Curtains down on the Golden Era of Bengali Cinema

You were cinema’s young man who showed us what it means to lose really everything in life and yet have the courage to start over. You were the jovial yet heart-breaking brother-in-law; and the proud, angry Rajput taxi driver set on an expedition to find his place in the world. You gave life to our […]

Kedara: A Symphony of Silence

“Less is more.” That’s the art of minimalism – to speak less and say more. Indraadip Dasgupta has been a celebrated music director in the Bengali film industry for two decades and has scored some of the best-known songs over the years. But it was the call of the spot behind the camera that he […]

Feluda Phirbe Abar!

As an ode to the maestro and to celebrate the start of the centenary of Satyajit Ray, the title song of Feluda Pherot was launched today. Written by Srijato, composed by Joy Sarkar and sung by Rupankar, Rupam Islam and Anupam Roy, the song is a fantastic treat to all Feluda-lovers (i.e. all Bengalis all over […]

The Hidden Gem in Ray’s Creative Crown

Satyajit Ray – a man who had the deepest impact on me when it comes to cinema, a man who taught me to understand cinema as a form of art and fall in love with this medium. Amidst these gloomy days that we are in right now, could there be any other auspicious day for […]

Subrata Mitra: The Forgotten Master of Light

“We Indians do not celebrate our genius, that’s why we need a Richard Attenborough to present our Gandhi to the world. And, we do not appreciate technology as an art, that’s why Subrata Mitra’s retrospective is celebrated in Italy, not here” Ashok Mehta, National award-winning cinematographer of films like Bandit Queen, Moksha and 36 Chowringhee Lane […]

Feluda Pherot!

Yes, Ray’s super sleuth is coming back, though not on the big screen, but as a web-series. Feluda Pherot (or should I write Pheluda Pherot, the phonetically correct spelling that Srijit Mukherji prefers) is the title of his upcoming project. Srijit Mukherji is one of the most popular filmmakers in Bengal today and has been […]

Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955): A Cinematic Transcendence

“I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing it. I have had several more opportunities to see the film since then and each time I feel more overwhelmed. It is the kind of cinema that flows with the serenity and nobility of a big river… People are born, live out their lives, […]