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Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, Actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2012, the Government of West Bengal honored him with the Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement. Acknowledging his contributions to film, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006. Early life Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, India to Santana and Prof. Himangshu Kumar Ghose. His kindergarten days began at the St John's Diocesan School (now an all-girls school). He studied there till class 4 and then moved to the neighboring Cathedral Missionary Boys' School. He graduated from the University of Calcutta. Career He started making documentaries in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in Calcutta. Also dedicated some time as a Photojournalist. Made his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaalbela
''kaalbela'' ( bn, কালবেলা ''Calcutta My Love'') is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Goutam Ghose. The film stars Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Soumitra Chatterjee and Santu Mukherjee. This film is set against the background of the Naxalite movement. Based on a 1980s novel by Samaresh Majumdar, the film sets itself up, quite self-consciously, within a certain tradition of films, namely radical political Bengali cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. It thus establishes an intertextuality and a certain connection with them. By situating itself and the story it has to tell, within this matrix of the 1970s radical Bengali cinema, Ghose anchors the film squarely within that time. The mood and the events certainly, but even the way black and white shots are used, underlines a somewhat documentary – and thus temporally limited – way these sequences are put to use.Mixed Response at Indian Box office. Plot Animesh Mitra is simpleton who arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yatra (2007 Film)
''Yatra'' (Devanagari: यात्रा, ) is a 2007 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose. It featured Rekha, Nana Patekar and Deepti Naval. The film premiered at the 2006 Montréal World Film Festival. Plot Dasrath Joglekar ( Nana Patekar), a celebrated writer, travels to New Delhi to receive the prestigious 'Sahitya Sanmaan' Literary Award. During the journey he meets a young film maker Mohan (Nakul Vaid), an ardent fan of Dasrath's writing and the encounter brings back memories from the past. Both of them travel back in time, remembering characters from Dasrath's celebrated novel 'Janaaza', reconstructing the true story of the novel's protagonist – Laajvanti ( Rekha) from their own perspective. Fact and fiction merge to create a new journey. After the gala award ceremony in New Delhi, Dasarath begins another journey in his new novel 'Bazaar', while the nostalgia of the previous one haunts him. Dasarath disappears from his hotel in New Delhi. Tension mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abar Aranye
''Abar Aranye'' (English title: ''In the Forest ...Again'') (2003) is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Goutom Ghosh. Plot The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's ''Aranyer Din Ratri'', returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Ashim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes. Cast * |
Dekha
''Dekha'' is a 2001 Bengali drama film directed by Goutam Ghose. This was Ghose's ninth feature film and it was a successful one. At the 48th National Film Awards, the film was awarded Best Feature Film in Bengali, while Soumitra Chatterjee was awarded the Special Jury Award. Plot The film revolves around an ageing poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with glaucoma and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckless lifestyle. Cast * Soumitra Chatterjee as Sashi Bhusan Sanyal * Debashree Roy as Sarama * Roopa Ganguly as Sashi Bhusan's wife * Indrani Haldar as Reema * Biplab Chatterjee as Biplob * Haradhan Bannerjee as Sarama's father * Paran Bandyopadhyay * Anjan Dutt Anjan Dutt (Bengali: অঞ্জন দত্ত) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter known for his work in the Bengali alternative music genre ''anyodharar gaan''. As an actor, Dutt began his career in Bengali cinema ... as Sarama's husband * Kamal Kanjilal as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudia (1997 Film)
''Gudia'' is a 1997 Indian drama film directed by Gautam Ghose. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Plot It is the story of a ventriloquist ( Mithun Chakraborty), his life and love. It is based on a play by Mahasweta Devi. Cast * Mithun Chakraborty as John Mendes * Nandana Sen as Rosemary Braganza / Urvashi (voice) (as Nandana Dev Sen) * Pran as Hameed * Mohan Agashe as Braganza * Masood Akhtar as Munna Bhai * Tiku Talsania Tiku Talsania (born 7 June 1954) is an Indian actor, who works in the Bollywood industry. Apart from acting in films and television serials, he also performs as a freelance theatre artist, working for Gujarati theatre. Career Television Tiku h ... * Avtar Gill as Politician * Anjan Srivastav as Rosemary's boss References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films 1990s Hindi-language films Indian drama films Films directed by Goutam Ghose Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patang (film)
