A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
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A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
In Tapan Sinha's rich and impressive oeuvre, there are four films that have doctors as central characters. Each of these films projects unique aspects of the medical profession. Subha Das Mollick...
Gayatri Chatterjee explores three films by Tapan Sinha — Jhinder Bandi, Kshudhita Pashan and Jatugriha, examining how they portray love as an impossibility. It discusses...
Through three films, Tapan Sinha maps the idea of a middle-class community life not in its proud and fulfilled existence but in crisis and trouble. He isolates the idea of...
Legendary actor Sharmila Tagore recalled her experiences of working with filmmaker Tapan Sinha at a discussion with author and Silhouette editor Amitava Nag and editor...
Satyajit Ray made a cinematic adaptation of Henrick Ibsen’s landmark 1882 play, ‘An Enemy of the People’ in the year 1990, titled Ganashatru. Ray’s adaptation takes...
Parambrata Chatterjee’s biopic of Soumitra Chatterjee, Abhijan, aspires to be an account of the great actor. It tries to portray a collage of events through flashbacks interspersed...
From Sonar Kella (1974) to Chhinomostar Obhishap (2020), Feluda on screen has come a long way. Anshula revisits her favourite Feluda films, the iconic detective created by Satyajit Ray. Ray himself...
Fifteen year old Anshula loves the Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne films by Satyajit Ray. In a review of Hirak Rajar Deshe, she explores the film's storyline, songs and dialogues in verses.
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of hope for...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of hope for...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of hope for...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger...
Amitava Nag, editor, Silhouette was engaged in a small conversation with Catherine Berge, the director of ‘Gaach’ (‘The Tree’ 1998) - the documentary on...
Soumitra Chatterjee is a maverick genius who dabbled the different streams of performing and creative arts with ease and a rare poise. For six decades he remained a harbinger of hope for Bengalis...
Soumitra Chatterjee over-encompasses the contemporary Bengali psyche like few others. Silhouette editor Amitava Nag had the privilege of knowing him for a while in the course of writing...
Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and living legend Soumitra Chatterjee is known for his amazing versatility in playing any and every kind of role with élan in cinema and on stage. Perhaps what...