By Anand Singh
Sacrifice, a word which conjures images of martyrs, of heroic deeds, and great struggles. We all have dreams and yet, due to circumstances seen and unforeseen, they never materialise. Sometimes we give it up for those we love, giving and giving until we realise we have ceased to exist. When it is too late, we cry out, crushed, forgotten, like a horse that cannot work anymore. Released in 1960 and directed by Ritwik Ghatak, the film “Meghe Dhaka Tara” (The Cloud-Capped Star), shows this in a poignant and memorable manner.
The film revolves around a family of six, the parents and their four children. The father is a school teacher and the mother (played by Gita Dey) is a housewife. The eldest child, Shankar (played by Anil Chatterjee) is unemployed and aspires to be a singer. The second child, Nita (played by Supriya Choudhury) is...
Sacrifice, a word which conjures images of martyrs, of heroic deeds, and great struggles. We all have dreams and yet, due to circumstances seen and unforeseen, they never materialise. Sometimes we give it up for those we love, giving and giving until we realise we have ceased to exist. When it is too late, we cry out, crushed, forgotten, like a horse that cannot work anymore. Released in 1960 and directed by Ritwik Ghatak, the film “Meghe Dhaka Tara” (The Cloud-Capped Star), shows this in a poignant and memorable manner.
The film revolves around a family of six, the parents and their four children. The father is a school teacher and the mother (played by Gita Dey) is a housewife. The eldest child, Shankar (played by Anil Chatterjee) is unemployed and aspires to be a singer. The second child, Nita (played by Supriya Choudhury) is...
- 8/10/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
If I were asked about the one sound in the world I love, hands down the answer would be the whirring of a film projector. In this day and age, when digital is king, I still remember the joys of watching films at my uncle’s house, the whirr of the projector, the dancing of dust in the light in front of the lens and – joy – the ability to send the thing into reverse, which gave us countless hours of silly pleasure. I still remember the excitement of learning how to use the projector myself, a skill that I’m sure has grown rusty as I’ve enjoyed a world of media streamed right to my computer.
The changing nature of the film business in India acts as a catalyst to explore the relationship between a father and a son in Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly’s latest film, Cinemawala. Pranabendu...
The changing nature of the film business in India acts as a catalyst to explore the relationship between a father and a son in Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly’s latest film, Cinemawala. Pranabendu...
- 7/15/2016
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
Suchitra Sen
What:
Suchitra Sen Film Festival- a tribute.
Screening of acclaimed films of Suchitra Sen like Harano Sur, Bombai Ka Babu, Aatmiyo Swajan, Aandhi, Guerrilla and Lal Tip.
The festival is being organised by the Entertainment Society of Goa.
When:
11-16 April.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Auditorium 1
Maquinez Palace
Panaji, Goa.
About the event:
List of films
Harano Sur (11 April)
Director: Ajay Kar
(1957, 162min, B/W)
Cast: Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Pahari Sanyal, Utpal Dutta.
Aloke Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), mentally imbalanced, following a train accident, is rescued on escaping from the asylum by Doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen). There, while treating him at her home they fall in love, and marry. But a second accident makes Aloke recall his past life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget Roma. Could Aloke ultimately remember the days he spent with wife Roma?
Bombai Ka Babu (12 April)
Director: Raj Khosla
Cast: Suchitra Sen,...
What:
Suchitra Sen Film Festival- a tribute.
Screening of acclaimed films of Suchitra Sen like Harano Sur, Bombai Ka Babu, Aatmiyo Swajan, Aandhi, Guerrilla and Lal Tip.
The festival is being organised by the Entertainment Society of Goa.
When:
11-16 April.
Entry:
Free and open to all.
Venue:
Auditorium 1
Maquinez Palace
Panaji, Goa.
About the event:
List of films
Harano Sur (11 April)
Director: Ajay Kar
(1957, 162min, B/W)
Cast: Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Pahari Sanyal, Utpal Dutta.
Aloke Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar), mentally imbalanced, following a train accident, is rescued on escaping from the asylum by Doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen). There, while treating him at her home they fall in love, and marry. But a second accident makes Aloke recall his past life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget Roma. Could Aloke ultimately remember the days he spent with wife Roma?
Bombai Ka Babu (12 April)
Director: Raj Khosla
Cast: Suchitra Sen,...
- 4/4/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
New Delhi, Jan 25: Bengali film icons Supriya Devi and Sabitri Chatterjee, Bollywood's "Ooh la la" girl Vidya Balan, veteran actor Paresh Rawal, filmmaker Santosh Sivan, animation veteran Ram Mohan and writer Sooni Taraporevala have been named for the Padma Shri awards announced on the eve of the 65th Republic Day.
Vidya has come a long way from being a bespectacled character on TV show "Hum Paanch" to being a National award-winning actress and defying her fashion critics time and again with her acting skills. A versatile talent, she has delivered impeccable and power-packed performances in films like "The Dirty Picture" and "Kahaani".
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Vidya has come a long way from being a bespectacled character on TV show "Hum Paanch" to being a National award-winning actress and defying her fashion critics time and again with her acting skills. A versatile talent, she has delivered impeccable and power-packed performances in films like "The Dirty Picture" and "Kahaani".
