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Indian Film Reviews

The Elephant Whisperers
Sound the Trumpets: The Elephant Whisperers

Netflix’s The Elephant Whisperers won the Oscar for 2023 in the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Aaria Patel reviews the award-winning film.

Bomman with Raghu (Still from The Elephant Whisperers)
Sound the Trumpets: The Elephant Whisperers
Netflix's The Elephant Whisperers...
Jane Chapman plays the harpsichord at the Royal College of Music
In Search of Forgotten Melodies: Vignettes From Bengal’s Musical History
Somdev...
Abhijan: Soumitra Chatterjee’s Biopic – A Mosaic Missed
Abhijan: Soumitra Chatterjee’s Biopic – A Mosaic Missed
Parambrata...
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Uttara – Poetry on Celluloid
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Uttara – Poetry on Celluloid
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Uttara...
Vartak Nagar – A Story of Four Crows
Vartak Nagar – A Story of Four Crows
A Unique Perspective...
Lagaan: The Fairy Tale of a Barren Land!
Lagaan: The Fairy Tale of a Barren Land!
Lagaan is arguably the...
Anokhi Raat - A Unique Look at the Bitter Truths
Anokhi Raat – A Unique Look at the Bitter Truths
Asit Sen's Anokhi...
Dharti ke Lal
Dharti ke Lal – Earliest Depiction of the Great Bengal Famine
The...
Dwelling in Travelling: Chronicle of the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta
Dwelling in Travelling: Chronicle of the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta
Subha...
Robibaar: Slow-burning, Rigorous Study of Two People
Robibaar: Slow-burning, Rigorous Study of Two People
Atanu...
Rakhee Gulzar at KIFF
25th KIFF – An Event to Remember
Mayurakshee Gangopadhyay, the...
Rajlokkhi O Srikanto: Looking at the Quintessential Escapist in Retrospect
Rajlokkhi O Srikanto: Looking at the Quintessential Escapist in Retrospect
Inspired by the Sarat Chandra classic,...
Naal: An Eloquent Reconnection With the Nurturer
Naal: An Eloquent Reconnection With the Nurturer
Naal...
Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo: A Character Study Disguised as a Detective Film
Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo: A Character Study Disguised as a Detective Film
Pratim D. Gupta's films...
Ladakh Chale Rickshawala: An Impossible Dream, An Arduous Journey
Ladakh Chale Rickshawala: An Impossible Dream, An Arduous Journey
Bengalis are known...
Jeet and Koel in Shesh Theke Shuru (Pic: Pycker)
Shesh Theke Shuru: Jeet is the Saving Grace of an Otherwise Listless Film
In his 50th outing, Jeet attempts...
Enjoyable 'Mystery in History': Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Review
Enjoyable ‘Mystery in History’: Durgeshgorer Guptodhon Review
In...
Tarikh – Moving Beyond Deadlines and Datelines
Tarikh – Moving Beyond Deadlines and Datelines
Tarikh shows how the social media...
Nagarkirtan: Love that Transcends Conventional Gender Clichés
Nagarkirtan: Love that Transcends Conventional Gender Clichés
Kaushik Ganguly's mastery lies in seeking...
Ahaa Re: If Food be the Music of Love, Cook On…
Ahaa Re: If Food be the Music of Love, Cook On…
Ahaa Re offers a unique perspective...
Nathicharami: A Journey of Self-exploration
Nathicharami: A Journey of Self-exploration
Nathicharami...
An Exquisite Labour of Love
An Exquisite Labour of Love
Bird of Dusk,...
Raghu Rai – An Unframed Portrait
Raghu Rai – An Unframed Portrait
Raghu Rai is considered the ‘father’...
‘Manojder Adbhut Bari’
Manojder Adbhut Bari – A Whiff of Fresh Air
Anindya Chatterjee’s third feature...
Gaheen Hriday: A Powerful Film by Agnidev Chatterjee
Gaheen Hriday: A Powerful Film by Agnidev Chatterjee
Are all adulterous relationships about...
In Search of History - A Review of Maati
In Search of History – A Review of Maati
Maati is a film about the nuances in...
Mahanati: The Story of an Iconic Actress
Mahanati: The Story of an Iconic Actress
Mahanati (2018), is a biopic on the...
