Directed by Arindam Sil, Ebar Shabor is a convincing Bengali whodunit in a season crowded with Feluda and Byomkesh. Unlike the latter two, Shabor (Saswata Chatterjee) is a police detective and has no airs about him. One Mitali (Swastika Mukherjee) gets murdered in the wee hours of a party at her house. Could it be the work of Mithu (Abir Chatterjee), the once-spurned husband, now in love with Mitali's sister Joyeeta (Payel Sarkar). Could it be a briefly-married to and now on hard times Pantu (Ritwick Chakraborty). Or could it be the flamboyant Samiran (Rahul Banerjee), spurned by Mitali? A well-woven storyline that keeps the viewer engaged, and while not truly twist-in-the-tale stuff, is definitely not a predictable thriller. In the crop of recent Bengali movies, this is a must-watch
14.5/20
