Avinaba Sarkar

The only thing which makes it really worth watching is the breathtakingly phenomenal performance of Swastika. It's like one can almost resonate to her character on an emotional level which is quite unlikely as you don't come across 'Kamalini' in your everyday life that often. It's funny bcoz the speculation was she's had played similar characters many times before and yet she manages to enliven 'Kamalini' with great uniqueness whereas all the first benchers, like Abir, Param to name a few just emerge as same-old-same-old. Srijit, in all these years, has somehow lost his beautiful quirky narrative style. The movie lacks minuteness- you don't really expect a movie to turn out the way it did from someone who is outspokenly obsessed with detailing. The material really had a lot of potential but was conceived with mediocrity. The songs are the soul of the movie. My favourite has been -" Bolona Radhika"( it's just I really loved the old version of "Rajkumarir Gaan")

This movie (even if you consider it one about daddy and granddaddy issues) sucks. The only thing that will cringe you more than the lazy dismal direction is Abir's awkward performance and unnecessary attempt to retain his once-loved-now-disgraced mannerism. The monologues and visions of Byomkesh along with every stylistic endeavor of the filmmaker he had thought to deliver with panache and finesse fall flat. The director should have really gone for a colonoscopy ( I am assuming he doesn't need one ) if he wanted to try something new. Plus he loses extra points for all the pop culture references which are totally forced and misfits. God, Sohini is really type-cast !!!