Eminent theatre personality Utpal Dutt was not just one of the best actors that Indian stage has ever produced, but also an extremely perceptive individual who often used theatre as a tool of protest and uprising. Dutt believed theatre is a sort of political propaganda
Remember the cinematic magic created by the trio Soumitro Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Rituparna Sengupta in Paromitar Ekdin? The adda sessions over coffee seemed more like real life conversations which linger in our hearts even today. The duo is all set to recreate this magic
She reigned the celluloid at a time when many of the younger generation were not even born! Her sister Kankabati was quite a known face in the film industry. That had invoked an underlined desire within Chandrabati Devi to take up acting. But who would
Remember the adventure of four high school students on their stay at the Bungalow of Jhantipahar in Ramgarh? That childhood movie that redefined entertainment and humour, as Tenida, their leader guided Kyabla, Pala and Habul through myriad experiences and offered us unadulterated laughter! The man
Shoojit Sircar is up and on with his new production on Udham Singh’s biopic and the shooting is slotted to start off this March. To be released by 2020, it is expected that Sircar will come up with another superhit just like his previous Madras
She had fought poverty, lack of training, scarcity of food, challenges of having six toes on each foot. Yet she excelled and made India proud in the 2018 Asian Games, by winning the Heptathlon, something that no other athlete had done before. Swapna Barman’s inspiring
This is the story of transformation of a housewife, who breaks all shackles to come out as a well-groomed woman. But such feminist roles have been seen on Bengali celluloid before too. However, what was not seen much before is the supportive and suave husband
Ever wondered how the journey of Apu- the central protagonist of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, the character brought to life by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s Pather Panchali came to an end? Since childhood, we have perennially been in love with ‘Apu’ and the movies that were milestones
‘Ashwiner sharodo praatey…Beje utheche aloko monjir’ Remember that deep baritone voice that have woken up Bengalis since ages during Mahalaya? Birendra Krishna Bhadra is synonymous to Mahalaya for decades. His rendition of Mahisasura Mardini has been one memory that has been simply untarnished down generations.
He not only discovered the first invitro fertilization technique of India, under him the first test tube baby of India Durga was born in 1978. But Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata never got his due recognition. On the contrary his feat was ridiculed at by