EK DIN ACHANAK (Dir : Mrinal Sen)

Ah! Finally got to watch the one flick i had been waiting endlessly for years..and how i loved it! A perfect women centric flick in all aspect featuring my most admirable actors together..Aparna Sen, Shabana Azmi, Roopa Ganguly and of course, a commendable supporting act by Uttara Baokar (well deserved National award 1989 for Best Supporting actress), supported competently by Shreeram Lagoo, Anil Chatterjee, Arjun Chakraborty..The film excellently captures the vagaries of life in a typical middle-class bengali household facing quietly and morosely a dilemma,after the mysterious disappearance of its patriarch! Shabana Azmi's character reminded me so much of Meghe dhaka Tara's Neeta ,while at times it might remind you of Shabana Azmi's yet another role in a much recent  flick 15 Park Avenue..Aparna Sen shines through the role of a student who's deep and poignant relationship with her professor is left unsolved while Roopa Ganguly enacts her part as the younger sibling efficiently

Mrinal Sen is well known for bringing out the pathos of the middle class household as we have witnessed in some of his major works like Akash kusum, Kharij, Ek din pratidin, and this one too categorizes as one of the must watch films of Indian cinema showcasing the 70's and 80's of the middle class efficiently!

P.S. : I wonder who did the dubbing for Aparna Sen in the film..the voice over seems so much familiar!

My heart still goes out for Jack..!!

Oh boy! I can't even get a man to open a door for me! Let alone, give me the door to float on while he freezes to death !! (Crap! here goes my romantic instincts again!)

(De Caprio looked so much sexier with his boyish charm appeal instead of his recent urbane GANGS OF NEW YORK look!)

15 years later, i ve had my first big screen TITANIC experience today..bigger and better with the 3D version! Why it is still hated by some critics, I will never know..Cliched love story might be, but nonetheless, it still remains my utmost romantic flick (few more tissues for me please!)..particular scenes ceases to fade out of my memory like..

*For the last time Rose tells the already dead Jack "Ill never let go" followed by a kiss on his hands, then she lets him go,and he slowly sinks into the 'Heart of the ocean'..

*The rather old and fragile Rose tells her listeners, 'I don't even have a picture of him; he exists now, only in my memory…' A simple, yet beautiful and poignant moment, one that we can all relate with,especially for those amongst us who particularly cherish their memories, whatever they might be..

*The scene where a mother reads a story for her children while the ship sinks haunts me forever...and oh yes! James Horner's hauntingly beautiful score..

Have'nt we watched this one bfo? Oh yes! countless times! So what makes this one special? The first time i watched it was through poor quality VCR player,later with the advent of prime time television and DVDs ,the picture became much more clearer! and now bigger and better with the 3D version!!