Kapurush / The Coward (1965) - Movie Review | 100 Years of Satyajit Ray | Bengali Masterpiece

[@anubratar]

Feels bad , only handful of people may have seen this master piece. Glad you watched it. Ray is not only about Pather Panchali and Apu Trilogy. More you see him, more you be awestruck.

[@siddharthbhoyar9737]

yes

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

Yeah.. it's hard to even get people to watch atleast a Pather Panchali...

[@anubratar]

Agree with you Vishnu

[@Urmi_Brishti]

Agreed👍

[@amidishamondal]

Agree.

[@mrsleviackerman2370]

8:01 Soumitra Chatterjee was such a sweetheart❤️❤️❤️

[@mohanjaiswal792]

Please watch 'Nayak' by Satyajit Ray. You'll be introduced to Uttam Kumar, the greatest bengali actor of all time. That movie was tailor-made for him by Ray, portraying his journey to become a hero from a realistic pov. Two stalwarts of bengali cinema on either side of the lens...

[@TheJimmyCage]

Our review of Nayak is already up for all patrons and KZbin members :) (early access)

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

Sorry to say but Uttam Kumar isn't the greatest Bengali actor of all time(atleast to me) he was a very good actor and had very very good screen presence

[@debjyotimandal4927]

@@prof.hijibiji9649 good username ☺❤👌 arguably greatest! Surely among the greatest!

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

@@debjyotimandal4927 thanks dude...

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

@@TheJimmyCage hey Jimmy have you watched Hirak Rajar deshe or what? We are waiting...

[@subratabasu4618]

I found your channel only recently, but have since tried not to miss your reviews of Indian, especially Bengali, movies. The empathy with which you penetrate into the very heart of a culture so different from yours is almost uncanny. I am sure this has helped at least some Indians to acquire a deeper appreciation of their own cinema. I am not sure if you have reviewed Rittik Ghatak's 'Subarnarekha'. If you haven't, it's this one film of his that you just can't miss.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you so much :) Reading a comment like yours really makes us happy and motivates us to keep going. We haven't watched Subarnarekha yet but it's on our list... unfortunately the versions available are all of supbar quality. :/

[@subratabasu4618]

Perhaps you have checked this print of 'Subarnarekha': kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoLcnp9rq9app9E ? It's without subtitles, but one of the two subtitles available (the one that doesn't mention frame rate) at opensubtitles.org seems to synchronise, although I haven't checked all through. And of course you must be aware by now that the quality of subtitles of even classic Bengali movies can be quite pathetic.

[@abhijitkar3966]

@@TheJimmyCage l

[@willguiro]

Simply put, Ray was a master filmmaker. Unmatched. If you need confirmation, take the word of Martin Scorsese, Jean Luc Godard, Truffaut, Bergman and so many others who revered him. Using the specific elements of cinema - space, time; sound and vision, including certain ones unique to film - montage and closeup - he could birth a flawless work that would be visually stunning and emotionally overwhelming. He was a technical virtuoso, yet almost unnoticeably so; which is to say never self consciously or superfluously. The technique he deployed was never for its own sake. It harmonized, fused ideally with the whole of his artistic intent. Ray's immense power is not only in the pitch perfect performances, astounding as they are, but also in the way he draws our attention to the the most articulate of details: Madhabi Mukherjee's delicate fingers; her terrifyingly beautiful eyes; the pair of sassy cool sunglasses she wears outdoors in a later segment (which mask those heavenly eyes - and her emotions); the sight and sound of rain in Soumitra Chatterjee's poor studio that presages their breakup. While I greatly admire the major works of Ray's oeuvre - Apu, Charulata, Music Room, Home and the World - this rather short work embodies a certain perfection for which I can only agree with the 10/10 rating. So often a film adapted from a play to the screen leaves one cold and unfulfilled; because the cineaste has relied too much, or solely, on verbal/literary flourishes and the actors' talents. Ray knew how to weave together the brilliant performances he evoked into much richer tapestries, rendering them ever more captivating with visual jewels - gentle zooms; carefully chosen angles and backdrops; deep focus; and some of the most exquisitely composed frames ever shot. These gems serve as accents, deployed at perfect intervals, that make the emotion suffuse us more completely and unforgettably. This is what great cinema should - must - do.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Wonderfully put :)

[@alonealien1474]

You're right about "Mahapurush" in that its humor is very Bengali in nature and outsiders may not get it. Personally, it's one of my favorite lighthearted movies.

