*ing: Konkana Sen Sharma, Aparna Sen, Rajat Kapoor, Koushik Sen, Priyanshu Chatterjee
Genre: Drama, Romance
'Iti Mirnali' ... after a long ... long ... real long time I watched a Bengali movie and I loved it. Makes more sense to watch regional Indian movies rather than mainstream Bollywood movies (exceptions do happen in Bollywood, but most of them are trash). I am impressed with 'Iti Mrinalini' to say the least. It's a story of a yesteryear Bengali actress who is now leading a retired life, her life of youth, glamor and glossy fame are now more of less over. She sits in her apartment one evening lamenting on how her life has been and recollects what she learnt first while she entered filmdom and that was a lesson on timing - the perfect timing for making an entry and an exit from the stage. In life our entrance is beyond our control however we can choose our timing of exit ... in other words she contemplates suicide thinking it's best to exit the stage of life when the timing is just right. Protoganist Mrinalini (younger Mrinalini played by Konkana Sen Sharma and older Mrinalini played by Aparna Sen) has been shown as a control freak who always wants to be in complete control of her life ... however life has a different plan set for us and we may not be always in control. The screenplay shows Mrinalini writing a suicide note and while she is writing the note she is looking at objects and memories that surround her in her apartment, trying to recollecting how her life has been, what she achieved, what she missed, what she felt proud of and what she laments. Most of the flashback story focuses on her relations with the men in her life. The ending has a nice twist ... when the sun comes up ... Mrinalini is shown tearing her suicide note wearing a smile on her face ... however fate has something else in store and then something unexpected happens. I loved the climax ... had she taken those pills it would have been a dull and boring end to a fantastic film.
The cast has done an amazing job, needless to mention Konkana, Aparna, Rajat are extremely talented actors however surprise surprise ... Koushik Sen adds a magical touch with his pivotal role. Oh BTW, the movie has been written and directed by Aparna Sen ... I love it when the writer, director and actor are the same person ... they always make a better film.
Bottom-line: Not the 10/10 .... but I guess 7 would be good enough. The movie is available in Bengali and Hindi with subs in English ... positively worth a watch ... trust me you won't be disappointed. Oh ... BTW ... Konkana looks gorgeous in those somewhat retro looks ..... droooll!! ;-)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521223/
Genre: Drama, Romance
'Iti Mirnali' ... after a long ... long ... real long time I watched a Bengali movie and I loved it. Makes more sense to watch regional Indian movies rather than mainstream Bollywood movies (exceptions do happen in Bollywood, but most of them are trash). I am impressed with 'Iti Mrinalini' to say the least. It's a story of a yesteryear Bengali actress who is now leading a retired life, her life of youth, glamor and glossy fame are now more of less over. She sits in her apartment one evening lamenting on how her life has been and recollects what she learnt first while she entered filmdom and that was a lesson on timing - the perfect timing for making an entry and an exit from the stage. In life our entrance is beyond our control however we can choose our timing of exit ... in other words she contemplates suicide thinking it's best to exit the stage of life when the timing is just right. Protoganist Mrinalini (younger Mrinalini played by Konkana Sen Sharma and older Mrinalini played by Aparna Sen) has been shown as a control freak who always wants to be in complete control of her life ... however life has a different plan set for us and we may not be always in control. The screenplay shows Mrinalini writing a suicide note and while she is writing the note she is looking at objects and memories that surround her in her apartment, trying to recollecting how her life has been, what she achieved, what she missed, what she felt proud of and what she laments. Most of the flashback story focuses on her relations with the men in her life. The ending has a nice twist ... when the sun comes up ... Mrinalini is shown tearing her suicide note wearing a smile on her face ... however fate has something else in store and then something unexpected happens. I loved the climax ... had she taken those pills it would have been a dull and boring end to a fantastic film. The cast has done an amazing job, needless to mention Konkana, Aparna, Rajat are extremely talented actors however surprise surprise ... Koushik Sen adds a magical touch with his pivotal role. Oh BTW, the movie has been written and directed by Aparna Sen ... I love it when the writer, director and actor are the same person ... they always make a better film.
Bottom-line: Not the 10/10 .... but I guess 7 would be good enough. The movie is available in Bengali and Hindi with subs in English ... positively worth a watch ... trust me you won't be disappointed. Oh ... BTW ... Konkana looks gorgeous in those somewhat retro looks ..... droooll!! ;-)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521223/
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