Mrinal-Ritwik-Tapan films in dire need of being restored

ankita bhattacherjee catches up with Anandogopal Sengupta, freedom fighter, journalist, sculptor and horse-loverWELCOME to the astabol, is how a 96-year-old journalist and former freedom fighter, who lives in a winding lane in Chowringhee, greets ...

Naseeruddin Shah: Vijay Anand's Guide, K Asif's Mughal-e-Azam, Stanley Kubrick's Dr Stangelove, Stanley Donen's Singin In The Rain, Sergio Leone's The Good Bad & The Ugly, William Friedkin's The French Connection. Sudhir Mishra: Satyajit Ray's ...

Moghul David Selznick was strolling through an empty, ghostly movie studio when he was struck by an uncomfortable thought. The maker of such giant classics like 'Gone With The Wind' was in heavy debt. Television was beginning to be a threat to the ...

You have said the character of Pishima who becomes a ghost in the film really haunted you. Why? Her zest for life, even after death, really moved me. In fact, after she died is when she really started living. She enjoyed being a businesswoman ...

Cities have often been central to the plot in movies. Here, we pick 10 films in which they transcend their roles as mere locales The making of this list has seen much debate. Why Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi and not Mahanagar? Why not Dhobi Ghat or ...

Tags: Satyajit Ray, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Pratidwandi 0 New Delhi: Veteran actor Dhritiman Chatterjee, who began his acting career with the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, believes Ray was a complete filmmaker and in control of every aspect of his ...

Aparna Sen, the Bengali director of films like Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards. Aparna Sen, Bengali actor-director was introduced to cinema by Satyajit Ray. The mother of ...

Aparna Sen, the Bengali director of films like Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards. Aparna Sen, Bengali actor-director was introduced to cinema by Satyajit Ray. The mother of ...

An unhurried bicycle ride from Victoria Memorial to Dakshineswar inhaling the fresh morning air, from there to Babughat by country boat watching the ghats come alive, then pedal back to Rajs Spanish Café on Sudder Street for breakfast. If thats ...