Ganga (1960) Cast: Gyanesh Mukherjee, Sandhya Roy, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Moni Srimani, Niranjan Ray, Sita Mukhopadhyay Director: Rajen Tarafdar Watching it today, it seems almost incredible that Ganga was only the second film for director-screenplay writer-actor Rajen Tarafdar, a highly underrated filmmaker whose brief body of work ought
Science City Auditorium came alive on the evening of November 19, as a group of talented, determined, and inspiring individuals got together to present the grand finale of Walk With a Difference (WWAD) 2022, a fashion-based social initiative by the Delhi-based AIMS Media to promote
Stree (1972) Cast: Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arati Bhattacharya, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Jahor Roy, Tarun Kumar, Subrata Chattopadhyay Director: Salil Dutta By the time Salil Dutta (1931-2004) got around to directing ‘Stree’, he already had quite an impressive body of work behind him as a filmmaker, including Surya Sikha
Nothing could have looked better for the Bengali film industry if the legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee would have continued to live on. Nevertheless, at this moment, the legend lives on. Banking on memories, Soumitra and Deepa Chatterjee Foundation in collaboration with Shyambazar Mukhomukhi has organized
What is your idea of a ramp walk? Or catwalk, if you like. Slim, good-looking models walking gracefully down a ramp at a fashion show? Arms and hips swaying, shoulders straight, one foot perfectly in front of another? We suggest you readjust that visual. Because on
Madhumati (1958) Cast: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Pran, Johnny Walker Director: Bimal Roy Rs 81 lakh was a great deal of money in 1957-58. But that was what it took to make Madhumati, Bimal Roy’s magnum opus which overshot its production schedule by months owing to several logistical disasters.
Born in Dhaka on November 4, 1925, Ritwik Ghatak began his career as a litterateur quite early. After Partition in 1947, he felt restless and rootless at the same time. Disturbed by his rootlessness, he wrote, “My feet are not on my soil, that’s my
There were long serpentine queues at the Bangladesh film festival in Nandan on the inaugural day and the main attraction was a movie named “Hawa”. People were eagerly waiting for this movie even before the Bangladesh film festival started, which was proved by the record
When a slice of Opar Bangla’s filmdom descends in Kolkata, then movie buffs make a beeline for the shows. The Bangladesh Film Festival that started from 29th October, and will continue till 2nd November at Nandan is attracting a large number of visitors every day.
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) Cast: Jennifer Kendal, Debashree Roy, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Geoffrey Kendal, Soni Razdan, Sanjana Kapoor, Karan Kapoor, Ruma Guha Thakurta Director: Aparna Sen Everything about 36 Chowringhee Lane was wrong for its time. The protagonist Violet Stoneham (Jennifer and Sanjana at different ages) was an elderly,