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A critical reading of Komal Gandhar
Something Like an Autobiography: A Critical Reading of Komal Gandhar

Komal Gandhar, Ritwik Ghatak’s sublime cinematic attempt is also considered to be one of his “most intellectual” films. This is probably because, Komal Gandhar emanates a different tune, for it is the only film in the trilogy that opens up a utopian avenue of union, while the other two exude the bleakness of separation. Soumalya Chatterjee offers a critical reading of the film and observes how Ghatak searches for his own self in the characters of Bhrigu and Anasuya.

Something Like an Autobiography: A Critical Reading of Komal Gandhar
Something Like an Autobiography: A Critical Reading of Komal Gandhar
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Landscape of Exile: Individual and Cultural Alienation in Ritwik Ghatak's Films
Landscape of Exile: Individual and Cultural Alienation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Films
Ritwik...
Riverine Stories: Titas and Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinematic Departure
Riverine Stories: Titas and Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinematic Departure
In...
The Aesthetics of Fractured Dislocation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema
The Aesthetics of Fractured Dislocation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema
Despite...
Reason Ramblings and Redemption
Reason Ramblings and Redemption
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Cover to Cover: The Bachchan Journey
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The Making of Do Bigha Zamin
The Making of Do Bigha Zamin
Nabendu Ghosh recaps...
Leela Naidu – The Enigma Lives On
Leela Naidu – The Enigma Lives On
Launched in films by legendary...
Kanan Devi: 'The First Singing Star'
Kanan Devi: ‘The First Singing Star’
The life and works of Kanan Devi,...
Salaam Cinema's 2nd Edition – Revisiting the Bygone Era with Rare Film Memorabilia
Salaam Cinema’s 2nd Edition – Revisiting the Bygone Era with Rare Film Memorabilia
Salaam Cinema,...
Reimagining India's Cultural Tapestry: In Conversation with Neville Tuli
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Mera Naam Raaju, Gharana Anaam
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Raj Kapoor and the Male Gaze
Raj Kapoor and the Male Gaze
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The Moulding of a Master: Bimal Roy and Tapan Sinha
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Early Films, and Raj Kapoor’s Best—with Nargis
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Sangam – Of Choices and Consequences
Sangam – Of Choices and Consequences
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Jagte Raho: A Night of Truth
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Tapan Sinha: The Humanist Filmmaker
Tapan Sinha: The Humanist Filmmaker
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Raj Kapoor – As an Actor
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Sagina Mahato: The Bitter Brew of Labour Struggles
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The Healing Touch: Doctors in Tapan Sinha’s Films
The Healing Touch: Doctors in Tapan Sinha’s Films
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Harmonium — A Symbol of Interconnected Lives
Harmonium — A Symbol of Interconnected Lives
A harmonium, as...
Tapan Sinha and Feature Film Management
Tapan Sinha and Feature Film Management
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Ethics and Moral Lessons in Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan
Ethics and Moral Lessons in Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan
Apanjan,...
The Impossibility of Love: Three Films of Tapan Sinha
The Impossibility of Love: Three Films of Tapan Sinha
Gayatri...
Bancharamer Bagan: Between Parable and History in the Postcolony
Bancharamer Bagan: Between Parable and History in the Postcolony
Trinankur...
The Cinema of Tapan Sinha — Literary Synthesis and Cinematic Demarcation
The Cinema of Tapan Sinha — Literary Synthesis and Cinematic Demarcation
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The City, Crime and Middle Class Vulnerability in Tapan Sinha’s Films
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Through...
Jatugriha and Ijaazat: Love in Fragments
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Kabuliwala Champions a Humanity That Transcends Superficial Differences
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Mrinal Sen’s Matira Manisha – Family at the Crossroads
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Mrinal Sen — A Journey Through Cinema
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Remembering Mrinal Sen
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Partha Pratim...
The Politics of Choice, the Politics of Representation: Mrinal Sen’s 'Oka Oorie Katha'
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Shiladitya...
'Bhuvan Shome' – A Satire at the Austerity of Indian Bureaucracy
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The Presence of Absence in Mrinal Sen’s Films
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An Inadequate Centenary Tribute
An Inadequate Centenary Tribute
Sen had two distinct approaches...
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Following is an article written by...
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Italo...
Mrinal Sen@100 — A Centenary Tribute Special Series
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Curtain raiser...
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Like Father, Like Daughter...Ashok Kumar and Bharati Jaffrey
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Gulzar voices his “deepest...
Remembering Phani Da
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Nabendu Ghosh, the...
Phani Majumdar: A Journey Through Life…
Phani Majumdar: A Journey Through Life…
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Tapan Sinha and the Triumvirate of Bengali Cinema
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Amitava Nag’s...
Eyi Path Jodi Na Shesh Hoy: The Immortal Songs of Uttam-Hemanta
Eyi Path Jodi Na Shesh Hoy: The Immortal Songs of Uttam-Hemanta
Bengal's matinee...
Madhubala: Ageless Beauty, Timeless Icon
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Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal: Thespian Dilip Kumar Bids Adieu
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The Early Works of Buddhadeb Dasgupta
The Early Works of Buddhadeb Dasgupta
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Blue as the Sky… Sunil
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Meeting Ray: The Nawab of Sight and Sound
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"Today, when everyone is remembering the...
My Journey with Feluda
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Dancing with Ray... An Unparalleled Celluloid Experience
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Hirak Rajar Deshe: The Diamond King Had a Great Fall
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Fifteen year old Anshula loves the...
A Daughter's Tribute
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Satyajit Ray’s Rendezvous with Documentaries
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Satyajit Ray absorbed...
Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 8)
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Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 7)
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Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 6)
Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 6)
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Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 3)
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Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 2)
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Soumitra Chatterjee – A Habit of Our Lives
Soumitra Chatterjee – A Habit of Our Lives
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Ke Jaino Go Dekechhe Aamay: The Songs of Soumitra
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Dadasaheb...
Amitabh Bachchan and Ashok Kumar
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Dev Anand's Musical Journey
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Tracking the music directors who...
Woman at the Window
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The Material Universe of Rabindranath...
Fr. Gaston Roberge: A Life Dedicated to Studying Cinema and Its Commune with the Heart
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Ray@100 Lecture 5: Circularity in Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri
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Ray@100 Lecture 3: The Desiring Woman in Satyajit Ray's Cinema
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‘A Film by…?’ An Extended Idea of Auteurship in Vivre Sa Vie and Charulata
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Apu and Durga run through the kash to see the steam train
First Impressions: Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali
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Ray@100 Lecture 2: Glimpses of the City in Satyajit Ray's Cinema
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