Tathagata Ghosh is a young, talented and prolific short-film maker. His films, beginning with Doitto, have had a successful run across film festivals in India and abroad. Miss Man is about a young man who feels he is a woman trapped in a man’s body.
Representative image Bengal’s biggest annual festival, Durga Puja is almost knocking at the door but a majority of idol makers in Kumartuli are still uncertain of the future. With doctors crying hoarse over an “impending” Covid-19 third wave, a majority of puja organisers are either holding
In November 2019, the Chennai-based Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) announced that Bengal was to retain the Geographical Indications (GI) status accorded to ‘Banglar Rasogolla’. The tag, originally awarded in 2017, had been disputed by Odisha, which had claimed that the origins of ‘Rasogolla’ lay in
His voice had a touch of boundless energy, youthful euphoria and a depth of pathos, that none in the centuries to come will probably ever have. And that too without formal grooming in music. Kishore Kumar arrived on the stage of Bollywood at an age
We are indeed living in very difficult times as prices of essential items like edible oil and pulses have shot up across India and there is no relief in sight. Petrol prices are hovering in most states over Rs 100 a litre and still raring
It was a Big Day for Bengali film buffs as Payal Kapadia’s first feature ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ bagged the prestigious Oeil d’Or award or the Golden Eye Award for ‘Best Documentary’ at the Cannes Film Festival 2021. The film was up against 27
Calcutta aka Kolkata has always inspired the creative soul – from film makers to authors to artists. Rather it made world famous Film makers, it gave them that raw material that would take them to the international forum. And even today, it is no exception.
Young filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh’s directorial debut Hrid Majharey (2014) fell flat on its face at the box office when it was released in Kolkata. The film, which was intended by the director as a tribute to William Shakespeare on his 450th birth anniversary, completed exactly
On May 24, the world celebrated ‘Bidrohi Kobi’ (Rebel poet) Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 122nd birth anniversary. But what went unnoticed and unsung was the fact that his iconic poem ‘Bidrohi,’ that shot him to fame, is making its centenary this year. The poem is recognized
37th Indian Brigade in Basra World War I, the first truly global war. Between 1914 and 1918, this terrible conflict accounted for a total of around 40 million military and civilian deaths, including 9.7 million military personnel, of whom at least 74,187 were Indian. Yes, over