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Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Raj Kapoor as an actor
Raj Kapoor – As an Actor

Raj Kapoor’s image as a tramp and ‘the greatest showman’ has eclipsed his prowess as an actor, feels Anuradha Warrier, who curates a list of what is, to her, his most outstanding performances.

Raj Kapoor and the Male Gaze
Raj Kapoor and the Male Gaze
Raj Kapoor's portrayal of women...
The Moulding of a Master: Bimal Roy and Tapan Sinha
The Moulding of a Master: Bimal Roy and Tapan Sinha
Ratnottama Sengupta...
Raj Kapoor – As an Actor
Raj Kapoor – As an Actor
Raj Kapoor's image as a tramp and 'the...
We Have Lost the Word 'Honesty': Tapan Sinha
We Have Lost the Word ‘Honesty’: Tapan Sinha
Renowned director...
Asit Sen: The Director Who Became an Unforgettable Comedian
Asit Sen: The Director Who Became an Unforgettable Comedian
Ratnottama...
The Making of Maa: Bimal Roy's Debut in Bombay
The Making of Maa: Bimal Roy’s Debut in Bombay
Ratnottama Sengupta...
Nazir Hussain, the INA and the Long March of Kadam Kadam
Nazir Hussain, the INA and the Long March of Kadam Kadam
Nazir...
An Actress Par Excellence
An Actress Par Excellence
There was more to Meena...
The Elusive Nanda
The Elusive Nanda
Nanda’s sweet innocence made...
(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
Myriad Strands of Love: A Hindi Film Perspective
Exploring love...
Cricket Films of Bollywood
Cricket Films of Bollywood
ICC World Cup 2023 fever is running...
Prayag Raaj – The Virtuoso Wordsmith
Prayag Raaj – The Virtuoso Wordsmith
The voice behind...
'Barsaat & Bharat' – Rare Vintage Film Memorabilia & Artwork in Online Auction
‘Barsaat & Bharat’ – Rare Vintage Film Memorabilia & Artwork in Online Auction
Memorable...
Satyajit Ray: From Frame To Frame
Satyajit Ray: From Frame To Frame
In Satyajit Ray: From...
Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 3 & 4)
Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 3 & 4)
In...
Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 1 & 2)
Of Incomplete Tales: My Friendship with Guru Dutt (Parts 1 & 2)
In...
Remembering Madhubala – Today and Forever
Remembering Madhubala – Today and Forever
Madhubala’s...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Master of the Middle Path
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Master of the Middle Path
A Silhouette...
Balraj Sahni – An Institution of Acting
Balraj Sahni – An Institution of Acting
Balraj Sahni was an actor...
Ashok Kumar and Nabendu Ghosh
Dadamoni: Playing God
Silhouette...
ArunaRaje: Song of Freedom
ArunaRaje: Song of Freedom
Films Through Women's...
Like Father, Like Daughter...Ashok Kumar and Bharati Jaffrey
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
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 Memories
STARDUST...
Though He Actually Never Met Her...
Though He Actually Never Met Her…
Gulzar voices his “deepest...
Remembering Phani Da
Remembering Phani Da
Nabendu Ghosh, the...
Phani Majumdar: A Journey Through Life…
Phani Majumdar: A Journey Through Life…
Phani Majumdar, the legendary...
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
Madhubala: Ageless Beauty, Timeless Icon
In a short-lived career,...
Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal: Thespian Dilip Kumar Bids Adieu
Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal: Thespian Dilip Kumar Bids Adieu
Dilip Kumar,...
The Early Works of Buddhadeb Dasgupta
The Early Works of Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is...
Blue as the Sky… Sunil
Blue as the Sky… Sunil
Nabendu Ghosh, the legendary screenplay...
A Daughter's Tribute
A Daughter’s Tribute
A Films Division...
Mera Naam Joker – 50 Years Ago
Mera Naam Joker – 50 Years Ago
On the 50th Anniversary of the...
Soumitra Chatterjee – A Habit of Our Lives
Soumitra Chatterjee – A Habit of Our Lives
Soumitra Chatterjee...
Ke Jaino Go Dekechhe Aamay: The Songs of Soumitra
Ke Jaino Go Dekechhe Aamay: The Songs of Soumitra
Dadasaheb...
