One of a handful of filmmakers who represented the now decadent off mainstream Indian cinema, Buddhadeb Dasgupta has consistently tried …
Personally Yours, Satyajit Ray
Like most people, my cinematic journey of filmmaker Satyajit Ray began with the first of his now immortal Apu trilogy, …
Hiralal: The Uncredited Role
Hiralal: The Uncredited Role, in the making for quite some time, is just Arun Roy’s third film in a period …
Avijatrik: The Wanderlust Of Apu
More than sixty years after Apur Sansar (1959), the final film of Satyajit Ray’s masterful Apu trilogy, filmmaker Subhrajit Mitra …
Meghe Dhaka Tara
In the late 1950s, a refugee family from East Bengal, victims of the Partition, struggle for survival on the outskirts …
The Incessant Transformations In The Cinema Of Ritwik Ghatak
This article is in celebration of my teacher’s 95th birth anniversary, which falls today on November 4th, 2020. The earth …
One-on-One With Arghyakamal Mitra
Meet Arghyakamal Mitra. He is one of the most outstanding film editors in India with around 100 films in his …
Nemai Ghosh
Nemai Ghosh was most well-known as Satyajit Ray’s official photographer since 1969 when Ray was working on Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. …
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Celluloid
Indian filmmakers have generally shied away from making biographical films on national leaders because (i) these films have little or …
Ghawre Baire Aaj
Those familiar with the directorial work of Aparna Sen and who feel that Ghawre Baire Aaj is her first political …