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Kolkata In The Media
Several fiction, non-fiction and cinemas were based on Kolkata or depicted Kolkata from certain point of views. Some of such works are listed here. Travelogues * The Great Railway Bazaar ( Paul Theroux) *Following the Equator ( Mark Twain) Books * Around the World in Eighty Days *''Calcutta'' (Geoffrey Moorhouse) *''City of the Dreadful Night and American Tales'' (Rudyard Kipling) - Where Kolkata is called as the titular city *''City of Joy'' (Dominique Lapierre) - a slum within Kolkata is called the City of Joy *'' Calcutta: The Living City'' Volumes 1 & 2 (ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri) *''Calcutta - City of Palaces: A Survey of the City in the Days of the East India Company 1690–1858.'' (Jeremiah P. Losty) *''Calcutta 1981'' (ed. Jean Racine) Films set in Kolkata Bengali films * Nagarik - The Citizen (Ritwik Ghatak) (1952 - Released 1977) * Bari Theke Paliye - The Runaway (Ritwik Ghatak) (1958) * Mahanagar - The Big City ( Satyajit Ray) (1963) * Apanjan - (Tapan Sinha) (1968) ... [...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] |
Apanjan
''Apanjan'' (also ''Apan Jan''; roughly translated in English as "One's own people") is a 1968 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. Set against the backdrop of the political violence that rocked India, and West Bengal in particular, in the late 1960s, it tells the story of an aged widow in a village who goes to Calcutta to stay with relatives, but faces only exploitation. She moves to a slum, and finds her "own people" in a group of educated, unemployed youth, who are caught up inexorably in the prevalent violence. The film was a commercial success, and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, as well as several BFJA Awards. In 1971, it was remade in Hindi as ''Mere Apne'' by Gulzar and in 1984, in Kannada as '' Benki Birugali''. Plot Anandamoyee (Chhaya Devi) is a childless widow in a Bengal village. One day a man turns up, claiming to be her nephew. He takes her to live with him and his family in Calcutta. In the city, she experiences something akin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paroma
''Paroma'' (English title: The Ultimate Woman) is a 1985 award-winning Indian Bengali feature film directed by Aparna Sen. Plot The movie is about a 40-year-old married woman, Paroma whose identity lies in the words like "bouma" (the daughter-in-law), "kaki maa" (paternal aunt) and "boudi" (brother's wife). Her well-settled, very normal and predictable life turns upside down when Rahul, an expatriate photo-journalist working for a magazine chooses her to pose for a photo essay, "An Indian Housewife". It begins with a simple question, "What do you think, Paroma?". Through Rahul, Paroma rediscovers herself. His photographs of her make her look glamorous. Their affair or rather her discovery of herself, becomes a problem when some of the photographs, earlier admired by the family, are published in a journal (the semi nude photographs that were published were never shown to the family, Rahul deceived her by publishing those photographs without her consent). Paroma is rejected by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara''. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, ''Bagh Bahadur'' (1989), ''Charachar'' (1993), '' Lal Darja'' (1997), ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002) and '' Kaalpurush'' (2008), while ''Dooratwa'' (1978) and ''Tahader Katha'' (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for ''Uttara'' (2000) and ''Swapner Din'' (2005). Over the years he has published several works of poetry including ''Govir Araley'', ''Coffin Kimba Suitcase'', ''Himjog'', ''Chhaata Kahini'', ''Roboter Gaan'', ''Sreshtha Kabita'', and ''Bhomboler Ascharya Kahini O Ananya Kabita''. Early life and education Buddhadeb Dasgupta was born in a Vaidya family in 1944 in Anara near Puruliya in ... [...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] |
Ek Din Pratidin
''Ek Din Pratidin'' (English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film stars Mamata Shankar, Gita Sen and Sreela Majumdar, among others. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. Her family worries, make searches and evolves into a deep crisis, more so because she is the only bread winner in the family. Overcoming the economic and social constraints, the film has a deep underlining of hidden strength. Cast * Mamata Shankar as Chinu * Gita Sen as Chinu's mother * Sreela Majumdar as Minu * Kaushik Sen * Nalini Banerjee * Arun Mukherjee * Umanath Bhattacharya * Biplab Chatterjee * Satya Bandhyopadhyay Awards *National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali *National Film Award for Best Direction *National Film Award for Best Editing The National Film Award for Best Editing is one of the National Film Awards presented annua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Aranya