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

True... Probably only Indian can connect

[@debjyotimandal4927]

Not really! It's a Indian version of Tartuffe! 😃

[@alonealien1474]

@@debjyotimandal4927 The general plot maybe, but I am talking about the specific things that are funny within a specific cultural context. For example, the Shakespearean stories adapted in Japanese or in Hindi ARE plot-wise the same as the original, but the adaptations are very definitely Japanese and Indian in how the same story plays out in different beats.

[@vishnu.bharadwaj]

For me it's a 9.5 Outta 10 😬.. It is a textbook movie for aspiring movie makers and movie lovers.. ❤️

[@abhinavbhattacharjee7503]

Thanks for reviewing Kapurush...... Its really a great love triangle although its verrryy underrated......

[@TheJimmyCage]

It was our pleasure :)

[@knowitnowsouvikghosh8006]

Thank you for bringing this up. Ray was such a kind of director who created marvels out of very short in budget. There was fund crunch in many of his movies but the exceptional quality and attention to detail are unparalleled. I am a proud Bengali holding his legacy in my heart. Furthermore these kind of casting and actors are irreplaceable. These movies portray only true acting and direction and no special effects… It reflects the cultural heritage and legendary brilliance. Thank you for reviewing.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Our pleasure :)

[@debjyotimandal4927]

Premendra Mitra is one of the greatest Bengali short story writer! He also directed movies!

[@pontysoldier]

You guys really awesome in viewing & reviewing👍👍

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :)

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

Buddy giving 10/10 to coward blown me away ...

[@AJK994]

*spoilers* The climax of this movie features the thug life of the century 🔥

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

Ha ha

[@asai4093]

Very well done, thinking about rewatching after your review. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :)

[@sabbirs2423]

I highly recommend watching Abhijaan/The Expedition, its quite unlike Ray's other films and is an excellent movie as well.

[@the_Subhadeep]

Waiting for Uttam Kumar's - Antony Firingee (1967) Sanyasi Raja (1975) ❤️✨

[@shankarganguly6407]

Kapurush is a gem of a movie. Have you seen Ray's Kanchanjunga?

[@TheJimmyCage]

Unfortunately Kanchanjunga is only available in really bad quality :/ So we haven't seen that one yet.

[@arindambiswas7516]

Only kapurush, why not mahapurush..both films are realised jointly. 1st part mahapurush ( the great man) 2nd part kapurush (the coward)..

[@TheJimmyCage]

I watched Mahapurush and I couldn't really connect to it that much.

[@avijitghosh331]

Excellent. Very detailed analysis. A very good review. Keep it up.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you so much :)

[@debjyotimandal4927]

Thanks for reviewing this underrated work. ❤👍 This is arguably his best work for the psychological details and the suspense and drama with which he presented it.

[@TheJimmyCage]

It was our pleasure :)

[@arkasengupta2328]

Great! Now review Mahapurush. Can't wait. And I request you to watch Interview by Mrinal Sen.

[@isqeisqe]

- the coward is actually not just the protagonist, but all 3 of them. If you think about it. That was my biggest take away from the movie.

[@user-AhsanShan2]

Please review "Raincoat" by Ritupornu Gosh.

[@amidishamondal]

Oh! It's a lovely movie. Heart wrenching songs and Gulzar sahab's poetry...

