Bhuvan Shome (1969) :
Brief Review -
An attempt to put Art Cinema and Experimental Storytelling together fulfills the overall context nicely. Bhuvan Shome is known as Landmark in modern cinema style of Bollywood that begun in late 70s. The film is about Bhuvan Shome, a strict, disciplined and tough civil servant who goes through inner transformation while holidaying and hunting a bird in a Village. His vision to look at things is limited, narrow and confined but then he meets a Beautiful girl Gauri who takes care of all his needs and surprised Bhuvan sees changes in life by the end. I didn't really find it upto the level to be called a Landmark, may be i am saying this in hurry, may be i should wait and see more such films to realise where this film stands. That might happen soon but for now i found it Nice but not a Landmark film. The reason is narrative is simple and it doesn't really offer anything upto Landmark level. One man's realisation about his own life isn't atypical at all. It surely falls in mainstream category but another fact cannot be denied that the storytelling is surely out of the box. Despite simple narrative Bhuvan Shome ends up as a Nice and Solid film because of the Experimental storytelling into art cinema form. This combination is rare and unbelievably pleasant for art lovers. Although film looks very slow in spite of short runtime, the artistic use of Camera and Background Music makes this one a Must Watch. Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay both delivers natural acts and thier expressions are simply outstanding. Mrinal Sen's vision and attempt to bring art cinema into experimental fashion is surely influential and learning lesson for Bollywood filmmakers today. But he did it 5 decades ago, Kudos.. Overall, its a Very Good film and definitely watchable for Art Cinema and Class Lovers.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
An attempt to put Art Cinema and Experimental Storytelling together fulfills the overall context nicely. Bhuvan Shome is known as Landmark in modern cinema style of Bollywood that begun in late 70s. The film is about Bhuvan Shome, a strict, disciplined and tough civil servant who goes through inner transformation while holidaying and hunting a bird in a Village. His vision to look at things is limited, narrow and confined but then he meets a Beautiful girl Gauri who takes care of all his needs and surprised Bhuvan sees changes in life by the end. I didn't really find it upto the level to be called a Landmark, may be i am saying this in hurry, may be i should wait and see more such films to realise where this film stands. That might happen soon but for now i found it Nice but not a Landmark film. The reason is narrative is simple and it doesn't really offer anything upto Landmark level. One man's realisation about his own life isn't atypical at all. It surely falls in mainstream category but another fact cannot be denied that the storytelling is surely out of the box. Despite simple narrative Bhuvan Shome ends up as a Nice and Solid film because of the Experimental storytelling into art cinema form. This combination is rare and unbelievably pleasant for art lovers. Although film looks very slow in spite of short runtime, the artistic use of Camera and Background Music makes this one a Must Watch. Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay both delivers natural acts and thier expressions are simply outstanding. Mrinal Sen's vision and attempt to bring art cinema into experimental fashion is surely influential and learning lesson for Bollywood filmmakers today. But he did it 5 decades ago, Kudos.. Overall, its a Very Good film and definitely watchable for Art Cinema and Class Lovers.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest