(Cigarette smoking is injurious to health.)
To portray Netaji on the silver screen effectively is almost an impossible task and one must forgive Prasenjit for his failure to do justice to the role on that count. After all, neither does he have the height nor the build of Bose, nor even a semblance of the personality that could stand tall among the greatest leaders of the day. Netaji's deep and resonant voice with its excellent diction in English and Hindi was also lacking in Prasenjit. The hero was stiff and unnecessarily sombre which was not characteristic of Netaji, the fluid regal person that he was. His gait was also a trifle effeminate on an occasion when he, as Supreme Commander of the INA, swayed somewhat effeminately in his own characteristic stylised forward movement while inspecting the army camp. This was in sharp contrast to Netaji's robust and fluid gait.
All this is understandable, though, for who can adequately fit into Netaji's shoes? But despite it, the master director that Srijit Mukherjee is, he brought about a sufficient metamorphosis in his hero Prasenjit so as to help him portray Netaji as best as he could. The film being on Netaji's post-disappearance probable life, these discrepancies may be overlooked. Prasenjit did, thanks to directorial help, bring out the essence of the character he was made to portray in some sense and he must be commended for it.
End of Part 4
To be continued...
Written by Sugata Bose
(Cigarette smoking is injurious to health.)
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