Kaushik Ganguly

From classical to contemporary: Leading modern Bengali film directors

From classical to contemporary: Leading modern Bengali film directors

September 18, 2021

Bengali films perhaps first made a mark globally when Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955) became critically acclaimed and won several awards, both local and international, including the prestigious Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The feat inspired ...

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Kaushik Ganguly’s Cinemawala hits theatres nationwide

Kaushik Ganguly’s Cinemawala hits theatres nationwide

June 10, 2016

As Cinemawala, a Bengali film by national award winner Kaushik Ganguly releases nationally, the director acknowledges his deep-seated nostalgia for celluloid and the vanishing single screen theatres in Bengal. While the Indian audience takes habitual respite in “boy-meets-g...

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