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Bulbbul Movie Review: A tale of red night



Bulbbul: A cold night dripped in bloodshot red where the spirit of “Chudail'' roams freely around the forest, just the kind of story the 5 year old Bulbbul is raised up hearing. Bulbbul is an important women centric movie that needs to be talked and discussed.


Bulbbul is shown free playing along the branches of the trees but her freedom abruptly ceases when she at her very tender age is married to a man contrastingly older than her. Set in Bengal during the colonial period around 1881, Bulbul speaks volume about all the regressive practices like patriarchy, child marriage, rape, gender equality, mysogny and the filthy secrets rich family possess. When Bulbbul’s brother in law, Satya returns after his studies an series of murder is taking place in the same time. As Satya puts his detective hat to investigate the murders, the secrets that are revealed will shake him to core. 


Bulbbul has lavish set design accompanied by costumes. THe highlight of the movie is indeed the striking performance of Tripti Dhimri and the cinematography by Siddarth Diwan. Tripti with her performance as adult Bulbbul will captivate you and mesmerize you with her performance, i would like to see more of her in future. The writer/director of the movie Anvita Dutt provides many instances of subtext inside the movie. The art of foreshadowing is equally used in the movie. A particular scene where the family is enjoying a picnic we can see the blocking extensively and beautifully used.  


However the movie is not free from a few underwhelming aspects.

The color red is prolifically used such that the movie's entire tone becomes red. After a few scenes it becomes a slight turning off. Also the suspense is what does not hold up till the end. By the middle of the movie we become aware about who is behind all the killings.  
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