Added to this mix is a drugs racket in the city of Kolkata where Bob Biswas is based, and characters from Bob’s earlier life who variously nudge, force or aid him to do things he did not realise he was capable of. Mini is stressed out by college entrance exam preparations, Benny is being bullied in school and Mary’s boss at work is a sexual predator. So that’s the happy foursome: Mary (played by Chitrangda Singh), little Benny (Ronith Arora), the teenaged Mini (Samara Tijori) and Bob. There he meets the fourth member of their family: a daughter. He has a wife and son – he knows that only because they pick him up from hospital and take him home.

Bachchan) is a not-so-eerie, apparently gentle soul who has just woken up from a long coma following a near-fatal accident and has no recollection of his past. In 2021, Bob as played by Abhishek Bachchan (credited here as Abhishek A. So not only do the three leads deliver remarkable performances, but you come away from the film remembering even Saswata Chatterjee playing the destined-to-be-iconic Bob Biswas, the eerie undercover contract killer whose total screen time would not add up to many minutes.” Actors for even the tiniest roles have been chosen with affection for the writers’ vision. Nine years after that Vidya Balan starrer created waves at the box office, here at last comes the spin-off that has been crying out to be made ever since: Bob Biswas. The new film is written and co-produced by Sujoy, and directed by debutant Diya Annapurna Ghosh, his daughter.īack in 2012, this is what I wrote in my review of the original: “ Kahaani is one of those rare Hindi films that marries intelligent casting with a wonderful script.

Sambha from Sholay, Kachra from Lagaan, Bob Biswas from Kahaani … when characters who are barely in a film’s story remain memorable, you should know you have watched something special.

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