Pyare Mohan (Shemaroo; DVD Rs 349, VCD Rs 149) directed by Indra Kumar is one more deaf-blind comic caper of the season. Here Fardeen Khan is the blind man and Viveik Anand Oberoi the deaf one. They are both stuntmen in films and in one freak accident on the sets lose their vision and hearing capability together. But still they live life to the fullest. They have a small gift shop and they are on the lookout for love. The female interest in the movie are Esha Deol and Amrita Rao though they aren’t too interested in the our heroes initially. It’s only when the two fall in deep trouble and the two guys in spite of their handicap immediately come to their rescue do they realise how blind and how deaf love can be. Boman Irani as usual is hilarious as a don. The DVD pack has some ‘extras’ in it like some postcards of the movie with some poster-type one-liners and it also has the making of the film which is more fun.

Ganadevata (Angel; VCD Rs 299) is based on the Jnanpith Award-winning novel of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay (1966). It was given its celluloid form by Tarun Majumdar (1979). A heartening picture of a village replete with their sorrow and memories of happiness. The village has its own class division, discriminations, discordance but they still live on as one. A simple life, with simple problems and simple solutions. The film has an ensemble cast that portrays a life-like picture of a proper village in West Bengal that includes Ajitesh Bannerjee,Samit Bhanja, Nimu Bhowmick, Soumitra Chatterjee,Santosh Dutta, Anoop Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee, Santu Mukherjee, Sumitra Mukherjee, Debraj Roy, Sandhya Roy, Mani Srimani and others. The village life tradition prevalent for centuries face disturbance from time to time on several issues. The threat of the introduction of machine-culture too creates disruption. Ganadevata is a true-to-life picture of these simple people in the face of crises both internal and external.

Chhuti (JMD Sounds; VCD Rs 55) is a children’s film based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story. It’s about a little boy Fatik (Sayantan Santra) who is very naughty. His uncle (Debraj Roy) brings him to the city to give him good education but for the boy who loves nature, the wide fields, the open sky and the trees, finds the small house of his uncle very confining. His heart longs to go back and he keeps looking forward to his school’s summer holiday. But soon he falls sick beyond recovery. Chhuti is a story that portrays what Rabindranath believed in with all his heart, that a child should be allowed to blossom where he can do so naturally, without imposing any restraints on them. The film is directed by Abhimanyu Chatterjee.