The more I watch of Ritwik Ghatak, the more I wonder how such an enormous talent got not taste of success and accolades in his lifetime as much as his contemporaries did. As his movie Subarnarekha reiterates, that no matter how much people bear suffering, they are not willing to read or see on celluloid. But the movie ends with hope when the tired feet of old Ishwar are dragged on by his nephew boy to a yet new beginning with the spirit that not all is lost to life. Mr Ghatak's stories are of sacrifices, sufferings, acute turns and events of life and losses where it hits an individual the most, and he does not treat them with melodrama but portrays those moments as intense and loud as they hit his characters, which I believe he remains true to what it should be. Subarnarekha deals with pragmatism over idealism, realities over dreams, and the unending pursuit of security over everything else and the choices one makes of these. Stupendous acting by Abhi Bhattacharya of Aradhana fame and a young Madhabi Mukherjee who later on appeared in many a great film. My appetite increases with each movie of his and I am yearning for more. Subarnarekha 8/10.