[@ronygeorge1996]

Latest Lijo Jose Pallisery film " CHURULI" realeased in IFFFK- International Film Festival of Kerala.. Getting extremely positive reviews... Waiting for Theatre Release... #Ljp ❤ #GameChanger

[@TheJimmyCage]

Can't wait to watch it :)

[@munnangieswarkumarreddy7247]

Please review classic film MAYA BAJAR. It is considered one of the greatest films of telugu and tamil film industries (it is a bilingual film). In an vote that has taken place a long time back on the greatest films of india, MAYA BAJAR was the one from south india and MUGHAL- E - AZAM was the one from north india that got highest votes.

[@jimboc7249]

Good one, guys. Watched it last night and was looking for some commentary on it. What did you think of the ending, SPOILER, the pills? Was it an excuse to show up? Was she protecting him from himself?

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :) Interesting point about protecting him. Didn't think about that but I like it :)

[@jimboc7249]

@@TheJimmyCage Thanks. Good channel; I'll return definitely. I should mention that on the North American Turner Classic Movies network they devoted an entire day to Satyajit Ray on his 100 birthday this year. They also did that for Kurosawa a few years back, and they literally show 24 hours of their movies. It's a very cool project.

[@TheJimmyCage]

That's awesome :) Hopefully many more people will discover Ray in the future!

[@pritambiswas1000]

Excellent review Jimmy and Buddy ❤️ It's a solid 9.5/10 film for me. 5 Bengali legends ( the 3 actors e.g *Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee* and *Haradhan Banerjee* , the director *Satyajit Ray* and the writer of the original story *Premendra Mitra* ) created this masterpiece. Edit:- Guys please start exploring some new/recent Bengali films. Even in 2020, 3-4 really good Bengali films released on OTTs and in the theatres. Current generation of Bengali filmmakers are also highly talented and they're creating amazing films even though they're working with very low budget. And please explore some *Rituparno Ghosh* films. After the era of the 3 legends of *"Satyajit Ray-Ritwik Ghatak-Mrinal Sen"* who ruled Indian parallel cinema for decades the next best Bengali filmmaker we got and lost prematurely (died at the age of 50) was *Rituparno Ghosh* He won multiple National Awards and big Bollywood actors used to wait eagerly to work in his films. *Amitabh Bachchan* used to love him. *Irrfan Khan* wanted to work with him but sadly it didn't happen. Watch *Rituparno Ghosh* directed films like, 1) Chokher Bali 2) Utsab 3) The Last Lear (English) 4) Titli 5) Abohomaan 6) Noukadubi 7) Chitrangada 8) Bariwali 9) Dosar 10) Raincoat (Hindi) You'll realise his calibre after watching these films.

[@amidishamondal]

Agree. I just love Rituparno Ghosh's films. I want to add "khela". I feel it's a very underrated film. Chokher Bali(a passion play) is a masterpiece. Noukodubi is also very beautiful. Chitrangada is rituda's best work.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :) Rituparno Ghosh seems to be a good option to continue our exploration of Bengali language cinema in the future.

[@pratikstark6696]

@@TheJimmyCage exactly. He's(was) one of the most tallented filmmakers of 20th/21st century India. Also you can see some shadow of Ray in him. 😀

[@amidishamondal]

Wow! Eagerly waiting. Ghosh's films deal with the dynamics of human relationships so beautifully. It was only Rituparno Ghosh after Rabindra nath Tagore who understood women behaviours so well. Even he also made a docu-feature on Rabindranath , named "Jivansmriti". Kind of " when Ritu meets Rabi". It's a delight to watch. Its available in KZbin 1080p and with English subtitles.

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

+ Andarmahal

[@syjutaj]

Ray is the benchmark for any art movie makers in India. Great review. I wish if you would review "Elipathayam" by Adoor Gopalakrishnan also.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :) Elipathayam is on our watch list for the future for sure.

[@syjutaj]

@@TheJimmyCage eagerly waiting

[@debjyotimandal4927]

@@TheJimmyCage Anantaram is his best.

[@SF-li9kh]

Where did you see this film from? In the snippets, I couldn't see subtitles.

[@TheJimmyCage]

The movie is available (aside many more Satyajit Ray films) on the Criterion Channel - www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=the+coward - It's a streaming platform that's usually only available in the US and Canada... but if you register with a VPN (can be a bit tricky), you can just watch it from everywhere afterwards.

