Noticias

Film: "Tasher Desh" ("The Land of Cards"); Cast: Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Rii Sen, Soumyak Kanti De Biswas, Anubrata Basu, Tilotamma Shome, Tinu Verghis, Imaad Shah, Maya Tideman, Roxane Hauzeur amd Audrey Miras; Director: Quashik Mukherjee; Rating: **

You'd either love "Tasher Desh" or hate it, but you can definitely not ignore it. This Nfdc (National Film Development Corporation)-presented Bengali film released under PVR Director's Rare Banner is pitched as a quirky adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's edgy fantasy.

The narration has three layers bursting with lessons of life, regarding rules, hopes, desires and fate.

It's a story about society and culture, of brotherhood and winds of destiny, of acceptance and revolution..

Film: "Lessons In Forgetting"; Cast: Adil Hussain, Amey Wagh, Bhanu Prakash, Veena Sajnani, Uttara Baokar, Roshni Achreja, Maya Tideman, Raaghav Chanana, Karan Nair, Anuja Vaidya, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Parthiv Shah, Sukitha Aiyar; Director: Unni Vijayan; Rating: ***

"Never run away from things that terrify you," was a lesson that J.A. Krishnamurthy had instilled in his daughter Smriti when she was young, and he probably regrets doing so, for the results could be terrifying. A reality one should wake up to.

Released under the PVR Director's Rare banner and winner of the National Award for best feature film in English, "Lessons In Forgetting" is a tale of redemption, forgiveness and second chances. It is an adaptation.