Retrospective

When Geetmala Ruled Hindi Film Music

Ratnottama Sengupta travels...

The Dagdar Baboo of ‘Maila Anchal’

Nabendu Ghosh's adaptation...

Something Like an Autobiography: A Critical Reading of Komal Gandhar

Komal...

Landscape of Exile: Individual and Cultural Alienation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Films

Ritwik...

Riverine Stories: Titas and Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinematic Departure

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The Aesthetics of Fractured Dislocation in Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema

Despite...

Reason Ramblings and Redemption

A reading of Ritwik...

Cover to Cover: The Bachchan Journey

As...

The Making of Do Bigha Zamin

Nabendu Ghosh recaps...

Leela Naidu – The Enigma Lives On

Launched in films by legendary...

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,...

Reimagining India’s Cultural Tapestry: In Conversation with Neville Tuli

Neville...

Mera Naam Raaju, Gharana Anaam

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Raj Kapoor and the Male Gaze

Raj Kapoor's portrayal of women...

The Moulding of a Master: Bimal Roy and Tapan Sinha

Ratnottama Sengupta...

Early Films, and Raj Kapoor’s Best—with Nargis

Excerpted with...

Sangam – Of Choices and Consequences

Sangam’s...

Jagte Raho: A Night of Truth

Jagte Raho tears...

Tapan Sinha: The Humanist Filmmaker

Tapan Sinha's films juxtaposed...

Awara’s Dream Sequence: An Analysis

Raj Kapoor’s success as...

The Many Voices of Raj Kapoor

Any list of Raj Kapoor’s...

Raj Kapoor – As an Actor

Raj Kapoor's image as a tramp and 'the...

A Shout Out for an Unclaimed Beloved

Shiladitya...

Sagina Mahato: The Bitter Brew of Labour Struggles

In the backdrop...

The Healing Touch: Doctors in Tapan Sinha’s Films

In Tapan Sinha's...

Harmonium — A Symbol of Interconnected Lives

A harmonium, as...

Tapan Sinha and Feature Film Management

Tapan Sinha always...

Ethics and Moral Lessons in Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan

Apanjan,...

The Impossibility of Love: Three Films of Tapan Sinha

Gayatri...

Bancharamer Bagan: Between Parable and History in the Postcolony

Trinankur...

The Cinema of Tapan Sinha — Literary Synthesis and Cinematic Demarcation

During...

The City, Crime and Middle Class Vulnerability in Tapan Sinha’s Films

Through...

Jatugriha and Ijaazat: Love in Fragments

Jatugriha...

Khaniker Atithi and Zindagi Zindagi: Two Sides of One Coin

A...

Kabuliwala Champions a Humanity That Transcends Superficial Differences

Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala...

Upahar — The Unwanted Gift

Tapan...

We Have Lost the Word ‘Honesty’: Tapan Sinha

Renowned director...

Tapan Sinha@100 – Curtain Raiser

Tapan...

Asit Sen: The Director Who Became an Unforgettable Comedian

Ratnottama...

The Making of Maa: Bimal Roy’s Debut in Bombay

Ratnottama Sengupta...

Nazir Hussain, the INA and the Long March of Kadam Kadam

Nazir...

An Actress Par Excellence

There was more to Meena...

The Elusive Nanda

Nanda’s sweet innocence made...

Akira Toriyama – How the Super Saiyan of Manga and Anime Paved the Way

Celebrate...

(L to R) Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, Amitava Nag and Sharmila Tagore at the Discussion on Tapan Sinha and the golden era of Bengali Cinema at Kunzum, GK-2, New Delhi

Sharmila Tagore Recalls the Cinema of Tapan Sinha and the Golden Era of Bengali Films

Legendary...

Myriad Strands of Love: A Hindi Film Perspective

Exploring love...

Mahaprithibi: Mrinal Sen’s Ultimate Realization about Art, Politics and Society

In...

How Suhas Met Mr Bhuvan Shome

Suhasini Mulay...

Mrinal Sen’s Matira Manisha – Family at the Crossroads

Film critic...

‘He Only Wanted to Make Films About People He Had Direct Contact With’: Kunal Sen Remembers His Father Mrinal Sen

Kunal,...

Cricket Films of Bollywood

ICC World Cup 2023 fever is running...

Prayag Raaj – The Virtuoso Wordsmith

The voice behind...

‘Barsaat & Bharat’ – Rare Vintage Film Memorabilia & Artwork in Online Auction

Memorable...

