Tag: Hindi Film Industry
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Bollywood and its divisions
Recently in an interview for a television channel, actor and director Parambrata Chatterjee lamented, “We now have a mutual admiration society which meets at premiers of Bengali films. Each pat the others’ backs and shower words of praise. But films are released and vanish without a trace. This was certainly not the scene during the…
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No filmmaker should consider himself greater than a literary creator: Satyajit Ray
“Charulata is my most technically perfect film. Sadgati is my truly fundamental film.” Satyajit Ray. Ten of Satyajit Ray’s films will be screened at the Cannes classic section this May. It is really difficult to assess which one is Satyajit Ray’s best film. The illustrious career of Satyajit Ray is full of masterpieces made on…
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Ali Akbar Khan: A Musical Centenary
Ali Akbar Khan was recording the bhajan, Ghanshyam Ki Aakhen for Aandhiyan (1952) rendered by Laxmi Shankar. Writer, and director, Chetan Anand asked his Alubhai (the sarod maestro to add a traditional rhythm to the devotional song. The ustad obliged with the use of a khol in the song which created the desired effect. For his debut, Aandhiyan Ali Akbar Khan roped in…
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Jharkhand boy’s fascinating Bollywood journey
Ranchi/Mumbai: He was a teen when he acted in Ayan Banerjee’s award winning short film, Reflected Dreams. And now that he has turned 22, he got to work in a film that will be first screen at major film festivals. Between the two films, he has kept himself busy with Ekta Kapoor’s Ragini MMS Returns,…