Dir: Rituparno Ghosh Cast: Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Jishu Sengupta, Prosenjit Chatterjee
Kashmakash
U; Drama, Period
Dir: Rituparno Ghosh
Cast: Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Jishu Sengupta, Prosenjit Chatterjee
Rating: ***
A sensitive story by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, released around his 150th birth anniversary, Kashmakash (dubbed from Bengali film, Naukadoobi) is a fitting tribute.
Set in the 1920s the film talks about true love, eternal loyalty and patience. These words might sound a tad bit dated to today's generation, but the story is progressive in its own way. It subtly takes on the social conventions and questions the credibility of marriage as an institution.
Ramesh (Jishu Sengupta) is in love with Hemnalini (Raima Sen) but he is forced to marry Susheela, a widow's daughter. Hem, unaware of Ramesh's wedding, waits and pines for him. Ramesh and his bride meet with a boat accident and in a mix up of sorts, Ramesh ends up with another woman, Kamala (Riya Sen) who he mistakes for his bride. When Ramesh realises the mistake, in a bid to hide the scandal, sets up home in Raipur with Kamala.
Raima Sen dazzles in the role of an independent, progressive thinking woman who is hurt by love, but has too much pride to wallow in self pity. She has a special relationship with her father (played brilliantly by Dhritman Chatterjee) and it is only with him she shares her woes and her thoughts.
Riya Sen surprises with her performance playing a village woman who is in a vulnerable situation but is strong enough to seek her husband, in spite of the societal pressures.
Both the Sen sisters are perfectly cast in their roles. Jishu Sengupta as the weak and tormented gentleman does justice to his character.
Prosenjit as Dr Nalinaksha, Kamala's estranged husband, is pretty good too, considering that his role is not really a prominent one.
As is the case in many of Gurudev's novels, women are the strong and dominant characters and it almost seems like Hemangini was written with someone like Raima in mind.
Tagore's story, Rituparno Ghosh's sense of romance and drama, Gulzar's lyrics and music by Sanjoy-Raja and Ghosh makes Kashmakash a film that should not be missed, especially by the romantics amongst us.
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