‘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
Javed Akhtar, as we all know, wears many hats. He is an activist, poet, lyricist and a screenwriter who is the recipient of prestigious civilian
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
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was born in September 1922 and the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) has organized a centenary tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee through the
Anirban Bhattacharya's maiden theatrical release as director, Ballabhpurer Roopkatha has taken the entire Bengali audience and the Bengali film industry by surprise . In an
Poet, critic and translator Sanjukta Dasgupta is a familiar name in the Kolkata literary circuit. The Professor and former Head of the Department of English
my dossier has more commercial films than all the art films I did put together. I worked in Mahesh Bhatt's Sir, Dharmesh Darshan's Lootere, Karma
Her original name Fatima A Rashid was changed to Baby when her film career began as a child artist at just five or six years.
But the 34-year-old Ishaan Ghose is made of tougher stuff. His Jhilli is completely dedicated to a few characters whose life revolves around the Dhapa
The biggest takeaway from the film is the way Datta discovered a whole array of his cast to closely resemble the persons they were portraying.
Madhuja Mukherjee's 'Deep 6' digs deep into the personal and political world of a young, solitary woman.
The film is divided into several sections with sub-plots interwoven seamlessly. One is the track where Soumitra is being recorded live by Dr. Sen and
But much more than these diversions in the local politics within the tribal areas of West Bengal, the flashbacks into Mahananda’s life are the more
The first film that had the courage to talk about forced incest by an affluent older relative in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding (2001).
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