Amitabh Bachchan and Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar – The First Superstar of the Indian Talkie
Legendary...
Dev Anand's Musical Journey
Dev Anand’s Musical Journey
Tracking the music directors who...
Fr. Gaston Roberge: A Life Dedicated to Studying Cinema and Its Commune with the Heart
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,...
The Prince
The Prince
Super actor he was not. Neither was...
'Bimalda Spread Happiness' - Jagdeep on Bimal Roy
‘Bimalda Spread Happiness’ – Jagdeep on Bimal Roy
In an interview...
The Cinema of Basu Chatterji: Simple, Straightforward, Incisive
The Cinema of Basu Chatterji: Simple, Straightforward, Incisive
Basu...
Should Phalke, 150, Be Forgotten?
Should Phalke, 150, Be Forgotten?
On May 3, 1913, Dadasaheb Phalke's...
Irrfan Khan in The Lunchbox (Pic: IMDb)
Irrfan Khan – A Personal Tribute
Irrfan Khan was the unique incandescence...
Johnny Walker: Comedy’s Humane Face
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
There...
A Century of Shyam
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...
Sumant batra rahul rawail sharmSumant Batra, Rahul Rawail, Sharmila Tagore and Pankaj Udhas at the launch of Cinemaaziila tagore pankaj udhas
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
The World of Javed Akhtar: 124 Rare Exhibits to Celebrate the Legend’s 75th Year
To celebrate Javed Akhtar’s platinum...
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
Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
From smiling chutzpah to...
Shammi Kapoor: The Charisma of the Original Dancing Hero
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 – 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
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
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 3
The early 1960s saw some highs...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend's Journey Down the Years Part 2
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 2
The 1950s were a bumper decade...
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend's Journey Down the Years Part 1
Kishore Kumar The Actor: A Legend’s Journey Down the Years Part 1
The mention of Kishore Kumar typically...
Uttam Kumar: Leaving a Mark in his Few Hindi Films
Uttam Kumar: Leaving a Mark in his Few Hindi Films
Bengal's matinee idol and most popular...
Romancing the Reel: Vijay Bhatt
Romancing the Reel: Vijay Bhatt
Legendary director-producer...
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman and Yesterday’s Melodies Today’s Memories Launched in Mumbai and Delhi: A Report
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman and Yesterday’s Melodies Today’s Memories Launched in Mumbai and Delhi: A Report
Two...
The Evergreen Songs of Jeetendra
The Evergreen Songs of Jeetendra
Think of Jeetendra and the tight...
Amitava Nag’s Satyajit Ray’s Heroes & Heroines Launched
Amitava Nag’s Satyajit Ray’s Heroes & Heroines Launched
Veteran actor Barun...
Mrinal Sen: The Man Who Fought Through Cinema
Mrinal Sen: The Man Who Fought Through Cinema
With Mrinal Sen behind the camera Indian cinema...
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman - the Life and Works of SD Burman
Incomparable Sachin Dev Burman – the Life and Works of SD Burman
'Sachin...
Munshi Premchand on Celluloid
Munshi Premchand on Celluloid
Filmmakers over the decades have been...
Chetan Anand: Exploring the Unconventional to Make Landmark Films
Chetan Anand: Exploring the Unconventional to Make Landmark Films
Twenty one years ago, on July 7, 1997, Chetan...
75 Rare Memorabilia, Unique Artworks to Celebrate Amitabh Bachchan's Platinum Year
75 Rare Memorabilia, Unique Artworks to Celebrate Amitabh Bachchan’s Platinum Year
75 rare...
Shyam: The Big Heart behind the Swashbuckling Hero
Shyam: The Big Heart behind the Swashbuckling Hero
Shyam – the screen idol of...
Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi: Bharat Bhushan's Unforgettable Singer-Poet Musicals
Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi: Bharat Bhushan’s Unforgettable Singer-Poet Musicals
Bharat Bhushan's educated, decent, quiet and...
“Is duniya mein aadmi insaan ban jaye ... toh bahut badi baat hai” - Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in Kabhi Kabhie (Pic: News18)
Traversing the Two Worlds of Mainstream and Art: Shashi Kapoor’s Unexampled Journey
Legendary actor Shashi Kapoor (18 March 1938...
