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2/10
A Pathetic attempt at Modernity!
jesse1378818 March 2009
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The director is confused-- what does he want to do? Does he want to make a bold movie with some lewd one-liners and steamy situations; Or a touching story of three girls on the edge of desperation; Or an art film with slow-mo conversations and occasional, irritating psychedelic freeze-frames!

The movie is as confused as a Shilajit music video (and Shilajit's music bringing up the rear with lines like 'Bishh diye Bhat mekhe khai' {I take poison with rice})but at least in the videos, this ambiguity works, unlike they do in this movie! So Rii looks hot with her clothes on, and her every minute change of clothes does nothing much to steam up the movie, or the every hour partner-change either! Mallika in that restrained role with a taxi-driver doesn't really get the viewer's sympathy! Same fate awaits the whole transsexual angle!

It's time "bold" directors should learn that being 'radical' doesn't involve making inane movies with sexual connotations! Bishh is all about a good plot possibility laid to waste by a director who's (probably) too ashamed to even let his full name known: all gimmicks (including the directors name-change from Kaushik Mukherjee to Q)come to nothing if you don't have a good script, brother!
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9/10
Bishh (2009)A Pathetic attempt of a Reviewer
me-orthodox15 July 2014
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Jagannathbabu, Do you know what You have written in the name of Film Critiques If You know you would have kick your self first . You are still belongs from stone age days, always find some story hero heroine villein and finally all is end when end is well . Each frame of this film is wonderfully presenting like a painting . your conventional mind doesn't prepare to accept it There is no story as such this Film . well , This is the film beyond a film ,and that's the story of the film . nice shot division and most artistic way of editing This film is a kaleidoscopic presentation . and not a typical conventional treatment. here is the beauty of the film. Actually You Never came out from Arundhuti / ami shudhu cheyechi tomay / Goynar Basko Types Movies. your problem is about script there is no script at all, Don't expect scripted movie in this Contained It doesn't mean I'm Not belittling these movies but other side there is other type of movie which related 'post boom' 'magic realism' where the concept of film has changed ,This is land mark in it's own way
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9/10
It is better than most Bengali films
erikahurst4 September 2009
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Well, considering the rubbish that is churned out by Prosenjit and MLA Fatakeshto gang, Bishh is thousand times better. The cinematography, editing and music was really good ! I agree that the story was weak and could have been more emotional, but hey, haven't we seen worse films ? Why don't we give new Bengali cinema a chance ? Why as a race are we so overly critical ? What works of cinema have we produced post Ray that we can call world class ? Bishh is not perfect, but such small, independent low budget films need to be supported for the future... At least someone is trying to do something different. Instead of being so overly critical of regional cinema we should support it and help it to reach the status it once enjoyed in the past days of Uttam Kumar, Satyajit Ray and Riwik Ghatak !!
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