Phoring (2013)
8/10
A coming age story of a grasshopper....
16 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This movies, as it's named after the pet name of the main protagonist, 'Phoring' aka Grasshopper in Bengali. Rightfully so, as this is a story of an wanderer, a naive restless soul.

So it's all about a village boy from north Bengal standing odd out in his school, in his class, flunking in his exams, a laughing stock for his mates. Entering a smart young history teacher from Kolkata recently transferred, who took fancy on this little boy as she saw something different in him.

As always, a shy, introvert yet imaginative adolescent kid fell for the charm of his sweet and kind teacher who only tries to guide him.

Also the little boy hears two imaginary voice, a male and female, who taunts him, advise him, speak to him.

But it ain't a sweet story of a boy falling for his teacher, as he accidental discovered her mysterious male friend is actually a extremist and smuggling in weapons in his village. He confronts his teacher only to know she is also deeply involved as they flew the very next morning.

The next of the story is all about Phoring travelling to Kolkata to find his teacher. And finally he finds her when police arrested her.

For me the climax stood out as it is disclosed that the voice he hears every now and then in his head is actually the imaginary voice of God, in both male and female perspective and in the end he snubbed the male voice saying not to talk what he does not understand.

Sohini Sarkar as the teacher was cute and brilliant and Akash Adhikari as Phoring was phenomenal.

A must watch for all the story and movie lovers
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