On the Buddha’s Trail… Nabendu Ghosh's Trishagni
On the Buddha’s Trail… Nabendu Ghosh’s Trishagni
Gautam Buddha had fascinated Nabendu...
And They Made Classics - Director-Writer Duo of Bimal Roy and Nabendu Ghosh
And They Made Classics – Director-Writer Duo of Bimal Roy and Nabendu Ghosh
Directed by Ratnottama Sengupta, And They Made...
NFAI Acquires 162 Films Including 15 Rare Unreleased Films
NFAI Acquires 162 Films Including 15 Rare Unreleased Films
NFAI has acquired 162 films, with more...
The Spontaneity of Nutan That Rose Above 'Acting'
The Spontaneity of Nutan That Rose Above ‘Acting’
Nutan amazed us with every role she did – she...
Yesterday's Films for Tomorrow - PK Nair's own writings on cinema
‘Yesterday’s Films for Tomorrow’ – PK Nair’s Writings on Cinema to be Launched
Legendary archivist PK Nair’s...
Father Gaston Roberge delivering a lecture – a familiar image to the film students of Kolkata for the last five decades
Father Gaston Roberge – A Master Teacher of Film Theories
Father Gaston Roberge is a legend. A...
Waheeda Rehman - The Woman of Substance On-Screen
Waheeda Rehman – The Woman of Substance On-Screen
"In Pyaasa, Mujhe Jeene Do, The Guide,...
Om Puri – The Luminance of a Natural Actor
Om Puri – The Luminance of a Natural Actor
Om Puri passed away on 6 January 2017 after four decades...
A still from Gurvinder Singh’s Ghuspaithiya
DIFF 2016 – A Peek at the Indian Short Films
Curated by film-maker Umesh Kulkarni,...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: In a Humane Genre of His Own
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: In a Humane Genre of His Own
Be it the tragedies like Anand,...
Sadhna in Asli Naqli
The Gorgeous Style Icon Sadhana
Some of the most enchanting, lilting, melodious, memorable...
Sanjeev Kumar and Suchitra Sen in Aandhi
Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor Who Rose Above The ‘Hero’
The sheer versatility of Sanjeev Kumar outpaces...
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival 2016
Viewers to Decide Winners with Viewer’s Choice Award at HBFF 2016
HBFF 2016 is showcasing...
Suspense, Romance, Crime Thrillers, Offbeat, Social Drama: The Trend-setting Films of Raj Khosla
Suspense, Romance, Crime Thrillers, Offbeat, Social Drama: The Trend-setting Films of Raj Khosla
From crime thrillers (CID, Kala...
The Calcutta Film Society in early 2016 (Pic Courtesy: Internet)
For the Love of Cinema – the Story Behind the Calcutta Film Society
The Calcutta Film Society was registered...
Lalita Pawar: The Dominating Matriarch And Scheming Manthara
Lalita Pawar: The Dominating Matriarch And Scheming Manthara
A tribute...
The films of Shakti Samanta (R) are known for their everlasting music.(Pic: A beautiful graphic crafted as a gift to Silhouette by Pakanati Lakshmi Priya)
‘In Aradhana, Sachin Karta Gave Me My Life’s Biggest Hit’: In Conversation with Shakti Samanta
Aradhana, the film that catapulted...
Nabendu Ghosh
Nabendu Ghosh: The Master of Screen Writing
March 27, 2016 marks the birth centenary of Nabendu...
A still from Celluloid Man featuring PK Nair (Pic courtesy: Celluloid Man by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur)
Remembering PK Nair – ‘He Changed the Way We Viewed Cinema’
As the news of India’s ‘Celluloid...
Jaya Bachchan in Guddi
Jaya Bachchan: A Slot-less Act
Jaya Bachchan is a name synonymous with endearing,...
Amitava Nag and Soumitra Chatterjee at the book launch.
Beyond Apu: 20 Favourite Film Roles of Soumitra Chatterjee Launched
Veteran...
Waheeda Rehman: Quintessential Beauty with Intense Acting Prowess
Waheeda Rehman: Quintessential Beauty with Intense Acting Prowess
Waheeda Rehman, a rare combination of quintessential...
Suraiya: The Last Singing Star of Indian Cinema
Suraiya: The Last Singing Star of Indian Cinema
Suraiya, possibly...
