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. …
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta had a career that was multi-layered with films, music and the Calcutta Youth Choir, which she had …
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Those who have already watched Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne will be surprised to know that it is a film that almost …
Chitrakar
Chitrakar raises questions about how anyone and everyone during the post-modern era can become an artist. Why do many of …
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 …
Shatranj Ke Khiladi
It is 1856, a year before the Great Indian Mutiny and Lucknow, the capital of the kingdom of Awadh is …
Ghare Baire
In 1905, pursuing the colonial policy of Divide and Rule, Lord Curzon, the then-Viceroy of India, proposed the splitting up …
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 …