Indian filmmakers could have done a lot to awaken society’s sleeping conscience to the tribal experience. Ritwik Ghatak, who turns 100 this year, was an exception. He made many worthwhile attempts to ...

Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha, Arundhuti Devi, and the 125th birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Jibanananda Das. The 48th International Kolkata Book Fair also plans to celebrate their ...

Filmmakers like Karel Kachyna and Emir Kusturica influenced my approach to storytelling and visual texture, while Indian directors like Ritwik Ghatak shaped my understanding of emotion and its deep ...

Nyapada was a regular at Paradise Cafe on Rashbehari Avenue, in south Kolkata, where Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Salil Chowdhury and other stalwarts had a circle of adda growing around them. Nyapada ...

One of my main focuses or obsessions was this contradiction that exists in India like it comes from, let's say, even (Ritwik Ghatak's 1960 classic) Meghe Dhaka Tara of a woman who is supporting ...

"Abbas Kiarostami, Robert Bresson, G Aravindan, Ritwik Ghatak and Kenji Mizaguchi are some of the directors whose work made me realise that I wanted to make films like that," said Hegde.

"Abbas Kiarostami, Robert Bresson, G Aravindan, Ritwik Ghatak and Kenji Mizaguchi are some of the directors whose work made me realise that I wanted to make films like that," said Hegde.

I think it is a cultural routine. The kind of literature Bengal has produced for centuries, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, all of them have adapted/worked with short stories. So, it is in our ...

a vignette from Ritwik Ghatak, a couple of poems by Sufia Kamal, a brief description of the holud ceremony where a Muslim bride is smeared with turmeric. Thus, Tripathi's account becomes much ...

But, as the adage goes, where there is will, there is always a way. Ruby Prajapati, a young woman from Gujarat is a perfect embodiment of this sentiment. Born in a financially-weak household ...

Chief Minister Yadav was addressing the meeting organised to pay tribute to Late Ramdayal Prajapati at Hindi Bhavan on Sunday evening. CM Dr. Yadav said that he has been associated with Prajapati ...