Satyajit Ray: From Frame To Frame

In Satyajit Ray: From...

A Lustrum in the Life of Mrinal Sen

Between 1966 and 1969,...

Mrinal Sen — A Journey Through Cinema

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‘Khandhar’ — A Ruin of Decaying Nostalgia

Throughout history artists...

Neel Akasher Neeche: A Tale of Humanism Amid the Freedom Struggle

Neel...

Remembering Mrinal Sen

Mrinal Sen's films evolved thematically,...

‘Kabhi Door Kabhi Paas’: Exploring Distances

Mrinal Sen, known...

Big City and the Middle Class: Predicaments in Mrinal Sen’s Films

From...

Mrinal Sen’s Films & Mrinal-Da, The Man: Some Impressions

Girish...

Shadows of Chaplin in the Polemics of Mrinal Sen

Partha Pratim...

The Politics of Choice, the Politics of Representation: Mrinal Sen’s ‘Oka Oorie Katha’

Shiladitya...

‘Bhuvan Shome’ – A Satire at the Austerity of Indian Bureaucracy

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The Presence of Absence in Mrinal Sen’s Films

Three of Mrinal...

An Inadequate Centenary Tribute

Sen had two distinct approaches...

Moviemaking in Calcutta

Following is an article written by...

Mrinal Sen in Conversation with Italo Spinelli

Italo...

Mrinal Sen@100 — A Centenary Tribute Special Series

Curtain raiser...

Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 3 & 4)

In...

Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 1 & 2)

In...

Remembering Madhubala – Today and Forever

Madhubala’s...

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Master of the Middle Path

A Silhouette...

Balraj Sahni – An Institution of Acting

Balraj Sahni was an actor...

Dadamoni: Playing God

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ArunaRaje: Song of Freedom

Films Through Women's...

Like Father, Like Daughter…Ashok Kumar and Bharati Jaffrey

It is...

Bachchan Back to the Beginning — Mega 18-City Retrospective & Exhibition to Celebrate the Icon’s 80th Birthday

To...

Bikash Roy and Pradeep Kumar in Biallish (1951)

Bengali Cinema During the Freedom Struggle

Throughout the 1930s...

Stardust Memories

STARDUST...

Satyajit, Ritwik – and the Renegade ‘Father’ Figure

In a brief critique,...

Though He Actually Never Met Her…

Gulzar voices his “deepest...

Remembering Phani Da

Nabendu Ghosh, the...

Phani Majumdar: A Journey Through Life…

Phani Majumdar, the legendary...

Tapan Sinha and the Triumvirate of Bengali Cinema

Amitava Nag’s...

Eyi Path Jodi Na Shesh Hoy: The Immortal Songs of Uttam-Hemanta

Bengal's matinee...

Madhubala: Ageless Beauty, Timeless Icon

In a short-lived career,...

Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal: Thespian Dilip Kumar Bids Adieu

Dilip Kumar,...

The Early Works of Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Buddhadeb Dasgupta is...

Blue as the Sky… Sunil

Nabendu Ghosh, the legendary screenplay...

Meeting Ray: The Nawab of Sight and Sound

"Today, when everyone is remembering the...

My Journey with Feluda

From Sonar Kella (1974) to...

Dancing with Ray… An Unparalleled Celluloid Experience

Challenging the conventional songs...

Hirak Rajar Deshe: The Diamond King Had a Great Fall

Fifteen year old Anshula loves the...

A Daughter’s Tribute

A Films Division...

Satyajit Ray’s Rendezvous with Documentaries

Satyajit Ray absorbed...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 8)

Soumitra...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 7)

Soumitra...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 6)

Soumitra...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 5)

Soumitra...

Of Film Festivals and Jury Duty

High school student Aineesh...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 4)

Soumitra...

Mera Naam Joker – 50 Years Ago

On the 50th Anniversary of the...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 3)

Soumitra...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 2)

Soumitra...

Murmurs: Moments with Soumitra Chatterjee (Episode 1)

Soumitra Chatterjee...

Soumitra Chatterjee – A Habit of Our Lives

Soumitra Chatterjee...

Ke Jaino Go Dekechhe Aamay: The Songs of Soumitra

Dadasaheb...

Ashok Kumar – The First Superstar of the Indian Talkie

Legendary...

Dev Anand’s Musical Journey

Tracking the music directors who...

Woman at the Window

The Material Universe of Rabindranath...

Fr. Gaston Roberge: A Life Dedicated to Studying Cinema and Its Commune with the Heart

Master teacher Father...

