Ritwik Ghatak’s devotion to cinema was as intense as his ideology and political beliefs. He envisioned a society free of exploitation—one devoid of class hierarchies, communal violence, or cultural su ...

Films like Rickshaw Girl, Made in Bangladesh, Barir Naam Shahana, Priyo Maloti, and Saba portray women as workers, believers, ...

Explore the enduring influence of Ritwik Ghatak on contemporary filmmakers, revealing his profound impact on Indian cinema.

A lyrical meditation on Titash Ekti Nodir Naam, where Mallabarman and Ghatak intertwine rivers, memory, and Bengal’s ...

The Legacy of Partition in Bengali Cinema India's liberation from British rule marked a significant turning point, coinciding ...

Prosenjit Chatterjee opens up about how the Bengali film industry has evolved over the years, from storytelling to audience ...

Kolkata: The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will have no Bangladeshi participation for the second year in a row though until 2023, films f.

On cinema maestro Ritwik Ghatak's birth centenary, Shamya Dasgupta's latest book 'Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak In 50 Fragments', published by Westland Books, is ideal to remember the prolific auteur ...

This year marks Ritwik Ghatak's birth centenary. Among India's greatest filmmakers, Ghatak is the pre-eminent chronicler of ...

Many people believe that declaring a child disowned severs all family ties and deprives them of inheritance rights, but legal experts say this is a misconception ...

Amitabha Chatterji's black-and-white film '8' has been selected for the Kolkata International Film Festival. This deeply personal, experimental work c ...

In an effort to address the issue of multiple big-budget Bengali films releasing on the same day and sharing screens, two apex bodies connected with the regional cinema today framed new rules, ...