in bengali films these days exploring sibling bond are hard to find except the likes of raja sultan the saviour srijit mukherjis ek je chhilo raja kaushik gangulys jyeshthoputro suman ghoshs basu paribar mainak bhaumiks generation ami arindam sils durga sohay sudeshna roy and abhijit guhas samsara indrasis acharyas pupa most of the recent bengali films have surprisingly stayed away from showing any significance to the brothersister bond as main plot while the excitement about celebrating this bond during festivals like bhai phonta and raksha bandhan still remains the same bengali cinema has opted to go the other way many would like to believe that our society has to some extent changed to prioritize such sacrifice it has become a rare virtue these days image credits facebook its an individual world where everybody has concerns but cant cross the barrier and cant think of sacrificing ones own world of existence be it large or small this is due to globalisation and more individualism will increase urban alienation your own world will have its priority not the relationship it will exist but in a different form thats why in pupa mou also decides to leave while situation starts affecting her personal life believes indrasis acharya who has explored the brothersister bond in his film pupa rituparna sengupta who has played a sister in a troubled marriage in nandita roy and shiboprosad mukherjees belaseshe as well as basu paribar saya she hasnt till date got an offer to play a strong role of a sibling i think there are multiple reasons for the success of meghe dhaka taras iconic brothersister duo the characters were created by ritwik ghatak and the matrix was driven by materials created by a master he was a genius unfortunately today we are not offered such roles of sisters who have strength even if we get such roles they are treated as mere characters in the subplots without being given the chance to bloom she said image credits facebook that according to rituparna wasnt the case even when she did a brothersister film with ranjit mullick called sansar sangram directed chiranjeet chakraborty directors like swapan saha and sukhen das too have explored the brothersister bond the brothersister bond is still very important in todays lives today my daughter gave bhai phonta to my son in singapore the popularity of such festivals only indicates that more films on this subject should be made of course my characters both in belaseshe and basu paribar have layers that can be developed into strong stories revolving around siblings these films are like preludes belashuru has taken my characters narrative forward i wish someday such relationship tales become the central focus of movies they have a huge audience connect rituparna said while the rise of selfcentered protagonists cant be ignored it would be rather unfair to say that inspiring and complex tales of sibling relationships are hard to find sudiptaa chakraborty who has played sisterscousins in at least three contemporary bengali cinema