Consider the ubiquity of hunger in the world inhabited by Goopy and Bagha. In Upendrakishore’s tale, the ghosts — kindred spirits — hand over a magical tholi after Goopy and Bagha ask for a boon...

A 13-year-old had complained to his father that people died in the films he made. That made his father choose a story for his next project that pleased not only his son but mesmerised generations of c...