The Japanese Wife - this mov ie's recommendation was picked up from Shobaa De's blog .There had been multiple motivations to watch this movie - namely Aparna Sen,Rahul Bose,Japanese culture and Bengali culture.
Bengali is like sugar for ears.Mishti Dohi.I liked the way how whole cast was more or less of Bengali origin-Moushmi Chatterjee, Rahul Bose and Rima Sen.That helps.To bring the original culture to the table esp linguisticwise.(That reminds me of terrible Punjabi spoken by Hema malini in Veer zara, or Ranbir in role of Hindi-speaking-Sardar in Rocket Singh.)
I had already read the story of the movie before watching it- so that spoiled the fun,but still I watched it for its promising factor.One thing I liked about the movie is that the financial background of the lead character is not very strong - but this does not make the scene dismal.Family seems to be happily doing in a village,even though it is one the main reasons why Snehmoy cannoit visit Japan and bring his wife.
The background score is a mix of Oriental music(which I could not help but feel like was more or less Chinese- may be because I have heard such music in Chinese restraunts:P) and folk songs of boatmen in West India.The effect on movie was so profound .that after watching the flooded Malta river in monsoons, for some time, I felt it was raining outside.The atmosphere created in the movie had captured my mind on a sunny day which seemed like a rainy evening in my mind.
It's a beautiful watch with all the characters - delicate and beautiful - colorful -like Japanese kites in Indian sky.
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Huh ..... Sounds like worth watching. Cast and director nevertheless are good expect Rima Sen :-P..See looks unnatural to me in Bong movies.
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Thanks for sharing :)
Sorry, did I mis-spell that , its Raima Sen- but if that's what you feel about her - Rahul Bose and Moushumi Chatterjee will make up for her :).Anyways,she as Sandhya is also an adorable character.You are really torn between the two choices - Sandhya or Miyage as is Snehamoy(Rahul) at certain points in the movie.It is definitely worth a watch.I esp liked the way the name Snehamoy is pronounced by different characters in the movie :P
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