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"I am overrated because there is a lack of talent around." When Rituparno Ghosh passed away last week, we lost a little bit of honesty in the creative spectrum. "I don't like to intellectualise cinema too much," he told this journalist when as a ...

The story that Rituparno Ghosh has left behind is one of courage and enterprise that has few parallels in Indian cinema, says swapan mullick IN life, as in films, Rituparno Ghosh was a master of surprises. His contemporaries are known for the way ...

Ritu, as many of us called Rituparno Ghosh, joined the Bengali film industry at a very bleak time. The Eighties was a dark decade. Following the death of the actor Uttam Kumar, commercial films in Bengal were mostly appalling copies and remakes of ...

Procrastinating is the first enemy of productivity, say parents and teachers. But science, thankfully, says it's good for you. Find out why. Ever had that feeling when a deadline is looming ominously over you and you simply cannot get motivated right till the last moment? Some people dread that feeling while others thrive on it. Regardless of how people may choose to respond to it, procrastination is a habit deeply ingrained into the human mind and many of us fight a constant battle against it ...

They were to Bengali cinema what Rajesh Khanna and Hrishikesh Mukherjee were to Hindi cinema... plus a lot more. Rituparno Ghosh and Prosenjit Chatterjee did 7 unforgettable Bengali films together. Off screen, they were very close friends who often fought ...

Can we start all over again? Do it right this time? That was the BBM status message of Rituparno Ghosh this week as he was busy wrapping up his latest film on the floors. That was to be his last BBM status message as he passed away in his sleep ...

Too young to die. Everyone from the Tollywood film industry's whos'e who to dazed commoners who gathered before the south Kolkata residence of Rituparno Ghosh on Thursday after the shocking news of his passing away spread, would wonder why he left ...

Find out if your current manager has some of these traits or all of them.. The first lesson in business is to figure out who to listen to and who not to. The Huffington Post has come up with 10 traits that show who an exceptional boss is and who is not. 1. Accountability Accepting responsibility and holding themselves and others accountable is among the primary qualities of a good boss. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Please click NEXT to continue ...

Lakme Fashion Week gets off to a blazing start with six young designers showing their collections for the very first time at a fashion week. Photographs: Uttam Ghosh The first show of the first day of Lakme Fashion Week started off with a bang as designers Ragini Ahuja, Stephany D'Souza, Sneha S Saha, Shubham Kumar, Karishma Jamwal and Debashree Samanta showed their designs. We bring you snapshots from the ...