1976: Mitra is born in Calcutta to Dilip and Sankari Mitra. His father is a businessman 1996: Starts career as a documentary film director for Doordarshan; two years later completes his postgraduate ...

Slanders and Sikkim controversy “It was once alleged that Ray was reluctant to give Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, the author of Pather Panchali and Aparajito, his due respect. It’s totally...

Feluda may not be the boy-next-door but sleuths seldom are. Feluda was never written to be ideal — he makes oversights, he gets arrogant, he procrastinates and gets angry. But he is also an avid...

Much excited with post-screening activities and interactions, Bavrabi Dutta, a student of Class VII at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, said they enjoyed the quiz contest held after the screening on July...

But how much of an inspiration is Ray to today’s generation, especially  the kids in the Bengali diaspora? Banerjee, who recollects watching Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne and Khokababur Pratyabarta...

A photography course has been started at Nazrul Tirtha in New Town which aims to improve not just skills with the camera or the mobile phone but also the quality of one’s presence on social medi...

Participants in this course will be able to understand the history of cinema, its development as an art form and how cinema has become a powerful mode of communication.  Different components lik...

The centennial year of Satyajit Ray’s birth — it has drawn to a close — was marked by what is elixir to the Bengali mind: nostalgia. Nostalgia need not be unproductive. In fact,...

Kolkata-based label Jalsaghar Calcutta is making classic brooches inspired by Satyajit Ray’s cult movies, like Nayak, Aparajito, Jalsaghar and more. The label lines up some unique recherch&eacut...

Srijit Mukherji’s new Feluda series, Feludar Goyendagiri has earned rave reviews from fans. Based on the Satyajit Ray novel Darjeeling Jomjomat, the novel sees Feluda investigating a murder in D...