everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Admirable film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Mostafa Sarwar Farooki is one of the rising big shots and a veteran in Bangladesh TV and film media. I don’t doubt his genius and eccentric creativity for which he is specially acclaimed. But again, being a popular television drama director and a film director are totally two different things. His television dramas are fantastically unique and sometimes weirdly funny. When every other television dramas are full of monotonous cliché and disgusting imitation of Indian soap operas, Sarwar Farooki always comes with a promise of completely different sets of entertainment. When he first came up with his first film “Bachelor”, it was an unbelievably successful film in Bangladesh considering the response from the youngsters. And this film was made for youngsters. I would say, the film has done revolution in contemporary Bangladeshi films. But when he came up with the second film (“Made in Bangladesh”) it was unrealistically and unexpectedly an out of class film. Actually, there is nothing to talk about this one. This time, Sarwar Farooki came up with his third film which was long awaited “3rd Person Singular Number”. I had a chance to watch the film a few days ago. I don't care what others have to say…but I put my hat off to Mr. Farooki. He is indeed a master and a potential hope in our hopeless film industry.The story circles about a lone girl who has been misfortunate, exhausted and manipulated by the male dominated society of ours where every woman searches for physical and mental security. The protagonist is completely homeless and deserted her family as her husband remains in the jail for murdering someone and her mother stays with her second husband. The film starts with a real kick from the very beginning with dark and tensed sequences and keeps it intact. I am not a feminist but I shared the pain, misery and irony of the central character. There are fun and also disturbance in a good ratio. Some of the sequences are absolute cliché and average. In the character of the “husband”, Mosharraf Karim provides another very “into the character” performance. Topu also delivered an enjoyable and amusing role which was humorous and interesting. Cinematography was good as expected.Some of the very bitter truths are exposed in the films as good films always do. The psychological and moral dilemma of the central character which Tisha played was gripping and sometimes suffocating. According to our society, ‘living together is not supported at all. Some viewers complained about it but I think there was nothing to complain about this issue because the film also does not support living together without marriage and it shows the evil outcomes of doing it in a conservative society like ours. But I didn't like the ending part that much. It reminded me of watching “Jules and Jim” and other European films which does not match with our socio-cultural and psychological structure. But a director should always have the right to escape to his imagination where reality ends. The most engaging factor is, the film has nothing sinister or shocking plot-line but simple yet meaningful way of showing things. That's the fact I liked most.To me, it was a film for matured viewers. You will not like the film if you are always looking for funny sequences like Farooki’s previous works. This is unlike his other works…with more depth, messages and reality. In a nutshell, it is a sensible and worth watching film.

Lot of hype was there! Big festivals like Pusan, MEIFF (Abu Dhabi), Rotterdam was there! A kind of patting review from Variety was there! At the same time, some strong criticism from Islamic and moral vanguards were there as well! So I entered the theater with a kind of mixed state of mind - kind of suspicion ! But to be very honest I was taken straight into the story- to be precise, I was taken into the psychological tempest of the protagonist Ruba! With a girl roaming on a lonely street and with the camera doing an unnerving hand-held, I was smelling a different kind of cinematic journey! The journey was sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous, sometimes emotional, and sometimes disturbing! At the end I must admit one thing - this film kept playing in my mind for many hours even after i got out of theater. I should admit something more - I've never been a fan of Farooki! But after this film, I've changed my mind. He did an excellent job here in narrating the story in one of the most freshest of ways! The cinematic expression was mind blowing! So was camera ! Acting was absolutely natural ! Mosharof, Topu, Hayat - all of them did splendid. But Tisha's acting in Ruba's role was a class act! I wish them all! One thing I didn't like - the length! I thought it could easily be a 100 minute film!

I went into the theaters the first day - i missed my chance as all the tickets were sold out - so after buying one advance for the next week I was really excited when the day finally came, I mean, I was going to watch a Farooqi film after some time...but, boy was I bummed...Lets start of with the story...although the subject was interesting but I must say that the director did a poor job bringing it to the spotlight..it might be just me, but the transition between the sub-plots were jarring as it left me curious - the interval was even more misleading and not at all interesting....I highly recommend using a steady cam for moving shots or even better a rail, because the shots were terrible (moving all around the place). I mean I do like hand held work, but that was anything but professional...not to mention some of the CU shots were out of focus !!!Acting was nothing extraordinary...the use of a musician for acting is not always a wise choice... Some of the scenes were irrelevant and pushed too far (the scene in Radio Foorti for example)...a few of the punch lines were also exaggerated...now some plus points...Abul Hayet was good, so was Mosharraf Karim and Tisha The locations were good too, although sometimes it seemed as if the film was about the locations rather than the characters...thats my 2 cents, totally my point of view and no offense to anyone who liked it or is part of this film...

I am very happy that at least BANGLADESH film has bring a new plot about LIVING RELATIONSHIP. Which is very new for Bangladeshi people to watch but for some people it will be hard to digest, especially for villager. It is a complete Multiplex audience and for matured people who have been matured by watching English & Hindi movies. So it will be nothing new for them but a new for Bangladeshi people.It is a story of a girl, Ruba who has a very complicated life. Her husband is in jail in murder case, her mother live with her 2nd husband, so she is very lonely and face lots of sexual offer from men. But she takes it lightly and move on. But one day she remembered her collage friend Topu, who now is a very famous musician.He helps her a lot, and slowly they fall in love but can't express as Ruba is married.And this how a complicated love story move on.The music is another plus points of this movie.Acting should have been more stronger, but its acceptable. Must Watch Movie.