Tadanto means ‘investigation.’ Directed by Nitish Roy, who has won a string of National Awards for production design, Tandanto is …
Mahanayika
Mahanayika translates as ‘superstar’, female. It is almost like a ‘looking back relaunch’ for Bengali cinema’s numero uno Rituparna Sengupta. …
Dada, Ami Bachte Chai
In 2008 when my sister was touring Japan, I asked her to carry DVDs of Yasujiro Ozu’s films. On her …
Bastushaap
Cinema is often defined as the willful suspension of disbelief. Kaushik takes off from this simple saying and takes his …
Peace Haven
Three septuagenarian friends embark on a journey to build their own mortuary. Peace Haven opens with the death of an …
Monchora
Monchora is a romantic family drama filled with humor, satire, intrigue and love centered on an old man surrounded by …
Arshinagar
“A Musical Romance based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet” is the tagline on every poster of Aparna Sen’s Arshinagar …
Tulsi Chakraborty
Tulsi Chakraborty is undoubtedly one of the finest comic and character actors to have graced the Bengali screen. In a …
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Though he made relatively few films over his span as director, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s films made quite a mark in international …
Rajkahini
Rajkahini is a fictionalised historical drama that spells out an unique version of what happened to a group of women …