Mukherjee Dar Bou movie review

 

Mukherjee Dar Bou is an Indian Bangla film directed by Pritha Chakraborty which was her debut directional film and produced by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee with the Windows Production banner.

This film was released on Mar 08, 2019 on the occasion of International Women's Day. This is the first Indian Bangla film which specially celebrate this occasion. Because the central theme of the story is Feminism. This film story sketches a dysfunctional Bengali family relation revolving with the complex situations and different insecurities of women which is very common in our male dominating society.

Mukherjee Dar Bou is a kind of film which you relate your life very easily. Even who brought up in a joint family they also go back to flash back and gird up their childhood memories. It’s not a kind of film which sketches the kitchen politics more than that it’s talks about those women who remain their territory of home. This film portrayed those women’s life who are refugees in their own home either it’s her husband, son or father’s home.     

Millennium Post, in their review, wrote: "The beauty of the film lies not in dwelling on these scars, but in showing a way how even such stubborn scars can be wiped off with a pinch of understanding and love. It's about repairing human relationships slowly."  

The film tells the story of a Bengali homemaker whose name was hidden till the end of the film. She always referred as the name of Mukherjee Dar Bou which is simultaneously the social recognition of her mother-in-law. So, It’s create identity crisis of those two females in deep core. Basically the story is not an exception rather it is very common situation of our male dominating Bengali society. Father, husband, brother, son all those male figures who has been dominating our society as well as our social rights.     

Aditi and her sensitive relationship with her mother-in-law is the basic theme of the film. Aditi has been married for more than 10 years and mother of a six years old girl. Her relationship with mother-in law getting odd after her father-in-law’s demises.

Aditi’s mother in law Shova Rani could not except all those sudden social and mental changes and insecurities which she had found after her husband’s death. Form those deep insecurities and emptiness she started to misbehaved with Aditi and blaming her for every odd situation.   

Unfortunately, the situation was broken out when she hurt her grand-daughter Icche Puron. Iccha is the only person with whom Shova Rani feels alive despite that at a certain point unwisely she hurt Iccha. Shova Rani couldn’t forgive her for this accident.

After that one of Aditi’s friend suggested to consult with a phycologist. Aditi take Shova Rani to a phycologist by lying about the reality. After step into the phycologist Aratrika Bhattacharya’s chamber those two women are started to realized their deep insecurities and various shades of women’s life. At the end of the film they have been seen to find a path way of overcoming their different individual crisis and build a strong friendship with holding other’s hands for good. However, It’s may be the main strength of all kind of good and healthy relationships.

So, the simple story has showed us the homemaker’s and her mother in law’s social identity crisis and deep insecurities. Finally, both of them were stepped out from those crises, while they found it a deep physiological issues and trying to cure it with expert’s advice and also added a pinch of extra love and caring to each other sides.

The story was featured with some powerful actresses like Anusuya Majumdar, Koneenica Banerjee, Aparajita Auddy, Biswanath Basu, Badshah Moitra, Shankar Chakraborty, Badshah Maitra, Rituparna Sengupta and Richa Sharma. Anashua Majumdar and Koneenica Banerjee powerful performance create a mark in audience heart. Rituparna Sengupta who plays a psychologist role like second skin. Though in a comparatively smaller role, Aparajita Addhya has nailed her part as Putul wonderfully.

The music of the film was composed by Indraadip Dasgupta and soulfully sung by singer Iman Chakraborty, Ishaan Mitra, Nikhita Gandhi and Shovon Ganguly. 'O Jibon Tomar Sathe' title song is one of the favorite song of my play list. 

The film achieved the Critics’ Choice film award for Gender Sensitivity.

Times of India in their review wrote, “It’s a story of emancipation — from the invisible shackles that tie most women to an identity that’s not really their own, but of the man in their lives.”   

“For the women, by the women, the film hit the theatres as a Women’s Day gift from Windows to the women who have lost their voices. While Pritha Chakraborty is lauded for her direction, Samragnee Bandyopadhyay's dialogues tug at the heartstrings. The film bears celebrated director Nandita Roy's name as presenter and Iman Chakraborty's soulful song, 'O Jibon Tomar Sathe' is the perfect cherry on top!”