Chittagong (2012) - Movie Review
Chittagong depicts a story of a small piece of British ruled Bengal that is not very much remembered in Indian history. The story shows the year of 1930 when a school teacher Suriya Sen (played by Manoj Bajpayee) leads some young people to take on the British forces. Chittagong shows the revolution and rise of the youngest lanky fighter Jhunku (played by Delzad Hiwale) to the freedom fighter Subodh Roy.
‘Chittagong’ revolves around the battle for freedom with the vision of a 14 years old boy Jhunku. He conquers his own distressing self-doubts besides fighting the doubts of the freedom struggle.
‘Chittagong’ portrays the historical tome and is a believable watch. Filmmaker Bedabrata Pain carefully brings the lives of such period and shows as much emotion as necessary in the tale. The story of ‘Chittagong’ reveals that the success sooner or later will tug at your heartstrings and fill you with a flow of pleasure. Bedabrata Pain also brings Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vega Tamotia as Nirmal Sen and Pritilata Waddekar that brings a new life to the movie.
’Chittagong’ begins on a fast pace that do not bore its audience for a single time. The film possesses various movements for viewers to be drawn to its story. The acting score is really high and this is the strongest point that holds audience’s attentions and they keep glued to their seats. Manoj Bajpayee as Suriya Sen is splendid whereas Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Nirmal Sen looks great and knows his job. All actors are praiseworthy in their own roles.
Eric Zimmerman has done a great job with cinematography and deserves to be praised. Samir Chanda brings a splendid production design and Neelnajana Ghosh is fantastic with his costumes. ’Chittagong’ undoubtedly, is a teamwork that successfully presents the scenario of British India of the year 1930. Shankar Ehsaan Loy’s composition brings soul and melody to ‘Chittagong’ and works well with the big screen.
To sum up, ‘Chittagong’ is a one time watch movie and deserves much appreciation.
