Meghe Dhaka Tara & the ‘close-up’ kathā: Ritwik Ravivār – 12 by Amrit Gangar.
Great Lensing Philosopher Ritwik Ghatak filled darkness with sonority of an ocean, close-ups entered like the dancing waves, poetic...
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- May 28
- 2 min
Jukti Takko aar Gappo & the ‘close-up’ kathā: Ritwik Ravivār – 11 by Amrit Gangar.
NEELKANTHA (SIVA) IN HIS LAST MOMENTS UNITES WITH DURGA, HE HAD ALREADY HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A YOUNG MILITANT. Image: a screenshot by...
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- May 21
- 2 min
Komal Gandhar & the‘close-up’ kathā: Ritwik Ravivār – 10 by Amrit Gangar.
Image: Towards the end of ‘Komal Gandhar’, Ritwik Ghatak ignites the flame of hope through a child, Anasuya returns to her lover Bhrigu,...
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- May 7
- 5 min
Shyam Benegal & Smita Patil's best perhaps:O.P. Srivastava takes a look at Bhumika(The Role).
Smita Patil in Bhumika(1977). Bhumika (The Role) is a 1977 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal. The film’s ensemble included Smita...
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- Apr 30
- 2 min
Subarnarekha & the ‘close-up’ kathā: Ritwik Ravivār – 8 by Amrit Gangar.
Cosmicity of Ghatak’s close-up of Subarnarekha’s Sita alluding to the myth of Siva and the river Ganga.(Madhabi Mukherjee in...
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Digital Cahier
- Apr 30
- 1 min
A restless mind in search of new film forms, of magic: D.G. Phalke by Amrit Gangar.
Image: Dadasaheb Phalke editing a film. “My work should be severely criticized, for that alone is the path towards improvement,” remarked...
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- Apr 28
- 5 min
O.P. Srivastava takes us on a trip on Awtar Kaul's fantastic, 27 Down.
Rakhee & M.K. Raina in Awtar Kaul's 27 Down. 27 Down is a 1974 Hindi film written, directed and produced by Awtar Krishna Kaul starring...
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Digital Cahier
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Meghe Dhākā Tārā and the Close-up Kathā: Ritwik Ravivar- 7 by Amrit Gangar
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
(1)Image: Screenshot by Amrit Gangar Via close-ups of hands and fingers, Ghatak signalled us in close proximity to histories of despair,...
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- Apr 22
- 4 min
50th year of Garm Hawa & 50 years without Balraj Sahni- a homage by O.P. Srivastava
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
(1)A still from Garm Hawa(1974). Garm Hawa (1974) is undoubtedly the best Indian film to capture the pain of Partition that swept the Indian...
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Digital Cahier
- Apr 16
- 2 min
Meghe Dhākā Tārā and the Close-up Kathā: Ritwik Ravivār-6 by Amrit Gangar
A close-up of an ominous flirt would change neeta’s fate, whiplashed Jagaddhatri (bearer of the world) would weep in जिजीविषा (eternal...
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- Apr 9
- 2 min
ĀMĀR LENIN & the ‘Close-up’ Katha: Ritwik Ravivar – 5 by Amrit Gangar
In a sequence, close-ups of this face appear looking at Lenin’s statue being unveiled in Calcutta, they are not Eisenstein’s rising lions...
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- Apr 2
- 2 min
NAGARIK & the 'Close-up' Katha:Ritwik Ravivar-4 by Amrit Gangar
SEETA’s HAND HAS HARNESSED SAGAR (OCEAN) FOR 70 YEARS SINCE ‘NAGARIK’ (1953), IT KEEPS MANIFESTING IN CLOSE-UPS! Image: Screenshot by AG...
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- Mar 26
- 2 min
KOMAL GĀNDHĀR & the ‘Close-up’ Katha: Ritwik Ravivar – 3 by Amrit Gangar
Image: Anasuya (Supriya Devi) holding Bhrigu (Abanish Bannerjee)’s wrist in Ritwik Ghatak’s film ‘Komal Gāndhār’ (1961), a defining...
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Digital Cahier
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Ajantrik & the 'close-up' katha: Ritwik Ravivar-2 by Amrit Gangar
Image: A screenshot from Ritwik Ghatak’s b&w film ’Ajantrik’ (Pathetic Fallacy aka The Unmechanical, 1957), for Ritwik Ghatak ‘human...
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- Mar 12
- 2 min
THE ‘CLOSE-UP’ KATHĀ: RITWIK RAVIVĀR – 1 by Amrit Gangar
[Image: A screen-shot by AG] SHANIBARER CHITHI (SATURDAY LETTER) TO RABIBARER RITWIK (SUNDAY RITWIK) JĀTRĀ VIA ‘JUST CINEMA’, THE CARAVAN...
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Digital Cahier
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Jogan, a film which sets Dilip Kumar apart by Sharad Raj
Kidar Sharma's Jogan(1950) starring Dilip Kumar with Nargis and debutant Rajendra Kumar is my all time favourite Dilip Kumar performance...
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Digital Cahier
- Nov 26, 2022
- 8 min
Decoding the Uttam-Suchitra chemistry by Satyabrata Ghosh
Cinema could have been only a spectacular experience for the ticket-paying audience for a decade or two, if it had limited itself to...
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Digital Cahier
- Nov 16, 2022
- 6 min
Bengali Cinema – A Middle Way to Tread by Satyabrata Ghosh
Years back, probably in the summer of 1989, the actor Rabi Ghosh in a lively chat with me, referred to Charlie Chaplin as he explained...
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Digital Cahier
- Nov 2, 2022
- 6 min
Ballavpurer Roopkatha: a director in charge by Satyabrata Ghosh
While we were growing up as cinephiles, it was often told that the cinema is a ‘director’s medium’. In practice however, we witnessed and...
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Digital Cahier
- Oct 20, 2022
- 7 min
On watching Ponniyin Selvan at a Critical Time by Satyabrata Ghosh
Aishwarya Rai & Vikram The world of the movie business faced its first challenge in America in the late 1950s when television started...
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