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Tag Archives: Rituparno Ghosh

An Exquisite Labour of Love

Bird of Dusk, is a feature length documentary film on Rituparno Ghosh that does justice to the complexities in his life and art. Bird of Dusk, directed by Sangeeta Datta, has been...

Indian Film Reviews

Rituparno Ghosh – The ‘Enfant Terrible’ of Contemporary Indian Cinema

In a strange way Rituparno’s positioning in the Bengali cultural space has similarities and parallel with two most revered Bengali film-makers of all times – Satyajit Ray...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

Bahu Manorathe Saju Abhisare

The song is marvelously penned down in a broken dialect (of Sanskrit, Hindi, Maithili, Brajabuli and Bangla) and allows one to find resemblances with Bhanusingher Padabali.

Mayank Shukla on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Very interesting write up on a very interesting film. I had enjoyed the film. All the artists made name for themselves..but Naseer as Tungruz still ...
Vijay Kumar on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
I faintly remember this contents of this film but am sure that I had immensely enjoyed the film then. This Shabana-centric review of the film is ve...
Soumyadeep Chakroborty on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Loved the article as much as the Bahadur Shah Zafar penned ghazal in the movie. Shamsheer Barenha Maang Gazab...not to forget that the community of th...
Subramaniam Viswanathan on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
Simply superb! Enjoyed the article thoroughly. Now I can’t wait to watch the movie again! Thanks for this.
Lopa Banerjee on Shabana Azmi: Playing the Formidable Rukmini Bai in Mandi
My favorite film with a mind blowing star cast, and Shabana was ethereal in the film! Just loved the article and how it flows, weaving the various asp...