It is almost a century ago that author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay had written his famous novel Datta. Based on the rift between Hindus and Brahmos, the novel is not just about a love triangle, but also reflected the social conditions of the then rural Bengal.
Sunday noon at a popular multiplex, two days into its release and almost the whole movie hall was empty! That itself came as a rude shock as I went with a lot of hope as director Aparna Sen was back with a new movie. Specially
It says it is a modern adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire, the powerful short story playing around three characters – Nikhilesh, Sandip and Bimala in the backdrop of the Swadeshi Movement. But Tagore’s story is not just another love triangle. Rather it had that
Kolkata International Film Festival is all geared up to celebrate Children’s Day today. They have slotted several Children’s movies since morning. The venue is Sisir Mancha. You can take your children for world class children’s movies including The Search, Fairy Falls (2pm), and also some
Our hazel eyed Bong beauty who had dominated the silver screen in Bollywood over decades will come over to Kolkata to be at the screening of her recent movie Nirban. This Goutam Halder bilingual movie that took almost seven years to complete is one of
It was an early morning, decades ago, when a roly-poly comic actor set his foot at Naresh Chandra Mitra’s house on Beltala Road. Naresh Mitra was an eminent director of those times and a well-known actor who rubbed shoulders with stalwarts like Shishir Bhaduri. The
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZzECIiYluU Andie MacDowell, a name that had rocked an entire generation and movies like Sex, Lies & Videotape had taken all by the horns and set exemplary screen shows in Hollywood. No wonder at the KIFF inauguration even King Khan, Shah Rukh was direct in professing
Amitabh Bachchan, who started his career as an executive of a British managing agency in Kolkata, has often introduced himself as the 'son-in-law' of Bengal because of his marriage to Jaya Bhaduri. The Bollywood superstar has indeed a deep connection with Kolkata. His first brush
Bengal is beautiful and probably the only state with all kinds of geographical boundaries --- from hills to mangrove delta, from forests to sea. Kolkata also retains the colonial charm still with several British era buildings and zamindar houses restored and kept like the bygone
Director & KIFF Chairman Raj Chakraborty speaks at length with journalist and author Saheli Mitra on how Kolkata International Film Festival has been a complete learning experience for him • Kolkata sees you this year in a completely new role, that of Chairman of KIFF. How