Biswanath De Roy

Palan is indeed a Bengali movie that needs to be seen by all Bengalis who live in Kolkata. The main attraction of the movie is that you never feel you are watching a movie. You are a part of the characters and place, specially Anjan Sen:s single room and balcony. You feel like participating with the characters and say something just like you would have done in your own family. You clench your fists and subconsciously speak out your outbursts also( silently). The father son relationship, the mother son relationship and the husband wife relationships are so well captured that you easily relate yourself with them and feel a tremendous urge to be a part of them. Their difficulties are your difficulties, their helplessness are your failures to give solutions to them. Overall the movie is a tribute to the iconic film maker Mrinal Sen whoseeach and every film is an artwork is immenseimmense. Kudos to Kaushik Ganguli for presenting us this Gem.