Tonic (film)

Tonic is a 2021 Indian Bengali-language family drama film directed by Avijit Sen, produced by Atanu Raychaudhuri and distributed by Bengal Talkies. The film revolves around an elderly couple, played by Paran Bandopadhyay and Shakuntala Barua, who get to enjoy a fresh lease of life through their tourist guide, Tonic (Dev).

Tonic
Tonic latest poster
Directed byAvijit Sen
Produced by
  • Atanu Raychaudhuri
  • Pranab Kumar Guha
Starring
CinematographySupriyo Dutta
Edited bySujay Datta Ray
Music byRaja Narayan Deb
Production
company
Distributed byBengal Talkies
Release date
  • 24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)[1]
Running time
135 min
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
Box office₹8.95 Cr aprox[2]

Tonic marked the directorial debut of Avijit Sen, who had previously worked as an assistant director to Rajkumar Hirani. He also wrote the story of the film, which he completed in a year by taking cues from his own life. Supriyo Dutta is the cinematographer for the film, while Sujay Datta Ray is the editor. It was jointly distributed by Bengal Talkies and Dev Entertainment Ventures.

Upon its premiere on 2 December 2021, Tonic opened to positive reviews and became a huge commercial success, eventually becoming the highest-grossing Bengali film of 2021. The chemistry between Dev and Paran Bandopadhyay won appraisals besides the plot and other elements. At the 5th Filmfare Awards Bangla, the film received six leading nominations and won three, including Best Film, Best Actor (Bandopadhyay) and Best Debut Director (Sen).

Plot

Tonic tells us the story of 75-year-old retired man, Jaladhar Sen who lives with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Their relationship has become sour because of the dominating attitude and over-possessiveness of their son. The story revolves around the old couple's problems as a result of their son's misbehaviour and the problems intensify when their son and daughter-in-law celebrate their own marriage anniversary in a grand way but the 46th marriage anniversary celebration of the old couple is planned to be just a small get-together. The old couple plans a foreign trip and comes across a travel agent named Tonic, who later turns out to be a miracle maker in life. However, the foreign trip is cancelled as the passport of Jaladhar's wife gets rejected because of non-availability of some important documents. Jaladhar rebukes Tonic for shattering all his dreams and taunts him for making false promises. But later, the old couple plans for a secret trip to Darjeeling with Tonic for company. They leave in the middle of the night leaving their son worried about them. Jaladhar and his wife have the time of their lives and enjoy themselves like never before. Jaladhar goes for a lot of adventure sports like rock-climbing, paragliding, river-rafting and other activities. He wins over his fears and relives his lost youth. Later, Tonic celebrates Jaladhar’s anniversary in a grand way and reveals to Jaladhar’s wife that his parents passed away when he was settled abroad. So, he decided to help all those old couples who wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Jaladhar suddenly falls sick and is admitted to the hospital. His son arrives soon and threatens to file a police complaint against Tonic. But he changes his mind when he learns how Tonic gave his parents new life. They all decide to take a trip to Paris at the end of the film. The refreshing presence of Tonic brings back happiness, peace and love in the Sen family. Tonic lives up to his name and heals Jaladhar's life. Jaladhar expresses how grateful he is to Tonic for it is because of him that he experienced what fun meant.[3]

Cast

Soundtrack
Tonic
Soundtrack album by
Jeet Gannguli
Released4 December 2021[10]
StudioPlayhead Studio
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length15:01
LanguageBengali
LabelZee Music Bangla
Jeet Gannguli chronology
Baazi
(2021)		 Tonic
(2021)		 Kolkatar Harry
(2022)

The soundtrack is composed by Jeet Gannguli and lyrics by Prosen, Srijato and Anindya Chatterjee.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Tonic -Title Track"Prosen, Anindya ChatterjeeAnindya Chatterjee, Snigdhajit Bhowmick, Gourab Sarkar, Satish Gajmer And Kinjal Chattopadhyay3:24
2."Aaynate"Prosen, Avijit SenAnupam Roy2:51
3."E Mon Eka(Female)"SrijatoShreya Ghoshal4:23
4."E Mon Eka(Male)"SrijatoNachiketa Chakraborty4:23
Total length:15:01

Awards
The Director, Avijit Sen and Actor Dev of Indian Panorama Bengali Feature film ‘Tonic’ at the red carpet at 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa on November 26, 2022.

It has been the official selection for Indian Panorama (Mainstream Cinema Section) in 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa.

References
  1. Dasgupta, Priyanka (2 December 2021). "Clash of premieres marks Tollywood 'bounce-back'". The Times of India.
  2. "মিলছে না টিকিট! 'সব রেকর্ড ভেঙে দিয়েছে টনিক', মঙ্গলবার সকালে সগর্বে ঘোষণা দেবের". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. "Know the story of Dev's next 'Tonic' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. Sampita, Das (2 July 2021). "পুজোয় দেবের ডবল ধামাকা". EI Samay (in Bengali).
  5. Ruman, Ganguly (31 October 2019). "Sujan thrilled to play Paran Bandopadhyay's son - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. Sarkar, Roushni (1 July 2021). "Dev Adhikari, Paran Bandopadhyay film Tonic to be released this Durga Puja". Cinestaan.
  7. Ganguly, Ruman (17 January 2020). "What's Koneenica doing on her third anniversary?". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. Sarkar, Roushni (11 March 2020). "Tonic teaser: Enough similarities with Dev Adhikari's Sanjhbati character". Cinestaan.
  9. Sarkar, Roushni (25 December 2021). "Tonic review: Paran Bandopadhyay's screen presence makes this film worth a watch". Cinestaan.
  10. "Tonic – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn.
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