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About Amitava Nag

Amitava Nag is an independent film critic based in Kolkata and editor of Silhouette. His most recent books on cinema are Murmurs: Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee, 16 Frames and Smriti Sattwa o Cinema. His earlier writings include the acclaimed books Satyajit Ray’s Heroes and Heroines published by Rupa and Beyond Apu: 20 Favourite film roles of Soumitra Chatterjee published by Harper Collins India. He also writes poetry and short fiction in Bengali and English – observing life in a platter. He can be reached at amitavanag.net.

6 Poems of Soumitra Chatterjee

Silhouette Editor Amitava Nag has translated Soumitra Chatterjee's selected Bengali poems into an English collection Walking through the Mist published this year. This is the first attempt at translating...

Bestsellers

Know Thy Dhoni: Aniket Mishra on His Bestselling Quizbook on MS Dhoni

Know Thy Dhoni celebrates the playing career and life of one of India's greatest cricketers - Mahendra Singh Dhoni with over Over 400 Questions & Stories. Noted author Amitava...

Bestsellers

Understanding Space-Time Continuum in Quantum Physics

As Amphan wreaked havoc through Kolkata, it left behind a stream of changed priorities and perspectives and new realizations. Amitava Nag jots down his stream of consciousness, surviving...

Musings

3 Poems about Forgetting, and Not

Three wistful poems about remembrance, forgetting and memory by Amitava Nag....

Poems

In Support of Scarcity

It’s time to stop being a slave to a barrage of information of all kinds, writes Amitava Nag. Let scarcity rule for a while....

Opinion

‘Theatre is Not Just Acting, it is a Lifestyle’

Silhouette editor Amitava Nag catches up with young, talented Bengali stage actors Manas Mukherjee and Keshob Bhattacharyya on theatre, cinema & more....

Creative Art

Wish

A poet reminisces about his mother, the sounds and images he would associate with her leaves him deeply nostalgic and lost....

Poems

‘Your Voice is Breaking!’

A humorous look at the vagaries of the newly English speaking community of the IT world....

Musings

From the Last Time

A wistful plea of a lover addressing his last heartfelt words to his lady-love....

Poems

Jhulan Utsav

A wistful, romantic poem depicting the essence and fervour of Jhulan festival in India during monsoon, a festival celebrating the divine love between Radha and Lord Krishna....

Poems

The Forgotten, Our Very ‘Own’

Tapan Sinha had been an epitome of cinematic excellence – artistic and entertaining and that is why he could reach to his audience with élan which at times even the towering Satyajit Ray could not. Sinha’s...

100 Years of Indian Cinema

A Hundred Million Years

I had two friends Ami and Iam with whom I played and conversed on the vast canvas....

Musings

Vincent

There is boredom in the bordello filled with broken fragrances of waiting gun powder and desolate embers – I pick up the repeater and send straight through my left ear – words pen keyboards Inside the swanky svelte, a monotone labyrinth, false – afternoons are placid, linear and harmonic – I can see the systematic rapture of...

Poems

Today is not My Birthday

A wistful poem about love and longing. ...

Poems

The Song of the Rain

Rain creates some of the most beautiful and musical moments. Amitava Nag captures some of them through his lens....

Creative Art

An Indian Film Theory?

We need to look back and deep into the cinema of ours - with pride and reverence. The medium is developed and sharpened by the West but we use it to tell our story. The Indian film theory should emerge hence....

100 Years of Indian Cinema

Remembering Rituparno Ghosh

To Rituparno Ghosh’s credit he brought a section of the Bengali audience back to the cinema halls – to me this is his greatest contribution to Bengali cinema and any history of it will remain largely incomplete unless this due tribute...

100 Years of Indian Cinema

The Light-ingles

Amitava Nag picks 4 female characters from Indian cinema who shined in the darkness and held on to their individuality. These are common-place women with not-so-common demeanor....

100 Years of Indian Cinema

Freedom is Swadesh Sen

Poet Swadesh Sen passed away on March 6, 2014. Amitava Nag remembers him as one of those bridges between the fluidic ornamentation of the 70's and the grounded post-modernist of the 90's. ...

News & Events

My City Kolkata

Glimpses of the historic and vibrant city of Kolkata through the lens of Amitava Nag....

Creative Art

Hues of Dew

Different hues and moods of dewdrops captured by Amitava Nag....

Creative Art

Call

A short poem of remembrance....

Poems

Little Mags: A Special Niche In Kolkata Book Fair

At one corner, like the jewel in the crown resides the Little Magazine pavilion....

News & Events

Chronicle

the men lie, the women forget...

Poems

Saudade

A short poem of remembrance for Ma....

Poems

Silhouettes

Amazing stills of nature, sunrise and sunsets captured by Amitava Nag. ...

Landscapes

Jyoti Babel on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Thank you so much for your appreciation and kind words. Hume jab ehsaas hota hai ki is brahmand mein hum bindu matra bhi nahi hai, toh sab pareshaniya...
Madhu Verma on Insignificant: Poetic Reflections on the Vast Cosmos and Self
Jyoti, bahut hi acchi poem likhi hai tumne 👌 Brahmand ki vishalta aur insaan ke chhote hone ka ehsaas itne pyaare andaaz mein bayaan kiya hai... ...
Madhu Verma on Winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at Technoxian World Robotics Championship
Congratulations to budding robotics enthusiasts Ayush Gupta, Shrutika Negi, and Sampriti Bisht for winning the Fastest Line Follower Trophy at the Tec...
A K Nanda on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Rajan Ji I'm extremely grateful for your comments on my translation of Tagore's poem of Geetanjali "Ei Korechho Bhalo". I had to do this on the insis...
NS Rajan on Ei Korechho Bhalo Nithur He — English Translation of Tagore’s Song
Nandaji. Namashkar. I have no knowledge of Bangla. But who hasn't heard of 'Geetanjali'? it is an irony that when I was in College in 1952, I won tw...