Ranjan Das Gupta

is a Kolkata-based independent journalist. He has been doing freelance work for more than 3 decades and writes on arts & culture, cinema, politics, healthcare and education

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Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 14, 2021
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On Raj Kapoor’s 97th Birth Anniversary: Untold Memories Of A ‘Joker’

Raj Kapoor practiced the antics and body language of circus jokers by observing the Great Russian circus clowns. He always…
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Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 11, 2021
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Romance Icon Dilip Kumar Truly Respected Women

Nargis was Raj Kapoor’s heartthrob. So while shooting with her for Andaz, Dilip Kumar maintained a safe distance from her.…
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Ranjan Das GuptaDecember 8, 2021
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Come January 2022 and film festivals will again charm you after the corona pandemic dreaded days

Kolkata: In January 1994, as IFFI being held in Kolkata, festival Director, Malati Sahay personally called and invited Chetan Anand…
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Ranjan Das GuptaNovember 23, 2021
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Birth centenary of Chidananda Das Gupta, the most loved film critic

Kolkata: In 1948, Chidananda Das Gupta along with Satyajit Ray and Kamal Kumar Majumdar wrote to debutant director, Chetan Anand…
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Freshly Brewed

Ranjan Das GuptaNovember 16, 2021
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Did pandemic teach us the importance of physical literature festivals?

Kolkata: In January 2008, at Jaipur Literary Festival, Dev Anand was invited to discuss his autobiography, Romancing With Life. He…
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Ranjan Das GuptaNovember 3, 2021
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Why Indian Cinema Misses Oscars

Kolkata: The latest entry for Best Foreign Language Film for Oscars from India is Koozhangal directed by PS Vinophraj. The…
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Ranjan Das GuptaOctober 25, 2021
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Asit Sen birth centenary: An unnoticed one

Kolkata: After the internationally famous trio of Indian cinema, Ray, Ghatak and Sen, Tapan Sinha, Ajay Kar and Asit Sen…
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Ranjan Das GuptaSeptember 28, 2021
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When Rajesh Khanna could not dare to give third take before Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Kolkata: Hrishikesh Mukherjee was shooting the climax of Namak Haram. After two takes Rajesh Khanna requested the director for a…
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Ranjan Das GuptaSeptember 18, 2021
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Remembering Satyajit Ray on his birth centenary

A war of letters in Kolkata’s leading daily The Statesman was published in 1965. Satyajit Ray criticized Mrinal Sen’s movie…
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Opinion

Ranjan Das GuptaSeptember 3, 2021
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Dev Anand had predicted that Sadhana would become a top actress

“If I modeled myself in the lines of anyone, it was Nutan,” said actress Sadhana, 1991 after Nutan’s death. Bimal…
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