Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, Dulal Lahiri, Rik Chatterjee Director: Anik Dutta Director Anik Dutta gives a huge ...
Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, Dulal Lahiri, Rik
Chatterjee
Director: Anik Dutta
Director Anik Dutta gives a huge homage to Satyajit Ray and gives
tribute to the Feluda universe despite the film not being a Feluda story. The
film though billed as a thriller genre doesn’t exactly fall into that category
as there is hardly any twists and turns and deep rooted mystery involved hence
making the film slightly bland.
A young woman from Dhaka, Saba (Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed) reaches Kolkata
tracing her family’s past. During her search, she is introduced to Topshe /
Toposmitro ( Abir Chatterjee) who is now a detective in his own right )maybe
moving away from Feluda or maybe just a coincidence in the name Topshe).
However, leaving the name aside, Topshe & Saba go on a riddle-laden path
that includes chases, graveyards, faded pictures and mystery of a disappearing
painting. What let’s the film down is the execution as the riddles do not
have the teeth to make it tension filled effect on the audience, The film
though detailed is not as taut as it had ought to be thus going on its own
sweet pace. In fact, the introduction of Topshe is after nearly 55 minutes of
the running time. Secondly, by the time the painting is discovered, the element
of surprise also vanishes.
Abir Chatterjee has played the detective in many films and this was a
cakewalk but is let down by weak writing. Bangladeshi actress Quazi Nawshaba
Ahmed tries hard to emote but fails. Rik Chatterjee who plays the younger
version of Saba’s father does a good job. Dulal Lahiri is dependable.
The main hero of the film is the cinematographer Soumya Roy who portrays
Kolkata‘s Park Street’s colonial remnants and St. John’s Church like never
before. He manages to salvage the film somehow.
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