Nirjhor's “Aha”
I read the article written by Mr. Mamun Rashid published in your daily on 26 October 2007.
Like Mr. Mamun Rashid, we went to watch the movie with high hopes of enjoying a decent Bangla movie. Our hopes were completely dashed.
The holiday mood with extended family members and a packed auditorium provided us the right ambience to wait for a little longer than schedule in front of the silver screen. The much publicised information about the film, the eminent producer, director and the caste created a sense of belief amongst us that the time has turned around to go back to the movie houses for good films. Unfortunately, we were frustrated.
In my opinion, the conscientious makers of the film should have included a warning that it contained abusive language and adult materials that may be offensive to the young audience. I accept that old Dhakaites make a profuse use of slangs in their arguments and the street kids often resort to violence but one would say that the degree used in the film has been excessive. I also don't accept the fact that the friend of a couple offers a condom on their first date. Neither do I accept that a person of good moral character makes advances towards his cousin when they go out on sight seeing. Perversion has been rampantly used throughout the film. A serious subject like real estate development on an ancestral property has been portrayed through clownish dialogues from beginning to the end. It is also not clear to me what happened at the end; it was abrupt and unrealistic that a caring and good father forces away her daughter on grounds of her unproven commitment for an elderly neighbour.
The most pathetic mistreatment done in the film is Fahmida Nabi's title song flowing over as a number for the interval. I felt helplessly disgusted. I wish the illustrious makers of the film consider these points and do the necessary amendments to reconfirm our belief that a wind of change has set in our movie industry.
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