Gaane bhuban bhoriye debo, the eternal Shyamal Mitra song playing on the lips of Uttam Kumar on stage… Tanuja in the audience, taken aback at seeing her ‘driver’ turned to the singer she was mad for. What does Tanuja do? She sits down, with tears
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay has always been a filmmaker's favourite. And why not? He is one of the best story tellers that Bengali literature has ever produced. His tales are like a cinemascope, ready to be cooked in the right tones and presented before the audience.
Jayeeta Ganguly is an independent mass media consultant and journalist To a movie connoisseur, Adil Hussain needs no introduction. He is an actor par excellence who has acted in some of the best films and productions emanating from Bollywood, Hollywood, regional films and Indo-European art houses.
When not working as a mental-health care professional, Amanita Sen writes poems both in English and Bengali which have been published in several journals, from different countries like India, Bangladesh, USA and Canada and she loves watching films Good books and good films grow upon you.
The all-time Bengali romantic duo of Uttam-Suchitra has often taken us by storm, and still they do, down ages and across generations. But a closer look into the Tollywood scenario opens up a few more astounding silver screen actors and actresses, who had laid down
We have often been in love with Jaisalmer and its Sonar Kella. The Golden Fort of Rajasthan shot to fame overnight and turned into a Bengali tourist’s favourite hotspot after Feluda and Lalmohan Ganguly made it famous, looking for Mukul with villain Mandar Bose in
Srijit Mukherji’s Uma is embarking on a prestigious journey. The film is an official selection at many film festivals around the world. It has been confirmed as an official selection at the New York Indian Film Festival 2018, London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 2018 and
She was the epitome of Bengali sophistication. Sharp featured, tall and petite Lolita Chatterjee may not have robbed the limelight of Tollywood and Bollywood, none the less we shall always remember her as one of the most sophisticated actresses of Bengali movies. Chatterjee made her debut
Post It! The film comes with a tag, it is a microfilm, lasting less than four minutes, yet it has an important message to pass on to the audience within that short period. Difficult to direct such a film? Yes, it is, but director and
“I compose my music and then try to take my film to the level of my music….” In Satyajit Ray’s words, he used to compose music for his films first and then embarked on the film making. In 1984 while Ray’s movie Ghare Baire, based