ONE that it is !
April a month when an action masala Bengali thriller released on New Year, One starring Yash Dasgupta , Prosenjit Chatterji, Nusrat directed by Birsa Dasgupta - an adaptation of Thani Oruvan and Dhruva.
Aditya Sen (Prosenjit) was an intelligent son of a political worker and circumstances made him use his juvenile status loophole in Indian Judicial system to make a crime his own , save his father - goes to Jail on reduced term and grows up to become a famous Award winning scientist and build an empire.
Ronojoy (Yash) an aspiring IPS police officer specializes in solving crimes and with his pack of other fellow officer friends have a hobby of sneaking out at night to solve crimes. This gets them to stumble upon a series of petty crimes, unearthing a vast network of bigger ones which they bust..
Megha (Nusrat) the love angle of Ronojoy follows his footsteps and joins the police force too.
The story progresses and gets on it’s own post interval. The series of happenings on screen is at breathneck speed and some are at times dark. Ronojoy’s character was never fleshed out as well as that of the antagonist Aditya’s in the film narrative.
Yash Dasgupta performed with an earnestness and as much panache within the scope.
Prosenjit had a meatier role but the caricature-ish stylization could never get it to connect with the rawness of evil.
We have seen many similar Cop-Criminal chases in films, but here there are a couple of scenes which needs mention - the room where Ronojoy pieces together the puzzles very Hollywoodish in approach , or the interrogation scene between Ronojoy and Aditya. Where Ronojoy got shot and gets operated - feeling a sense of someone in his hospital room.
Yash shows sparks of being a good actor in sporadic scenes, who is waiting to be unleashed. What this young needs is a good script and a maker who can extract a precise performance from him.
Prosenjit was more stylized in this film with enhanced mannerisms - and it begs a comparison with Arvind Swamy’s Abhimanyu and the edge he brought to this author backed role!
Nusrat was reduced to being just a pretty foil in this film which had a lot of scope to be fleshed out as police officer in the narrative leaving the viewer wanting more from Ronojoy-Megha
The screenplay was at breath-neck speed yet at times could not hold the attention, the initial background in the film is something we had seen in many films earlier giving it a “has seen” feel. Surprisingly what worked in this film was a freshness brought by Yash in his police avatar where he with single minded focus piecing the jigsaw puzzle of crime or where he realizes that he was under surveillance. Much ado about the mustache and Prosenjit’s suave polished antagonist!
The song Aladdin is a peppy composition by Arindom Chatterji. The other songs passable. What was sorely missed was the title track of ONE in the end-credits. The background score worked well
The Cast, Crew and Technicians of ONE they pieced together a film which deserves a watch in legal copies only.
Verdict: 3/5
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