Mountains of the Moon (2013)

Perfectly adorable

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This was supposed to be one breakthrough movie for the Tollywood industry, a record budget, exotic locations, a masterpiece of a classic as a story, arguably the biggest star in the industry, as lead. And what did it achieve... did it achieve greatness? no, did it do justice to the book? no, did it establish Dev as an even bigger superstar? in my opinion another "no". Starting from Buno Haansh, Dev decided to do more meaningful roles, catering to a different target audience, and this was a big opportunity for him too. But the problem he has with his diction is a major one. The moment he starts reading the letter to his mom, it becomes so very apparent. To be fair to him, he though did wonderfully well towards the end of the movie when Shankar appeared to lose his sanity and that was the only time some power-packed acting came through. But the bigger letdown was the one playing Alvarez. He left no mark whatsoever in this critical role. It demanded some X-factor in its portrayal, but there was none. The Bunip was left as a mysterious creature throughout by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhdhay, director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee decided to elaborate on it, great for the kids, but not for mature viewers, who would have better liked it left as a shadow on the tent, its first show in the movie, and true to its description by the author. Through the middle of its running time, it felt more like watching National Geographic than a movie to speak of the locations used and shown. It may be a great kids' movie, I am sure they have lapped it up, but for more adult and mature viewers, a letdown and a missed opportunity. 5/10.

Well, first of all, as it was a Deb starrer movie who is a big star for mostly Telugu dubbed Bengali movies. Neither they(Telugu versions) have taste, nor the dubbings. I can say this because am very fluent in Bengali as well as Telugu(more in Telugu) and in my POV, Deb is just an over-rated actor. and that's the reason, "I didn't expect anything from this movie." I expected a little thinking there are few foreign actors and crew who worked in the film in a foreign place, that might show off something. And i guess, a little good work showed up though.Since the Beginning to Interval and then to the End, i was always wondering, what's the difference between this movie and Nat Geo's "Man vs Wild". It's just that here Deb sets his journey to search for the treasure with baseless story.Being a bong, i still say this that, most of the bongs are just like Telugu (most of them)movies audiences who likes to watch bullshit things. you show them whole movie in the foreign and the movie would go hit, as if they get to see some wonderland and praise like, good cinematography, vfx, editing etc. and if you watch this movie in multiplexes, the big screen makes most of the bongs flattered, be it any movie.In this movie, i don't know what to talk positive about. The whole movie was like a small documentary which includes riding horses, watching animals and walking places. LOL, is this what you call a movie...total bullshit.As a documentary : i would give 4/5 As a movie : Bullcrap, hardly 1/5 if 1 is the least i can give.Most of the things cinematography, vfx animations, editing, etc, i found many bullshits again and again. poorly worked.Junta, please observe this, movie starts with Deb running chased by elephants, end up with hanging upside down, he cuts the rope and fell in a big pit meant for elephants. WHY the f**k is that scene given when it is nowhere connected. And if i had missed something, i would say INOX can't do mistakes like cutting scenes and show incomplete movie to the audience. the actual question is "where is the connection of that scene later in the movie?"

Chander Pahar one of the best novel i'v ever read and Chander Pahar the mv is one of the worst mv i'v ever seen.first of all when i write this review everybody think that i'm a dev hater.but let me tell u in the mv if anything i like the most was the acting of Dev and the cinematography.and the worst part of the mv was storytelling.Kamaleshwar Mukherjee had written a horrible nd disgusting story plot.when the mv start it was okay everything but then sankar suddenly got the job in Africa nd not in uganda,directly in the station.okay then he not only fight with the lion also kill the lion.and Sankar haven't see the bunip in the whole novel and in the film he 's not only see the creature also kill it...and then Diego Alvarej being a chandannagar native lad and fluently speaking bengali and the zulu chief speaking English fluently.what a crap....man salute to you......and Mr.Kamaleshwar Mukherjee at first learn how to write story,screenplay and directing also.and don't insult any other great novel again............

'Chander Pahar' is arguably the most awaited films in recent times. It is produced by the biggest house, stars Dev, based on a widely popular novel and directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. Definitely, it has all the elements to become an instant epic.But to be honest it miserably fails. Let me clarify my point. The central theme of the novel is all about unprecedented wanderlust. The protagonist risks his life in hunt of a mythical treasure... in an unknown Africa. After succeeding in breaking the myth, Shankar refuses to take treasure. The story is all about the journey of Shankar and his wanderlust which surpasses human greed.The film adaptation dilutes this central theme and emphasizes the subplots of survival stunts. The protagonist turns in to a sadist who risks and hunts for pleasure. The story about an extraordinary journey of life transforms into an average stunt-dependent action/adventure flick.The director also appears to believe the audience gullible. He incorporates idiotic strategy of using unnecessary voiceovers throughout the film to explain simplistic incidents, which is indeed annoying.Apart from all these short comings 'Chander Pahar' is a path breaking film in mainstream Bangla Cinema. This film breaks the myth of big budget Bangla Film implies 'remake of South Indian masala flick.' For sure this will be influential for mainstream Bangla Cinema.