Genesis

Genesis - a 1986 movie starring Nazeeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi and MK Raina. Nazeer and Om are leftovers in a remote, barren, desert and their only contact with the outside world is a trader MK Raina who comes weekly to take their products which is woven blankets and supplies them with food items and all. Nazeer discovers a human skull while digging the ground one day which bemuses both of them. Then Shabana comes out of nowhere - hungry, emaciated, desolate and narrates her story of her family lost in the floods. The three of them bond together until the sexual desire overpowers them and Shabana gets pregnant in the movie. There is a kind of eeriness to the movie more so to do with the discovery of the human skull. The landscape is true to plot and of course when you have three power houses acting in one movie, it is bound to be dramatic. Mrinal uses a lot of natural light in the scenes and his direction is of course outstanding. Rating 5/5

Neel Akasher Neechey

This was a beautiful movie directed by Mrinal Sen and starring Kali Banerjee, Manju Dey in the lead roles. Set in the 1930s it delves into a brother sister relationship between a Chinese hawker and an Indian housewife who is active in the Indian resistance movement. The Chinese hawker is played by Kali Banerjee and he speaks only Hindi or English in the movie. He has a background in China where he loses his only sister because he has to pay his debts to the landlord and because of overworking he falls ill and his sister pledges one necklace which he had given to her for getting some money. Instead she gets raped and when the brother comes to know it, he mercilessly throws her out of the house losing her forever. Therefore when Bosonti played by Manju calls him brother he showers all his brotherly love on her causing some friction and jealousy amongst her family members and his lady love also. Manju Dey plays the role of Bosonti quite brilliantly. Mrinal Sen has done a super job with the movie.