Comments on: Kolkata Theater : A Personal Snapshot http://nynjbengali.com/archives/453 Sudipta Bhawmik\'s Blog about Bengali life in New York, New Jersey Area Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amitabha Bagchi http://nynjbengali.com/archives/453#comment-2717 Amitabha Bagchi Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:49:47 +0000 http://nynjbengali.com/?p=453#comment-2717 My feelings about "Ruddha Sangeet" are similar to yours. True fans of Debabrata Biswas (or George-da) would swoon over it, of course, but the drama is really a series of episodes -- much like the movie "Gandhi" -- and most of them have little in terms of dramatic impact. So non-bhaktas would be less impressed. "Patal Babu Filmstar" had too much Bengali sentimetality for my taste -- the ennobling power of poverty, for instance -- and was mediocre at best. I very much liked "Hutum Bhagaban," though, because it was unpretentious and funny, and had very good acting by two child actors. My feelings about “Ruddha Sangeet” are similar to yours. True fans of Debabrata Biswas (or George-da) would swoon over it, of course, but the drama is really a series of episodes — much like the movie “Gandhi” — and most of them have little in terms of dramatic impact. So non-bhaktas would be less impressed.

“Patal Babu Filmstar” had too much Bengali sentimetality for my taste — the ennobling power of poverty, for instance — and was mediocre at best. I very much liked “Hutum Bhagaban,” though, because it was unpretentious and funny, and had very good acting by two child actors.

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