Kusum Ka Biyaah Review: A slice of life film

KUSUM KA BIYAAH

Producers- Pradip Chopra and Balwant Purohit

Director- Suvendu Raj Ghosh

Cast- Lovekansh Garg, Sujana Darjee, Raja Sarkar, Suhani Biswas, Puny Darshan Gupta, Rozi Roy, and Pradip Chopra.

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By Jyothi Venkatesh

The film sets out to convey through a slice of film the pertinent message of improving the government system and fostering harmony and love between Bihar and Jharkhand. The film Kusum Ka Biyaah is inspired from a real story of a Bihari girl who marries a boy from Jharkhand and how they were stuck on the state border when the pandemic-induced lockdown was imposed. It’s an intriguing human story.

The plot revolves around the bridegroom Sunil’s marriage, which faces numerous challenges. Just as the family members are excited about the wedding, a nationwide lockdown is imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This results in the entire wedding party getting stuck at Sunil’s father-in-law’s place in Bihar, on a bamboo bridge which sets out to connect Bihar and Jharkhand.

Suvendu Raj Ghosh was with Kolkata police working in the crime branch and took voluntary retirement in 2016 and since then has been making films in Bengali and now in Hindi. He has directed four Hindi films, including Chase No Time to Crime (2019) and Before You Die (2022).

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Incidentally, Suvendu Raj Ghosh had made the film Shunyata (2017) which was the country’s first film on demonetisation, before he set out to make this one on Covind 19. The film Kusum Ka Biyaah with a backdrop of the recent unpleasant Covid 19 sets out to shed light on the impact of central government decisions on the lives of people in rural areas.

Sujana Darjee renders a spirited performance as the reticent new bride while Lovekansh Garg gets into the character of bridegroom with effortless ease. Bhanu Pratap Singh has composed the lilting songs of the film with an ear for musicThe film also delves into the tensions and various conflicts between Bihar and Jharkhand, highlighting the plight of poor ordinary individuals caught in the web of complexities of the red tape in the government system and its various loopholes. The film aims to offer insights into the hardships faced by those affected by such circumstances.

Though it does not at all boast of a story line and has been strung on various incidents that happened during the pandemic, the film does not bore you for even a single minute thanks to the deft direction