Dear Master Film Reviews - after the Ohio State University Event

People who attended or watched the reply of the 27 March 2024 film watch event and Zoom showing of Dear Master are watching the film by Subha Das Mollick and submitting their reviews and comments.

​Some are writing film reviews as blog posts, such as the review by lasynch (pen name) 

Bose's lifelong achievement, not quantifiable in terms of results, accolades and recognitions (which he certainly received) was that he lived a generous and beautiful life in the community and country he was born in, and was a very positive influence on the lives of many young students and friends who regarded him as their Master.  In this sense, Bose's Master (Einstein) could have learned a lot from his "student"  but was unable to, perhaps because of his own cultural influences and personal characteristics.  As my own teacher and mentor (Leonard Mandel) used to say,  "Idols have clay feet."  

Review of Dear Master, a film directed by Subha Das Mollick

Others have read the On-Demand Replay Blog post following the film to watch the replay of the Zoom discussion between the Dr. Sriloy Dey, Director Subha Das Mollick, and panel participants, Dr. Thomas Einstein, great grandson of Albert Einstein, and Falguni Sarkar, grandson of Professor Bose, and then taken the time to submit a film review on the same page. 

Below are some of the reviews that have been submitted after the Ohio State University event on 27th March 2024.

We will continue to add to this page for reviews that come in from this event.

A very well researched and well made documentary film on Bose and his association with Einstein. It brings out the exceptional quality of Bose's mind and touches upon his varied interests beyond Physics. I noticed a photograph in which my mother Purnima Sinha is seen with her colleagues and Bose when she worked towards her PhD. in the area of X-ray crystallography of clay minerals.

Professor (ret) Supurna Sinha, Raman Research Institute (Bangalore)

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Amazing film. It focuses on various aspects of the life and works of Bose, and describes them in details. A must watch for all Science lovers, and people eager to know about the golden age in the Calcutta School of Physics.

Maitreyo Bhattacharjee, BS MS student, IACS Kolkata

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Thank you for a thoughtful review of concepts of quantum theory as well as a view into the life and times of Bose and Einstein. It seems Bose idolized Einstein with the same reverential respect given to gurus and Masters in Indian tradition. It also seems Einstein though initially appreciative of Bose's work, was grappling with his later unified field theory and not communicative with Bose beyond bringing up objections to his theory. Still given the times and the distance separating them they did have a collaboration. In today's age perhaps they would have enjoyed a faster and closer contact and perhaps Bose would have been a stronger proponent of his own work and influenced Einstein as much as he was influenced by him.

Arti Kumar, Yoga teacher

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The film was wonderful. It brought the story to life. I loved that it got into the technical aspects of the physics, but I wanted to understand it a bit more. I saw that there were "subtitles" in English that appeared in a strange text box to the right. But if you could add English subtitles on the bottom of the video (with option to turn them off) that would help. The accents make it hard for me to follow the already challenging concepts (and I don't want to miss a word!). The use of the Indian music (is this the instrument Bose played?) placed us emotionally in India - very effective.

Darcie Whelan-Kortan, President, Whelan Group
business communications consultants
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We welcome additional film reviews and comments below!