Tag: Film
‘Two Constitutions’ Myth: How The Bengal Files Spins Lies About West Bengal
The Bengal Files portrays Bengal’s 1946–47 communal violence through a selective, one-dimensional lens. By distorting history, amplifying fear, and reducing complex realities to binaries, it functions more as propaganda than cinema. Graphic violence and polemical dialogues fuel polarization, raising ethical concerns about manipulating memory and exploiting tragedy for political ends
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 desire to make films,...
How soccer’s loss became Hollywood’s gain
For over a month, the 1965 film The Hill was on my watchlist. I kept pushing back, for a variety of reasons. Saturday evening,...
Vidyut’s hunt for his lost love is worth a watch
My wife got a call yesterday morning that she lost her aunt to Covid. Later, another call mentioning that her father, despite being a...
Rishi Kapoor will always remain a romantic hero
Barely had the nation come to terms with the news of Irrfan’s untimely death when the devastating news of Rishi Kapoor’s sudden demise, in...
ঋষি কাপুর সবসময়ই রোমান্টিক হিরো থাকবেন
30 শে এপ্রিল সকালে ঋষি কাপুর এর আকস্মিক মৃত্যুর বিধ্বংসী সংবাদ যখন চলচ্চিত্র জগত এবং সমগ্র জাতিকে তার মূলে নাড়া দিয়েছিল তখন ইরফানের অকাল...