Jodi Kintu Tobuo Zee5 Review: This Bengali Family Drama is Good Enough

Film Name: Jodi Kintu Tobuo

Stars: Saberi Alam, Ziaul Faruq Apurba, Naziba Basher

Director: Shihab Shaheen

Ratings: 2.5/5 (two and half stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]

Abir, a younger student, falls in love with Preety, the daughter of a Brigadier in college, 5 years later, even as his mom and her family want them to get married, Abir is reluctant to take action, as he feels the spak of their relationship could be lost. As each of them gear up for his or her marriage ceremony, the expectations of each families and financial constraints take their toll on Abir, who flees his personal engagement. An angry Preety decides to go forward with the marriage to the son of his father’s pal, Rehan. However when Abir realizes his folly and has a change of coronary heart, he decides to crash their marriage ceremony. Can Abir and Preety be united in matrimony?

Jodi Kintu Tobuo Review

Most romantic comedies these days lack novelty, and are often derivations of earlier cult work in the identical style. So far as premises go, Jodi Kintu Tobuo borrows liberally from numerous Indian romcoms such because the Akshaye Khanna-Ayesha Takia observe in Salaam-e-Ishq and Dil. There is a huge fats Bangla wedding ceremony, full with a DJ console. It additionally has a climax within the Dhaka airport. Nevertheless, the chemistry between the 2 leads is infectious, and the story, although predictable, settles into a pleasant, snug rhythm within the first half.

Abir’s dedication points come to the fore, at the same time as the remainder of the world manages his impending marriage to Preety, and writer-director Shihab Shaheen writes these sequences with care, portraying Abir’s internal fears, in addition to Preety’s nervousness about her household’s acceptance of him and their future. Sadly, all this nice work is evened out by an amatuerishly-scripted second half, the place it appears as if Shaheen runs out of issues to say, and he can not work out methods to take the story to a satisying conclusion. Having stated that, that is nonetheless a greater providing from ZEE5’s Bangladesh arm after the horrendous WTFry.

The Performances

Nusraat Faria‘s Preety is a mixed bag. She can’t carry off the tearjerker scenes in any respect, however there’s an ease to her performance as a lady who wishes to live life on her terms. In actual fact, among the scenes written for her are carried out properly. I loved Tariq Anam Khan‘s efficiency as a slightly-comical retired military brigadier, who may be very protecting of his daughter Preety. Imtu Ratish places in an honest efficiency as Abir’s pal Shakib.

Unfortunately, Ziaul Faruq Apurba is inconsistent as Abir. There is no denying he has a larger emotive vary than Faria, however that clunky school sequence as he tries to woo Preety is difficult to observe.

Music & Other Departments

Saiful Shahin’s camerawork is eye-filling. His overhead lengthy shots of Cox’s Bazaar are refreshing to observe. Raja Narayan Deb‘s background score is okay. Amlaan A Chakraborty teams up with Ishan Mitra and Nusraat Faria to provide the lilting Katena Katena.

The Final Verdict

Whereas the whole movie has the tone of a melodramatic household entertainer, it’s within the second half that the melodrama goes exterior the realm of purpose. At the least 30-40 minutes of the identical may have been shaved off the movie.

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