Imagine you're sitting in a balcony, it is raining, you're about to take a sip of hot tea & you listen a voice coming from your neighbour's window “Barse Badariya Saawan Ki” I don't know about your reaction but I would love to listen to this song at that instant because it perfectly captures the moment & left a strange feeling. Barse Badariya is the second manifestation from my mini-series “Songs beyond life”. If I am not wrong you all are familiar with the stories of Tagore, this song is from an @epicchannelindia series named “Stories by Rabindranath Tagore - Part - Sampati”.

Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “Samapti” (“The Conclusion”, 1893) is about an independent-minded girl’s resistance to an arranged marriage and her ensuing gradual coming to terms with connubial love.  This story served as the basis for “Samapti”, the 12th and 13th episodes of the anthology television series Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015), which was under the general directorship of Anurag Basu, with these two episodes having been directed by Tani Basu.  

Tagore’s stories are often about how love struggles within the constraints of a tradition-bound society, and “Samapti” is a good example.  This story was filmed years ago by Satyajit Ray as a substantial segment, “Samapti (The Conclusion)”, of his Teen Kanya (Three Daughters, 1961), which was made to celebrate the centenary of Tagore’s birth.  Ray’s version, which is similar in length to the Basu version. But the Basus’ version, which was scripted by Bijesh Jayarajan, has its own distinctive perspective and is very good, too.

One of the things I like about this version is the dreamlike rendering of the story that is evoked by cinematographer Bappa Mir’s extensive use of slow-motion photography.  This is aptly supplemented by the expressive soundtrack music from Anurag Saikia and Rana Mazumdar.  It is often the case that Film narratives have the character of dreams and vivid memories of the past that have a narrative structure with an emotional tone. This film’s recurrent use of remembered images and slow-motion sequences emphasizes that emotive quality. And note one thing this is the version which I love the most, there are piles of interpretations available on YT & other platforms but @ranajoybhattacharjee version is best. And this mesmerising lyrics is penned by Saint Meera & I should mention Mamta here for cueing me about this. Read her beautiful comments down. :)

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