Maidaan turns into a wrangling match of fiery footballers
There is a lot of Calcutta in Sharma's work, and his keen eye for period details elevates the movie into something romantic.
There is a lot of Calcutta in Sharma's work, and his keen eye for period details elevates the movie into something romantic.
Thanks to Kathak exponent Ashimbandhu Bhattacharya and his team consisting of Avik Chaki and Subroto Pandit, rasikas got a glimpse of their excellent Kathak rendition.
The Uttam Kumar mania, or craze, has not waned even after forty-four years since his demise in 1980. Dubbed at one time the “Mahanayak”, his presence is still felt in the hearts of cinephiles in Bengal even in this new millennium. His film premiere, Oti Uttam, directed by Srijit Mukherji, was screened on Wednesday, 24 March.
Oud and its exotic aromas have enchanted humanity for aeons. It’s today, back with a bang.
One of the biggest follies of Indian cinema is its tendency to stretch—and stretch beyond. Director Blessy's Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) in Malayalam (although it is also available in Tamil, Hindi, etc.) is a classic example of this.
Actor, director and activist, Nandita Das is a voice to reckon with. In this freewheeling conversation, she speaks on what has shaped her aesthetic sensibilities and the overt bias against dark skin in our culture and cinema, among a plethora of other issues.
Both the brothers stood with each other in difficult times and have amazing bonding.
An “inspirational” film is one that moves a part of the audience to do something about their lives or careers, which they had not thought seriously about before.
Debut director Nirmal Chakraborty is adapting Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyays Datta to the silver screen. In this candid conversation, he speaks about the period films conception, importance of workshops and Santiniketan as a backdrop.
An exhibition of sketches on Kolkata by illustrator-sculptor Jacques Servières invokes emotions for the city dwellers and provides a glimpse to the foreigners