Why did you choose the world of media to tell your story? I chose electronic media because of its undeniable relevance in the contemporary world. I have worked in the industry for a long time. I saw ...

During The Bong Connection we did not have the funds for hiring a choreographer. We decided to shoot Pagla hawa ourselves. My theatre colleague and dance teacher Swaroopa Ghosh chipped in to train the...

I never felt inspired writing about success stories. Or songs about the affluent part of Calcutta or the very familiar sahibs of my Darjeeling. The Nepali ponywallah or the Land-Rover driver was much ...

I first met Mrinal Sen at 21, working as a journalist and directing a Jean-Paul Sartre play in Bengali. I had gone over to the director of Alliance Francaise for funding. Mrinal Sen had come to discus...

When I first bought the rights of four Byomkesh stories back in 2008, I never thought that I would be walking away from the franchise. I never thought that so many people would jump on to the bandwago...

Chanda Dutt is known for her delicious, hot bowl of comfort food — Burmese Khow Suey — all the way from Myanmar, formerly called Burma, a place she grew up in. What started as pop-ups for close fr...