Kapilas Bhuyan
The three issues that I wouldn’t converse in regards to the newest Odia movie Trikanya are; it’s an above 75% benchmark pathbreaking cinema in Odisha, very nicely designed and nicely enacted with strings of tales collectively based mostly on ladies points, as a result of the movie as such proves to be in that class.
I wouldn’t even converse in regards to the tales as that may show to be a spoilsport in hooking the curiosity of the viewers, for many who haven’t seen the movie but.
As they are saying, Trikanya is an anthology movie, I agree, however it isn’t a brand new scenario in filmmaking. Approach again in 1961 Satyajit Ray had made ‘Tin Kanya’ based mostly on three totally different tales on ladies written by Rabindranath Tagore. Once more, famend filmmaker Adoor Gopal Krishnan has made ‘Naalu Pennungal’ (4 Girls) in 2007 based mostly on 4 totally different tales by Thakazhi Sivasankar Pillai. This pattern of stringing collectively a number of tales in a single physique of cinema gained floor in India, notably within the new millennia with Bollywood flicks like ‘Bombay Talkies’ (2013), ‘Lust Tales’ (2018) and ‘Ajeeb Dastan’ (2021), and so forth. Nevertheless, this Bollywood pattern has been a decide from the European cinema like Zrinko Ogresta’s ‘Right here’ (2003, Croatia/Herzegovina). The brightest instance of anthology movie is the favored Spanish movie ‘Wild Tales’ (2014) by the Argentine filmmaker Damian Szifron who has put collectively six tales having the widespread strings of catharsis, violence and vengeance, the widespread traits of Western city society.
Having mentioned that what I imply vis-a-vis ‘Trikanya’ is that at the very least it initiates the pattern of constructing anthology movie in Odia filmmaking panorama. Kudos for that to the director Anupam Pattnaik and the manufacturing workforce.
The movie focuses on three tales – Half – I)what occurs after having human qualities to an AI generated companion doll-girl whose main objective is to supply pleasure, Half – II)what a married girl is able to who suffers from acute household violence, and Half – III) the place it results in fulfill the will of a lady to attain motherhood.
As we aren’t any dwelling in a extremely developed technological period, a narrative surrounding an AI generated pleasure offering companion-doll is kind of entertaining, nonetheless, serves as a metaphor for girls those that are married and dwelling the life like mechanized dolls, and thus, the Half – I of the movie is kind of thought scary. The Half – II narrates the story of vengeance in a really clever approach of which at the moment’s ladies are able to – the boys shouldn’t neglect this reality. Half – III of the movie is probably the most coronary heart wrenching because it delineates the truth that the place a robust want to attain motherhood can lead!
Most viewers will agree with me that Odia cinema at the moment largely suffers from dangerous performing. It has a purpose for that. On account of lack of correct coaching within the discipline most actors have advanced from the churning of Tv, the place memorizing the dialogue traces and talking it out fluently, with none thought or emotions is taken into account pretty much as good performing. A minimum of ‘Trikanya’ just isn’t affected by that dangerous performing syndrome regardless of having many TV actors to enact the characters. Barsha Pattnaik in Half – III because the lead character has give you a commendable efficiency. Nivy however in Half – I has additionally carried out nicely as a mechanized and inconsiderate doll. Shradha in Half – III because the sufferer has enacted reasonably nicely along with her life like supply of dialogues. However all credit score goes to the director Anupam for dealing with his actors to get the very best out of them.
All of the male actors; Sukant Rath, Sijan Mahapatra, Nishant Majithia, Parth Ray, Manoj Mishra and Aman, and so forth. have carried out nicely. As per my remark Sukant and Manoj have carried out their finest thus far. There are minor shortcomings in enactment, nonetheless, these might be missed when the general consequence of the movie is great.
The screenplay by Manas Padhiary and Anupam Pattnaik is tight and well-balanced.
Total, the tales are visually nicely narrated, and provides a shock with an O. Heneryan twist on the finish. The visible delineation by the cinematographer Deepak Kumar may be very a lot noticeable within the movie.
The background music just isn’t overpowering opposite to the standard apply in Odia cinema which supplies the scope to the viewers to be engulfed with the emotion of the characters. Thus, music director Priyabrata Panigrahy has actually scored good background music for the movie.
Thus, I wouldn’t hesitate to offer a rank of 4-star out of 5 to the movie, and sincerely suggest Odia viewers to observe ‘Trikanya’ which they’ll take pleasure in for positive.
(The author is a Senior Journalist and Nationwide Award-winning Filmmaker. Views are private)
