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Film emotionally charged with a message of harmony worth watching

The collective effort to fulfill the desire of a dying girl overcoming the petty religious feelings and self-interest in the film, restores faith in humanity.

Evan Leversage of St George in Southern Ontario, Canada was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was not destined to die before the month of December.

To fulfill his desire to experience Christmas, the community of San Jorge recreated Christmas in the month of March. Evan received Christmas gifts not only from Canada, but also from around the world. The story of this extraordinary gesture of humanity was told in several newspapers as “The child who moved Christmas.”

Like everyone, Srijit Mukherji was also moved by the news and decided to tell the story adapting it to his own culture. The movie is titled Uma.

Uma (played by Sara Sengupta) has been raised by her father, Himadri (Jisshu Sengupta), in Switzerland. His mother Menoka (Sayantika Banerjee) left them when she was only two years old. Since childhood, Uma has been listening to the Durga Puja stories in Kolkata since her father, but was unable to attend the festival as she suffers from a rare and fatal illness.

Over the years, their desire to witness the festival only grows When Himadri requests permission from the doctor (Marcello Scopazzzini) to take Uma to Kolkata during the Durga Puja festival, he is informed of the depreciation condition of Uma Uma, they say, will not live more than three months. Himadri, therefore, has only three months to fulfill Uma’s wish.

Launch of Uma by Srijit Mukherjee; the cast of the cast and the crew debuted with the child artist Sara Sengupta

However, it is not an easy task to recreate the great festival. The whole city is decorated, hundreds of idols are erected and immersed with thousands of locals participating. How will Himadri organize all that?

Mukherji becomes the master narrator and turns Himadri’s dreams into reality. He cleverly brings Brahmananda Chakraborty (Anjan Dutt), a director of a filmmaker with a failed career. Brahamnanda is a loner since his wife (Gargi Roy Chowdhury) was separated from him by his lack of attention to her and her son.

Brahamnanda gives a glimpse into Himadri’s dreams with his desperate desire to create a masterpiece, an alternative reality, in his life. Try to redeem yourself from destroying all your son’s dreams by fulfilling Uma’s last wish.

It goes without saying that Uma is a completely emotional movie.

The director took the basic story and successfully surpassed it with the Brahmananda trip and the culture of Kolkata. In addition, Mukherji has not missed the opportunity to connect the mission with the mythical story of the Goddess Durga, which is a symbol of auspicious energy, by choosing the names of the characters wisely.

At the same time, the film is predictably melodramatic, too. In the course of the film, when Brahmananda and his entire team face challenges, the audience already knows that they will soon come out of the obstacles. It is also quite evident throughout the film that all forces of evil will eventually submit to the positive energy behind the massive and unprecedented project.

The sequences of a dying veteran filmmaker advising Brahmananda on the importance of telling stories and the sudden appearance of Brahmananda’s discovery of Kash Phool (wild sugarcane plants growing just before Durga’s Benga puja) are memorable cinematographic moments.

The ingenious tactics of Brahmananda to organize a seemingly healthy experience of Durga bidding for Uma is quite novel and convincing. However, the sudden altercation between Himadri and Indra (Srijit Mukherji) before Uma lands in Calcutta seems to be completely unnecessary.

Sara Sengupta as Uma is natural throughout the film. She in fact becomes the embodiment of her dreams, innocence and subtle maturity. Jisshu Sengupta, Sara’s real father too, sheds his soul in his performance as a desperate and loving father. Srabanti Chatterjee is dramatic in her brief act and Sayantika Banerjee does everything possible to stand out.

The actor who really becomes the spirit of the film is Anjan Dutt. He is brilliant in moments of despair, frustration and determination, stirring emotions to the fullest. Dutta is definitely the backbone of the mission of Himadri and the movie.

Rudranil Ghosh, the acts of Sujan Mukhopadhyay are added to the drama of the film. Anirban Bhattacharya seems to be quite rigid as the religious fanatic villain.

Soumik Haldar’s reflective camera work captures even the most subtle expressions of the characters and does justice to the magnificent locations of Switzerland. The editor Pronoy Dasgupta has ensured that the audience does not miss a single honest moment of the film.

While the songs ‘Ure Jaak’, ‘Jago Uma’, ‘Hariye Jawar Gaan’ sung and composed by Anupam Roy highlight different moods; Surangana Bandyopadhyay’s version of Alosyo & # 39; It really elevates the emotional moments in the climax. The background score of the composer Neel Dutta is not overwhelming, but rather synchronous throughout the film.

Despite the melodramatic blow and some unnecessary additions, Uma leaves the audience with a heavy heart. The collective effort to fulfill the desire of a dying girl overcoming the petty religious feelings and self-interest in the film, restores faith in humanity.