A Little Sci Fi Gem: To Celebrate 200 Years of Frankenstein
A Little Sci Fi Gem: To Celebrate 200 Years of Frankenstein
2018 marks 200...
Rainbow Jelly Looks Beyond the Obvious
Rainbow Jelly Looks Beyond the Obvious
Soukarya Ghosal’s latest Bengali film...
Turn Fears into Strength and Fly: Hichki Review
Turn Fears into Strength and Fly: Hichki Review
Hichki is the story of Naina Mathur,...
Haami – Too Much Noise for a Simple Peck on the Cheek!
Haami – Too Much Noise for a Simple Peck on the Cheek!
Haami, the latest Bengali film from...
Haranath and His Gender-Bender Film Dharasnan
Haranath and His Gender-Bender Film Dharasnan
What really makes a man, a ‘man’? Filmmaker...
Chand Khan
Barsat Ki Raat Part 2: The Qawwali Duels
Monica Kar revisits the classic...
Barsat Ki Raat Part 1: A Musical Romance
Barsat Ki Raat Part 1: A Musical Romance
On the occasion of...
Atanu Ghosh's sensitive film - 'Mayurakshi'
Mayurakshi – the Stream Within
Atanu Ghosh’s Mayurakshi weaves a sensitive...
Calcutta Sonata - The City’s Sustained Love Affair with the Piano
Calcutta Sonata – The City’s Sustained Love Affair with the Piano
The piano is essentially a Western musical...
Giving Wings to Dreams: Secret Superstar Review by a 12-year-old
Giving Wings to Dreams: Secret Superstar Review by a 12-year-old
Secret Superstar is the story...
A poster of ‘Bilu Rakkhosh’
Bilu Rakkhosh – How Does One Define ‘Success’?
There are two opposite dimensions that...
Mamata Shankar as Dev D’s mother in Maacher Jhol
Maacher Jhol Review: Cooked and Served as Delightful Entertainment
Pratim D. Gupta’s latest film Maacher...
Teesri Kasam – A Story of Love That Meandered to its Dead End
Teesri Kasam – A Story of Love That Meandered to its Dead End
Teesri Kasam – the name given to Maare...
A courtroom scene from Dhananjoy
Dhananjoy – Challenging the Criminal Justice System
Dhananjoy, the film is based on the...
Bikas Mishra’s Pagla Ghoda – Pensively Relevant
Bikas Mishra’s Pagla Ghoda – Pensively Relevant
Bikas Ranjan Mishra's Pagla Ghoda...
A travelling ‘madari’ family in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Tope
Tope Review – Decimated Cinema
Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s latest...
Sonata, directed by Aparna Sen
Sonata – A Celluloid Tribute to Loneliness that is Out of Sync
Aparna Sen’s Sonata is about three,...
Rangoon – A Complex, Intricate Yet Incomplete Tapestry
Rangoon – A Complex, Intricate Yet Incomplete Tapestry
Vishal Bhardwaj's Rangoon is a metafilm...
Lady of the Lake: Intermingling Politics and Fantasy
Lady of the Lake: Intermingling Politics and Fantasy
Loktak Lairembee is the debut...
Devi - What if Devdas was a Woman?
Devi – What if Devdas was a Woman?
“What if Devdas were a woman?” is the...
Antarleen and Kahaani 2 – Polarised Yet Competent Thrillers
Antarleen and Kahaani 2 – Polarised Yet Competent Thrillers
At the very end of the year, two...
Postmaster Review – The Tagore Connection is Superfluous
Postmaster Review – The Tagore Connection is Superfluous
Postmaster marks the directorial...
A mother-daughter moment of Nil Battey Sannata
Nil Battey Sannata Review: Be What You Want to Be
Nil Battey Sannata is a well-knit,...
Shankhachil – Soppy, Syrupy, Sentimental and Sad
Shankhachil – Soppy, Syrupy, Sentimental and Sad
Goutam Ghose’s Shankhachil won the National...
Raja Sen’s Maya Mridanga
Raja Sen’s Maya Mridanga is Set on a High Pitch
Raja Sen’s latest film Maya Mridanga which...
Century Gowda in a scene from Thithi
Comical Mirror to a Vivacious Village Vaudeville
Skeptical...
