Tahader Katha

Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Tahader Katha is really up there with the best of Tarkovsky (maybe a slight exaggeration though). The lateral tracking shots are incredibly beautiful. Like Tarkovsky, Dasgupta likes to have his camera wander off to capture the still lives of inanimate objects that are given poetic significance: swings, mirrors, puddles. Like Tarkovsky, Dasgupta likes the sound of cuckoo in the background, and the presence of wandering horses in the distant. To sample Dasgupta's masterful stroke, look no further than the scene with the wife and the husband during a night of pouring rain. I have never seen the environment used to such evocative power, not since Tarkovsky's Sacrifice.

The film runs approximately 91 minutes, half of what IMDb promises, although according to John Hood this running time seems to be correct - at least identical to what he has seen.

Promising beginning, actually. Tarkovsky's shadow but only the shadow, the sound and the organisation and filming of space can evoke some of his films far but as soon as the father arrives (as soon as there's something to tell in fact) : that's the end of our hopes !!! The whole film swim in excessive sentimentality and 'univocity' of point of view, the actor's direction (especially concerning the main character) is very bad and enough to ruin all the rest. The plot too is very loose and repetitive, and it's so heavily presented that I doubt Tarkovsky would have ever done that or simply a good scenarist. Relations between father and son or daughter are not developed... incredible !! Has it been cut ?? I saw 91 min version.

When a Legendary Filmmaker & Legendary Actor come together, there is going to be a Havoc! 'Tahader Katha' is a Mithun Chakraborty show all the way!

An Incredible film with a a fantastic story of a man who's not over the pain he went through in the past. Dasgupta is amongst the greatest Filmmakers around the globe, watch his work in 'Tahader Katha', it's killer!

Mithun is the only Indian Actor who won the Iconinc National-Award for his very first film, 'Mrigayaa'. He then won his Second National-Award for his work in this film 'Tahader Katha'. His performance is flawless, it's a performance that has a 'Gold Medal' attached to it.

Two Big Thumbs Up for this Masterpiece!