To adapt a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky into a film takes courage. To mould two short stories by the …
Kia and Cosmos
In Writer-Director Sudipto Roy’s Kia and Cosmos, 15-year-old Kia (Ritwika Pal) is worried and sad because Cosmos, a pregnant cat …
Director’s Note: Ek Betuke Aadmi Ki Afrah Raatein
It was around the Spring of 2014 when my tenure as a television professional came to an abrupt end and …
Nagarkirtan
Nagarkirtan won multiple National Awards last year honouring the best of Indian cinema of 2017 but because of some tiff …
Ahaa Re
The crux of the narrative of Ahaa Re, directed by Ranjan Ghosh, is food in general and cooking in particular. …
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen along with Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, ranks among the most accomplished and acclaimed filmmakers in the world …
Kharij
Kolkata 1981: Palan, a minor, working as a servant in a typical middle class household is found mysteriously dead in …
Bioscopewala
Bioscopewala, a modern day adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s well known short story, Kabuliwala, written in 1892. The Nobel Lauereatte’s earlier …
Kabir
Aniket Chattopadhyay is the right person for a subject as serious and as fragile as terrorism, which boils down to …
Alifa
Alifa had the danger of appearing trite and cliché when placed against the dozens of films that showcase the tragic …