The poster of Chauranga
Chauranga – A Metaphor For Escape
Chauranga is a metaphor for the illusory...
The sensitive and delicate Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain encapsulates love and dreams, empathy and companionship in every frame.
Guide: The Story of Ordinary People Leading Extraordinary Lives
Fifty years ago, Guide 1965 proved that...
All the World’s a Stage: Tamasha and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
All the World’s a Stage: Tamasha and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Tamasha...
Onyo Opala
Onyo Opala – An Unusual Perspective on the Gay Identity
Satarupa Sanyal’s latest film Onyo Opala...
Abby Sen poster
Abby Sen and Time Travel
Atanu Sen’s recent film Abby Sen is about...
Rajkahini – A Valiant Effort
Rajkahini – A Valiant Effort
Srijit Mukherjee’s latest film Rajkahini...
4. Rituparna Sengupta in the last film - Telephone
Teen Kahon – Three Dimensions Of The Obsessive Mind
Is obsession...
Tom Alter and Oorvazi Irani in The Path Of Zarathustra
The Parsi Story – A Learning Experience
Oorvazi Irani’s debut...
Was it a suicide, a murder or an accident – the death of Kheya in Natoker Mato
Theatre and Life: Natoker Mato
In 1977 during a film shooting,...
The poster of Brothers
Brothers versus Warrior: Why Brothers Fails to be a Knock-Out
Brothers is a Hindi cinema which has close semblance...
Ek Nodir Galpo: The Name of a River
Ek Nodir Galpo: The Name of a River
From a simple story of a...
Anubrato Bhalo Aacho? The Caregiver’s Tragedy
Anubrato Bhalo Aacho? The Caregiver’s Tragedy
Partho Sen’s Anubrato Bhalo Aacho...
Baahubali and Bhallaladeva – an epic rivalry
Baahubali: A Potential Game-Changer
S S Rajamouli’s Baahubali-the...
Between the Times – A Rare Experience: Asa Jaoar Majhe Review
Between the Times – A Rare Experience: Asa Jaoar Majhe Review
Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Asa Jaoar...
Hamari Adhuri Kahani - A Story Best Left Untold
Hamari Adhuri Kahani – A Story Best Left Untold
Hamari Adhuri Kahani has outstanding...
Dil Dhadakne Do: A Triumph of Casting
Dil Dhadakne Do: A Triumph of Casting
The largest of the societal issues the...
Family Album – A Few Shades Of Grey
Family Album – A Few Shades Of Grey
Family Album entertains in a certain way...
Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai : A Look Back
Jahnu Barua’s Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai : A Look Back
Jahnu...
Jogajog – Difficult to Translate
Jogajog – Difficult to Translate
The original story triggers...
Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet – Falling Short of Expectations
Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet – Falling Short of Expectations
In an effort to make a film that combines...
Uma is young and she is an instrument to pacify the lust of the local school master Nabin.
Suttee: Retelling the Myth
Analayzing Aparna Sen's Bengali movie...
Margarita with a Straw: True Taste of Life
Margarita with a Straw: True Taste of Life
A refreshing review...
Piku Enthralls
Piku Enthralls
Piku is like a treat of golgappas in itself....
A Peek Into the World of Kadambari and Charulata
A Peek Into the World of Kadambari and Charulata
Champa Srinivasan...
Ek Din Pratidin – Mrinal Sen’s Indictment on Patriarchy
Ek Din Pratidin – Mrinal Sen’s Indictment on Patriarchy
Ek...
Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi: A Giant Leap for Cinema Lovers
Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi: A Giant Leap for Cinema Lovers
Kaushik Ganguly’s latest release...
Punjab 1984 Review: About Wounds, Emotions And Simplicity
Punjab 1984 Review: About Wounds, Emotions And Simplicity
There is no condoning...
Born Into Brothels (Pic courtesy Worldette.com)
Born into Brothels: Looking Back at a Gem in Documentary Filmmaking
The portrayal of artistry and talent...
Watch Haider for Shahid, Kashmir And Humanity
Watch Haider for Shahid, Kashmir And Humanity
Shahid Kapoor as Haider in the second half, etches...
Thanks Maa: An Innocent Conviction, An Insensitive Society
Thanks Maa: An Innocent Conviction, An Insensitive Society
Thanks Maa is a superb story of 2 days in...
