In the comedy classic Deewana Mastana, Satish Kaushik played the role of Pappu Pager, a lovable goon who always found himself in hilarious situations. His
Toru Dutt with her sister Oru (brother Abuj had already succumbed to tuberculosis at a very early age) along with their parents travelled to France.
His cinema is fondly remembered for its many catchy tunes and the characters brought to life by leading stars, from Raj Kapoor to Amitabh Bachchan.
Soumitra Chatterjee, the film actor, was much more than Ray. His journey in Bengal’s aesthetic cinema, beyond Ray, was a significant aspect of his oeuvre
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
It was September of 1977. This forty-five-year-old memory is as fresh in my mind as if it happened last month. Indeed, do I remember what
Gandhi did not condemn the scientific temper of the West, but he objected to the use of scientific discoveries against humanity. In fact, as history
More than a year before this, on 22 May, 1870, Sourindro Mohun Tagore, the man behind this entire initiative, gave a public lecture on music
This humaneness spread across his characters where almost all the protagonists were not only ordinary men and women but also either failures in life or
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.
Tarapada Chakraborty was revered by all his peers in the field of Hindustani classical vocal music. “The Nation” magazine, after his performance at the All
In the 1980s, he had done a series called Anti-Burqa from which a mother-daughter portrait made it to the cover of Desh, the prestigious Bengali
Touring with Maharaj ji has been the most enriching learning experience of my musical career. Every tour around the globe meant new places, new people
Neil Nongkynrih was an unusual man. He passed away quietly early this month, on 5th January at the relatively young age of 51, rendering his
Soumitra started writing poems in his late school days but seriously took to it once in college. Having the likes of Shakti Chattopadhyay and Sunil
Nabaneeta Dev Sen would have turned 83 today. Her granddaughter Hiyamon has penned a fitting intimate tribute to the great literateur in a few soulful
