Shukno Lonka: A review

Yesterday, I was planning to watch a movie, a bengali movie especially, since I haven't seen in one in a movie hall for ages, & secondly, in Dubai its probably impossible to see a newly released Bengali movie. I am not a die-hard fan of Bengali movies, but there are certainly movies, which are really worth-watching.
My mom was recommending "Shukno Lonka", a movie based on those side-actors who contribute in one of the insignificant supporting roles in any movie--and one of those supporting actors, get a chance to work with a famous director of Calcutta, in a lead role.
Joydeep & I went to Priya Cinema Hall[no its not a multiplex!!!] & I met him after a real longtime. The movie started on right time & it started with some glimpses of Berlin Film Festival where Mr.Joysundar Sen, an eminent film director, who hails from Calcutta is being felicitated[the role being performed by Sabyasachi Chatterji] whilst some novice actors in Calcutta are watching & abusing him[well, the movie had a little too much profanities--totally unexpected from a Bengali movie!!!] & then the story drifts to Chinu Nandi[done by Mithun Chakravarty]& his life-- he earns Rs.250 a day, when he gets to act in a movie, for a supporting role & when he doesn't get to act--nothing!!!!
The established actors of Calcutta treats Nandi with contempt till the famous bengali director, Mr. Sen selects Nandi for his upcoming bengali film,"Parashpathar"[the magic stone] as a protagonist. Certainly, Chinu Nandi was taken aback & didn't expect this--it was too much for him. He was seen praying to God, "God, I just wanted to live...nothing much". Secondly, it was the first time that the director sent a car for him, to be picked up for shooting & then dropped to his home too. The respect that he was getting, was a little too much & the money that he got for acting in the movie, he spent some of them in renting a tonga[an open coach, pulled by horse]& travel around Kolkata with his beloved wife, & share all the memories of his life--from being the supporting actor to lead role in the film industry.

***
Sabyasachi is an eminent actor & his acting was brilliant. Just done--as we may in culinary term, so was his acting--there was rare scope of overacting.
Debashree Roy also did well, specially when she could smell that her husband, Mr. Sen doesn't love her anymore & she was trying to figure out perhaps Mr. Sen has fallen for Isabella Farkas, an Australian film-maker & producer[performed by Emma Brown]. She was going through such a trauma that she went to the shooting spot & create a mess. Her dance was just ok, though people were praising it to skies!!!
Mithun Chakravarty also did well, in his role, as it was demanded or required.Others were good too.
Now coming to the flaws in the movie--yes everything comes with a flaw....
This movie had few problems..too much & too frequent songs. I am a lover of music, but too much of it was not good...Joydeep may argue with me those are not songs, but jingles...but it was too much. They could have edited the movie well, so that it doesn't get boring. It was good that the movie was giving us glimpses of Calcutta, but it was too much, specially travelling in the tonga throughout the night & flashback of Chinu Nandi's stories.The movie was unnecessarily lengthy--& sometimes, I was getting bored!!! :(
Cinematography, as Joydeep would say, was good. Overall rating of the movie, in a scale of 5, will 3.A must watch???Depends....