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Monday, September 19, 2011

The Film Chaplin Through My Eyes

CHAPLIN, the word reminds one of a great personality named Charles Spencer Chaplin who along with his ‘Tramp’ is still alive in the heart of millions. Tollywood actor Rudranil Ghosh worked recently in Aninda Bondhopadhaya’s film named CHAPLIN under the production of Purnendu Roy and Subhojit Roy.

The film is about a father called Bongshi Das and his little son called Nimua. Rudranil Ghosh played the character of Bongshi Das. He used to perform the mimicry of Chaplin in birthday parties, marriage receptions and other occasions. Chaplin inspired Bongshi from his childhood when he accompanied his master to watch the films of Charles Chaplin. Mimicking the acts of Legendary Chaplin he won the hearts of people and earned little money. The role of Nimua was played by Master Soham. Nimua lost his mother and to him his father was his world. He called his father ‘Ustad’ in the film. Nimua was a child who was deprived of the glories of childhood. Once he went to a birthday party where Bongshi would perform and there he saw the birthday boy celebrating his birthday. The room was full of balloons, lights, people, merriment and of course a big cake for everyone to have their share. From that day Nimua dreamt of celebrating his own birthday in the same fashion. However, the harsh reality told a different story. They were so poor that they hardly ate more than once in a day. Sometimes it was difficult for them to eat even once.

The character of Nimua taught many things. The little son was a great support to his father. He accompanied Bongshi everywhere, encouraged him and sometimes managed him also. Once Bongshi returned home drunk and Nimua managed him in such a way that reminded one of the role of the son in the Italian film ‘The Bicycle Thief’ by Vittorio De Sica.

The true picture of poverty that the director gave in the film was excellent. Bongshi and Nimua had bread poured in water and pretended that they were having the bread with the broth of meat; Nimua saw a designer dress displayed in the shop and was lost for a while. Then he and Bongshi compromised with their fate and pretend to be happy with their torn woolen sweater. These scenes and several others touched the heart.

There was a character called Rina who was the teacher of Nimua. Rina was a very kind person and she had a great role in changing the fate of Bongshi. Srijit Mukherjee after ‘Iti Mrinalini’ acted in this film also. His name was Indra in the film. He was Rina’s boyfriend. Indra was a renowned figure in the Tollywood cinema industry. In a scene Indra was irritated by the acts of Bongshi at a party and slapped him. So, in the beginning he played a negative role and tried to stop Bongshi from moving towards success. But later he was also impressed with his talent. Bongshi always called himself an artist; not a mimicry performer. He always had a dream of reaching to the top with his acting talent. Finally he proved himself by winning a reality show.

However, the problems did not end there. Nimua was diagnosed with brain tumor. The chance of his survival was less. Doctor told Bongshi to keep him happy in the remaining few days of his life. Rudranil’s acting was incredible in the entire film particularly when he came to know that Nimua was to die and as the film gradually approached towards an end. Bongshi fulfilled the dreams of his son as much as he could. The climax of the film was wonderful where Bongshi finally fulfilled Nimua’s dream i.e. of celebrating his birthday. On that day Bongshi also had press conference in the honor of his victory in the reality show. But instead of attending the press conference Bongshi took Nimua to a hall where he celebrated Nimua’s birthday and showed him his famous acts of Chaplin. Nimua sat alone in the hall but the entire team present in the press conference reached there and greeted Bongshi with ovation and applause. Rudranil proved that he belonged to the league of big actors after his performance in this film.

The film ended with the scene where Indra, Rina and Bongshi were sitting at the side of the pond and Nimua was playing, still alive.

In the film ‘Chaplin’ Bongshi Das had some similarities with the life of the real hero, Charles Chaplin. Chaplin was very poor in the beginning of his life but hard struggle had made him a famous personality as was Bongshi Das in the film CHAPLIN.




About the Author
Sayanti Ghosh is student of Journalism and Mass Communication at Muralidhar Girl's College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and they do not reflect in any way those of the Dispassionate Observer.

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