Md Aziz

Hawa", a recently released Bangladeshi movie, has become a crowd puller, thanks to its distinct plot, musical composition and impressive cinematography. Chanchal Chowdhury (as Chan Majhi, the lead actor and captain of the boat), Nazifa Tushi (as Gulti, the lone female cast), Sariful Razz (as Ibrahim, a sailor) and others played their individual roles with high competency. Struggling lives of seasoned fishermen on board "Nayan Tara", a lost fishing boat in the deep sea of Bay of Bengal amidst rough, stormy and hostile weather conditions got skillfully depicted through some bold, energetic and realistic performance. The plot of the movie created sensation due to its themes of basic human instincts like greed, desire, conflicts, mystery, thrill and suspense, boosted by creative and mystical dose of fairytale fantasy, love and revenge. Though a winning note of good over evil justifiably wrapped up the entertaining production yet scenes containing excessive slangs and gory violence could somewhat be altered or trimmed to make the movie a more family friendly one. Popular folk musical number, "Shada, shada, kala, kala / Tumi bondhu kala pakhi" stole limelight in the most deserving fashion. It has been aesthetically pleasing to watch the immense vastness of the boundless sea and its natural splendors, thanks to some excellent works of cinematography, VFX and 3D animation. Sound editing has been praiseworthy though a few key dialogues seemed less audible at times. Above all, it has been a delight to see the cine-goers joyfully thronging the theatres to watch "Hawa", the stimulating box-office hit, one finely infused with blended elements of reality and fable.