To start with, the title of the film is no doubt intriguing but also ends up giving too much of …
Rabi Ghosh
Rabi Ghosh was one of the most versatile and talented actors in Bengali cinema who, because of his petite frame, …
Of Women Directors And More
If and when auteur critics and film scholars study the work of women directors, they typically look for ways in …
Banchha Elo Phire
It needs great guts to make a directorial debut with what claims to be a ‘sequel’ to Tapan Sinha’s classic …
The Bard In Bengali Films
William Shakespeare’s representation on Indian film has mainly focussed on the Pan-Indian identity of his works on celluloid. Not many …
Gangster
“Smoking is injurious to health. It causes cancer.” Gangster, a doomed love story triggered and filled with a lot of …
Chocolate
Chocolate seems to be the flavour of some Bengali filmmakers these days. Soon after Dark Chocolate, which was a dark …
Parched
Parched is a story about four women of different ages but similar geographical backdrops who find themselves trapped in diverse …
Love Express
Laal (Dev) belongs to a strict house-hold where they believe in disowning a family member if he/she commits more than …
A Trick of the Light
On 1st November, 1895, the Skladanowsky brothers screened their first ever film in the Berlin Variety Theatre, the Wintergarten. The …