Apeejay Bangla Literary Utsav hosted Samik Bandopadhyay and Anjan Dutt at the Oxford Bookstore for a session of storytelling on the legendary theatre artist, dramatist, civil engineer, and actor Badal Sirkar.
My visit to Guwahati to see Oiendrilla Das’s Bharatanatyam recital was a well-made decision. It was a reward to see a good dancer in the making.
The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), held from 6–13 November 2025, unfolded a vibrant celebration of world cinema, affirming Kolkata’s enduring love of the moving image.
My opening line for this review: every girl in a relationship or desirous of getting into a relationship should watch this film.
Shudrka Hyderabad production brings on their latest production, Phiribar Poth Nai (No Way Out), to Kolkata.
Dear Maa is as flawless as cinema gets: numbing in its fluid interpretation of life’s often-cruel vicissitudes, resplendent in its compassion, empathy and profound understanding of human relationships, broken and battered as they often are.
Twenty years after Pather Panchali (1955), Ray made Jana Aranya (1976), bringing to life one of the gloomiest chapters in India. Today, five decades on, it still pulverises our souls.
This year, some of the biggest names in the world of cinema will be at Venice, a city made famous by Shakespeare and his characters, Shylock and Portia, among others. Not just this, but the place is also unique because it is a city built on water!
Kaustavi Sarkar demonstrates brilliance in her use of learnt forms, particularly in Odissi and contemporary Indian dance.
This romance between a Sanskrit teacher and a French tutor in Aap Jaisa Koi is Netflix’s atonement for recent sins.
