Tag: movies
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...
Songs for Mahatma’s Ears
As a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth and non-violence, I often wonder what the Mahatma would have opined about our Hindi...
Why Restoring Bengali Classic Films Is A Must
Kolkata: “Bengali classic films need urgent restoration. They form a formidable part of Indian cinematic culture,“ Jaya Bachhan had stated at Kolkata International Film...
কেন বাংলা ক্লাসিক চলচ্চিত্র পুনরুদ্ধার করা আবশ্যক
কলকাতা: “বাংলা ক্লাসিক চলচ্চিত্র গুলিকে জরুরী পুনরুদ্ধার করা দরকার। তারা ভারতীয় চলচ্চিত্র সংস্কৃতির একটি শক্তিশালী অংশ গঠন করে," জয়া বচ্চন 2018 সালে কলকাতা আন্তর্জাতিক...
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,...
Basu Chatterjee: A Master Story-teller
About 22-odd minutes into Pankaj Parashar’s Jalwa, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor get off a taxi driven by Javed Khan who is looking for...