Satyajit Ray
Remembering key milestones in Shyam Benegal’s journey in parallel cinema
December 14, 2021
Dadasaheb Phalke award winner Shyam Benegal was born in Hyderabad during British Raj on December 14, 1934. He started his career with an advertisement agency in Mumbai as a copywriter but soon moved towards filmmaking. He is believed to be one of the founding members of parallel ...
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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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Coming-of-age in Indian Cinema
July 12, 2021
The term “bildungsroman” was coined in 1819 and represents a coming-of-age tale of a young, inexperienced protagonist who embarks on a journey looking for life’s answers. Films such as Ladybird (2017) and The Breakfast Club (1985) are among many in Hollywood that have been ...
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Revisiting the parallel Indian cinema
May 27, 2021
In the era of 1970s and 80s, Bollywood produced films like Sholay (1975), Qayamat se Qayamat Tak (1988), Karz (1980) and many others that gave audiences angry young men, glamorous dance sequences, a series of over the top love stories and the ‘larger than life’ cinematic univ...
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Decoding Satyajit Ray through the lens of the legends
May 2, 2020
Photo: Rajiv Menon Satyajit Ray’s body of work has fascinated legends of world cinema across generations. His mastery of storytelling left a deep mark on the creative thinking of filmmakers beyond languages, over the decades. It is a known fact that Satyajit Ray was drawn i...
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Framing dalit presence in Indian cinema
February 6, 2020
In Indian cinema, the issue of caste was seldom a prominent subject with most film-makers and is rarely dealt with the seriousness and urgency it deserves. The marginalization that is a reality in the social space extends to the film world as well.
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Bengali movies explore more literary detective characters
January 26, 2020
The detective or thriller is one of the well-loved genre and when it is on the big-screen, it adds another feather to it to watch and solve the case with the detectives. And Bengali literature has a bag full of such beloved characters which the film industry has started exploring...
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À « Contre-courants »
January 22, 2018
Hélène Kessous et Némésis Srour, fondatrices de la plateforme Contre-courants, dédiée aux cinémas indiens et sud-asiatiques, nous font découvrir toute la richesse de « ces cinémas qui osent aborder des enjeux de société délicats, interrogent les images et subliment l...
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Look Through the iconic cameras of world cinema
November 15, 2017
The original equipment used by the masters such as the Lumiere Brothers, Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak is being showcased at the Gaganendra Pradarshansala as a unique exhibition at the 23rd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF 2017) is called 'Look Through'.
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An alternate take on Indian culture
November 14, 2017
The interpretations of Indian culture fusing with the western world and the rhetoric return to the roots of Indian mores such as Sanskrit as a language, gods seen as animals and the modern art forms deciphering traditional India are becoming interesting subjects in the recent tim...
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KIFF 2017 to showcase rare Godard film
November 6, 2017
As the 23rd edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is set to open gates from November 10, the innovative changes in the programme speak volumes about the week-long celebration of cinema awaiting in this eastern Indian metropolis.
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Colours of Innocence
October 8, 2017
The triumph of Colours of Innocence, the debut film of Manas Mukul Pal was the unearthing of two child actors from the remotest of villages in the Indo-Bangladesh border and their surreal journey to the Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential House) to acknowledge the National Film Awar...
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