Rajen Tarafdar

Two days after the legend’s birthday, CT relives his famous screen moments

Actor Bhishma Guhathakurta (73) died at a city nursing home due to post-Covid complications. A man of varied interests, Guhathakurta was known as a perfect gentleman. The actor is survived by his son and daughter.

The ’80s saw a slump even though there were some seminal works by Gautam Ghose, Aparna Sen, Sandip Ray and Rituparno Ghosh. Commercial cinema, relying heavily on remakes, raked in the moolah though critical acclaim was hard to come by.

Bengali cinema's reliance on authentic dialects is waning, with many films now reducing regional speech to mere markers for domestic workers. Directors and actors once treated dialect as a core element of authenticity, but contemporary cinema often flattens language for urban comfort. This trend erases memory and regional identity, leading to a loss of originality and cultural depth.

For the first time, Kolkata will simultaneously witness the centenary celebrations of a legend at two separate music and film festivals.

Way before Shyam Benegal directed 'Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero', another Hindi film was made on the freedom fighter.

1923 – 2011, The evergreen hero would often come down to Kolkata for the premiere of his films; he also featured in Hindi remakes of Bengali ventures

'The young owe the old nothing'. This may well be the slogan of the present generation as it sees newer vistas opening up and the race to the future does not allow any looking back. Yet there is also the saying that without a past there can be no future.

Ram Sampath might be keyed up about buying a piano with his compensation money, but film-makers are still out of key when it comes to all things original.

Despite all our love and respect for Bengali classics, either the prints of these movies are lost or their original negatives have got so severely damaged that they are beyond restoration.

Indian cinema lost one of its icons with the demise of Tarun Mazumdar at SSKM on Monday. The four-time National Award winner, Padma Shri recipient and Filmfare’s Lifetime Achievement awardee was 91.

Bangladeshi artistes are winning hearts in India, and Indian technicians are making Bangladeshi films shine. With twice the talent pool to tap, both Tollywood and Dhallywood are richer than they would be with a hard border

It���s a proud moment for India as a restored Charulata is screened at Cannes today. But back home, indifference and a chalta hai attitude are pushing our classic films into oblivion