Pankaj Mullick

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Mahalaya trailer: All except episode of public outrage revealed

The period drama is based on the public outrage that broke out when Birendra Krishna Bhadra was replaced by Uttam Kumar in the popular annual radio programme, Mahishasur Mardini.

Feb 11 2019 — Roushni Sarkar

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Tagore's eternal music and its influence on cinema – Death anniversary special

Cinema offers probably the ideal medium to render a Tagore literary piece for the consumption of a multinational audience, and it hasn't failed to reach out to Gurudev every now and again for musical inspiration.

Aug 07 2018 — Shoma A Chatterji

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From a passionate photographer to a pioneering filmmaker: Nitin Bose death anniversary special

On his 32nd death anniversary today (he passed away on 26 April 1986), we revisit the filmmaker's contribution to Bengali and Hindi cinema, and understand it through what the experts have to say.

Apr 26 2018 — Roushni Sarkar

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KL Saigal introduced ‘recitative’ mode in film song and performance: Madhuja Mukherjee

On Kundanlal Saigal's 114th birth anniversary, Mukherjee, associate professor of film studies at Jadavpur University, clears the air on the singer-actor's contribution to Bengali cinema.

Apr 11 2018 — Roushni Sarkar