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 …
Of Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh and Kanchenjungha…
At first thought, it’s inconceivable to even think of a connection between Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh with Satyajit Ray …
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 …
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey belongs to that rare breed of actors who not only strode successfully across every performing platform from the …