Pramathesh Chandra Barua was the man who played perhaps the most important role in the rising fortunes of c\Calcutta based …
Rabi Ghosh
Rabi Ghosh was one of the most versatile and talented actors in Bengali cinema who, because of his petite frame, …
Sandhya Roy
Sandhya Roy is perhaps one of the most under-rated actresses in Bengali cinema in spite of having given some truly …
Banchha Elo Phire
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 ranks among the most gifted actors in the annals of Bengali cinema. Neither a classic beauty in the …
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 …
Chocolate
Chocolate seems to be the flavour of some Bengali filmmakers these days. Soon after Dark Chocolate, which was a dark …
Pahari Sanyal
Pahari Sanyal was without doubt one of the finest actors that both, Bengali and Hindi cinema have seen. He was …
Shaheb, Bibi, Golaam
There is possibly no such thing as a pure freestanding “thriller thriller” and this comes across lucidly in film critic …