Namte Namte

Namte Namte
Movie poster
Directed by	Rana Basu
Produced by	Pritam Kundu
Screenplay by	Rana Dasgupta
Story by	Aditi Majumdar
Based on	Dibyendu Palit's story – "Trata"
Starring	Rajatava Dutta Roopa Ganguly Saswata Chatterjee Bhaswar Chattopadhyay Sanchita
Music by	Sidhu
Editing by	Snehasish Ganguly
Distributed by	3 eDots Productions
Release dates	2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) (Kolkata)
Running time	2 hrs 4 min
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Namte Namte (English: Into the Abyss) is a 2013 Bengali film. The film was directed by Rana Basu and produced under the banner of 3 eDots Productions. The film's music was composed by Sidhu. The film was released on 8 February 2013. The film is based on the story Trata, written by Dibyendu Palit.

Plot

The film revolves around a typical middle-class family of Bengal. Ananda (Rajatava Dutta) is a very meek guy and is scared of confronting people. He is a peace-loving man and very shy in nature. He works as a clerk in a government office. His wife Seema (Rupa Ganguly) is however a spirited woman and remains tense about him and her family. They have a college-going daughter Dolon (Sanchita) and a son, Suman who studies in Class 9 and stays in the school hostel. To get rid of their daily ordeal, Ananda asks for help from a small-time goon Tota a.k.a Ganesh Halder (Saswata Chatterjee). Tota is the leader of the club in their locality. The club members call themselves as 'saviors' but are engaged in anti-social activities. Ananda is scared of the rowdy members of the club, so he decided to satisfy them by paying a very high amount of money for the Saraswati Puja celebration. In return, Tota promised Ananda to help him if he ever gets into trouble. But Tota gives evidence of his dishonest intentions by coming inside Ananda's house in his absence on the pretext of asking for a glass of water. After that, Seema no longer wanted to live in the locality. Meanwhile, Dolon needed a tutor and Sudeb (Bhaswar Chattopadhyay) is the chosen for the job, who later developed intimate relationships with her and eventually went through a physical relationship caught by Seema. Enraged Ananda asks Tota to stop Sudeb from visiting his daughter. In return Tota wants to meet Dolon privately in the club. Sensing something may go wrong, Seema insists Ananda to take Dolon to her grandmother's house for a few days in spite of Ananda being afraid of Tota's wrath. That night Tota attacks the family and in order to protect Ananda his wife Seema seduces Tota and Tota being invoked rapes her in the house as Ananda stayes outside and repents for the incident.^[1]

Theme

The story is about ordinary people who mess up their lives in the urban culture. This is a story of the middle class. A story about all of them around the world — across geographical frontiers, regardless of caste, creed and religion. The story is a portrayal of the rat like existence of the middle class. The middle class survives in an atmosphere of fear — both known and unknown. They are most vociferous at meetings and rallies – but they can be silent too. This dilemma engulfs their whole life and the onward road is unsure, beset with ifs and buts.^[3]

Cast

• Rajatava Dutta as Ananda
• Roopa Ganguly as Seema
• Saswata Chatterjee as Tota a.k.a. Ganesh Halder
• Bhaswar Chattopadhyay as Sudeb
• Sanchita as Dolon

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Namte Namte is composed by Sidhu. The film has 6 original songs which are sung by single singers as well as music bands. The soundtrack was released on 3 November 2012. ^[4]

Tracklist

Critical reception

Professional reviews
Review scores
Source	Rating
"Bengali Movies.org".
"Timescity.com".
"Nowrunning.com".
"Gomolo.com".
"The Times of India".

Namte Namte received mixed reviews from critics. However, the soundtrack has received many positive remarks. The acting of the cast was praised a lot. As a whole, director Rana Basu got nice compliments for his directorial debut.

Critics of "Timescity.com".  said – "Naamte Naamte drags in the first half. Though it gains momentum in the second half, a little bit of editing could have served the purpose. The film doesn't boast of anything extraordinary save for its actors and their performances, which in fact works for debut director Rana Basu.

After Kahaani, Saswata as Ganesh shines once again in his portrayal of a character with grey shades. From his body language to attitude and mannerisms, Saswata looks every bit a parar dada (local goon) – all with funky sunglasses and cool bike.

Rajatava is one actor who can pull off any role with elan. Despite Ananda Babu's timid behaviour, one can relate to his predicament at some point or the other. With his brilliant performance, he actually makes the character believable.

Roopa Ganguly as Seema – a woman of courage and confidence – is a natural on screen.

Bhaswar as Sudeb is impressive, while newcomer Sanchita as Dolon is fairly okay. The scene where Seema comes back home and discovers Sudeb getting intimate with Dolon has been handled well.

The film also sees Sidhu of Bengali band Cactus, debuting as the music director in Tollywood. Sidhu himself has rendered the title track of the film. The He Kallu number by Mir with Bandage sounds peppy. Aay Ghum Jay Ghum by Rupankar is the other soulful track from the album. But, so many songs only add to the length of the film.

Having said that, the director should realise, not every literary piece can make for a good film adaptation. The story might be relevant at all times, but as a film plot, it offers nothing that we haven't already seen before." ^[5]

See also

• The Light: Swami Vivekananda
• Loveria
• Megh Roddur
• Bicycle Kick

References