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Tag Archives: Mahanayak

Uttam Saw Bengali Cinema Revive and Was Pained by Its Fall Again

On July 20, 1980, Uttam Kumar had given an extensive two-hour-long (recorded) interview to Ratnottama Sengupta, presumably his last press interview. The Mahanayak passed away on July 24, 1980. As our tribute...

Indian Film Personalities

Mahanayak Uttam Kumar – the Most Enduring Matinee Idol

Uttam Kumar remains the biggest hero of Bengali cinema till date – a ‘Maha nayak’. 35 years after his death, his shadow still looms large on an industry which had a golden past but is now reeling under poverty...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Parthapratim Ghosh on Uttam Saw Bengali Cinema Revive and Was Pained by Its Fall Again
I have never come across an interview of Uttam Kumar like this before. Anecdotes about him are plentiful, but it is quite revealing to get him here a...
Anu Warrier on The ‘Guest Voices’ in Hindi Film Music
A very interesting and in-depth article, Prakash. Loved reading this. May I add to this list? P Jayachandran, one of the leading male playback singe...
Anu Warrier on Discovering Guru Dutt Through His Films
Miti, I'm coming late to this piece, but it was a joy to read. Like Raj Kapoor, Guru Dutt (and after him, Vijay Anand) also had an innate understandin...
Soumendu Bhattacherya on Uttam Saw Bengali Cinema Revive and Was Pained by Its Fall Again
Excellent is less for this! Great work.
Anshula Mondal on Discovering Guru Dutt Through His Films
Thank you so much Madhu ma'am for such beautiful words. All the hard work behind the research and writing feels worth it when the people reading these...