Chokher Bali

I bought the DVD a long time ago and finally got around to watching it.I really enjoyed watching this film as you don't get the chance to see many of the more serious better quality bollywood films like this. Very... Full review

What do you do if you're Aishwarya Rai, coming off of a blockbuster film like 'Devdas', with some skeptical critics still relentlessly unsatisfied with your astounding performance or convinced by your strong screen presence and stellar acting skills, what do... Full review

I concur with what mallicka.b has said. The movie is portrayed in a way which appears to be a kind of vilification on the original content. Emotions aren't conveyed properly. I guess a couple of not-so-good performances also contributed to... Full review

Chokher Bali was shown at the (Washington) DC Filmfest April 15, 2005. The director, Rituparno Ghosh, was there to give a short introduction and answer questions afterwards.As always, I think Aishwarya did a fantastic job. I can understand those who... Full review

Chokher Bali – A passion play.Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel of the same name, this is a classic tale of deception, adultery and relationship exploitation. Set in 1900 Bengal, director Rituparno Ghosh transformed the Nobel Laureates' acclaimed literature into a... Full review

The Hindi version of the film is 121 minutes. Set in Bengal in the early 1900's, the film (based on Tagore's novel) draws an analogy between the British colonization of India and the subjugation of women. An educated and beautiful... Full review

I saw 2 hour version of Choker Bali. I cannot say that is long. The movie has a certain natural pace to it and does not seem to lag at any time. The costume and the set are reminiscent of... Full review

First, I would like to admit that Chokher Bali was not my cup of tea. This movie was evidently not targeted toward the masses. It's the type that critics would enjoy watching. The hype and publicity were quite misleading.I was... Full review

The strength of this Tagore novel was the simultaneous portrayal of the baser human instincts and its destructive effects and the nobler human emotions and its uplifting purifying effects in its central protagonist- Binodini. Binodini's deliberate enticement of Mahendra was... Full review

this is one of the best bengali movies i've seen in my life and the director has to get all the credit. Tagore's novels are one of the hardest to execute on the big screen and the director handles it... Full review

But the problem lies in the fact that the non-linear progression of the film has not been dealt well at all. The film is readable with all its flaws. ... Full Review

Rituparno Ghosh, a young director from Kolkata, is the creative successor to these great directors, and Chokher Bali , is a lyrical example of his craft and his obsession with one of India's disgraceful injustices - its religious and cultural subordination of women. ... Full Review

However, it has already been screened at some of the worlds finest film festivals Toronto, Rome, London and Rotterdam. But, there are some actors to whom acting comes so easily that they enhance the look and feel of whats asked from them, feels this talented filmmaker. ... Full Review

On the whole this is a good, but not great, film - the use of music is fairly conventional, as are the occasional camera flourishes. Far from Bollywood, the "quality" side of the Indian film industry is represented by this slow yet interesting period melodrama, based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore. ... Full Review

The legendary Suchitra Sen's grand-daughter Raima has already done a cluster of Bengali films including Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali . Rahul is a fabulous actor. Rahul is a talented and sensitive actor. ... Full Review

Mumbai: She was Rituparno Ghosh's associate director in films like Chokher Bali , Antarmahal , Raincoat , The Last Lear and Brick Lane (UK). Now, London-based Sangeeta Datta's directorial venture Life Goes On has been selected for screening at the... ... Full Article

She'd already turned heads for her stunning good looks and stellar performances in films as different as Pradeep Sarkar's Parineeta , Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali , Navdeep Singh's Manorama - Six Feet Under and Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd... ... Full Article

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is upset with Priyanka Chopra for calling her beautiful but not mentioning her acting talent when she received the Filmfare best actress award. ... Full Article

Director Anniruddha-Roy Choudhary is looking forward to the release of the Hindi version of his Bengali film Anuranan this Friday. "Although Anuranan is a culture-specific film, its theme is universal. ... Full Article

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) From the pathos of widows of the 1930's India in "Water" to the mystic of Aishwarya Rai as a young widow in "Chokher Bali" ('Sand in the Eye'), fables of ill-fated women have often graced... ... Full Article

Female stars seem to be coming to the rescue of small producers who can never dream of signing A-list stars. The big budget commercial film will always be around, hanging their hopes on the magnetism of their leading man, but... ... Full Article