Moner Manush

Gautam Ghosh usually makes films that you can enjoy with the heart. Moner Manush is also one of them. The movie tells us about the story of a Sufi-Singer Lalon aka Lalon Fakir. His poems are usually called "Lalon-Giti". Both the starting and the finishing are awesome, regarding, as the whole movie is in between! Prosenjit as Lalon acted superb. There is a mix of Bangladeshi and Indian actors and actresses in the movie that eventually tells us the whole point, as songs are not only with any land or any region rather it is for the universe, the planet and the whole wide globe. The movie might seem a bit slow. The songs are well sung according to me. But the truth is you'll never know when it's going to end. So, just watch the movie and see it for yourself.

Gautam ghose did an amazing job in directing, doing the cinematography and moreover by writing the wonderful script of MONER MANUSH. It is an incredible story telling through celluloid. I will recommend everybody to see this movie. The songs of Lalon Fakir & their philosophy are immortal always and a true justice to them has been done in this film. The eternal quest for self is so inevitable for everyone and we do not realize that. Moner Manush seems to inculcate this through the vision of Lalon with accurate delineation. Capturing the time of this legend is another forte of Mr. Ghose. The social turbulence and narrow cast system of then was portrayed properly. How a man without any education is teaching the society the futile notion of cast system through his songs & philosophy is amazing.

Gautam Ghose should be commended for making a film like 'Moner Manush.' The film is based on a story by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It revolves around the life of a singing Baul minstrel. Bauls are folksy singers from Bengal and the experience of listening to 'em is usually a sublime one.

The protagonist Lalan Fakir belonged to a Hindu family and once was abandoned after mistakenly presumed to have died after a boat capsize. He was rescued and nursed back to life by a Muslim family. The film also explores the deep animosity that exists in the rural villages between Hindus and Muslims. In one touching scene, when the protagonist returns to his village and family after having regained his power of recalling the past, which he had lost when he was abandoned, the villagers don't trust his claim of being one of them, and even his mother and wife who were convinced of his identity refused to go with him, because they considered him to have lost his 'purity' after living with the Muslim family.

The film also depicts the way of living of the simple singing clan and the deep philosophical thought that pervades their existence in spite of being illiterate from the perspective of a modern man. In this respect, Lalan is much similar with Sree Ramakrishna, the divine saint of Hinduism. The narrative style of simultaneous progression of flashback of the protagonist at his old age and his story from his youth is handled deftly. Prasenjit gives an outstanding performance in the central role. Others in the cast includes Indraneil Sengupta, Paoli Dam and others. The cinematography is spectacular and captures the rural backdrop with much finesse.

Incredible story ....best casting ..best film...best location....

I was surprised last year when I heard Goutam Ghose directed a film on Lalan Fakir and Prosenjit Chatterjee is starring as Lalan. I thought what a terrible curse is going to fall on Bengali film's.

I watched over tons of Prosenjit Chatterjee's movie when I was a child. I hate all his commercial films as a rationalistic quality-film lover. But it is my greatness to see some exceptional acting by Prosenjit Chatterjee in "Moner Manush".

Director Goutam Ghose lefts no criticism to the viewers. His brilliant efforts makes the film above and beyond in sanctity. The location is perfectly going with the central theme. We studied Lalan Fakir in our history of Bengali Literature and the director has visualized every scene like eye witness.

I should not tell the story just to increase lines. The film is completely discoverable. The best biographical film ever made in Indian Film History. I am giving 9.5/10 in this review.

As the film ends my facebook status was: "A must watch biographical film. The world should watch or the world would miss. The choice is your's." No more words "excellent".