Jazz City
Bengali
Set in 1971 Calcutta, a jazz club becomes the backdrop for a revolutionary awakening as music intertwines with language, identity and the birth of a nation during a pivotal historical moment.
| Cast: | Arifin Shuvo, Shataf Figar, Arpita Chatterjee, Shreya Bhattacharya, Sauraseni Maitra, Sayandeep Sengupta, |
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| Director: | Soumik Sen |
| Writer: | Soumik Sen |
All Guild Reviews of "Jazz City"
An Overindulgent Ode to History and Patriotism
Soumik Sen’s disorganised period drama retells the story of the birth of Bangladesh against the backdrop of a Calcutta jazz club
We’re back to 1971. Again. Contemporary Indian cinema will have you believe that South Asian history — nay, human civilisation itself — begins and ends with 1971. Dinosaurs probably went extinct just before that. Jokes aside, so much of historical storytelling is concentrated into that one decade that the fatigue is real. Ironically, mainstream Bollywood at the time reacted to all the national turmoil with Angry Young Men and disillusioned anti-establishment heroes. But today’s stories are more focused on painting that very country as a vessel of patriotism, political courage and cultural superiority. Naturally, this happens at the expense of two familiar neighbours. To its credit, Jazz City finds a new and expensive way to flaunt India’s role in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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