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News, stories, reviews, feature articles on movies and films from Bollywood (Hindi film industry), Tollywood (Bengali cinema) and Hollywood.

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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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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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 22, 2021
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Raj Kapoor to Dev Anand: “Dev Tumne Mere Heroine (Nargis) Ko Chura Liya”

In 1953 the first Indian film delegation attended the coveted Venice International Film Festival. Led by Bimal Ray the delegation…
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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 18, 2021
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Remembering Sahir Ludhianvi: A Lyrical Centenary

Sahir Ludhianvi was having a session with S.D.Burman and Chetan Anand for Funtoosh. Chetan Anand wanted a satirical song for a…
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Ranjan Das GuptaAugust 3, 2021
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Rafi Saab’s singing was divine – Suman Kalyanpur

I was humming, Tere Hum O Sanam to myself. Memories of this lilting hit of mine with Mohammad Rafi Saab…
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FilmwallahNovember 15, 2020
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Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee breathes his last at the age of 85

Kolkata: In the late 80s came a Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay novel ‘Nana Ronger Aalo’. Still a school student with a deep…
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