Film Review<\/em>
\nGhetu Putro Kamola<\/strong>
\nAn authentic sketch of lowlands and a dead art<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/a>The vast lowlands in the eastern part of Bangladesh are truly enigmatic. What remain as dry land throughout the year, during monsoon these areas take a completely different look. This waterlogged state that approximately lasts for three to four months, limits mobility, thus initiating a dull state of inertia. As the proverb goes, \u201can idle brain is the workshop of devil\u201d, this state of inertia initiates a strange\u00a0practice in the name of recreation.
\nIn Humayun Ahmed’s latest and last film, \u201cGhetu Putro Kamola\u201d, one finds a detailed account of this strange way of life. Highlighting a cultural tradition that is now extinct — \u201cGhetu Gaan\u201d, the film depicts the joys and sorrows of the inhabitants of this lowland. It is essentially a sketch of the landscape and lifestyle.
\nPerhaps the film became the most anticipated one in Bangladesh, in recent times, because of Ahmed’s sudden departure. Readers and audiences are hugely grateful to this remarkable storyteller for providing a detailed sketch of life in the lowlands in his numerous stories and this film.
\nCommunal bliss, festivity, exuberance as well as dark and shocking social practices are brilliantly depicted in Ahmed’s writings; he did the same with his last project.
\nWe have seen the mighty feudal lords in many of Ahmed’s writings and TV plays, films. We are familiar with their arrogance, their cruelty and their benevolence. Yet, when they come across as individuals, we can dissect their good and evil sides easily.
\nThe landlord (played by Tariq Anam Khan) in \u201cGhetu Putro Kamola\u201d is a helpless one.
\nSometimes the landlord’s need for recreation turn into lust and the film narrates the tragic outcome of this lust. The victim, Kamola (Mamun), a young boy singing and dancing as a girl, who entertains the landlord, faces this tragedy.
\nWe saw Ahmed’s successful depictions of landlords — portrayed by mighty actors such as Asaduzzaman Noor and Abul Hayat — before. The teaming up of another bold actor, Khan, and Ahmed could be considered the key to this film’s success.
\nThere are representatives of conscience in the film — the big-headed but practically listless artist Shah Alam (Agun); the dance trainer of the Ghetu team (Pran Roy) and the imam of the mosque (Abdullah Rana).
\nUnlike his previous films such as \u201cAguner Paroshmoni\u201d, \u201cSrabon Megher Din\u201d and \u201cAmar Achhey Jol\u201d which are adaptations of his literary works, Ahmed penned a brand new story for his latest film. The story is fascinating as his other works.
\nSome brilliant camera work, especially in the scene where Kamola is roaming around on the rooftop, playing with the landlord’s daughter, or the flashbacks, or the starting sequence — makes the film aesthetically enriched.
\nThe cast also includes Tamalika Karmakar, Baul Abdul Kuddus Bayati and his troupe, Ani and Prapti. Shitalong Fakir’s song \u201cShua Urilo\u201d has been used throughout the film as the background score, though the credits mention Ram Kanai Das as the composer. Some of Ahmed’s own compositions — such as \u201cJamunar Jol Dekhte Kalo\u201d — have been sung by Fazlur Rahman Babu and Baul Shafi Mandal.
\nMahfuzur Rahman Khan as director of photography, Salimullah as editor and Maqsud Jamil Mintu and SI Tutul as music directors have done well. Emon Saha directed the background music.
\nProduced by Impress Telefilm Ltd. and presented by Pran Jhalmuri, the film premiered at Balaka Cine World in Dhaka on September 5. The film will have its public release today, at Balaka and Star Cineplex in Dhaka.<\/p>\n

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