Na Hannayate Movie Review

Cast :-

Rupa Gangula (mother/Jui)

Dibyendu Mukherjee

Sayani Dutta (daughter/Siuli)

Rahul (son/Ratan)

Debshankar Halder

Chaiti Ghoshal

Priyanka Sarkar

Crew :-

Director : Riingo Banerjee

Music Director : Dibyendu aka Sriram Yusouf

Producer : Srijita Films & Entertainment

Released on :- 16^th of November, 2012

Riingo’s latest offering “Na Hannayate” is inspired by the Chinese movie titled “Aftershock” which released in 2010. An earthquake occurs in Samastipur and affects the family of 4 members, which comprises of husband, wife, and their one daughter and one son. The story is set in 1976. As a result of the earthquake, the man passes away. The wife had to choose between the two children as both of them were getting buried. She saves the life of her son. However, the daughter too cheats death, and gets saved, without the knowledge of her mother.

Later on, the daughter is adopted by a Muslim family from Kolkata. However, she is always disturbed thinking of her mother’s decision to leave her and save her brother. She herself has got a child now, and is a single mother. On the other hand, her brother has also got married and also is a father. Years have passed by, its 2012, and again a mishap brings the brother and sister together. The brother accompanies the sister and takes her to mother and the estranged family is reunited.

Rupa Ganguly is seen as mother named Jui in the film. While Rahul plays the brother in the movie, and debutante Sayani is the sister. Debshankar Haldar and Chaiti Ghoshal play the Muslim couple who adopt Ratan’s sister Siuli.

The movie “Na Hannayate” portrays how natural calamities breaks down a family and can eventually reunite it too! We can only struggle for existence in the nature, we cant control it! At times in our lives we have to take hard decisions, which can be painful and can never be forgotten. As the proverb states “Every cloud has a silver lining”, Riingo’s “Na Hannayate” too preaches that despite the devastation caused by nature, which wrecks an entire family, there is always a silver lining somewhere above us.

The storyline is quite different from the films which are generally made in Tollywood at present. Rupa portrays the mother who lives a repentful life after losing her husband, and sacrificing daughter for son. However at the end, she meets with her daughter. Rupa does her job well. Rahul impresses all by his natural acting. Debutante Sayani is superb. Her body language, expressions exuberate top-notch acting skills. Without such a great cast, the subject matter of the film could not have been expressed in a better manner.

Dibyendu debuts as a music director, and one needs to compliment him for his efforts. Cinematography is indeed good. Riingo presents a humane film to the Bengali film industry and we enjoyed the pleasant gift of the film maker.