So, there I was, cooling my head inside Navin Choukhani’s AC chamber on the scorching summer afternoon of May 20, also my birthday, when he scanned the CCTV footage of the crowd that had gathere...

Like Naseerji, we all wanted to know about the behind-the-scene moments of his various works, mostly with Ray. We would gather around and listen. Often while we were at it the director would call us f...

The filmmaker said that such was the camaraderie between the two stalwarts that Soumitrada would gush over Naseerji’s acting repertoire and his command over a scene in the trilingual movie, whic...

Speaking about Bengali cinema in the UK, Suranjan Som, the president of the Bengal Heritage Foundation, said: “At present, there are two major problems affecting the ubiquity of Bengali films in...

Tapa Tini was an instant hit among netizens on its release on April 9. It has fetched 90 lakh views on YouTube so far. ...

Biswanath Majumdar from Bela Sheshe Soumitra Chatterjee plays the father in this film and no one other than him could’ve portrayed this character with greater ease. His unsure, reluctant and de...

As children, they saw Pather Panchali and later on, Aparajito, Apur Sansar and classics the world over. Both of them eventually grew up on cinema even as their father took care of them, encouraged the...

On the sets Belashuru is a soul-searching family saga, which depicts life beautifully. The shoot was awesome and we had a blast in Santiniketan. Our picnic sequences were so much fun and the afternoo...