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Ummmmm,Chorabali has its perks, its moments, its stars, and its definitely not a wastage of money. Shohidujjaman Selim, ATM Shamsujjaman and Iresh Zaker all gave a terrific performance. Especially Selim, he demands a standing ovation. Inndraneil was the perfect protagonist for this film, though I had my doubts whether he could pull it off, and well, he did. The rest of the cast really let the movie down. And the screenplay was good, really good, but only partially, as Selim's, Indraneil's and ATM's character continuously stole the spotlight. Some of their dialogues would dig themselves deep into your skulls and will soon be spreading mouth to mouth. Soundtrack was really bad. Cinematography was good though, worth watching. To me, the story seemed like homage to our clichéd stories of films. The item song was horrible, musically and visually, seemed like "a high school production at its worst". Kudos to the director for making a two-hour-entertainer for us crowds, and a solid entertainer at that. It's not an unintended parody like MA Jalil ones, it's not that memes based on the film entertains you, the film entertains you. Must be a bright future ahead, for the director, and our film industry

You know, when you watch a film like this, you can't help remembering Boys Don't Cry. Of course, it's a TV film, and the actor who played Gwen didn't do bad in his portrayal, he indeed seemed comfortable, we see an even better portrayal of the mother.

Perhaps we should not make a comparison due to it being an independent film. It didn't fully connect many a viewers emotionally, but it is indeed a good approach to raise visibility and acceptance, and uphold Gwen's legacy, which it set out to do. Wish someone made a feature film on Gwen's life, but if one day a film like that does get made, it would be for the smaller efforts like this...which does not follow the crappy old way of treating transgenderness as a comic element.

Kudos to the director for trying something new, and necessary!!