The only thing you’d want to do after watching Sayantan Ghosal’s TeniDa and Company is to go home and re-watch the late funnyman Chinmoy Roy’s cackling take on the literary character in the 1978 comedy Charmurti. But if you’ve never engaged with the series in any way, be prepared to feel shortchanged with the new release.
Kanchan Mullick plays Teni da, the fibbing, self-aggrandising but lovable dada-next-door from Narayan Gangopadhyay’s stories. All novelties of Teni da’s character are entirely lost in Kanchan’s portrayal. His own personal brand of comedy, which has many takers otherwise does nothing for this role which needs a different strain of humour altogether.Puff Daddy 2023 Full Movie Download
Tenida’s effortless wit, pithy one-liners and easy sarcasm are nowhere to be found in the film. Kanchan’s loud, screeching deliveries are cringe and make the humour come across as garish and quite unwatchable. In comedy, the ‘wrong’ casting can sometimes do wonders for an adaptation, especially if it’s a modern re-telling; but a casting blunder like this one is a disservice to not just the source material but also to a performer as seasoned as Kanchan.In the film, based on the Jhau Bungalow Rahashya, Teni da’s Potoldanga cohorts, Kyabla, Habul and Pyala are no longer sophomores and are in their mid-20s. They head to Darjeeling for a vacation where they encounter scientist Dr Santra. He claims to have devised a formula that could end global warming. The friends are invited to Santra’s supposedly haunted bungalow after Kyabla, who’s a scientist himself shows interest in helping Santra to make the solution.