Rajkahini

Here are my two cents,

1. Not Director's (Srijit Mukherjee) best attempt; I think he does well in crime suspense genre than period genre. His direction shows parts brilliance as a very short simple story line stretches over 2 hours which could have well been within 1.5 hr. There are unnecessary attempt to develop characters of some who are not important for the main story-line. Nonetheless , the primary storyline is a touching one during the country's partition with mixture of fear, anguish, corruption, helplessness, courage and feminism.

2. Camera work great in some long and short shots, boring when continuously showed one half of faces of the two officers (Ilias and Prophullo) over different situations.

3. Acting mostly ordinary, Rituparna(Begam Jaan) tried hard to convince her character especially when she showed her anger on others, sometimes touching the border of melodrama. Rest are average with exception of Saswata(Prophullo), Kaushik(Ilias) and Jishu (Kabir). Why the actors casted for Lord Mountbatten so lackluster, and a British character Radcliff is played by an Indian face acted by an Indian!!!

I have a question why Nigel Akkara is not acting in many films. He is always taking a break between movies. Nigel Akkara we all want to see you more, whatever characters are done by Nigel Akkara always leave a huge impact on the audience.

At the outset the director must be commended for taking on such a bold subject. But it seems he bit more than he could chew. The movie is excellent in patches and absolutely mediocre in the rest.

Apart from the gaping holes in the story and its portrayal, the acting is okay. The movie tries to steamroll its flaws by using a Galaxy of movie stars. Most of the characters are under developed and do not have a backside story. Some characters have no logical explanation about why they do what they do. Ex- Master. Also it is strange to assume that India was filled with rapists through and through.

The movie also generalizes the society of the time and even then fails to capture the essence of it.

The movie as a whole fails to do justice to the subject and you only leave the hall with some scenes, not the entire movie on your mind.

A brave movie based on indro-pak border petition time . One of best movie Srijit Mukherji..... 11 actress & others actor best & brave acting bloom this movie very nicely..... One Brothel has 11 lady , their lifestyle, country divition , that time socialism condition everything bloom this movie very nicely ..... Song combination perfectly , background music , directing just mind blowing

A story or content is the lead character in films nowadays A weak content will not uplift a film however good actors perform. The most toughest character for an actor is that of a silent one. Through expressions nd actions one has to push such character above all. Yes, this justice was possible just because of Nigel Akkara. Nigel Akkara is a true hero.