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Tag Archives: Chotoder Chobi

Viewers to Decide Winners with Viewer’s Choice Award at HBFF 2016

HBFF 2016 is showcasing two films that have not yet opened to the paying public in Bengal. More importantly, as in the previous years, Content is the Star for HBFF – not the dazzle of blockbusters, nor...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Kaushik Ganguly’s Chotoder Chobi: A Giant Leap for Cinema Lovers

Kaushik Ganguly’s latest release Chotoder Chhobi (2015) deals with the predicaments of the dwarves or midgets. Apparently labelled ‘abnormal’ due to their incongruity in physiological structure, the dwarves...

Indian Film Reviews

Madhulika Liddle on Madhumati: Salil Chowdhury’s Magnum Opus in Hindi Cinema
I am so happy you liked this post, Anu! I was hoping you would get to read it, and was - I will admit - a little nervous. But approbation from you is ...
Anu Warrier on Madhumati: Salil Chowdhury’s Magnum Opus in Hindi Cinema
Der aaye durust aaye, Madhu. Such a fitting tribute to Salil Choudhury, so what if it's not on his birthdate? I loved the analysis of the songs with...
Soumyadeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Thanks so much Rudradeep for your patient reading and insightful comments. In fact I could catalogue only a few gems from his vast repertoire Wish ...
Rudradeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Brilliant ! After listening carefully several times a live discourse of Kabir Suman on Phenomenal music director, song writer , lyricist , writer , po...
N S RAJAN on Khuda Nigehban Ho Tumhara: An Unforgettable Farewell
It is my sincere belief that 'Lovers' of Music generally, and Hindi film songs in particular, are slightly mad. We are not satisfied merely by the so...