Tag: Satyajit Ray
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Current generation of filmmakers making really good films: Gulzar
Veteran writer-filmmaker Gulzar has praised the current generation of filmmakers, saying they are making really good films.
January 16, 2019 -
10 Indie films to look forward to in 2019
While 2018 has been a tremendously successful year for films overall, it was the good stories that won the hearts and the moolah.
January 4, 2019 -
Mrinal Sen: The extraordinary chronicler of middle class life
In all, Mrinal Sen made 28 full length movies and four documentary films; he also authored six Bengali and English books on subjects related to films
December 31, 2018 -
Mrinal Sen — the ‘accidental filmmaker’
While studying in college, Mrinal Sen joined the cultural wing of the Communist Party. He, however, never participated in active politics. In an interview, the legendary filmmaker had called himself a ‘private Marxist’
December 31, 2018 -
Legendary Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen passes away
Sen’s films mostly dealt with the simmering anger in the middle class society.
December 30, 2018 -
Need for audiences to accept films on social stigmas, says director of Kaala, a film on attacks on Africans
The short film, Kaala, inspired by the attacks on Africans in Delhi (NCR), is a voice against racism.
November 22, 2018 -
Life in France after the New Wave
Every new session on contemporary French cinema, like the one presented by the Forum for Film Studies and Allied Arts at Nandan, revives telling memories of the search for the New Wave during the best years of the film societies. The memories include long queues outside Rabindra Sadan in Kolkata of film lovers wanting tickets …
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September 22, 2018 -
Satyajit Ray’s films opened my eyes towards world cinema: Mia Melzar
Mia Melzar, whose short film "The Field" is being screened at TIFF 2018, says legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's films opened her eyes towards world cinema.
September 8, 2018 -
A heritage that should never die
The heartbreaks now being experienced after the revelation that the 70-year-old studio is up for sale relate not just to the emotional connections but also to the conscious effort by Raj Kapoor to give his work a social relevance.
September 8, 2018 -
Conversationalist Tagore
“Did Rabindranath like to take part in adda?”, asks a character played by the actor Robi Ghosh in Satyajit Ray’s film, Agantuk. The answer to this question must be an emphatic “yes”. Few of us remember that Tagore was a brilliant conversationalist whose penchant for meaningful conversation was rooted in his faith in friendship, rational …
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September 2, 2018 -
The evolution of Bengali cinema – II
The 'offbeat' genre which Ray, Ghatak and Sen pioneered and nourished has not wilted or withered in the last quarter-century, for over 300 feature films have been made in that category since 1992
August 4, 2018 -
Birbhum | Dhatridebata, the ancestral home of writer Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, to be renovated
The state government has provided a fund of Rs 32 lakh
July 28, 2018 -
Evolution of Bengali cinema-1
Looking at the current scenario, there has been a rise in independent movies with minimal investment which are being released in diverse digital platforms. A dominant trend nowadays in Tollygunge is the making of detective, scary, adventure and treasure-hunt movies.
July 28, 2018 -
And the Oscar goes to…
The Academy Awards, the most coveted accolade worldwide, has been brought to the country by five Indians, not to mention Satyajit Ray, who put Bengali cinema squarely on the world map.
July 7, 2018 -
The artist as storyteller
The ‘Graphic Narrative’ is often seen from the outside as a riddle. The situation is even more piquant in India where the graphic artist works under the pall of puerility brought on by a society's view of their work as glorified doodles, child's play, and thus worth dismissing.
June 24, 2018 -
A bizarre journey to Hollywood
For the reader, there are abundant delights in the story soaked in betrayal, disillusionment and the follies and foibles of communicating with Hollywood….A review
May 13, 2018 -
Satyajit Ray’s 97th birth anniversary celebrated with fanfare
Numerous admirers and fans of Satyajit Ray gathered at his Bishop Lefroy Road residence here on Wednesday to pay tribute to the legendary filmmaker on occasion of his 97th birth anniversary. According to Ray’s son Sandip Ray, the excitement among the film enthusiasts and youngsters to get a glimpse of the collection of works by …
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May 2, 2018