This was a heartbreaking film in many ways. It does focus on too many things and this is a bit of an irritation. They should have focused mainly on the triangle between Balram, Nemai and Uttara. But this film gives us some insight into the psyche of the Indian male.
Two railroad employees who spend their spare time wrestling in an idyllic, sparsely populated and seemingly womanlesss Bengali village share an intense emotional and physical bond. Like Hemingway said men bond in nature without women (not his exact words!). The arrival of a woman when one of the men gets married shatters the bond between the two men.
There are other narratives in the film which entwine with the main narrative of the triangle towards the end. It is not handled very well but the final scenes when the two jealousy driven men are fighting to the death and the woman cries to them to stop is pretty heartbreaking.
The film comes across as authentic but the focus on too many narratives does take away a bit from what is otherwise a pretty fine film.
Two railroad employees who spend their spare time wrestling in an idyllic, sparsely populated and seemingly womanlesss Bengali village share an intense emotional and physical bond. Like Hemingway said men bond in nature without women (not his exact words!). The arrival of a woman when one of the men gets married shatters the bond between the two men.
There are other narratives in the film which entwine with the main narrative of the triangle towards the end. It is not handled very well but the final scenes when the two jealousy driven men are fighting to the death and the woman cries to them to stop is pretty heartbreaking.
The film comes across as authentic but the focus on too many narratives does take away a bit from what is otherwise a pretty fine film.