Feature Stories - Bengali Cinema
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Karuna Bannerjee, a deeply perceptive and idealistic actress – Birth anniversary special
Despite garnering rave reviews and international acclaim, the dedicated theatre artiste appeared in...
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Five best performances of Swastika Mukherjee – Birthday special
On her 40th birthday, a look at five most important performances by Mukherjee which cemented her as...
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Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020): Icon who enriched Bengal's culture and Indian cinema
Soumitra Chatterjee never made a distinction between art and commercial cinema. His very presence...
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Ritwik Ghatak, the auteur who was curiously detached from cinema — Birth anniversary special
The director made it clear on numerous occasions that if he ever found a medium capable of reaching...
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Manna Dey's 10 most memorable Bengali film songs – Death anniversary special
One of the finest singers in Indian cinema, Manna Dey was trusted by music directors to breathe life...
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10 years of Srijit Mukherji's Autograph, a film that keeps giving
The film cemented Srijit Mukherji's place in history as an auteur who gifted the industry with a...
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5 unforgettable roles of Paoli Dam – Birthday special
The actress, who turned 40 today, has made a name as one who can bring out various shades, positive,...
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The social relevance of Uttam Kumar – Anniversary special
Why does Uttam Kumar remain so close to the Bengali film lover's heart? Was it only his romantic...
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Tasher Ghawr will cater to a larger audience, says director Sudipto Roy
The filmmaker speaks about his upcoming feature, shot during the lockdown, which will be next...
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Rare to find an actress of her calibre: Madhabi Mukherjee remembers Gita Dey on her birth anniversary
Dey, who received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award and the president's award for her...
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Kanu Bannerjee's understated style of acting appealed to Satyajit Ray – Anniversary special
While the filmmaker had to go through a long struggle to cast the rest of the characters in Pather...
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Photographer Rana Lodh recalls the rare professionalism of Basu Chatterji
Rana Lodh, who worked with Chatterji in his later years, said the filmmaker ran a tight ship and and...
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Basu Chatterji (1927-2020): Filmmaker who found beauty, humour and stories in everyday life
The master storyteller who gave us films like Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Rajnigandha Si Baat (1975),...
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Contemporary directors open to Pather Panchali coloration experiment but swear by Ray classic
Aniket Bera, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland in the US, has conducted an of to...
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5 reasons why Bela Seshe was a trendsetter in Bengali cinema: Anniversary special
Bela Seshe, released on 1 May 2015, dealt with the romance that blossoms between an aged couple 50...
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How Asit Sen transformed his realistic drama Deep Jweley Jai (1959) into the romantic tragedy Khamoshi (1969)
The Bengali original delivered a compact storyline with extraordinary performances, while the Hindi...
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Shutdown Stories: Spreading positivity is the need of the hour, says Sudipta Chakraborty
When we should have concentrated on human contact, we focused on virtual reality. Now we are left no...
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Windows Production House's Lockdown short Rupkotha salutes health-care workers
The film features Biswanath Basu as a health-care worker fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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Tribute: Nemai Ghosh, chronicler of Satyajit Ray, Bengali theatre and much more
Nemai Ghosh chanced upon photography only accidentally. But when the actor Rabi Ghosh introduced him...
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Shutdown Stories: His long-neglected piano helps Prabuddha Banerjee take his mind off the pandemic
The music composer, a reclusive person in any case, is also performing the household chores now with...