Dada’r Kirti....
Aaahhh..!!! Should I say this is incredible.... or should I say it is awesome...
or should I simply say it’s "Simple & Sweet". Don’t think I’ve just passed a
simplistic comment. Trust me, Dada’r Kirti is the movie that truly
justifies the comment. Dada’r Kirti, which means 'deeds of
my big brother', is a tale of a simpleton named Kedar Chatujje (Chatterjee),
played by veteran Bengali superstar Tapas
Pal. The movie is based on the story written by legendary Sharadindu
Bandyopadhay with the similar name. Kedar is a dim-witted young boy, who was
been trying to clear his final year BA exams for three years but was not able
do so. For his regular failures, Kedar’s father got immensely angry and sent to
him to his uncle’s home who stays in a small village of Bihar.
The simple minded Kedar becomes the
butt of all jokes of his cousin Santosh alias Santu’s (Ayan Banerjee) gang of
friends led by Bhombol Bhattacharjee also known as Bhombolda (Anup Kumar). They
always tried to make a fool out of Kedar. On one such incident, which is my favorite sequence too, kedar was out for a morning walk. Suddenly he stops on a melodious
voice coming from a neighboring house. Saraswati (Mahua Roychoudhury) was
singing certain morning raga and Kedar was in a trance while listening to her
song. Suddenly Bhombol drops in and he pulled kedar to saraswati’s house. Introduced
him as Santanu’s cousine’s bro and flaunted him as a renowned Bhajan singer.
Hoping Kedar will make a fool out of him in-front of everyone, Bhombol provoked
kedar to sing a Bhajan. And to everyone’s surprise, Kedar’s Bhajan has blown
the minds of everybody present there.
Dada’r Kirti is full of
such fun sequences and you’ll never find a moment when you feel disconnected
with the story. Tapas Pal’s remarkable performance as a dewy-eyed lad with a
purest of heart will make you feel to take him home with you. As a debutant he
registered the fact that he’s going to stay and rule the industry for the
coming years. Everyone else including Mahua
Roychoudhury as Saraswati, Debashree Roy as Bini (Debut), Anup Kumar as Bhombol
Bhattacharjee, Ayan Banerjee as Santosh, Sandhya Roy as Boudi (of Santosh),
Kali Banerjee as Saraswati & Bini's father and Ruma Guha Thakurta as
Saraswati & Bini's mother had justified their roles.
Though the movie was released on
1980 and is among one of the epics of Bengali cinema; it would be criminal from my end
if I don’t disclose the fact that I say the film few days back for the first
time... :P You may blame me for being such a knave or may laugh at my ignorance –
but am still happy that I saw this movie. All credit goes to Sree who searched
the YouTube link for me and pushed me to watch it. My outlook and knowledge about
Bengali movies is really narrow; still am happy that I’ve started exploring
them bit by bit.
As of now, I can guarantee, if
simplicity is what excites you, and sooths you at the same time, Dada’r
Kirti is a must watch for you :)
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