Summary: The story of Hemlock
Society is about a man who runs a workshop to help people get rid of the
yearning for suicide and the turmoil brought about with the entrance of an
utterly depressed girl. The moral of the story -- kill yourself if you wish but
don’t influence others. This movie celebrates life in its own way and is a
landmark in the Bengali Film Industry.
To be
honest, Hemlock Society is the celebration of a Bengali romantic satire. It
gives us a new look towards life. The main obstacle that the director Srijit
Mukherjee might have faced while making this movie was the success of his
previous two movies, Autograph and BaisheySrabon. While both were loved by the
critics and audiences alike, the question was whether the movie has the same
maturity as Autograph or can it scale the high standards set by Baishey Srabon.
Keeping all comparisons aside, we can say that the movie is a beautiful
celebration of life.
For people
who were skeptic about the fact that a movie which is based on assisted-suicide
will be dark, they were not completely wrong. The daughter, who cannot tolerate
her mother, is lonely, dealing with post-breakup and professional issues – the script had all the ingredients to make a dark
and gory movie. However surprisingly, the movie celebrates life. Although there
are some very serious issues concerning relationships, the film is not devoid
of any fun. However, just as you arestarting to have fun, a dialogue or a scene
just wipes the smile off your face.
Let us
now discuss the characters and how they have been portrayed. Parambrata,
playing the role of Ananda Kar, does complete justice to the character. He has
done complete justice to his new-found name of being the gen-next Rajesh Khanna
of the Bengali Film Industry. It was a tough ask for Koel who has been
portraying lively characters for most of her films.
Credits
to the director for presenting her in a completely new light and let’s hope
this opens up more scopes for this versatile and immensely talented actress. After
a long time will we see veteran actor Dipankar Dey playing a character with so
many shades. Roopa Ganguly essays the role of Koel’s stepmother with elegance.
Apart
from these, we have a host of actors from the Bengali Film Fraternity playing
faculty members of the Society. The host of characters
include Soumitra Chatterjee (col.
Samaresh Bagchi), Sabyasachi Chakraborty (Dhomoni Ghosh), Sabitri Chatterjee
(Jhulon Gupta), Barun Chanda (Trenlet Biswas); Raj Chakraborty as
Setu Venkatraman; Bratya Basu as Raktim Ganguly; Sudeshna Guha as Shikha Goon; and
Sohag Sen (Miss CellaNeous). All these characters have their own brand of comedy
and they are a treat to watch.
Another
point for Srijit which has clicked is the competence and ability of his crew.
The film excels in cinematography with excellent editing and synchronized
background score. The Art Direction deserves special mention because of the
choice of colors. Workshop rooms are painted in black covered with suicide-notes
while white is the color for prayer rooms. The tracks by Anupam Roy have a sad
undercurrent flowing through them.
All in
all, Hemlock Society deserves to be watched by all and sundry as this movie
celebrates life and also celebrates those people who know how to celebrate
life.
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