Comments on: Book: “The Middleman”

By: Suneetha

Suneetha — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:38:36 +0000

I too have watched the movie long back but not read the book… good review here

Suneetha

By: Sujeet Pillai

Sujeet Pillai — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:31:52 +0000

So I did read the review finally – Thanks to your bullying!
Can’t help wonder this story sounds like so many Malayalam Movies of the late ’80s. The reluctance to business is somewhat of a common trait between Keralites and Bengalis.. There are so many things in common between these two people you think the states were connected at one time.. It’s weird.

By: Unmana

Unmana — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:08:47 +0000

Thanks, Sucharita. I haven’t watched the movie: will look out for it.

By: Sucharita Dutta-Asane

Sucharita Dutta-Asane — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:13:10 +0000

Hi Unmana. Liked your review of a well-loved book. I watched the movie (the title was changed to Jana Aranya) as a teenager at a Bengali film festival and fell in love with the narrative of the film. Satyajit Ray did a marvellous job and called it one of his bleakest movies. The book is also gripping but ass you say, full of coincidences. What I noticed more was the submission to chance and circumstance that signified the era and its compulsions.

Sucharita Dutta-Asane