Good idea lost in the noise

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

We shouldn't talk about what's the quality of video or graphics or directing because this movie has a country to country relationship status.I will thank to sen that she made a movie that show the love of border-less , love of religion-less ,and overall show how Bengali peoples of India love Bengali peoples of Bengal .In 1971 the liberation of Bangladesh was not only expectation of east Pakistan but also the Indian Bengalis also. So, this movie show us how all Bengali's in the world should help each other. the story line was also nice. I don't give a crap to people who said story was not good or directing should be more accurate when I watch this film I feel it from heart. The story line is quite true.But if I watch the movie as hoping that i will see comedy,action, I wouldn't realize the story about what is it talking about or say goddammit . now the second half was also nice but Rasmoni want's Somlata to make physical relation ship with her lover. This is the only thing that weird to me because in that time people was confined they shouldn't want this to happen Great and Meaningful movie

Aparna Sen's 'Goynar Baksho' has received heavy criticism mostly with regards to the imbalanced plot and drastic change in the third act. To be honest, the third act did feel like a sudden change in both tone and story and heavily rushed. It ought to have been further developed and more humour could have been added (to balance it adequately with the rest of the picture). Moreover, the connection with the first half felt weak. There should have been more focus on the mother-daughter relationship than just that one scene. Maybe Sen could have left this act for a whole other film, a sequel. That would have given room for the story and characters to flesh out.And now for the plusses, the first and second act are sheer delight. It's a bit like watching a hilarious folktale and it's beautifully shot. The colourful visuals (sets, costumes and landscape) are stunning. I've never seen CGI of this high quality in any Indian film. Sen has obviously hired some of the best technicians and designers. The cinematography and score are first rate.Not to take anything away from Aparna Sen and her crew's input but what would have 'Goynar Baksho' been without the fabulous performances of Moushumi Chatterjee and Konkona Sen Sharma. I doubt Moushumi's done anything like this before but she's at her best here. The same goes for Konkonaas she holds her own. Their shared scenes are the highlights of 'Goynar Baksho' and most of them had me laughing out loud.To sum it up, this isn't Aparna Sen's best work but it's amusing, entertaining and visually satisfying nonetheless.

The original story spoke about the Bangladesh war, the lifestyle of the zamindars, the selfish attitude of the old hag, the scared new wife and the young modernist daughter. The problem with the movie is that it has tried to capture everything from the story in its 150 min screenplay. The result? - Bad.The audience becomes overwhelmed with the vastness of the script and the movie fails to capture their hearts because it has failed to focus on one thing and make it a beautiful entity. It has tried to focus on all the aspects and ended up making a mess of things.The script was poor- it failed to keep the audience from fumbling for their cell phone and checking the time.However the cinematography, the acting especially by Saswata, Konkona and Poran were outstanding. The art direction and acting always create an illusion of the 1950's Bengal.Definitely worth a watch but Aparana Sen, we had high expectations from you.

I have not read the original novel... So cant comment on the adapted screenplay.. However when I watched the movie from the audience point of view I experienced people laughing and having a nice time on a Sunday evening... A movie for family to watch and think less because when you start thinking about the movie it will not be captured in your mind... The first reason is the length of the film that has been unnecessarily stretched... Repeated scenes and a flat middle half of the film...Goynar Barsho(The Jewellery Box) is a story of the three generations of females and their lives and their struggle surrounding the Jewelery box that belonged to the eldest... The story starts with the first generation where the bride turns to a widow within one year of her marriage... she survived in the family due to the jewelery she carried with her in a box which she is not ready to give to anyone... she counts and wears the jewelery everyday... Soon her brother's son gets married and the new bride comes to the house(Konkona Sen Sharma), within few days the widow dies and gives the jewelery box to Konkona to hide it somewhere and not to use it herself... However the widow appears as a ghost in front of Konkona every time to make sure that her jewelery is safe and she is not using it or giving it to anyone... The widow's ghost goes to extremes to save the jewelery by paralyzing the elder bride in the house so that she cannot tell anybody else in the house where the jewelery box is... In the backdrop it is shown that the economic condition of the house is dropping and Konkona had to keep one item of jewelery in custody to give some amount to her husband to start a business.. The widow's ghost was furious at the beginning but eventually calms down when the business prospers and Konkona releases the item from custody.... Time goes by nd even our ghost is interested in the business because the name of the shop represents her name... This is where the movie goes flat... Later Konkona has a daughter who looks like the old widow... Her daughter grows up and now the ghost appears only to her... Her daughter joins the Bangladesh independence movement where she discovers the secret lover of her mother who has written poems for her mother and has committed suicide.... The film ends with one of his written poems... Where is the jewelery box???????? Konkona's daughter took all the jewelery... Film ends...More than 2 hrs 15 minutes runtime... most of which was flat and lacked pace... Aparna sen(Director) tried to show everything in 2 hours... Starting from Independence of India and Bangladesh... Extra martial affair... A women's unsatisfied sex life... freedom movement... All these can be covered in a 200 pages novel, not a 2 hrs movie... The positives of the movie is the good camera work portraying the old Bengal and the rural Zamindar House.. The good cinematography and the mind blowing performance of Konkona Sen Sharma who proves that good acting can hold a film together... Other performances were also up to the mark... All in all a movie to go with your family to know how your ancestors were and how the generation changed... STATUTORY WARNING: NON BENGALIS MAY FIND THE LANGUAGE A BIT TOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND....