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About Smita Banerjee

Dr Smita Banerjee is a Cinema Studies scholar and teaches English at DCAC,Delhi University. Her areas of interest are post-colonial studies, popular cinema and star studies. She has worked on Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar for her doctoral thesis.

Making of Uttam Kumar: The Star, The ‘True’ Bhadralok

A family pic of Uttam with his wife and son

3rd September is the birth anniversary of Uttam Kumar. This article looks at the probable reasons behind the ‘star’ appeal of the legendary actor and the cementing of his image of the bhadrolok....

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

NS Rajan on 50 Songs of Lata Mangeshkar
Rachna, thank you for your kind words. Creating a playlist of Lata's songs is no easy task with hundreds of superb songs that stand out on her singi...
Rachna Rajesh on 50 Songs of Lata Mangeshkar
If there’s one word that I can use for this article , it has to be ‘Brilliant’ ! What an utterly delightful read this is . There is a method to ...
Anand S on ‘If Raj Uncle Liked a Song, He Would Give Baba a Gold Coin’: Amla Shailendra Remembers Her Father ‘Kaviraj’ Shailendra
It's Treasure to read now, How can anyone miss such Gem of discussion. thanks Antara Ji ! Keep up The Great Work. It's Truly a Gem of Insight by Am...
RaunakJoy on Though He Actually Never Met Her…
A very nice article in remembrance of the Late Sandhya Mukherjee- a rare Colossus in the field of both modern and classical Indian music. It's hard to...
Amar Nath Jaiswal on Deep Jele Jai: Representation Of The Physically And Mentally Challenged
A very nice movie. Very nice. But I want to see the picture of real Radha. I also want to know about her in detail.

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