It's a thriller, and as usual many factors to consider! Kaberi Antardhan is a movie set against a backdrop of  turmoil in West Bengal around Naxal movement time (Indira Gandhi administration), in a town called Hatimara in North Bengal. Director Kaushik Ganguly skillfully presents a plot where there are elements of romance, treachery and family crisis.

 

The movie starts at the scene meeting Nayantara (Churni Ganguly); whose husband, officer Mrinmoy Ghosh (actor Kaushik Sen) was shot dead a year ago; and a newly appointed, powerful police officer Pritam Singh (Indraneil Sengupta).

 

Kaberi, (Srabanti Chatterjee) Mrinmoy's sister, a beautiful willful young woman who disappeared leaving a little daughter and her husband, left a note before she disappeared , a note that was of no help to the police. No sign of violence, or issues that could be implied on the matter.

Deceased officer Mrimoy left a young teenage son, aspiring to go to college and appears to be supportive of Naxal ideology.

 

Now there are two interesting characters here - 

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A bachelor artist, a charmer, Arghakamal Sen (Prosenjit Chatterjee) who has a studio. He (a sculptor and painter) uses the studio to teach art to the local children. He lives with his bed-ridden paralyzed father and hence no ability to speak. He seems to protect the students quite aggressively from being harassed by the police investigation. He, fully sympathetic to the widow also doesn't cooperate with murder investigation more than what he thinks necessary.

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A very important and interesting detective Gokul Chandra Debnath (Kaushik Ganguly) is reassigned as a special investigator for these matters.

His ways remind us one detective Columbo of American TV series with his worn-down overcoat, his unpredictable irritating humorous statements, and unyielding stubborn ways that amuse the viewers. His one-eye impediment completes the picture. Detective Gokul indulges in drinking alcohol throughout the day, without getting inebriated. However, he manages to communicate with Argha's father by using the bedside calling button in this investigation process. And using the cues gets necessary information in spite of this old man's inability to speak.

And finally, he succeeds in spite of Argha's resistance.

 

Multiple characters in the plot require us to fully engage with the flow and sequence of events, (some retrograde). The storyline is quite packed with elements of thrill, humor and surprise. Director and Screenplay writer Kaushik Ganguly presents to us a very engaging movie. The elements of music (Rabindrasangeet etc), photography, light, set designs with appropriate use of outdoor locations and script - all are used very skillfully to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

 

Looking hard we can always find 'what didn't fit' in some scenes but let us leave that to an individual viewer.

 

Kaushik Ganguly and Prosenjit, main two characters here have done a wonderful job, however credit also goes to the set designers, music, photography and lighting crew helping us transiting from one scene to another, making the story line coherent and exciting!