Saat No. Shanatan Sanyal Film Review
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Saat No. Shanatan Sanyal Film Review
The protagonist, Shanatan Sanyal, also known as Kaushik Ganguly, is a overweight, unkempt, and frustrated middle-aged man who feels like he has lost control of his life. However, he holds on to his wife as the only meaningful aspect of his existence. The narrative revolves around his daily experiences and struggles. Despite facing numerous job losses, he has managed to find success as a salesman for a perfume brand.
In "Saat No. Shanatan Sanyal," the story takes an intriguing turn when he visits seven clients who happen to share his name. Curiously, after each meeting, these individuals mysteriously disappear. The film opens by portraying Shanatan's face amidst light and shadows, symbolizing the torment he feels from the fast-paced nature of life, exemplified by a speeding train.
In this narrative, the value of money holds significant importance, as it determines one's status and worth. Despite societal judgments, Shanatan Sanyal is not a loser, nor is he unintelligent or foolish simply because he doesn't fit the conventional standards of appearance or charm. He possesses unique qualities that set him apart, allowing him to stand tall as the clever and singular Shanatan Sanyal in the world.
The cast, backdrop and storyline are amazing. The opening scene where Shanatan stirs the glass of red wine and screenplay shows the amalgamation of colour in red predominantly with yellow and light green. After watching the movie I really kept awake for two hours analyzing the amalgamation of Red as Vigour, Yellow as Paleness and Green as Life in all of our life. The storyline of Saat No. Shanatan Sanyal represents the mystery of life in sequence with the help of the cast. The performance, choreography, and cinematography are praiseworthy and has a symbolic meaning to dissect life and its segment.
Special mention goes to Dolly aka Saoli Chatterjee who is the wife of so-called failed in life, worthless Shanatan. She is ambitious, hard-working, good looking, wants to run away from such succumbed life and be happy with a man who is again Shanatan Sanyal or Shontu aka Shilajit Majumdar. But with this better version of Shanatan Sanyal, she just speaks about her husband who is otherwise the only reason for her problematic failed life.
When 6 other Shanatan Sanyal dies who use to proclaim the name with pride, the older and failed version of actual Shanatan Sanyal also virtually dies and welcome a better version into his. This new Shanatan Sanyal is dressed in an easy floral print shirt, hair back brushed, shaved away beard of ailments. But he doesn’t want to lose Dolly the only achievement of his failed life yet. At last, I kept assimilating who is what?? Can we really measure, SUCCESS, FAILURE, ACHIEVEMENT in the span of unpredictable TIME offered to us as LIFE!!