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- 1/25/2014
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, Nov 10: Cinema greats Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan dazzled as they came together at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (Kiff) at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here Sunday.
Joining them was also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the curtain-raising event for the festival.
Bengali filmmaker Sandip Ray, veteran actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, and actor Dipankar De joined the film stars from Bollywood and the state chief minister in the ceremonial lamp lighting ceremony at the second-oldest film festival in the country.
Creative.
Joining them was also West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the curtain-raising event for the festival.
Bengali filmmaker Sandip Ray, veteran actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, and actor Dipankar De joined the film stars from Bollywood and the state chief minister in the ceremonial lamp lighting ceremony at the second-oldest film festival in the country.
Creative.
- 11/10/2013
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Kolkata, Nov 10: Gems of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan came together Sunday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (Kiff) here.
Big B, Jaya, Haasan, Mithu and Shah Rukh led the ceremonial lamp lighting and veterans from Bengali cinema, including actor and guest of honour Prosenjit Chatterjee, followed suit at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Distinguished guests, including filmmaker Sandip Ray, Bengali film actress Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, Dipankar Dey and music director Dwijen.
Big B, Jaya, Haasan, Mithu and Shah Rukh led the ceremonial lamp lighting and veterans from Bengali cinema, including actor and guest of honour Prosenjit Chatterjee, followed suit at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
Distinguished guests, including filmmaker Sandip Ray, Bengali film actress Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Devi, Dipankar Dey and music director Dwijen.
- 11/10/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
“Why should P.K.Nair not be a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award? After all, whatever we have of Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, meaning just the first and last reels of the film, are there due to Nair’s unwavering vision and his endless efforts. Again, the only complete Phalke film available to us, namely, Kaliya Mardan (1919), is there because of Nair. If someone like him is not deserving of the Phalke Award, one wonders, who is?”
In mid-November, when the Calcutta air is cooler than in the preceding several months, I had the delightful experience of watching a 150-minute documentary film in a small auditorium in the company of no more than a dozen other people. What added to the delight was the fact that those who were there for the film’s first shot were in his or her seat till the last. This is not a small thing,...
In mid-November, when the Calcutta air is cooler than in the preceding several months, I had the delightful experience of watching a 150-minute documentary film in a small auditorium in the company of no more than a dozen other people. What added to the delight was the fact that those who were there for the film’s first shot were in his or her seat till the last. This is not a small thing,...
- 12/12/2012
- by Vidyarthy Chatterjee
- DearCinema.com
Kolkata, Nov 6: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and yesteryear's actress Sharmila Tagore will inaugurate the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (Kff) starting Nov 10, the organiser's said.
Veteran actress Supriya Devi will be the guest of honour at the inaugural.
Bengali movie star Koel Mullick will be the thali girl for the opening, her father and Kff chairperson actor Ranjit Mullick said here.
'The opening film will be 'The Magican' by Holland's Joram Lursen,' he added.
There are many firsts attached to 17th Kff - for the first time, the eight-day fest, concluding Nov 17, would have a competitive.
Veteran actress Supriya Devi will be the guest of honour at the inaugural.
Bengali movie star Koel Mullick will be the thali girl for the opening, her father and Kff chairperson actor Ranjit Mullick said here.
'The opening film will be 'The Magican' by Holland's Joram Lursen,' he added.
There are many firsts attached to 17th Kff - for the first time, the eight-day fest, concluding Nov 17, would have a competitive.
- 11/6/2011
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
Release Date: Sept. 27, 2011
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Facets Multimedia
Supriya Choudhury dreams of a sweeter life in The Cloud-Capped Star.
Thanks goes out to Facets for bringing the acclaimed 1960 Indian drama The Cloud-Capped Star, about a refugee family barely surviving on the outskirts of Calcutta, to DVD in the U.S. This release marks the foreign film’s U.S. home entertainment debut .
The movie is written and directed by Ritwik Ghataka, who, alongside Satyajit Ray of The Music Room fame, is considered to be one of the great filmmakers of the Indian New Wave.
Like Ghataka, the family in The Cloud Capped Star is a victim of Partition, the legal separation of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Eldest daughter Nita (Supriya Choudhury) struggles as the family breadwinner, though she longs to marry a...
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Facets Multimedia
Supriya Choudhury dreams of a sweeter life in The Cloud-Capped Star.
Thanks goes out to Facets for bringing the acclaimed 1960 Indian drama The Cloud-Capped Star, about a refugee family barely surviving on the outskirts of Calcutta, to DVD in the U.S. This release marks the foreign film’s U.S. home entertainment debut .
The movie is written and directed by Ritwik Ghataka, who, alongside Satyajit Ray of The Music Room fame, is considered to be one of the great filmmakers of the Indian New Wave.
Like Ghataka, the family in The Cloud Capped Star is a victim of Partition, the legal separation of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Eldest daughter Nita (Supriya Choudhury) struggles as the family breadwinner, though she longs to marry a...
- 8/31/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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