It needs great guts to make a directorial debut with what claims to be a ‘sequel’ to Tapan Sinha’s classic …
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sabitri Chatterjee easily ranks among the most gifted actors in the annals of Bengali cinema. Neither a classic beauty in …
P Bhaskaran
P Bhaskaran was one of the most prolific filmmakers in Malayalam. In a career spanning more than three decades, he …
Chhoo Mantar
This 1958 Pakistani film, made in Punjabi and directed by Mushtaq Hafiz, is an extremely tacky and a pretty blatant yet bland …
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 …
Ladki
On viewing a film like Ladki now, you cannot help but wonder…What were they thinking?! A ridiculous excuse of a plot having …
Mirzya
Mirzya is as tedious to watch as it is pretty to look at. The visuals are sumptuous, be it the …
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 …
G Aravindan
G Aravindan is one of the greatest filmmakers Malayalam cinema, actually Indian cinema, has seen. An extremely important director of …