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Bengali Film Review: Dutta Versus Dutta

The film produced by Mr. Anjan Dutta - Dutta Versus Dutta, said to be a biographical depiction of the time period around 1970's kolkata.The film centers around Dutta Mansion and depicts the earlier life of Mr. Anjan Dutta and the family set-up in which he grew up.The film shows his view on life and how things went about in those days. As I have already said several times in my previous reviews on current trend of contemporary Bengali films. I am very happy and yet sad to see that film producers and directors are concentrating in subjects revolving more and more in north and central kolkata. These people are not realizing that by concentrating the subjects to old kolkata is resulting in subtle loss of a pan Bengal appeal. It is more of a film about north and central kolkata rather than about bengal. It's a film about life,love,hatred,family bonding,  family values of "Bonedi" families of central and north kolkata. People from old kolkata - north and central k