Let’s start with words and not with movie dialogues…. Let’s start with letters…. Satyajit Ray: ‘May I point out that the topicality of the theme in question stretches back into antiquity, when it found expression in that touching fable about the poor deluded crow with a
She survived alone in one of the most expensive cities of the world --- Singapore. She struggled alone against a disastrous marriage and the usual apathy of a patriarchal society, as well as an alien land. Today, Sreyashi Sen is the managing director of Darpan,
• What made you opt for the song ‘Shobai chup’ for Konttho? I have always done whatever has come my way. Probably because I do not live in Kolkata, offers for playback singing do not come continuously. Also, I never wished to confine myself just as
Pather Panchali, the Apu-Durga masterpiece as depicted by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay in his Aam aantir bhenpu, was brought to life undoubtedly by Satyajit Ray. Though he had given the work of the film’s music direction to Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ray did use his originality in one
A brilliant weaver of tales on relationships, Kaushik Ganguly, as director and writer, has given us yet another poem on celluloid with Jeshto Putro or the ‘first born son’. The film is a tribute to Rituporno Ghosh, a film-maker extraordinaire, as the story is inspired
Caught in the web of life, we often lose touch with each other. In today’s world, social media seems to be the only viable option in keeping the world connected. Tarikh (The Timeline) unfolds with this uncomfortable truth of modern life. Dipankar Mitra played by
Mousumi Sengupta, the first trilingual RJ of Kolkata has donned many hats along her career-graph. From hospitality industry to media to teaching, Mousumi has also anchored exciting TV shows and acted in serials and films. Here is her take on Srijit Mukherjee’s thriller Vinci Da If
The ever smiling and at times boisterous Jiben Bose, who was at times Uttam Kumar’s friends, at times the savior in action, who made many smile with comic relief or sometimes as the para dada tried solving problems. But in real life, Jiben Bose had
When very strong actors come together on the same screen, then at times conflict of acting prowess tend to dilute the screenplay. Basu Paribar is a complete exception to that, where every actor from Aparna Sen to Lily Chakraborty, from Soumitro Chatterjee to Kaushik Sen,
Ghosts have always been the safest tools of protest. After all, they have no form, shape and size, best to say no identity. Hardly anyone takes them seriously unless they are part of horror movies scaring you off in the middle of eerie nights. Hence