Bengali film Drishtikone will kick off the 13th edition of Habitat Film Festival tomorrow. The festival will showcase the best of 2016-17 films ranging from Hindi to various different regional languages such as this year’s National Award-winning Village Rockstars, Kaatru Veliyidai, Mayurakshi and critically-acclaimed films such as S Durga, Ajji, Nude, Omerta, Idak and Juze. …
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May 17, 2018A director who is regarded as a prominent face in Bengal’s off-beat cinema can indulge in the occasional luxury of contrived entertainment. Awards and recognitions have come in a steady stream for Kaushik Ganguly for whom the artistic challenges have obviously been as satisfying as the social and moral perspectives woven into his work. But …
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May 5, 2018In the about-to-release Drishtikone, Bengali cinema’s distinguished actor Prosenjit Chatterjee plays a man who loses his eyesight and then regains it partially. He is happy to push the envelope with such a role. “My character has a chance to regain sight in both his eyes. But he chooses not to. He opts for just one …
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April 25, 2018Bengali actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta are back on the screen and it is amusing to watch them together. Kaushik Ganguly’s new venture Drishtikone has brought the two stars on the screen together once again after Praktan. The makers released the trailer for the film on 31 March and the story looks promising. READ …
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April 1, 2018The onscreen power couple of Bengali cinema, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta, will soon be back on the silver screen. They will feature in Drishtikone whose poster has been released. Kaushik Ganguly directorial Drishtikone, which means perspective in Bengali, is a story of a lawyer and his client. The narration of the tale will unfold through the …
February 17, 2018