Posted January 13, 2014 under Special Story By Annesh Bilas Thakur
Top Debutante Directors of 2013: A Year in Review
A
year in Review for Bengali Cinema is always a positive thing for the industry and 2013 has been no different!
From within a myriad of films like Aborto, Bakita Byaktigoto, Phoring among others, Tollywood looks to have taken the right step forward. But will this be a giant leap for times to come?
We at Tollywood Dhamaka take a look back at 2013 with our ranking of the Top Debutante Directors in the last year.
Whilst we have attempted to rank the best from the rest in our Power Listings, we humbly deny ranking the following two individuals for their debut films but certainly rate them tied-for the penultimate position among the Debutante Directors:
Indranil Roy Choudhury for his very courageous way of taking on a different agenda of sexual awakening in an adolescent boy expressed through beautiful mise-en-scene in his film ‘Phoring’ would be ranked very high on our list. Even though he had directed a short film in ‘Ek Mutho Chhobi’ previously, Phoring is certainly his debut in the full length feature film sector; and what a beautiful film it has been.
Enjoying a tie with Indranil Roy Choudhury would be debutante director Pradipta Bhattacharya, at the penultimate position on our list. His film ‘Bakita Byaktigoto’ was presented by Srijit Mukherjee, and the support went a long way in ensuring the film released theatrically. We salute Pradipta for telling a very unusual story in a very unconventional manner except for some repeat shots that make the film needlessly long. All in all, it’s certainly a good film, and we encourage all to watch the film during its second theatrical release.
However, certainly taking all the accolades and the proverbial cake, for being the Best Debutante Director2013 would be a veteran actor – yes, it is Arindam Sil for ‘Aborto’ – where he weaves in a beautiful story of two brothers on the one hand and some intriguing sub-plots on the other where we are persuaded to question again and again the true definition of success. Also for the very unconventional casting that has led the film to a beautiful story-telling exercise, we salute him. Absolute kudos!
We certainly look forward to their second and successive films in 2014 and the torch of Tollywood surely has passed onto important and able hands in the past year.
Compilation by: Shoma A Chatterji & Annesh Bilas Thakur
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