Ektu Sore Bosun

Ektu Sore Bosun is a Bengali social comedy drama film directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and produced by Anindya Dasgupta.^[1] This film is based on a short story Pasha Pashi by novelist Balaichand Mukhopadhyay.^[2] It was released on 24 November 2023^[3][4] under the banner of Big Cat Films.^[5][6]

Ektu Sore Bosun
Directed by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Screenplay by	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Based on	Pasha Pashi of novelist Banaphul
Produced by	Anindya Dasgupta
Starring	Ritwik Chakraborty Paoli Dam Paran Bandopadhyay Ishaa Saha Payel Sarkar Rajatava Dutta Kharaj Mukherjee
Cinematography	Saurav Banerjee
Edited by	Arghyakamal Mitra
Release date	24 November 2023 (2023-11-24)
Running time	2 hr 25 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Plot

Guddu, a young Sanskrit graduate come from Begunbagicha village to Kolkata for a job. His love interest Piu and other family members also come there to keep an eye on him. Guddu becomes a hero because he accidentally does few brave act. It creates a series of funny incidents.^[7]

Cast

• Ritwik Chakraborty as Guddu
• Paoli Dam
• Paran Bandyopadhyay
• Ishaa Saha
• Payel Sarkar
• Rajatava Dutta
• Kharaj Mukherjee
• Biswanath Basu
• Manasi Sinha^[8]

Reception

Poorna Banerjee of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote " Throughout the film, the dialogues deliver satiric commentaries relevant to the current political and social scenario. Although there are some loose ends and some characters appear without any proper context, the film is ought to give some food for thought."^[9] Randeep Naskar of Ei Samay wrote "The film felt like a fresh air in the landscape of Bengali cinema. Although it seems unnecessarily extended and some scenes don't appear to be connected well, the acting and director's vision has successfully created a scenario of today's society."^[10] Akash Misra of Sangbad Pratidin rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote " The apt acting of the cast combined with the background score, songs and comedic dialogues has made this nonsense humorous film to be sensible.'^[11]

References

1. "Ektu Sore Bosun: Ritwick, Paoli and Ishaa in Kamaleswar's next". OTTPlay. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
2. "The first look of Ektu So Re Boshun". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
3. "Kamaleswar says his film 'Ektu Sore Bosun' will offer subtle humour with a serious message". The Times of India. 17 October 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. Goswami, Ranita (29 October 2023). "একটু সরে বসুন! ঋত্বিককে নিয়ে যত্ত কাণ্ডকারখানা, শহরে আসছে নতুন ভাই 'গুড্ডু'". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
5. "কমলেশ্বরের সফর সঙ্গী পাওলি-ঋত্বিক-ইশা-পায়েল, চলছে 'একটু সরে বসুন' এর শ্যুটিং". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
6. Ananda, A. B. P. (12 May 2023). "বনফুলের গল্প নিয়ে কমলেশ্বরের নতুন ছবি, অভিনয়ে ঋত্বিক, পাওলি, ইশা, পায়েল". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
7. Ananda, A. B. P. (28 October 2023). "বনফুলের গল্প এবার সেলুলয়েডে, কমলেশ্বর মুখোপাধ্যায় বলছেন 'একটু সরে বসুন'!". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
8. "Ritwick Chakraborty: চাকরি খুঁজছেন ঋত্বিক চক্রবর্তী, নেটপাড়ায় পোস্ট অভিনেতার". Zee24Ghanta.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
9. "Ektu Sore Boshun Movie Review : A plain tale of social hypocrisie".
10. "একটুও না সরে বসে এই মিনিংফুল কমেডি দেখুন!" (in Bengali).
11. "হাসির মোড়কে বাস্তব নিয়ে সত্যকথন, ভাবনাকে উসকে দেবে 'একটু সরে বসুন"" (in Bengali).