In his own room (Pic Courtesy: Shreya Goswami)
Beyond Apu – the Genius of Soumitra Chatterjee
This is not a...
Suchitra Sen – the most glamorous star of Bengali cinema
Forever Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen mirrored the independent...
Bimal Roy directing Suchitra Sen and Dilip Kumar for Devdas (Pic: From the collections of SMM Ausaja)
Bimal Roy: The Eastern Mystic Who Made Films
Bimal Roy's films refrained from preaching even as...
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar: A Colossus of Indian Cinema
With his classic Bengali good...
Guru Dutt and Abrar Alvi Pic courtesy: From the collections of Pakanati Lakshmi Priya
Myths about Guru Dutt
The only myth that remains close to reality,...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Giving Cinema a New Definition
Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Giving Cinema a New Definition
Honesty has been the hallmark...
Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya - Evergreen Dev Anand
Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya – Evergreen Dev Anand
Style and fashion icon Dev Anand with his city-slick...
Sparks fly when the sophisticated millionaire Rajnath Samanta (Uttam Kumar) grandly woos the self-respecting, independent artist Shakuntala (Suchitra Sen).
Asit Sen’s Bengali Films: A New Paradigm in Pathbreaking Narratives
Asit Sen's forte lay in his ability...
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Retrospective at Osianama
Osianama’s cinematic retrospective of...
A family pic of Uttam with his wife and son
Making of Uttam Kumar: The Star, The ‘True’ Bhadralok
3rd September is the birth anniversary...
60 Years of Pather Panchali and Some Questions on Indian Cinema
60 Years of Pather Panchali and Some Questions on Indian Cinema
The Society for the Preservation...
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay - The "Common Man's" Comedian
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay – The “Common Man’s” Comedian
Bhanu Bandopadhyay created a genre in humour...
Asit Sen: Sensitive, Women-Centric Films in a Class of their Own
Asit Sen: Sensitive, Women-Centric Films in a Class of their Own
In a brief repertoire, Asit Sen left...
Gulzar: Redefining Poetry and Purpose In Cinema
Gulzar: Redefining Poetry and Purpose In Cinema
Gulzar's films are known for...
Gulzar: Creating a New Genre of Lyrical Romance
Gulzar: Creating a New Genre of Lyrical Romance
Gulzar - poet, lyricist, dialogue-writer and...
Meena Kumari (Pic courtesy: Wikipedia)
No One Quite Like Her –  The Inimitable Meena Kumari
"Good looks, great talent and unhappiness....
Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen steal the hearts of the audience with their simple yet charming eloquence in Saare Chuattor
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar – the Most Enduring Matinee Idol
Uttam Kumar remains the biggest hero...
'Fans Kya Hain, Mujh Sey Poochho' – Looking Back at Rajesh Khanna
‘Fans Kya Hain, Mujh Sey Poochho’ – Looking Back at Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna, the first ‘superstar’ of Hindi...
To Biswas’s credit to generations of film-goers Chhabi Biswas as Rahmat remained an epitome of the Kabuliwalas in the streets of Calcutta.
Chhabi Biswas – Inimitable and Indomitable
Chhabi Biswas was truly the first international...
Satyajit Ray and Suchitra Sen at BFJA Awards in 1962
Salaam Cinema – An Extraordinary Tribute
Salaam Cinema is more...
Raj Kapoor and Nargis
Nargis and Raj Kapoor – Redefining Dreams, Aspirations and Romance
Nargis...
Rituparno and Deepti Naval
Rituparno Ghosh – The ‘Enfant Terrible’ of Contemporary Indian Cinema
In...
No star in the span of more than six decades has been able to match Prithviraj’s charm, grace and screen presence that he gave to Sohrab Modi’s epic Sikandar. (A rare hand-painted poster of Sikandar)
Prithviraj Kapoor – The Icon of Hindi Cinema
The life and times of Prithviraj Kapoor,...
Mrinal Sen
Where Morality Counts
"I have always believed...
The Master and His Actor
The Master and His Actor
Soumitra...
Agantuk is a meditation on the present world and Manikda’s view on civilization.
My Journey to India – in the Cave of My Heart
As the years passed, I began to...