[@pritambiswas1000]

It's available on KZbin in 1080p with english subtitles. Just search for it and pick the correct one.

[@latashukla6086]

Please upload Abhijaan and Teen Kanya with English subtitles

[@arorapankaj200]

Hi Jimmy, just subscribed your channel today after watching the review of 'Padosan', with Rick and Korbin... enjoyed and liked your review of Golmaal and chupke chupke...I recommend you to watch and review Satyajit Ray's 'Shatranj Ke Khiladi'.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you :D Welcome to the channel! Shatranj Ke Khiladi is also on our watch list for this year :)

[@buddhadev92]

Thanks you Thank you once again

[@TheJimmyCage]

You are welcome :)

[@trishahasan2961]

wow guys. i wud expect you guys say something about the ending. you guys just avoid that. i would like to know your thinking about the ending.

[@TheJimmyCage]

I think it's a perfect ending. It's very heartbreaking from Soumitra's perspective but it's also just so consequent to who these characters are.

[@trishahasan2961]

@@TheJimmyCage no you didn't understand my question. In the end, Koruna did come to the station. her intention cud is either she wanted to see Amitabh grew some courage to take her now,( that he mentioned to her that morning when her husband was sleeping) or he is still the coward. So when she came to the station even though Amitabh smiles at first he was showing scared/sad emotion just right after the smiling. That cud means two things. From karuna's face, he understood she just came but will not go with him or he is still "the coward". I wanted to know what ur thought about that? now after that Karuna started asking abt the medicine. that might be the cover-up for her being stood up and got insulted again by Amitabh, or she really came for the medicine.

[@aneeshaneeshms8788]

Dileepttan movie Kamara sanbavam movie review

[@testuser5373]

Watched it. Thank you for the recommendation. It was a bit slow, but worth it. I would give 8/10

[@TheJimmyCage]

Glad to hear :)

[@testuser5373]

@@TheJimmyCage Thanks..I would recommend you a German movie named 'The Divine order'. Can you do a review on that, because I loved that movie.

[@TheJimmyCage]

Maybe someday :) By the way it is a movie from Switzerland... and while Swiss German and German sound similar... there's still no way that I understand it without subtitles ':D

[@testuser5373]

@@TheJimmyCage oops sorry..

[@urbanmohan]

please watch only hindi film of rays players of chess satranj ke khiladi

[@bhaskarsinha1527]

Really nice to see you re-look at several of Ray's films and discussing them. One issue I see with your treatment of such films is the casual, fun-framed platform you bring them to right at the beginning. You begin in a jocular fashion which is very, very jarring. Well, to be more direct, one doesn't talk about Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa or Ray quite in this vein. They deserve a certain respect even in being mentioned. Second, do you really, really have to talk so fast? It is not necessary, you know, you are NOT in a talk show. Why not allow a breath of two so that what you are saying SINKS IN? Learn a little bit from the way veteran critics speak about the classics, or when one film-maker speaks of another film-maker (umpteen videos available on KZbin). Great films deserve 'A Certain Regard' (quoting the name given to a widely respected Section of the Cannes Film Festival).

[@cinemacafe2467]

love your work keep it up 👍

[@TheJimmyCage]

Thank you so much :)

[@soumavabasu2856]

Please review "Nayak"

[@TheJimmyCage]

Our review of Nayak is already up for all patrons and KZbin members :) Will be coming for everyone someday in the near future.

[@jessonmm6648]

Please give the review of Malayalam masterpiece movie urumi

[@syjutaj]

Urumi is a masterpiece? Of whom? There are great artwork in Malayalam film industry than Urumi.

[@athulsaji3112]

please review Big B (2007)by amal neerad starring mammootty (unofficial remake of four brothers)...and pranjiyettan and the saint(2010) by Ranjith Starring mammooty ...Paleri manikyam (2009) that too by ranjith starring mammootty

[@mohammadaminfatemi6219]

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