''Jana Aranya'' is a 1976 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It is the last among Ray's Calcutta trilogy series, the previous two being, ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary'', 1970) and '' Seemabaddha'' (''Company Limited'', 1971). Plot The film portrays the economic difficulties faced by middle-class, educated, urban youth in 1970s India. After achieving only moderate academic results and making numerous unsuccessful attempts to find a job, Somnath ( Pradip Mukherjee), the central protagonist struggles in his daily life. One day while Somnath was walking down the lane in the crowded Burrabazar area of urban Kolkata, he slips over a banana peel, and coincidentally meets Bishuda( Utpal Dutt). He confesses to Bishuda about his unsuccessful attempts in getting a suitable job for himself. Bishuda advises him to start his own business. Somnath finally decides to start his own business as a middle-man—i.e. a self- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukti Takko Aar Gappo
''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' (''Jukti tôkko aːr gôppo'', ''Reason, Debate and a Story'') is a 1974 Bengali film directed by auteur of Indian cinema Ritwik Ghatak. ''Jukti Takko Aar Gappo'' was Ritwik Ghatak's last film. The film was believed to have a cinematography way ahead of its time. The film won National Film Award's Rajat Kamal Award for Best Story in 1974. Synopsis In this film Ghatak plays Nilkantha Bagchi, an alcoholic, disillusioned intellectual, in the character's own words "a broken intellectual". His wife leaves him taking away his books and records which were his only properties left. When Bagchi insisted she shouldn't, Durga replied that she is taking this away so that his son grows up with these books and music, but he managed to keep a fan which he sells to buy country liquor to start his unusual and abstract ride. His first companion was Naciketa, then a woman who is homeless comes to his house just when he was about to leave, she was Bongobala, a woman who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padatik (film)
''Padatik'' (''The Guerrilla Fighter'') is a 1973 Bengali drama film directed by noted Parallel Cinema director Mrinal Sen. This film is considered to be the third film of Mrinal Sen's ''Calcutta'' trilogy, the others being ''Interview'', and '' Calcutta 71''. Plot A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitive young woman. Both are rebels: the activist against political treachery and the other on social level. Both are bitter about badly organized state of things. Being in solitary confinement, the fugitive engages himself in self-criticism and, in the process, questions the leadership. Questions are not allowed, obeying that is mandatory. Displeasure leads to bitterness, bitterness to total rift. The struggle has to continue, both for the political activist, now segregated, and the woman in exile. Cast * Dhritiman Chatterjee * Simi Garewal Simi Garewal (born Simrita Garewal; 17 October 1947) is an Indian actress, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta 71
Calcutta 71 is a 1972 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. This film is considered to be the second film of Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy, the others being ''Interview An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.Merriam Webster DictionaryInterview Dictionary definition, Retrieved February 16, 2016 In common parlance, the word "interview" ...'', and '' Padatik''. The movie Calcutta 71 is a collection of stories depicting the Seventies. The Naxalite activity, starvation of common people, social and political corruption are shown. There are four stories shown in the film. Plot The ''first story'' is about a lower-middle-class family staying in a cottage in a slum area. On a rainy night they are forced to leave the cottage & move to another safe shelter. They find many others had already taken shelter before them. The ''second story'' is about another middle-class family of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played major role in the New Wave cinema of eastern India. Sen has received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan, and the Government of France honored him with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, while Russian Government honored him with the Order of Friendship. Sen was also awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award for filmmakers in India. He was one of the few Indian filmmakers having won awards at the big three film festivals viz., Cannes, Venice and the Berlinale. Sen was a self described "private Marxist". Influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interview (1971 Film)
''Interview'' (1971) was a Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. A path-breaking film in terms of the narrative innovation and cinematic technique, it was a commercial success and went to run for six weeks amidst gushing admiration and accolades, when it was screened first. It also happened to be the debut film of Ranjit Mallick. Though according to the director, it was a film on the colonial hangover, it touched upon the diverse issue of anti-establishment, middle class cowardice, unemployment. This film is considered to be the first film of Mrinal Sen's Calcutta trilogy, the others being '' Calcutta 71'', and '' Padatik''. Plot Ranjit Mallick is a smart personable young man. A friend of the family, who works in a foreign firm, has assured him of a lucrative job in his firm. All Ranjit has to do is to appear in an interview, dressed in a western style suit. It seems a simple task, but fate decides otherwise. A strike by a labour union means that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