Nayak and A Hard Day's Night
Nayak and A Hard Day’s Night
Escape is a theme in both films,...
whether it is Indranath in Kanchanjanga or Shyamlendu in Seemabaddha or Natabar Mitter in Jana-Aranya, their very freedom to expound their beliefs makes them reveal their moral worthlessness to the viewer.
‘Illuminating Ray’ A Critique on Gaston Roberge’s Satyajit Ray: Essays (1970-2005)
Ray’s extraordinary Calcutta...
Rahe Na Rahe Hum: 'Mahanayika' Suchitra Sen's Aura Lingers On...
Rahe Na Rahe Hum: ‘Mahanayika’ Suchitra Sen’s Aura Lingers On…
Suchitra...
Anhonee Ko Honee Karde: A Tribute To Manmohan Desai
Anhonee Ko Honee Karde: A Tribute To Manmohan Desai
Filmmaker...
Original Handpainted hard board hoarding standee of Bimal Roy’s Yahudi, 1958
History, Rare Heritage Stars Of Osian’s Film Memorabilia Auction
An unprecedented Collection...
Meghe Dhaka Tara
Ritwik Ghatak: A Crusader Of The Rootless
Ghatak’s films,...
Coveted Merchandise From Cult Films Go Under The Hammer At Online Auction Today
Coveted Merchandise From Cult Films Go Under The Hammer At Online Auction Today
StoryLTD's first...
Remembering Rituparno Ghosh
Remembering Rituparno Ghosh
To Rituparno Ghosh’s credit he brought a...
A Walk Down Memory Lane With Basu Chatterji
A Walk Down Memory Lane With Basu Chatterji
The posters, booklet covers, lobby cards, LP...
Director Basu Chatterji and Hema Malini on the sets of Ratnadeep
A Manzil of Memories: Rare Memorabilia Of Basu Chatterji’s Films
An archival...
Unknown Stories Behind Rare Film Posters
Unknown Stories Behind Rare Film Posters
Film historian and archivist SMM...
Meena Kumari in Pakeezah
The Legend That Was Meena Kumari
Widely acclaimed...
Jeevan Ka Matlab To Aana Aur Jaana Hai: Remembering Nanda
Jeevan Ka Matlab To Aana Aur Jaana Hai: Remembering Nanda
In a career spanning over 71 films, Nanda worked...
An Indian Film Theory?
An Indian Film Theory?
We need to look back and deep into the cinema...
Farooq Sheikh: The Humble, Spontaneous Boy-Next-Door Hero
Farooq Sheikh: The Humble, Spontaneous Boy-Next-Door Hero
Farooq Shiekh was an...
Common Threads Between Bollywood's Queens of Hearts
Common Threads Between Bollywood’s Queens of Hearts
Bollywood's reigning queens over...
Madhubala(Pic: Google Image Search)
Valentine’s Day’s Gift To Cinema: Effervescent Madhubala
On Valentine's Day, we present some of the most romantic...
Alam Ara
Alam Ara – The First Ever Indian Talkie
The impact and epoch-making role of Alam Ara, the...
Two Legends and Their Lives: Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Two Legends and Their Lives: Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen
Uttam...
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha chose stories that reflected society...
The National Award winning film Harano Sur is considered one of the landmark films of the Uttam-Suchitra pair
Romance In Cinema – Uttam Kumar And Suchitra Sen – A Case Study
Many a literary...
The most successful adaptation of a Tagore story outside Bengal was of course, Hemen Gupta’s Kabuliwala, produced by Bimal Roy, starring the veteran actor Balraj Sahni.
From Kolkata to Dublin via Kabul: Tagore’s Internationalism And Cinema
At a symposium organised to mark the 150th birth year of Rabindranath Tagore in Dublin last month, the organising team – a small group of five academics with an interest...
Sare Chuattar Cast: Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen Director: Nirmal Dey
Co-Existence Of Parallel Cinema With Popular Cinema In Bengal In The 50s And 60s
Ever since the emergence of regional cinema in India, Bengal and it’s films and film makers have played a dominant role in the shaping of cinematic history of the country....
Images And Imagery: A Poet’s Engagement With Moving Images
Images And Imagery: A Poet’s Engagement With Moving Images
Sometimes...
Bharati Devi in Tapan Sinha's Nirjan Saikate(1963)
Bharati Devi — Documenting Memories
Bharati Devi had been, and...


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