Swarnaja (Koel Mallick) has "golden blood", the rarest among the blood groups and leads a life under strong medical care. She lives with her grandmother, having lost her parents early in a car accident, and aspires to be a radio presenter and lead a normal life, but her doctor urges caution. He advises her to take yoga classes repeatedly, until she signs up one day. Here she meets Shammo (Chandan Roy Sanyal) and it doesn't take her long to fall in love with him, but he is hesitant. She soon realizes that Shammo is already married and his wife Kheya is wheelchair bound. Kheya has also learnt about Swarnaja and befriends her in a unique twist of events and the two women develop a strong friendship. One day though, Kheya attempts suicide, leaving Swarnaja distraught and the latter understands that her friend's act was because of her inability to conceive a child.
Swarnaja offers to become a surrogate mother, much against her doctor's warnings and her grandmother's wishes, but she has made up her mind. Upon delivering the child however, Shammo and Kheya simply vanish from Swarnaja's life, plunging her into depths of depression. A few years go by and again by a twist of fate, Swarnaja's path will cross with Shammo, Kheya and her child, who incidentally has genetically inherited the golden blood. But this time, Swarnaja's resolve, tenacity, investigative skills and resilience are about to be tested, if the ties of blood have to be protected.
"Rawkto Rawhoshyo" is a social drama and thriller with a unique plot. The director Soukarya Gnosal revels in quite a few twists and suspense, making the film a good combination of emotions at play and a crime thriller playing out in the backdrop. Koel Mallick is par excellence as the surrogate, single mother deprived of the love and respect she deserved for the gift of surrogacy for her friend. She also shines in the latter part of the film as the crime investigation gets into full swing. But comparatively, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Basabdatta Chatterjee's roles are poorly etched, underdeveloped and weakly executed. The motive behind the crime is predictable. Rwitobroto Mukherjee delivers a punchy performance as a young boy who understands Swarnaja's pain. But the weakest point of the film is that the friendship between Swarnaja and Kheya hasn't been defined strongly enough (it's a matter of a few weeks) to warrant the former to decide on surrogacy when the latter attempts suicide. It just didn't come across as a convincing action, backed by a credible justification for the decision.
