“Action” there is aplenty in this collection, with the tried-and-tested formulas of the box-office: adventure, sex and violence. It actually covers a wide range in
“The ‘male gaze’ is a theory propounded by Laura Mulvey. There is no ‘female gaze’ as such because both men and women are equally capable
At its depth, Why Stories Work holds an exhilarating argument. The inevitability of the narrative power of stories is revealed through the evolutionary past and
It is the first ever full-length, Indian feature film that tackles the daring and fragile subject of sex reassignment surgery. This involves a series of
Aribam Syam Sarma “obtained a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. He is a philosopher. He searches for the aesthetic values of
Sen’s heroines, especially in his later films are everyday workers who could well be typists and saleswomen who came out in droves after partition, gradually
Arun Mukherjee of Chetana has translated the English version of this play to Bengali and this is the version that is being performed right now
His latest film Love Marriage, is a rip-roaring, rollicking comedy where the fun cuts across three generations of a single family who tread on each
Amitava Nag's latest work is a book on Soumitra Chatterjee based on his long interviews with the multi-faceted genius. Nag and Chatterjee shared a relationship
Colm’s unexpectedly altered behaviour towards his onetime best friend, Padraic, the decadence into which Padraic descends, the ensuing destructive conflict between the two, and its
Rani Mukerji performs the title role in the film who fought with the entire system in Norway to gain custody of her kids. Sagarika was
In the preface to No Return Address: Partition and Stories of Displacement, Manjira Majumdar asks pertinent questions—Why was Bengal as a province divided several times
Koral Dasgupta is an author with a mission. Her mission is to present the stories of the Pancha Kanyas and the five Satis depicted in
‘Do Bigha Zamin’ is closer to the work of Vittorio De Sica than it is to many other neorealist films, especially when you compare the
At a lavish party thrown on the evening of the premiere, invited celebrities whispered that this would be the biggest flop in the history of
Who remembers Jagadish Chandra Bose today? Perhaps only scientists involved in advanced research in the sciences he had specialized in. School going children might be
