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"Suman Mukhopadhyay, in his
complex narrative style, uses Herbert brilliantly as the
pendulum, which moves back and forth in time, capturing a
period and juxtaposing it with its ideology and social
ethos. Thus, the film not just covers the life of the
protagonist, but also the city which has travelled through
the times, governed by different ideologies. In this
highly stylistic film, Suman Mukhopadhyay uses some
brilliant techniques which gel amazingly well with the
narrative".
Deepa Ganesh
The Hindu, Bangalore
"Mukherjee employs a range of
cinematic, dramatic devices in the film. Flashforward-flashbacks
(parents, childhood) to Brechtian alienation (father
behind movie camera). And strong influences of several
European masters, especially Fellini is clearly evident.
But despite such 'educated' references, somehow he never
lets his ideas or storytelling become 'alien' or elitist.
Maybe because he manages to keep his film grounded, rooted
to our own culture-specific milieu, utilising all its
banal characteristics, colloquialism and linguistic slang
(profanities bit too excessive though) with passion and
flamboyance".
Mandira Mitra
The Telegraph
"In Herbert, the film, literature meets theatre meets
cinema to lead to a form that's a delicious carnival - a
never-ending series of snapshots that continually push and
threaten to rummage the fragile membrane that separates
the world we know from what remains unknowable".
Chitralekha Basu
The Statesman
"Ritwik would have embraced Suman
after watching Herbert".
Subodh Sarkar
Sangbad Pratidin
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