Meghe Dhaka Tara is a biopic based on the filmmaker and
script writer, Ritwik Ghatak. The movie directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee is
set in 1969 in a mental asylum where the main character, Nilakanta is admitted
for alcohol detoxification. To Ghatak, film was not merely for entertainment,
but a medium for common man.
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Watching a black and white movie in a theatre for the first
time was a new experience. The movie was informative and portrayed Ghatak’s
effort through Nilakanta. Nilakanta’s inner turmoil, mental strain, his
dissatisfaction with Indian communist politics, disappointments… everything is
well communicated through this movie.
Soumik Halder’s excellent cinematography and the background
score by Debojyoti Mishra added up to the movie’s success. Its haunting music
was apt for each scene whatever the emotion was. Saswata Chaterjee was the perfect choice for
the character and the close up shots proved how talented the actor was.
Dialogues with a bit of humour and satire made us think further. As said in the
movie, the intermediate solution between socialism and communism is alcoholism.
We understand that Nilakanta’s ultimate passion was theatre and his will power
is shown when a patient in the hospital is made to act and dance. The expected
dance scene in the end was brilliant in execution and the whole movie lived up
to its expectation.
Ghatak’s life can be compared to that of Nilkanta in every
way. Society takes a long time to accept an idea and what happened in Ghatak’s
live was the same. He believed that it’s not money but the work of a person
that remains forever. The movie was exceptional with its lighting strategy and
the shifts in scenes in the right proportion.
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