Buno Haansh

It's the 'buno' enticements that lands you in trouble…

Based on a novel by Samaresh Majumdar, “Buno Haansh” (Wild goose in English) is the story of a poverty-hit man of a Bangladeshi migrant family living in Kolkata. Like potrayed many times before, he succumbs to the temptations of quick money earned through illicit means.

Well, it's the story of one Amal Kumar Biswas (played by Dev), a blue collar employee engaged in smuggling counterfeit currencies, who falls victim of a crime syndicate which is co-run by another Bangladeshi immigrant called Badal bhai. However, after accomplishing his first mission in Dhaka, Amal lands in Bangkok. The definite thrill of the movie begins from here, after he meets Rijula (Tanusree Chakraborty), a mysterious and attractive young woman in Bangkok.

Rijula is a victim of a notorious recruting agency. She, however, manages to book a safe passage home but also gets involved in a dubious currency smuggling deal with Amal. After arriving at Kolkata, Rijula gets separated as she spots the dubious 'Addi' (Gargi Roy Chowdhury) – a pimp and a broker for Bangkok-based escort agencies. But she parts with a couple of million forged Indian rupees that Amal was supposed to deliver to his contact person.

All hell breaks loose on Amal as the suspense begins. Though he does mange to find Rijula, instead of delivering the fake cash they decide to flee and spend it their own way. Trading in fake notes, they get caught by a hotel manager and so Rijula, the smarter one among the two decides to spend most of the notes at the local derby, while throwing away the rest in the wilderness. Money made out of the race is shared.

But the syndicate as well as the police begins a frenetic chase to hunt down Amal and Rijula. In the end, Rijula flies to Australia; Amal's handicapped girl firend Sohag (Srabanti Chaterjee) is sent to the hospital's ICU; and after a series of thrilling and gripping events, he tries to break free from the crime web.

However, the punchiest scene is the last one, where Amal calls his mother but doesn't speak. Sensing Amal's reluctance to speak to her, his mother pleads with her son to come home. Thus ends Amal's romance with quick and dangerous  money.

Director Anirudha Roy Chowdhury surely deserves credit in directing this complex thriller-romnace-suspense, but Amal's potrayal as a man too naïve, too confused and hesitant appeared a bit irritating and unreal. Shantanu Moitra's music couldn't be better. The film, released on August 24, did well in the box office.