favorite actor Saumitra Chatterjee. It tries to interrogate Chatterjee’s myth rather than being a direct homage, but several iconic scenes such as the famous Jhoola scene Charulata Honestly made. But they’re not there to help us tell some backstory and gain some new insights about that scene. They recreate for fun.
Filmmaker Q, who has never hidden his distaste for Ray’s films and critical Bengali admiration, plays Ray. aristocrat, He has stated in an interview that Ray’s enduring legacy is as a “heavyweight” who is “weighing down generations of Bengal filmmakers” when he may have been the wonderful light that set him free.
But that’s our job, not Ray’s. Freedom is scary. Nostalgia, more than religion, is the opium of the people. Clearly it works. Aparajito Is a real hit, being lauded as a new masterpiece and pulling people back to the theatres.
A Bengali portal has a story saying Aparajito (2022) now has a better IMDB rating than Ray Aparajito (1956). Ray’s Aparajito Confused and shocked, his audience was used to telling a different story. New Aparajito No one demands this from the audience. This allows us to enjoy the eternal sunshine of the Satyajit Ray mind, a soothing massage at Manik-da Spa.
Don’t Let Him Know author Sandeep Roy likes to let everyone know about his opinion, whether asked or not.