{"id":9820,"date":"2025-05-26T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=9820"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T08:47:49","slug":"aamar-boss-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/aamar-boss-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamar Boss Review: Hearts in the Right Place"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aamar Boss<\/em> poster<\/p><\/div>\n

Who is the Boss in Aamar Boss<\/em>? But of course, it is Rakhee Gulzar. In more ways than one. Not only does she essay the title role, she carries the story of two generations struggling to find common ground squarely on her still-capable shoulders.<\/p>\n

Rakhee, who possibly last graced the silver screen in 2003 (in Rituparno Ghosh\u2019s Shubho Mahurat<\/em>), steps back into the spotlight with the poise and gravitas that made her one of the most admired actors of her time.<\/p>\n

The opening shots place the film right into its context with a collage of shots of people from various professions and walks of life, ranging from corporate honchos and gig workers to doctors and autorickshaw drivers. The phone rings in the middle of their busy work lives. It is Maa calling. The reply is the same: \u201cMaa, I am busy, will call you later.\u201d The malaise is all across the board. There is no time to spare, even a few words for your old parents.<\/p>\n

Shubhra Goswami (Rakhee) is one such mother, leading a sedentary life at home with her son Animesh (Shiboprosad Mukherjee) who mercifully does have some time to lend a listening ear to his mother, book an Ola for her in the middle of a presentation or feed her when she throws a tantrum. Thus when she decides to come to his office, despite his protests, he allows her to join in as a \u201ctrainee\u201d in his publishing company.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the publishing company, like most publishers today, is struggling with dipping printed book sales. The office, located in a plush building possibly in the Newtown area, has a chic modern interior. Shubhra, self-assigns herself the job of an assistant proofreader to help out the harassed proofreader who gets an earful from Animesh.<\/p>\n

Each of the employees has a personal life, a challenge or a problem – an autistic child, an old and ailing lonely parent, a long-distance marriage and so on. Animesh is unaware of these issues as he has never attempted to know his employees beyond their professional responsibilities. Also, his attitude of admonishing an employee in front of the whole team has created a chasm between him and his team. His marriage is in tatters, his wife Moushumi (Srabanti Chatterjee) has moved to Mumbai and also filed for divorce. It is not the happiest of times for him.<\/p>\n

Shubhra steps into this widening gap between her son and his employees. She chooses to have lunch with the employees in the company\u2019s terrace canteen rather than with her son in his cabin, revamps the boring menu introducing funky dishes, draws out each employee to share his or her personal story, gets new utensils, groceries and uniforms for the housekeeping staff, in short, helps the office get a quiet and organized makeover. \u2018Your families must know where you work\u2019 she tells her team, and for the first time, the employees proudly bring their families to the colourful Saraswati Puja function organised on the terrace.<\/p>\n