It was a summer evening in 2002. I received a frantic call from my wife, Ruma. I was rehearsing for a stage production then. She asked me to rush back home. But she did not say why. All she said, ‘Come immediately.’ I rushed back
I did not meet Soumitra Chatterjee on stage. My first tryst with the actor was as Feluda in Sonar Kella, and despite being a die-hard Uttam Kumar fan, I could not but fall in love with the slim and tall young Feluda, whose sharp eyes
The world’s largest democracy, India has suddenly come under the loom of intolerance and what else but art and theatre, have always preached peaceful coexistence! In turbulent times, across any country in the world, we have always banked upon art when it comes to addressing
Nearly two decades ago, as a nervous young reporter, I was assigned to do an interview with Soumitra Chattopadhyay, my first meeting with him. Because he had very little time to spare, he asked me to ride in his car, so we could finish the
For 130 years, the majestic Eiffel Tower has been a powerful and distinctive symbol of the city of Paris, and by extension, of France. The 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall tower is, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure of
Indrajit: What do you remember about the song recordings for 'Jibansmriti'? Prabuddha: Well, quite a few interesting things. You already know about 'Gahana Kusum Kunja Majhe', which featured Kaushiki and a few of her students. But before I go on, I'd like to say something more
His smile had that magnetic effect which could pull generations of Bengalis to the silver screen and turn him into a Mahanayak. That very smile which was someday predicted by a Sadhu would rule the world. Uttam Kumar, born as Arun Chatterjee at his maternal
“Jamu na..amar borer er bhita chhaira ami jamuna..” (I will not leave my husband’s home and go)… The heart-wrenching scene of a woman clinging to the doors of her husband’s home, echoes the pain of many, whose lives were ravaged by the Partition of India.
It might have been 27 years since the versatile actor, director, writer and playwright, Utpal Dutt passed away -- yet in addition to the scores of film buffs that rediscover him, legions of new admirers join the ever-growing list of the thespian’s fans. Pioneer of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOcNTk25S0 Samudranil Gupta is a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The loneliness of the viewer – a condition that the coronavirus pandemic and its consequent isolation has made only too familiar to us. In the words of renowned Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, “We have