Dwitiyo Purush
Ratings: 3/5
Duration: 2 Hrs 10 Min
Director: Srijit Mukherji
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Date: 23rd January 2020 (India)
Star Cast: Raima Sen, Srijit Mukherji, Anirban Bhattacharya, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Abir Chatterjee, Ridhima Ghosh, Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Soham Maitra, Subhra Sourav Das
Plot: The story of Dwitiyo Purush commences from where Baishey Srabon had left off. It moves to a situation in Kolkata where a series of serial killings plagues the city again after 25 years of its first occurrence, were from the location to the pattern of killing, everything remains identical.
Review: In 2011, Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Baishey Srabon’ became a sensation and now almost a decade later, Srijit Mukherji is back with its spin-off ‘Dwitiyo Purush’. Since Baishe Srabon was an iconic gritty thriller, worth more than a few re-watches Dwitiyo Purush, has been one of the most anticipated films of Srijit Mukherji.
It sees the return of Parambrata Chatterjee as chief detective Abhijit Pakrashi, Raima Sen as Amrita the girlfriend (now wife) of Abhijit. Abir Chatterjee as Surjo in a special appearance. The casting and character sketches, along with costumes of the movie Dwitiyo Purush are apt. And when it comes to performances, these three characters and the scenes between them, are the only ones the audience would prefer to see more on the screen. Raima Sen and Abir Chatterjee's scenes together were the actual breather in the film, though they appeared in a ‘blink-and-you-miss-it’ roles. Even the supporting start casts from a more sinister-looking Anirban Bhattacharya and Rwitobroto Mukherjee as the goons to Gaurav Chakraborty and Parambrata Chatterjee as inspectors, all played their characters well. However, the most notable absence is of DCP Prabir Roy Chowdhury, the character that was made memorable by Prosenjit Chatterjee.
On the technical end, Soumik Haldar’s cinematography and Pranoy Dasgupta’s editing provides no great cinematic moment on screen. Additionally, the dialogues and the punchlines lacked humor and sound melodramatic.
However, the film approaches the end with a shocking twist. But it’s not the shock value of the ending that draws the viewers rather, it’s the sense of a looming tricky ending that keeps the audience wanting to know what happens next. Overall, the film runs two parallel tracks quite engagingly but falls flat in the climax.
