It is indeed sad, because having not held back financially and after boasting of some breath-taking scenes involving elephants, lion and dangerous snakes, it is a pity that a few minutes of special effects which are not up to the mark are what will prevent Chander Pahar from being counted as world-class. More importantly, on a tougher scale of contemporary world cinema, it does still hold its own, though a few sequences of shoddy special effects ruin the overall experience. In the perspective of Bengali or even Indian cinema, Chander Pahar will score remarkably high on the cinematography and the sequences involving animals. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee and his team do a commendable job of breathing life into the adventures of Shankar. Highly recommended.In the perspective of Bengali or even Indian cinema, Chander Pahar will score remarkably high on the cinematography and the sequences involving animals РІР‚СљGolpo kam, sahitya beshiРІР‚Сњ (Less of fiction & more of literature).Р”Р„ll in all, РІР‚В Chander PaharРІР‚в„ўР’В is arguably one of the finest adventure novels IРІР‚в„ўve had the pleasure of reading & even if you cannot read Bengali, thereРІР‚в„ўs always the English translation you can check out. I mean, itРІР‚в„ўs an adventure tale & if something starts to feel a tad repetitive, youРІР‚в„ўre killing the magic of it. The only point of criticism on my part is that the story couldРІР‚в„ўve been a bit shorter. So I can count myself lucky for having someone in the house who was willing to entertain my questions on vocabulary (thank you Maa!) every other time I was reading this.

The novelist is one of the major exponents of literary fiction in Bengali literature & so the prose is a notch higher than what IРІР‚в„ўve encountered in Satyajit RayРІР‚в„ўs short novellas featuring the sleuth Feluda or in Anandamela, the Bengali literary magazine for children. Will Shankar survive the ordeal of rainforests, high-terrain climbs, deserts, seemingly mythical beasts & live the life he had always craved for?Р”Вespite the fact that the book falls under the category of childrenРІР‚в„ўs literature, it bears the hallmark of BibhutibhushanРІР‚в„ўs work. But in a place where civilization has never set foot before, mere survival is often the biggest challenge. Together, they set off on a great adventure in search of a legendary treasure that lies in an unknown cave, hidden somewhere in the forests of the Richtersveldt Mountain Range. He nurses him back to health & Alvarez, in gratitude towards the young lad, decides to take him under his wing. While on stationmaster duty at a remote station in Kenya, he happens to meet the Portuguese traveller Diego Alvarez, famished & on the verge of death. Living in the vast grasslands of Africa with Europeans & locals alike as they go laying tracks for trains is not bereft of danger, for man-eating predators roam freely & a moment of indiscretion or complacency can often result in oneРІР‚в„ўs death. So when an acquaintance offers him the oppprtunity to work abroad, Shankar grabs it with both hands & lands in the middle of Africa, working for the Ugandan Railway Company. However, the year is 1909 & what awaits him at the end of his schooling is an ordinary clerical job at a jute factory. Shankar is your brilliant youngster in every respect РІР‚вЂњ a good student with decent grades, an excellent athlete & a thirst for knowledge & adventure in his life.

Shankar Choudhuri is the protagonist of РІР‚В Chander PaharРІР‚в„ўР’В (РІР‚В Mountain of the MoonРІР‚в„ў) by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, the novelist famous for penning the novels on which Satyajit RayРІР‚Вs Apu trilogy is based. For there was a time when I really thought IРІР‚в„ўd never get around to reading Bengali literature РІР‚вЂњ but here I am, having accomplished what I set out to do. Before I start to write a review, IРІР‚в„ўd like to take the opportunity to pat my own back.

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