Musafirana..a bengali ghazal album

I'm listening 'Musafirana' again again...the Puja Album of Srikanta Acharya. This is the first ever bengali ghazal album. I'm fascinated yet again. What an album!! Each track is equally appealing...soothing...tells of our deepest emotion.

Srijato, the contemporary poet wrote the songs.And believe me, they are just too amazingly beautiful. Specially "Esechi abar phire sekhane" and "Chhenra chithi" .

Joy Sorkar composed them beautifully...i cant explain, those have become very close to my heart, so I may be biased! But, those are truly amazing.

And Srikanta da...the man with deep romantic voice and gayaki, has again mesmerised as always.
So, as a result...its a fine cocktail of great lyrics, tune and voice...every music-lover should have this one.

22she srabon (Review)

watched '22she srabon'...what a Brilliant crime-thriller...I can't remember whether i have watched any in bengali!! The Red Herring is just unbelievable...hats off Mr. Srijit Chatterjee, you rocked again after Autograph by your own Storyline/Screenplay/diection and Dialogues.
Prosenjit mesmerises again, he is now only doing exact justice with his immense potential and powerful talent. God knows, being such a fine actor why on earth was he wasting so many years by playing only 'Possenjt'!! His dialogues were Jhakkas....bole to full of 'kancha khisti', but as for myself those were never seemed forcefully implied, his character was like that.
Goutam Ghosh deserves a very very special mention...he was sooo soo predictable as a Hungry Poet...i didn't know about these group of poets of 60s other than "Khudhar rajye prithibi gadyamoy,purnima'r chand jeno jhalsano ruti"...but now, the unbeatable Google Maharaj told me something about them. Goutam Ghosh has a Great voice, i didn't notice ever, his recitation was unforgettable. He is such a multi-talented film personality, other than a great director, who can forget his cinematography in 'Abar Aranye'.
Param was FANTASTIC...as usual with that rage, attitude and body language of a young dutyful police-officer!!
The last song 'gobhire jaao' sung by Rupankar composed by Anupam Roy keeps reverberating in your mind. others songs were good. Soumik Halder, the cinematographer, played with lots of light and shade, and did a stupendous job as usual.
Last but not the least, the main hero in this movie is the POWERFUL STORY and RED HERRING type ENDING.
Dont you dare to miss it. 

Mountain calls....

The first week of November, it is not too far....so, just like the other times, Mountain is calling me like hell...I'm becoming restless to meet Him..i began to day dream already about the foggy mornings, deep greeneries with yellow tinge for the coming winter, the greyish white clouds and the Magnificent Kanchenjunga in the backdrop...and the profound silence!! A tiny trail through the dense forest and the only sound is of falling leaves..sometimes a sort of  sudden drizzling...ohh! I dying to be a part of them.

"Brishti porhe ekhane baro maash, ekhane megh gabhi'r mato chare..!

Parangmukh sabuj naali-ghash, duaar chepe dhore,

Adhek leen hridoy dur-gamee, byathar majhe ghumiye porhi ami!

Duaar ente ghumiye ache parha...kebal shuni! raater karha narha!!"   - Shakti Chattapadhyay

11th Oct,2011

"Icche"-a must watch movie

"Icche---hoe chhili moner majhare...chhili amar putul-khelay, prabhate shib-pujar belay,to're ami bhengechhi ar gorechhi"
Just like this tagore poem..the mother plays with her son's emotions...with his wishes. I think this scenario more or less  is quite common amongst the people..who are the only child of their parents. That is why it seems everyone is watching the perfect portrayal  his or her own story. Some moments were a millions bucks...like.. when adolescent Shamik rushes to her mother's maternal  house to take her with him, when Shamik confronts his mother for the first time  and when Shamik couldn't help himself and burst out in tears at jayanti during the friends gathering...these moments are very very close to my heart.

A real emotional bengali movie that i come across after "Autograph". Sohini Sengupta deserves a national award and Samadarshi too.
And lastly...songs were touching and very appropriately used throughout. I can't forget the Anushe Anadil number.."Baikuntha asore..".

10th Oct,2011

"Tum chale jaoge to sochenge, humne kya khoya..humne kya paya....."

The ghazal maestro is no more...not really easy to believe! he is still very very close to my heart...our hearts. Just like tagore songs...some lyrics of his songs match perfectly with  my tender thoughts...touch my soul directly, and those will be there with me, for my entire lifetime.

10th Oct,2011