No Bed of Roses

I was really waited for this movie for a long time.But its really a disappointment. There is no story and its very very slow. If u have insomnia then try it. I think you'll be benefited.The acting was good and also the cinematography. But it had no story-line. Like a living man without a purpose. Save your money and save you valuable time.

A poorly scripted, poorly crafted, poorly composed with huge pretention of an art film dating to last century. Some interesting architecture and beautiful outdoor locale relieved the tedium. Irfan is wasted in this Indo- Bangladesh production a year ahead of falling seriously ill.

The poster boy of our Bangladeshi cinema Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was my idol,thought he was the guy who will bring revolution to cinema and give our cinema a new language and set a benchmark that young film makers will follow.But seeing his last couple of films i think our industry has to wait a bit longer to find a trendsetter.Now coming to the film i must say farooki outdone himself in this movie.he is like in a competition with himself how to make the worst movie than the previous one.He had the opportunity to make an epic movie at least a decent one as the story of the film revolves around famous writer in Bangladesh and people were hyped about it.Then he had this ridiculous idea to cast an indo international star who can barely speak bangla but portrays a bengali film director.Tried to tell the story in non linear way but failed miserably.The film didn't gave me any emotional attachment to the characters and i felt the film was very shallow.I dont mind watching slow paced cinema or if its over 3 hours as long it holds the attention but irfans acting with farookis trademark tacky camera movement the film become intolerable.The film should be called Doob:102 mints of DISAPPOINTMENT .At least the title will give a heads up to the people.

The real-life events this movie is based on was a huge scandal and a movie about that is likely to catch the attention of those who have heard of the scandal. It's an art house film. It stars famous actors from Bangladesh and West Bengal. To top it off, the star is Irrfan Khan of both Bollywood and Hollywood fame. This movie should have international acclaim. Expectations are high. And it disappoints. Terrible pacing. Characters are not established well. If you didn't know the backstory, you'd be hopelessly lost. If you know the backstory, you still need to work really hard to map the fictional characters to the real-life people. The dialogue felt unnatural. And it was So. Slow. I was expecting a nuanced depiction of the scandal, but it the movie only ever scratched the surface and never dug deep. It wasted all it's time on irrelevant flashback shots.

A portrayal of a fathers dilemma contradicting with a man's psychology which leads towards frustration and a never ending suffocation!

We all know the story and the characters well enough! Now if we stick to that, "Doob" might a bit bizarre and puts you in disguise! But what if we consider it as a tale of "Mr. Javed Hasan".? It's apparently palatable.

Doob is not that a pacy film but not boring either. Second half had better grip than the first. What I really feel about the film, it contains less content and ends suddenly.

Mr. Khan stole the show with minor glitches as he was apparently not use to the language and this kind of unorthodox filmmaking but he did justice to the character. I wish "Saberi" were played by Parno instead of Tisha, though both of them acted "thikthak". Bothered of Prachi's act. She might have portrayed a character of less expression but she seemed totally pale!

Talking of the filmmaking, it's the same old preset of Farooki with a bit of mature cinematography this time. Though the cinematography is utterly captivating but it got a bit overcooked as the story gets lost in it! Music and background score was good but there should have an another song! To some extent i do feel Doob is made only for the international festival purposes and not appropriate for the local hall ambiances.

The reasons behind most of the audiences are castigating Doob is that it promised a lot with keeping them waited and guessed for a long time. Nonetheless it's also uttered to be the most ambitious project of Farooki after a long hiatus which portrayed their hero! in a satirical way.

Its not Bachelor, Made in Bangladesh or even Television, it's Doob and you cannot enjoy it with a laughter. Keep calm, find an appropriate companion, expect less, forget Mr. Ahmed and concentrate on Mr. Hasan....you might love it!