Kausik Chakraborty

Dwitiyo Purush in one word can be described as a forced thriller at its best! Srijit mukherjee has this urge to be called a thriller maestro for whatever reason.. This worked in movies like Baishe Srabon or Chotushkone. But just for the sake of making a sequel/spin-off to a cult, poor writing can't be justified! No, not all is bad in dwitiyo purush. The film may not be well scripted but it is well made to a certain extent, the cinematography, camera, direction is quite good. The performances are also good- param and anirban held on to this department sucessfully! The songs, although not breathtaking as baishe srabon, are good and can be listened to. But none of those were enough. There was a thoght process associated with baishe srabon which involved bengali culture, literature and modern poetry revolution of bengal perfectly mixed up with a crime thriller plot. One can give credit to BUMBA DA for the unforgettable potryal of prabir roychowdhury which lead to grand success. All of these factors were completely missing in dwitiyo purush! It just came up as a follow up with a thriller stamp attached to it! The moments of revisiting the param-raima-abir love triangle tragedy and glimpse of prabir da's words in flashback are pure bliss and acts as one of the saving graces of the movie! The ending is somewhat twisted and bizarre but unlike baishe, it does not click that much or fails to uplift the script shortcomings, rather it makes you looking for more or what happens next. You don't need to desperately push a thriller and make it psychologically twisted! Baishe srabon was indeed one of my favourite movies and I literally was looking forward to this one. But got actually quite disappointed after watching... Trust me you will feel the same if you are a genuine fan of baishe and were looking for a really good following!!! Added one extra star for stellar performances from param and anirban!

Arguably the best movie of saif in mainstream genre, with the national award! saif and rani chemistry redefined. jatin lalits tracks with prasoon joshi lyrics were outstanding.. The title song still mesmerizes me! Not to mention so many old memories.. 16 years ago I watched this with my sister and we had a blast! back in school I was not so aware of modern love and its effects but still this was so enjoyable..

Undoubtedly way ahead of its time. Though upon releasing in 2001 it was able to achieve very word of mouth popularity especially in urban areas. Grabbed some awards and became a cult classic as in farhan akhtar's debut directorial. The part which I liked most is the casting of the movie. Aamir, Saif, Akshay were somehow a strange combination back then. But they turned out to be one hell of a trio! This coming of age, mature friendship story became so legendary that they came up with another one with the same concept: ZNMD! That too was very good, but to me DCH is the clear winner here. Nowadays, I have no idea why farhan akhtar goes more with acting and keeps himself from being such an awesome director!

Sanju can be put as the melodramatic filmy biopic of a filmstar. Now here is a man who has already been alleged with number of criminal charges in the past. Suddenly people in india are getting concerned about making a movie on such a person and the morality of judgement and all that, otherwise one would really love to dance with a munnabhai track on any given day! Anyways, expected a bit more from a raju hirani movie other than sanjay dutts controversial sex scandals and drug junkie thug life. The movie is good. The performances by Ranbir Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal simply can not be ignored. Editing and Cinematography is very good. music could have been better though I feel. Overall its a commendable effort coming altogether from a genius director of today's era!