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Close previewI want to read ICCHER GACH.
but i don't know the name of the Book……and name of the publisher…
so plz help me.
Rereading 'ICCHER GACH' AND 'SONS AND LOVER' IN THE LIGHT OF 'ICCHE'-
Dr.Ratan Bhattacharjee
'Icche' is the film version of the short story ‘Iccher Gaach’ by Suchitra Bhattacharya. The story of Suchitra Bhattacharjee had no conclusion as such. Overprotection of the children in the middle class Bengali family and particularly by typical parents who are over- concerned about the well being of their children. The mother is less concerned about her husband simply because he achieves no success in her eyes. Only a slight twist in the theme could easily make the story an Indian version of Sons and Lovers. The mother –son relation is not given a Freudian dimension either in the story or in the film.
Mamata whose role is played by Sohini Sengupta is the overprotective affectionate mother and her name itself is a misnomer . She wants her son to proper in the material world by earning good degrees and getting white collar jobs. She wants her son to study in Oxford or Harvard, or become a doctor or engineer- a normal desire in the mind of an Indian parent. But this ‘icche’ or desire becomes a strong obsession in her . She monitors the movements and activities of her son and makes her son a ridiculous figure. Probably here lies the twist that Directors of the film Nandita Roy and Shibaprasad Mukherjee want to give to the story in the film. The son ( played by Samadarshi Dutta in the film) was brilliant and never thought about his identity. But too much of eavesdropping makes the son rebellious and he feels that his personal desires are usurped by his overprotective mother. The son starts loving Debjani ( the role played by Rooplekha) in his coaching class. The obsession of the mother goes to nearly a Freudian extent reminding us of the mother Gertrude Morel in Sons and Lovers. Mrs. Morel is unhappily married to Walter Morel, and she redirects her attention to her children, her only passion in life. She is first obsessed with William, but his death leaves her empty and redirects her energies toward Paul. She bitterly disapproves of all the women these two sons encounter, masking her jealousy with other excuses. A natural intellectual, she also feels society has limited her opportunities as a woman, another reason she lives through Paul. This is best seen when Mamata visits her mother in the village after her displeasure over Soumik’s love affairs. The way she hides behind the door and expresses her feelings and emotions only shows that she is a woman in love not with her husband but with her son. Almost a similar Freudian story like the Sons and Lovers here. But the stress in ‘Icche’ is more on the mother’s concern for the welfare of her son Soumik than on her own life of unhappiness . In the story of Suchitra Bhattacharjee also the stress is on the concern of a mother, a typical Indian woman who want her children to shine in life and fulfill all that she was unable to get in her own life. The son in the film should not be a non-achiever like his father . Mamata did not regard her husband as a successful man although he got a car and a flat from the LIC company after his promotion. The wife wants intellectual accomplishment. Her desire is the outcome of her frustrations of her own conjugal life.But this is faintly and implicitly suggested. She wants her son to be happy that she herself could not be in her married life. The reason for her worries is her own worries. Here the film becomes a story of her failure to have her own wish-fulfillment.
In this character -centric film, all characters have played their roles. Even in their short appearance, the characters leave an indelible impression on the mind of the viewers. Bratyo Basu’s role is like that of Mr. Bennett of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the same callous and indifferent kind of head of the family. He with his usual ironic gestures spices words and opinions and creates a bigger gulf between himself and his wife. It is a warning bell for the young wife and the mothers of each Bengali family who ruin their own happiness in their married life by being too much concerned about their children. The two kisses shown in the film are bold – one showing emotions and the other helplessness. The door closed with the bang is a too loud protest of the son against his mother’s obsession and interference in other’s personal matters. She should not have disturbed other’s privacy setting . She read the love letters of her son and that of her son’s fiancee and marred everything . Icche is the first directorial debut of Shiboprasad Mukhopadhyay and yet can claim a larger success. All actors and actresses show their potentialities. Two songs are unconventional and yet they are best suited to the theme of the film –Icche which is not just a desire but a ‘dangerous’ desire , almost an obsession.
In the story of Suchitra Bhattacharya, the ending is open.The change in the film is for the tragic confession of a brilliant boy who could not achieve material success but who proved himself to be a man of emotions and feelings. . Dr