Naam Poribortito
The high incidence of casteist rape, incestuous rape, marital rape and communal rape in India against the backdrop of a …
9 No Peara Bagan Lane
Based on an original story called , Aandhaare Ektu Aalo by noted author Shaktipada Rajguru (author of Ghatak’s Meghe Dhaka Tara), …
What Is Wrong With Contemporary Bengali Cinema?
“What is wrong with contemporary Bengali cinema” is a question based on the understanding that everything else is right whatever …
Sohra Bridge
Basically, the story of late director Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s Sohra Bridge – about a daughter coming from Kolkata looking for her …
Beyond Apu: 20 Favourite Film Roles of Soumitra Chatterjee
Is it not one of the most surprising things about Indian cinema in general and Bengali cinema in particular that …
Tadanto
Tadanto means ‘investigation.’ Directed by Nitish Roy, who has won a string of National Awards for production design, Tandanto is …
Hamsageethe
After a great deal of hardships, a brilliant rookie singer Venkatasubbaiyya (Anant Nag) manages to convince a reluctant but enigmatic …
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 …