A COMMENT ON CLASS DIVIDE

I Nadkarnigives Hashmi an entirefilm

I toflaunt hisskills.

I Nadkarniand co-writerRakesh JadhavdrawfromTagore's 1918

I shortstory KhokababurProttaborton, I and reimaginethe plotintheearly 1 seventies.Thiswasanerathat marked the end ofprivatecoal mines

I in India. Raicharan (SharibHashmi)

I isa loyal darbaan in thehousehold

I ofone such mineowner(Harsh Chhaya),and hisjobisto lookafter

I the miner's infantson, Anukul.The I yearspass, and Anukul is nowa fine youngman (Sharad Kelkar). Raicharan I is presentlyentrusted withthejob of I lookingafterAnukul's littleboySiddhu.

I However,a twistoffateawaits

I Raicharan,onethatwill changelifefor allcharactersofthestoryforever.

I Nadkarni andteamworkwiththe

I basicoutlineofTagore'swork, but I havealtered a lotofthestoryline, obviouslytosuitmodern-daytastes I andfita simplistic, mainstream I cinema narrative.Credibly,thefilm I remainsa visuallyappealingperiod 1 piece.Thecinematography(Amalendu Chaudhary) vividlycapturesa sleepy I EastIndian coalminetownand 1 adjoiningscenic landscape.

Thestoryunfoldsata relaxed I pace.It isalmostas if Nadkarni I wastryingto underlinetheold-world I charmaboutthefilm'ssetting,as wellasthe virtueofselflessnessit professesthrough Raicharan'sfinal actofsacrifice. Itisanactthatis, I idealisticallyspeaking, momentous. Butitcouldseem hardto relateto I formanyinthis dayandage.Without I givingawayspoilers, Raicharan'sfinal sacrifice, romanticised as it is, gives thestorya heart-warmingclosure. ForSharib Hashmi,this ishis biggestrolesincethe2014 release Filmistaan, andalsomoreintricate thanthatfilm inthe playofemotions itdemands.The actordoesbrilliantly and Raicharan resonates inyour mind longafterthefilm.Almostall ofthe castfittheirroles perfectly, notably Sharad Kelkarasthegrown-upAnukul and Rasika Dugal as Raicharan'swife Bhuri.

Nadkarni'sfilmavoidsthedeeper psychological contextsofTagore's story. It remainspoignantdrama, nonetheless, weavinga commenton classdivide into itsstoryofan affluent scion and hiscaretakerwithout gettingtoo in-your-face about it.

Vinayak Chakravorty

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