The pulse, smell and flavour of rural life - Monpura soundtrack review
The pulse, smell and flavour of rural life by Faizul Khan Tanim This nine-song soundtrack compilation poignantly paints an emotional canvas of the free-spirited romantic rural life. The music essentially captures the sound, smell, taste, love, treachery and simplicity of rural Bengal and listening to the CD, you will be able to feel the fragrance of immense green and the splash of river water. The film apparently is set in a backwater ountryside – an island called Monpura, where a shy, nervous and humble man called Shonai is a character who only experiences betrayal in life for his modest attitude and genuine love for a fisherman’s daughter Pori. The main theme music for the film is a flute-influenced piece that lurks on the film with mournful and melancholy sound - to perfectly capture the solemn and earnest gaffes of the countryside that surrounds Shonai and Pori. Their tough life is aptly illustrated in the songs Nidhua Pathare 1, 2 and 3, Jao Pakhi Bolo Tarey 1 and 2, the immortal ...