Apu is back again. That iconic character created by author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and given a new dimension in Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959). The next step to that famous ‘Apu Trilogy’ is returning to the big screen again. Directed
I self-published my poem in a cinematic form and that’s how “If they all met at Pushkin cafe” came into being in 2018. After a year long in-depth research I thought to start a literary conversation between three well known Russian poets and writers who
‘No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: The purpose of light is to create more light
I Know What You Did Last Summer! But none of the Calcuttans knew who the serial killer of 1989’s Calcutta street murders was and what he was doing that summer! We were then school children, quite young, and the palpable terror of a killer lurking
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
Chandraketugarh is a 2300-year-old archaeological site located about 35 kilometres north-east of Kolkata. The site is located in a region that is still know for cotton weaving. It is a well-known historical fact that fine form of cotton or mousseline or muslin or malmal is
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