FILM REVIEWS

MAYURAKSHI --  a film review This review is for those who asked me to see the film and post a review so they can decide whether to see it or not. Apologies for not being on the page for some time and taking time to post anything! In fact, after “ Paddigton”, “The World’s Greatest Showman ” and then “ Ashche Abar Shobor ” -- there was nothing much to say apart from the fact that they failed to add any value to your precious experience of bothering to go to the theatre to expect something worthwhile other than a few hours of snoozing.  “ Mayurakshi” maybe a slight departure from it. Directed by Atanu Ghosh, who is also the man behind the story and screenplay, the film is about an aged, loving father and a caring, dutiful son trying to come to terms with the anxiety of losing one’s grip on life and loneliness that engulfs man with the fear of mortality. Atanu Ghosh has strung  some beautiful and poignant moments between father and son together instead ...