Million Dollar Arm Review: Emotions Win In Deja Vu Sports Drama
Million Dollar Arm Review: Emotions Win In Deja Vu Sports Drama
Million Dollar Arm does not fall in the...
Hawaa Hawaai Review: Ek-Lava And His Wings
Hawaa Hawaai Review: Ek-Lava And His Wings
Amole Gupte's Hawaa Hawaai is one of the...
Pyaasa: Pristine Poetry On Celluloid
Pyaasa: Pristine Poetry On Celluloid
On Feb 19, 1957, Guru Dutt's classic Pyaasa...
Guide - A Mortal Man Became An Immortal Institution
Guide – A Mortal Man Became An Immortal Institution
Guide starts with a dashing Dev Anand (Raju)...
Sadanander Mela: A Story Of Humanity
Sadanander Mela: A Story Of Humanity
The hero of Sadanander Mela is undoubtedly...
The Lunchbox: Meeting Point Of Two Bland and Forlorn Entities
The Lunchbox: Meeting Point Of Two Bland and Forlorn Entities
The Lunchbox...
Swet Patharer Thala explores the prejudices society holds on to for the Hindu widow even in circumstances that appear modern and contemporary.
Revisiting Swet Patharer Thala: Woman, Widowhood And Work
Swet Patharer Thala presents a different...
3 Idiots – All Izz Well
3 Idiots – All Izz Well
3 Idiots is not just a story of 3 engineering...
Aranyer Din Ratri: Holding a Mirror to the 21st Century Generation
Aranyer Din Ratri: Holding a Mirror to the 21st Century Generation
Aranyer...
Amar Prem - an unusual love story
Amar Prem: True Love Blossoms Without Barriers
Amar Prem portrays a pure and selfless form of love...
Garam Hawa represents the predicament of one such family of Agra.
Garam Hawa: India’s Living Dead
The title “Garam Hawa” is...
Modes of Storytelling: Tapan Sinha’s Kshudita Pashan (1961)
Modes of Storytelling: Tapan Sinha’s Kshudita Pashan (1961)
The...
Playing Passion Over Penance - Re-viewing Chokher Bali (1902-2002)
Playing Passion Over Penance – Re-viewing Chokher Bali (1902-2002)
In...
Deep Jele Jai has survived the onslaughts of time, technology and evolution to remain one of the best films directed by Asit Sen
Deep Jele Jai: Representation Of The Physically And Mentally Challenged
Deep Jele Jai has survived the onslaughts...
In Ghosh’s Noukadubi Hemnalini’s father (Dhritiman) is much more self-assured and articulate then the Annadababu of the novel.
Tagore’s Noukadubi And Rituparno’s Inspiration: Interrogating Marriage And Home
The...
Alo (2003) Cast: Rituparna Sengupta, Abhishek Chattejee, Soumili Biswas (Pic: Youtube)
Narrative Of Tagore’s Songs Used In Tarun Majumdar’s Alo (2003)
While...
In late 60's when feminism was taking shape in Bengal, with this contextually primed, well-built story the director was already one step ahead.
On Streer Patra
Standing on a lonesome, vast seashore...
Ghosh’s Binodini does not repent as against Tagore’s Binodini who leaves for Kashi apologizing to Mahendra and Ashalata, thereby eliminating the anxiety for the masterless widow. Ghosh’s Binodini is not punished.
Chokher Bāli: Unleashing Forbidden Passions
Ghosh makes a remarkable...
The music-loving, clairvoyant Prashanta has a premonition of the disaster that is going to strike his father.
Satyajit Ray’s Sakha Prosakha: A Critic of Contemporary Ethics
Ray’s preoccupation...
Bollywood And The Diaspora: Namastey London
Bollywood And The Diaspora: Namastey London
Namastey London offers intriguing...
15 Park Avenue: Mithi’s Magic Mind – A Human and Scientific Exploration
15 Park Avenue: Mithi’s Magic Mind – A Human and Scientific Exploration
I...
The Moor Recontextualized Othello to Omkara
The Moor Recontextualized Othello to Omkara
In the play Othello...
The Colours of Language and Legalities: Reviewing Gulaal
The Colours of Language and Legalities: Reviewing Gulaal
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