Giasuddin Selim’s film ‘Gunin’ completes its second week in theatres. Stared with Pori Moni and Sariful Razz, the film already created hype among the people. After creating buzz across cinemas, the film with an iMDb rating of 7.8/10 was released on OTT platform ‘Chorki’ on March 24.
Visiting some cinema halls in Dhaka, The Business Post’s reporter got a mixed reaction from the audience and most of them were happy with the film.
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The film was screened in 20 halls across the country and 11 of them are in the capital.
The box office staff at Star Cineplex said, “Gunin is doing quite good. But the shows are not houseful. The crowd of viewers is not bad compared to other Bangla movies, an average crowd to be more specific.”
After the end of the evening show on Thursday, a few are seen coming out of the theatre and taking pictures with the poster of ‘Gunin’. They gave a mixed review of the film.
“I liked the film. I liked the cinematography. But if I talk about the storyline, it felt scenes are not syncing with one another at the beginning. The art direction is commendable. I haven’t seen this much detailed work in Bangla cinema for so long. Overall, the performance was good. After seeing the performance of Pori Moni in this film I felt directors are yet to utilise her skills properly. She has the potential,” said Anik, a student of dramatics.
“Overall the film was good. The storyline, the camera work, the sound engineering – I liked all of them. But the end could have been a little smoother. All the characters are played very smoothly, the acting was good,” said Taslima Bably.
“I can say Gunin is a good film but I haven’t seen any crowd on the audience. The hall was mostly empty,” she added.
It seems Giasuddin Selim did a really good job by casting Pori and Razz. The actors also gave a commendable performance and proved that Bangladeshi actors have the potential which is yet to be utilised properly. Bangladeshi films still have a long way to go to reach the golden era of entertainment for mass people, said the viewers.
“For me, I felt I wasn’t actually watching a cinema. If you look at the poster of ‘Gunin’, it has a very cinematic look and colour grading. But when you are watching the cinema it was not the same. It was disappointing for me,” said photographer Jibon Ahmed.
“As for cinematography – after the dramatic opening scene, I was expecting some good cinematic shots similar to that throughout the film. But couldn’t able to find one,” he said.
“Filmmakers have to emphasise colour grading and compositions. I feel Bangladeshi ads, tele-films, web series are doing better than cinemas. I wasn’t able to connect with the film,” he added.
Jibon was of the opinion that the film is not for everyone, the lower-income group to be specific.
“As the audience is the educated one who at least understands the film, they do expect more and it’s not unusual. I liked the song ‘Ghomta Khule Badan Tule’ of ‘Gunin’ more than I liked the film,” he added.
Giasuddin Selim is one of the renowned filmmakers of the country. Of course, the audience will keep expecting more and more from him. It seemed he tried to fulfil that with ‘Gunin’. Now time will say how the film does worldwide after its release on Chorki.
