Dutta Vs Dutta
| Dutta Vs Dutta | |
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Dutta Vs Dutta film poster | |
| Directed by | Anjan Dutt |
| Produced by | Purnendu Roy, Nilakhi Roy |
| Written by |
Anjan Dutt Roopa Ganguly |
| Starring |
Anjan Dutt Ronodeep Bose Arpita Chatterjee Roopa Ganguly |
| Music by | Neel Dutt |
| Edited by | Arghyakamal Mitra |
Production company |
Orion Production & Communications Pvt Ltd |
Release dates |
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Running time | 2 hours 4 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt.[2] This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film.[3] Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.[4][5]
The film received positive reviews. According to Anandabazar Patrika reviewer Sangeeta Bandopadhyay, this was Anjan Dutt's best film.[6] This opinion has been supported by another Bengali newspaper Ei Samay too.
Plot
Biren Dutta is a lawyer. He is unsuccessful in his career and does not have any client. His wife is an alcoholic.The couple has one son and one daughter. Biren Dutta has an extra-marital affair with his only client.[7] Biren's daughter China first falls in love with Ghenti Kaku who is of her father's age and later falls in love with a guy who is involved with Naxalite movement and finally runs away with him without the permission of her parents.[1][7] Their teenager son Rono comes back from boarding school since their father could not pay his tuition fees. Dutta wants his son to be a barrister but his son wants to become an actor. Father of Dutta comes back briefly and starts a music school within the house. Later Biren Dutta's daughter comes back with her Naxal husband, which makes the father moist and accept him.The couple later settles in the US. In the meanwhile one of Rono's Naxalite friends takes shelter in the house to evade police. Biren Dutta was unaware of this and when the police knocked at the house searching for the boy, he challenges the police. The police takes him away to police station to drop him after 3 days, brutally beaten up. This causes a major setback to Dutta and since then he stops talking to anyone. At the end, Rono gets a chance in a film by Mrinal Sen (Anjan Dutta's first film was also with Mrinal Sen) - the movie ends at that positive note.[7]
Credit
Cast
- Anjan Dutt as Biren Dutta[8]
- Ronodeep Bose as Rono (Biren Dutta's teenage son)
- Arpita Chatterjee as China (Biren Dutta's daughter)
- Rita Koiral as Rita (Biren Dutta's wife)
- Kaushik Sen the Naxalite (China's husband)
- Shankar Chakraborty as Ghenti Kaku
- Deepankar De as grandfather
- Roopa Ganguly as Runu
- Parno Mittra as Nandita aka. Diana
- Srijit Mukherji as Tony Mukherjee
Crew
- Writer and Director: Anjan Dutt
- Production:
- Producers: Purnendu Roy, Nilakhi Roy
- Co producer: Genesis Hospital
- Executive producer: Sanjay Pathak
- Music director: Neel Dutt
- Editor: Arghyakamal Mitra
- Production controller: Bipin Mukherjee
- Costume design: Chanda Dutt
- Graphic design: Arnab Dasgupta
Filming
In this film director Anjan Dutt has tried to revive Calcutta of the 1970s, a period when the city evidenced emergence of rock music bands, the arrival of Hippie culture and also the Naxalite movement. In an interview he told–[9]
Unlike other films which have the shade of the Naxalite violence, Dutta Vs Dutta has taken a different direction. I have tried to recapture the turbulent College Street, the pub culture of Park Street and the emergence of Gautam Chattopadhyay.
Arpita Paul gave full credit to the director for the realistic portrayal of her character. She told– "It is a very different kind of movie by Anjanda with realistic elements that would help the audience to relate to the period and the characters... "[10]
Indraneil Sengupta, another actor of the film told– "Everybody in the cast acted their part to bring back that era, which rocked Kolkata and neighbourhood, about which we heard so many things, alive."[10]
Critical reception
| Professional reviews | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Anandabazar Patrika | 9/10 |
| The Times of India |    |
The film received positive reviews. According to Anandabazar Patrika critic Sangeeta Bandopadhyay, this was Anjan Dutt's best film. This opinion was supported by another Bengali newspaper Ei Samay too. Anandabazar Patrika gave the film 9 out of 10.[6] The Times of India gave it 3½ stars out of 5 stars but they also mentioned– "the plot comes across as a total mishmash and therefore, loses punch".[1]
Songs
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bhalobeshe Sakhi" | Rupankar Bagchi and Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury | 03:46 |
| 2. | "Somewhere" | Neel Dutt | |
| 3. | "Tobu jodi" | Rupankar Bagchi | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Uthogo Bharatalakkhi" | Anjan Dutt and Somlata | |
| 5. | "Dutta Vs Dutta Theme" | Anjan Dutt and Neel Dutt |
References
- 1 2 3 "Dutta vs Dutta (review)". The Times of India. Nov 25, 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Dutta Vs Dutta: Anjan Dutta's New Venture". Outlook India. Mar 18, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Anjan Dutta's new film focuses on his childhood". Times of India. Jul 22, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "First look of Dutta vs Dutta". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. March 17, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Dutta vs Dutta: National award winner Anjan Dutta's new venture". IBN Live. Mar 19, 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- 1 2 Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (1 December 2012). "Anjan Dutt er sera chhobi" (in Bengali).
- 1 2 3 "Dutta vs Dutta bengali movie 2012 - Story, review". Get Ahead India. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ "Anjan Dutt's Dutta Vs Dutta gets serious". Telegraph. Calcutta, India. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Dutta Vs Dutta takes different angle on naxalites". The Times of India. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- 1 2 "I went by what Anjanda said in Dutta vs Dutta: Arpita". Business Standard. November 25, 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
External links
 Official trailer on YouTube |