Dharmendra, Jagdeep and Amitabh Bachchan in Sholay

Soorma Bhopali Lives On…

With his quirky dialogues,...

Ray@100 Lecture 5: Circularity in Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri

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The Prince

Super actor he was not. Neither was...

From Awara to Shree 420 – Relevance of Raj Kapoor’s Post-Independence Cinema in 2020

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Soumitra Chatterjee on Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Films – Exclusive Video Interview (Part 2)

Soumitra...

‘Bimalda Spread Happiness’ – Jagdeep on Bimal Roy

In an interview...

Ray@100 Lecture 4: The Window in Satyajit Ray’s Cinema

Silhouette...

The Cinema of Basu Chatterji: Simple, Straightforward, Incisive

Basu...

Soumitra Chatterjee on Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Films – Exclusive Video Interview (Part 1)

Soumitra...

Ray’s Scientiphilia

Satyajit Ray never made a film on any scientific...

Ray@100 Lecture 3: The Desiring Woman in Satyajit Ray’s Cinema

There...

‘A Film by…?’ An Extended Idea of Auteurship in Vivre Sa Vie and Charulata

The...

Apu and Durga run through the kash to see the steam train

First Impressions: Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali

15 year old...

Ray@100 Lecture 2: Glimpses of the City in Satyajit Ray’s Cinema

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Use of Magic and Supernaturalism in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and Hirak Rajar Deshe

Goopy...

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne – The Story of the Kind Bravehearts

Anshula's...

Mahapurush – A Film I Loved to Watch

11-year old Akash Nag, has...

Telling the Stories Beyond the Silver Posters of Satyajit Ray

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Should Phalke, 150, Be Forgotten?

On May 3, 1913, Dadasaheb Phalke's...

Ray@100 Lecture 1: Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Cinema

In the first...

Irrfan Khan – A Personal Tribute

Irrfan Khan was the unique incandescence...

Johnny Walker: Comedy’s Humane Face

Johnny Walker’s greatness...

Bollywood Cinema Kaleidoscope 16 Frames Book Launch Prosenjit Shoma Chatterji Amitava Nag

From the Second Row

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A Century of Shyam

February 20, 2020 is renowned vintage actor...

Ritwik Ghatak's ancestral house ate Rajshahi, Bangladesh

FFSI Initiates Campaign to Save the Ancestral Houses of Ray, Ghatak and Sen

Buoyed...

Cinemaazi: Chronicling Indian Film Heritage and Its Unscripted Stories

Cinemaazi,...

The World of Javed Akhtar: 124 Rare Exhibits to Celebrate the Legend’s 75th Year

To celebrate Javed Akhtar’s platinum...

A Memory for the Present

Standfirst: Most directors...

The exhibition entrance at Metcalfe Hall (Pic: Joy Sengupta)

The Golden Thread of Bengali Cinema: A Journey Through 100 Years

Coinciding with the Kolkata...

Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi

From smiling chutzpah to...

Shammi Kapoor: The Charisma of the Original Dancing Hero

Revelling in the song, its emotion, the fine...

Amitabh Bachchan – He Still Towers Over the Others

Amitabh Bachchan,...

Girish Kasaravalli at work for one of his films

Twenty Four ‘Portraits’ of Girish Kasaravalli

"The magic of Kasaravalli’s...

Raj Kapoor and Shailendra at the Bina Police Station (Pic: Dinesh Shailendra)

Shailendra’s Teesri Kasam: Sapne Jagaa Ke Tune Kaahe Ko De Di Judaai

Teesri Kasam was made in another...

Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 4

Peeyush Sharma concludes his tribute...

Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 3

The early 1960s saw some highs...

Ajay kanagat on Soulfully Yours, Ravi: In Conversation with Manek Premchand
Soulfully Yours, Ravi by Manek Premchand is an invaluable and deeply insightful contribution to Hindi film music literature. It is a book every seriou...
Ratnottama on When Geetmala Ruled Hindi Film Music
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Gandhi Vadlapatla on When Geetmala Ruled Hindi Film Music
This write-up on Ameen Sayani is not just a tribute; it reads like a return to a shared past shaped by memory, sound and quiet emotion. Ratnottama Sen...
Makrand Walker on When Geetmala Ruled Hindi Film Music
Very nice, comprehensive article, thanks for sharing!
Soumyadeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Thanks a lot for your wonderful comments Respected Kanhaya Bhai. It had started with my short essays for the music lovers group of ours and finally ta...

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