''Patang'' (English: ''Kite'') is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Rabi Ghosh. It is set in small railway station near Gaya and shows the lives of people in illegal slums near it. The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar. At the 41st National Film Awards (for 1993), ''Patang'' won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. At the Taormina Film Fest, Shabana Azmi won the Best Actress Award. Child actor Shafiq Syed, who played the lead role of Krishna (Chaipau) in Mira Nair's Academy Award-nominated film '' Salaam Bombay!'' (1988), acted in the film. This was the only other one he did. Cast * Shabana Azmi as Jitni * Shafiq Syed as Somra * Om Puri as Mathura * Rabi Ghosh * Abul Khair * Mohan Agashe * Kamlesh Kunti Singh * Ashad Sinha * Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 9 December 1945) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antarjali Jatra
''Antarjali Jatra'' ( bn, অন্তর্জলী যাত্রা), also known as ''Antarjali Yatra'', is a 1987 film directed by Kolkata based Indian film director Goutam Ghose based on a novel, ''Mahayatra'' by Kamal Kumar Majumdar. It documents the institution of Kulin Brahmin polygamy in nineteenth century Bengal. The film got National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Shatrughan Sinha as Baiju * Vasant Choudhury as Yashobati's Father * Promode Ganguly as Seetaram * Rabi Ghosh as Astrologer * Shampa Ghosh as Yashobati * Mohan Agashe Awards The film got National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1988. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paar (film)
''Paar'' (translation: "The Crossing ") is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Goutam Ghose and produced by Swapan Sarkar. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. Naseeruddin Shah won a Volpi Cup for his role as Naurangia. The film was based on Bengali story ''Paari'' by Samaresh Basu. Plot The film of exploitation in rural Bihar, in which a landlord ( Utpal Dutt)’s men wreck a village and kill the benevolent schoolmaster (Anil Chatterjee) who was a progressive force in the village. The labourer Naurangia (Naseeruddin Shah) breaks with a tradition to passive resistance and retaliates by killing the landlord's brother. Naurangia and his wife Rama ( Shabana Azmi) become fugitives from justice. After many efforts to find sustenance elsewhere, the two decide to return home. To earn the fare, they agree to drive the herd of pigs through the river, causing the pregnant Rama to believe she has lost her baby. But they have to swim across a wide, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grihajuddha
''Grihajuddha'' (English language:''Crossroads'') is a 1982 Bengali film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta and starring Sunil Mukherjee. The film was produced under contract from the Government of West Bengal. The Naxalite movement in Bengal in the 1970s forms a backdrop to the film. The film was entered into the main competition at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot The Chief labour officer of a private steel company in Barrackpur senses corruption in the management. An idealist he resigns and is murdered. The secretary of the trade union, Probir gets to know of it and is murdered. His comrade Bijan manages to escape and absconds. Nirupama, the sister, who silently cherishes Bijan, along with Sandipan, a reporter, tracks down the hired gang of killers, which include Sital, the goal keeper in a smalltime football team. Sital reveals that they had been lured with the promise of a job. But the promises were not kept and sital wishes to disown his past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakhal
''Dakhal'' () is a 1981 Indian Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose, with Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee and Sujal Roy Chowdhury in lead roles. The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord. The film was based on ''Amma'', a short story of Sushil Jana. This the first Bengali-language feature film by Ghosh, who had previously made documentaries and '' Maa Bhoomi'' in Telugu. At the 29th National Film Awards it won the awards for Best Feature Film Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, .... At the 11th International Human Rights Film Festival in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maa Bhoomi
''Maa Bhoomi'' () is a 1979 Indian Telugu-language social problem film directed by Goutam Ghose in his debut. The film is produced by B. Narsing Rao, who also wrote the film with Goutam Ghose. The film is based on the novel ''Jab Khet Jage'' by Krishan Chander on the Telangana Rebellion in Hyderabad State. It depicts a typical life of villagers under feudalistic society in the Telangana region. The features Sai Chand, Rami Reddy and Telangana Shakuntala in pivotal roles. The plot follows Ramayya, a landless peasant who joins the Telangana Rebellion of 1948. Released on 23 March 1979, the film was a commercial success and had a theatrical run of over a year. Maa Bhoomi was India's official entry in the "Opera Primo" section at the ''Karlovy Vary International Film Festival'' of June–July 1980, and the ''Cork Film Festival'', October 1980, the ''Cairo and Sidney Film Festivals'' 1980. The film was showcased at the ''Indian Panorama'' of the 7th International Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
