Prasun Roy, is based in Kolkata and writes in varied genre, including narrative non-fiction, biography, adventure, mystery, thrillers and young adult fiction. Here’s an excerpt from his interview with Arundhati Gupa.
The legendary director pays little heed to the brouhaha over the Rs 100-crore or Rs 500-crore box office collections of the present crop of movies. He said, “The public is easily swayed by the publicity blitz. They feel, if a film has made Rs 200 crore, it must be good. My first film ‘Swayamvaram’ (1972) cost only a few lakhs, won four national awards and did pretty well at the theatres.”
Madhuja Mukherjee’s ‘Deep 6’ digs deep into the personal and political world of a young, solitary woman.
A talk show on the new upcoming book titled “Tagore and Yeats: A Postcolonial Re-envisioning” by Elizabeth Redwine in conversation with Dr. Amrita Ghosh
I do not have any faith or respect for Bollywood cinema. I feel Bollywood films are dangerous. They destroy all cinematic sensibilities and pamper an already pampered class of people.
A talk show on Transformative Art Globalization and Films by Dr. Mieke Bal in conversation with Dr. Amrita Ghosh
After The Rapist bagged the prestigious Kim Jiseok Award at the Busan International Film Festival, Aparna Sen has been extremely busy speaking to the press. Shoma A. Chatterji discusses rape, secularism, death penalty and more with the veteran filmmaker.
There is nothing called the original Ramayana. There are thousands of versions of Ramayana. My book Valmiki’s Women is a collection of five short stories and not a translation of any Ramayana.
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