Tapan Sinha

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Tapan Sinha was one of those filmmakers for whom commercial success and critical acclaim came hand in hand and his demise on January 15, 2009, marked an end to a glorious chapter of Indian cinema. The 84-year-old director of timeless classics like ‘Kabuliwala’ (1957), ‘Khudito Pashan’ (1960) and many more breathed his last after prolonged illness. It’s the master filmmaker’s 11th death anniversary and he still lives on in the memories.

When Soumitra Chatterjee sent an apology letter to Tapan Sinha

During the shoot of ‘Wheelchair’ in 1994, a scene had to be shot a number of times as Soumitra Chatterjee wasn’t delivering the lines properly. The next day, when he came to the set he gave a handwritten apology letter to director Tapan Sinha and admitted his mistake.

In a career spanning more than six decades, living legend Soumitra Chatterjee has had the opportunity to work with almost all the leading directors in the Bengali industry. The veteran actor has always insisted that Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha were the two directors who have always given challenging roles and eventually brought out the best in him.

He had always said that Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha were the two directors who always offered challenging roles and managed to bring out the best in him.

Tapan Sinha, 84, who died at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness, was the most uncompromising mainstream director of Bengal.

Tapan Sinha, 84, who died at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness, was the most uncompromising mainstream director of Bengal.

In a career spanning more than six decades, Soumitra Chatterjee who passed away last year had the opportunity to work with almost all the leading directors in the Bengali industry.

In the first of the conferments, Tapan Sinha, one of the all-time celluloid greats, would be presented the award in the field of film direction.

'Padatik', a documentary on the life and works of legendary filmmaker Tapan Sinha, was screened in the recently concluded 19th Kolkata International Film Festival.

In this new series of #DirectorsCut, ETimes talks about these relatively lesser-known and yet brilliant films by iconic directors that were overshadowed by their more popular filmworks. This week, we take a look at Tapan Sinha’s 1976 film ‘Harmonium’, a simple yet subtle take on fate.

Tapan Sinha, the humane storyteller, made films that insightfully reflected his wide spectrum of ideas and vision exploring child psychology, human relationships, social issues, and politics winning hearts of the masses and classes alike. Today, on his 11th death anniversary we take a look at some of the gems Tapan Sinha gifted to Indian cinema.

Shieladitya Moulik’s ‘Mastermoshai Apni Kichu Dekhenni’ is finally all set to roll as the second male lead has been confirmed.

Veteran Bengali film director Tapan Sinha was on Monday selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2006.

Along with a handful of original 35 mm prints of his films, just five of Tapan Sinha's screenplays still survive. They are stored at Jadavpur University's School of Cultural Texts and Records.

Kolkata Metro Railway has set up an isolation ward at Tapan Sinha Memorial Hospital for treating Covid-19 patients.

Shieladitya Moulik has wrapped up the shoot of his next ‘Mastermoshai Apni Kichu Dekhenni’, a hard-hitting tale of a love triangle with a political background.

Shieladitya Moulik has wrapped up the shoot of his next ‘Mastermoshai Apni Kichu Dekhenni’, a hard-hitting tale of a love triangle with a political background.

There were others who gave his work a new and different interpretation, even while maintaining the essence of the works. Two of the most important people to do this were Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha.

In this new series of #DirectorsCut, ETimes talks about these relatively lesser-known and yet brilliant films by iconic directors that were overshadowed by their more popular filmworks. This week, we will discuss Tapan Sinha’s solo travel film ‘Nirjan Saikate’ (1965).

Amid all those gossip and rumours surrounding them, Nusrat Jahan and Yash Dasgupta are pairing up for their third film together in Shieladitya Moulik’s next political drama.

Restored versions of Tapan Sinha's 'Harmonium' and Satyajit Ray's 'Seemabaddha' were screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. A panel discussion, featuring Sharmila Tagore and Arjun Chakraborty, celebrated Sinha's centenary and his unique directorial style. The restoration, part of the National Film Heritage Mission, included a previously unseen sequence in 'Seemabaddha'.

It happened when Dilip Kumar, who passed away on Wednesday, was shooting for ‘Sagina Mahato’ in Darjeeling years back.

Chhatradharer Gaan took the backstage while Sagina Mahato prevailed at railway minister Mamata Banerjee's programme at Tollygunge on Friday evening.

Mithun Chakraborty who is set to play 'Kabuliwala' in Suman Ghosh's upcoming film insists that this film will have no similarities with Tapan Sinha's 1957 film which saw Chhabi Biswas playing the titular role. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Kabuliwala’ is a story which every Bengali can relate to.