Drishtikon by Kaushik Ganguly - Movie Review - Schmoozing Over Coffee

  • May 01, 2018
  • By Samriddha Bhattacharya
  • 1 Comments

To begin with let's say that Drishtikon is a thriller with a different approach. It is not the quintessential gruesome murder, with several people behaving suspiciously to let you point fingers at throughout the film, with sporadic shooting of bullets and hour long chases.

Just because it doesn't have these traditional ingredients doesn't mean that it doesn't have the thrill it needs to keep you seated. In fact, the end is something that you can hardly predict. There are two ways in which the film is going to direct you to think. The first would be that Jiyon (played by Prosenjit Chatterjee) has a facade, primarily because you would see Srimati Sen (Rituparna Sengupta) glance through pictures of Jiyon, before making him his new advocate. But then the dynamics between the two spirals off to a different edge. She did not chose Jiyon out of desperation or because she felt her old lawyer was useless. Jiyon is a man with impaired vision and that is the driving force of this cinema. I sat through the movie thinking that Srimati was being manipulative and was on some kind of a revenge spree, so all those moments of her being supremely extra was just to to get people mangled in her web, but hell no. That is NOT what the case is. The other alternative was that she was developing genuine feelings for her lawyer since she has been a widow for almost two years, thereby craving the affection and touch of a man. But this is NOT the truth as well. 

Apart from all the elements of death and investigation, the theme of love is so thickly intertwined. While its mostly about the love between a man and a woman, love for a family is also of great significance. The fact that one can be possessive about every member of a family, be it your spouse or your children, the fact that one who has had fate snatch away hopes of a family craves to be a part of one, the fact that any kind of intrusion from a third party is like sand in the eyes, especially if it's in the form of a lady getting close to the husband, all of these, are so beautifully portrayed. Like we say every situation has a fine line which should not be crossed, similarly director Kaushik Ganguly has shown the emotional turbulence without overdoing it, without making it atrociously loud or obscene, without showing more than necessary. The beauty of this man is that he is not pushing boundaries to get noticed, his charm lies in the fact that he can create absolute magic within those clearly defined boundaries. There are two kinds of simplicity: dull and beautiful. Kaushik Ganguly believes in the latter. 


Another thing I must absolutely mention is that Churni Ganguly is outrageously amazing in this movie. She is so natural, so effortless, so beautiful in her role as a wife who has given up her life of wearing black robes just so that she can be a better wife and a better mother. All I can say about her is that she was ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON. In a film where Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta are the leads, its very difficult to find your ground and hold on to it. But she not only asserted her position in the film but also shone bright as Rumki, or Ru as her husband Jiyon likes to call her. 

Irrespective of all the pluses in the film, the film is a tad bit too long. It could have been atleast a good 15 minutes shorter. Also it once again proved that men don't only use their brain and heart for making decisions in their love life, another organ is involved too. Beside that, the romance seemed a bit too forced. It didn't seem very natural. And I think so many songs weren't necessary, it kind of steals the edge a bit. 

However, when the question comes to the point whether you should go to the theatres to watch this film or not, I would say definitely say yes. Its worth a watch and people are flocking to the theatres in massive numbers, trust me. 


Drishtikon by Kaushik Ganguly Movie Poster


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