Bogan

There was undoubtedly an interesting film somewhere involving interchanging and transmigration of souls. Bogan, however, is certainly not that film. …

Bengali Cinema Round-Up, 2016

For the past eight years there has been no credible body in West Bengal, to honour and award the work …

Kiriti Roy

Like Byomkesh Bakshi created by Saradindu Bandopadhyay, Kiriti Roy is a noted detective created by Nihar Ranjan Gupta, a dermatologist …

Haripada Bandwala

Haripada Bandwala is a remake of 2014 Punjabi comedy film Disco Singh, which itself was loosely based on the 2009 Bollywood film Do Knot Disturb which in turn was …

Benche Thakar Gaan

Benche Thakar Gaan was the inaugural film at the recently concluded 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival, the first ever Bengali …

Aradi

“Six feet of earth makes us all equal” says an old Proverb, but in Indian society that is not for sure; …

Banchha Elo Phire

It needs great guts to make a directorial debut with what claims to be a ‘sequel’ to Tapan Sinha’s classic …

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 …

Gangster

“Smoking is injurious to health. It causes cancer.” Gangster, a doomed love story triggered and filled with a lot of …