My feelings about "Ruddha Sangeet" are similar to yours. True fans of Debabrata Biswas (or George-da) would swoon over it, of course, but the drama is really a series of episodes -- much like the movie "Gandhi" -- and most of them have little in terms of dramatic impact. So non-bhaktas would be less impressed.

"Patal Babu Filmstar" had too much Bengali sentimetality for my taste -- the ennobling power of poverty, for instance -- and was mediocre at best. I very much liked "Hutum Bhagaban," though, because it was unpretentious and funny, and had very good acting by two child actors.