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Indian Cinema Retrospectives

NEW THEATRES and B N SIRCAR

Shoma A Chatterji traces the life and vision of B N Sircar, founder of New Theatres, whose pioneering studio shaped Indian cinema through technical innovation, literary storytelling, and legendary filmmakers.

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...
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Saluting Indomitable Human Spirit: Tribute to Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha chose stories that reflected society...
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....
Bharati Devi in Tapan Sinha's Nirjan Saikate(1963)
Bharati Devi — Documenting Memories
Bharati Devi had been, and...