Poran: A captivating love triangle

The sensational murder of Barguna’s Rifat, which rippled throughout the country back in 2020, was the main plotline of the film ‘Poran’.

Making a movie based on an incident which made national headlines is always tough and director Raihan Rafi took on that challenge, and I must say that he came up successful. The triangular love story, inspired by true events, has turned into a blockbuster hit since its release on Eid-ul-Azha.

Poran revolves around three central characters Ananya, Roman and Sifat who took interesting turns in the movie. The film starts off with the suicide attempt of Ananya, and the non-linear storyline slowly unfolds like the wrapping papers of some gifts in the police station. Nasir Uddin Khan, known for his excellence in projects like “Taqdeer,” “Mohanagar,” “Hawa” and many more, was seen in the role of a police investigator and he performed it quite well.

Whenever the film’s storyline was dipping, he could make the audience laugh with his delivery and punch lines. In my opinion, he did justice to his character with his wonderfully polished acting skills in ‘Poran.’

Now, let’s come over to the central characters. Bidya Sinha Saha Mim who played the role of Ananya did a splendid job. Starting her career with Humayun Ahmed’s ‘Amar Ache Jol’ back in 2008, she has made an abundance of improvements to her acting skills.  With a lot of big screen experience, the audience could feel her entry into the character of Ananya. She delved so much into the character that even her husband Soni Poddar jokingly said in a recent interview, “However, if I saw ‘Poran’ before our marriage, I would have thought twice before getting into a relationship with a character like Ananya.”

She was hated inside of the cinema hall and the audiences were booing at her– and that’s what made her performance mind-blowing. Her portrayal of utter betrayal felt very real to the audience which translated into the hate she received in the theatres. Her success is that she was hated so much that people were also calling her names during the screening I watched.

First, we see the lovey-dovey interactions of Roman and Ananya that take numerous twists and turns which felt like a roller coaster ride for me.

I enjoyed the movie with all its suspense beautifully crafted into the screenplay and I did not see anyone leaving the theatre before the credit scene. The supporting characters of Rosy Siddique, Shilpi Sharkar Apu, and Shahiduzzaman Selim were also mind-blowing and spot on.

Yash Rohan did an excellent portrayal of the nerdy, career-focused good boy called Sifat in the movie who was madly in love with Ananya. Sariful Raaz’s stylistic portrayal of Roman was also one of the best acting performances in recent mainstream Bangladeshi films.

The multiplexes of Bangladesh were really hyped for the movie even after four weeks of its release. Recent media reports have informed that most of the shows are still house full despite the recent wave from Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s “Hawa.” I could only find two vacant tickets for “Poran” for the whole entire day and this should be considered as the KPI or key performance indicator of the success of the movie.

However, I enjoyed the entire movie and I would give this movie a solid 7 out of 10 for the excellent choreography, direction and flow. The scope of improvement is in the dubbing, sound coordination and camera stabilisation segments which may not hamper the small screen viewers, but are a huge issue on the big screen.

Overall, ‘Poran’ is a very well-directed family-friendly film with an extraordinary cast which can be enjoyed with family and friends. And also, beware of Ananya.