Dostojee

Dostojee tells us the story of a beautiful friendship that blossoms in the muck of distrust that affects the scocietal fabric all around us. Set in a tense time period after the Babri masjid demolition and the Bombay bomb blasts, dostojee unfolds through the eyes of its two little protagonists. We see an innocent friendship blossom where the breaking of a kite is a much bigger problem that whether to build a temple or a mosque. Then, catharsis strike and there is a separation, never to be bridged. And we see a friend living in a world alone, but with his friend still inside him - a part of him, never to go away.

The name Dostji has a touch of love, not a single word has been said since seeing the film, this film is at the top of all the films released at the time. Satyajit Ray and many other directors come to mind in Bengali cinema, Mrinal Sen. , many more, one more name in this great director's circle is Prasoon Chatterjee. Besides, I was impressed by the acting of two young children, Arif Sheikh and Asif Sheikh, respectively, Safiqul and Palash. Especially Ashiq Sheikh who played the role of Palash, this is the first film of him. A really wonderful picture.

The way the picture is made, no matter how much I talk about it, it will be less. Last but not least, Tuhin Biswas, excellent cinematography, best wishes to your entire team, keep going, bangla will regain its glory for sure, the beginning is with you.

It will definitely touch your heart and force you to think about things, Life. I enjoy every tiny details of the film, the story, the screenplay, the innocence, the casting, the locations, frames just too good. It should definitely reach more audience. I am sure if you watch the film you gonna love it and you will definitely remember this.

Prasun is one of my childhood friend and probably the 1st friend in my entire life. So I am really proud of him. I am sure he will make more such good films.

I was fortunate enough to be there at the premier show in Nandan, Kolkata. Many of our friends were there. We were so happy. :)

In order to dilute the overdose of football, went for a Bengali Movie DOSTOJI.

After multiple awards in various film festivals (including Cannes), it was released in Kolkata.

Those who are missing the art films of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Gautam Ghosh and Buddhadeb Dasgupta, must see the movie.

The beautifully picturized movie tried to capture how loss of a simple and essentially rural friendship affects an innocent child, his surroundings, and his academics. The characters around him (only a few) and their interfaces make the film outstanding, because it takes you to childhood friends and the oscillating relationship.

I felt absolutely possesion less, looking inside and looking past the simple lower middle class childhood. Those golden days that gifted frequent priceless moments but disappeared quickly as I grew up.

A must visit to a good theatre as dull screen may mar the vividity of rural landscape often drenched with heavy rains that make the main soundscape more often than not. And a heavy rain changed the story line suddenly - when the theme of the movie penetrates your ego and take you back to humble childhood.

You may miss the extraordinary cinematography, if you see the movie in an average cinema hall.

Having said that, i did not like the end of the movie where a particular bird's call fill the vacancy of a child's mind, that was so overwhelmed by a tragedy.

Go and explore your memoryscape with this movie.

Disclaimer : This is not a paid review. This film does not show poverty at all. However, the rural background with ordinary people having absolutely no glamour may not bring entertainment to many. But people loving "art films" close to Real Life of Rural Bharat and enjoying the movies made by Ray, Sen & Ghatak , Benegal and Gopalakrishnan would definitely like it, I feel.

The story telling, landscape, acting, cinematography all are too good. The purity of two little boys friendship touched my heart, it shows how TRUE friendship can overcome all the challenges in the society with ease. The director portrayed the movie so nicely as if I am witnessing a painter is painting with beautiful colours. The movie has all such elements what rural bengal has, but it never bored me, rather it took me to my childhood age. I enjoyed each and every moment of two boys school life, their daily activities. When adults were fighting with their religious identities, two protagonist character were busy to built a pure relationship of two friends. This is the inner beauty of the movie. I recommend all adults to watch this movie along with their kids.