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By Joginder Tuteja, April 2, 2008 - 15:10 IST
MOVIE DETAILS
Cast: Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Rituparna Sengupta, Rajat Kapoor
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Producer: Indrani Mukherjee, Jeet Bannerjee, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Music: Tanmay Bose, Aashish Rego
THE FILM
Watching a Bengali film dubbed in Hindi isn't something that one does ever week. Also, with a title like Anuranan (which stands for resonance), you realise there and then that this one would be for a niche audience. However, one look at the actors in the film - Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Rituparna Sengupta, Rajat Kapoor - and you are convinced that at the least you can try giving the film a dekko. After all, each of them has seldom appeared in a run of the mill film and hence Anuranan had to be special.
A little bit of research reveals that the film was released originally in 2006 in West Bengal and has been traveling festival circuits over all these months. It is only a couple of months back that the film was dubbed in Hindi and saw a select multiplex release. Though it is a different matter that the experiment turned out to be a disaster with the film failing to run beyond a week.
Completely aware about the fact that Anuranan is going to be an art house cinema, one plays it on. However, it turns out to be an immensely painful watch for an average viewer as leaving aside the first and last 15 minutes of the film, there is absolutely nothing which holds your attention during this approximate 2 hour tale. In fact at multiple times, one looks at the clock in desperation since the proceedings turn out to be extremely lethargic, time consuming and talk heavy.
Opening scenes of Anuranan are good as the happy marriage of Rahul Bose and Rituparna Sengupta is projected on screen. Rajat Kapoor's character is introduced in quick time as well as a relationship of friendship starts building between the trio. Once the setting changed to Mumbai (Rahul is transferred from London where he was originally stationed), boredom sets in. Though there are indications of Rajat falling for Rituparna, there is no movement in that direction. On the other hand, introduction of Raima Sen (as Rajat's wife) looks like adding on the tale but sequences which follow start looking at the philosophy of life.
Coming from a literary background, most of the four characters start conversing about human relationships, beauty of nature, poetics and stuff alike which starts giving the film an out and out art house outlook. Agreed that the director never wanted to show a core 'filmy' tale nor did he want predictability to be set in, but his vision around the film's execution limits it to a select set of audience.
Entertainment - now this is one area where the film completely lacks. In fact, a twist in the pre-climax of the film does succeed in waking up the audience as it completely jolts you. There seems to be a redemption of sorts as one actually looks forward to what would happen next. Still, that doesn't quite justify what one had to go through to reach this point. And just when one thought that it could turn out to be a reasonably better situation, the end credits start rolling which only make Anuranan a film which perhaps never wanted a solution to the complex situation it had got itself into.
PACKAGING
The film comes in basic plastic case while being engulfed in a paper cover.
DURATION
The film comes in a single DVD pack with the film's duration being 114 minutes.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The DVD doesn't come with any special features.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen format
- Language options: Hindi and Bengali
- Subtitles in English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
PRICE
Rs. 349/-
CONCLUSION
Anuranan is mainly watchable for it's performances. It is difficult to choose one actor out of Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Rituparna Sengupta or Rajat Kapoor as the one who stands out most. With all of them accomplished in his/her art, they come up with a controlled act in this tale which could have threatened to go downhill if there were lesser actors around. In nutshell, the film is mainly for that segment of audiences which likes to debate around the complexities of human relationships and doesn't necessary watch a film to experience an entertaining tale.
 
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