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Raima Sen, Prosenjit pay homage to Rituparno Ghosh

August 09, 2013 10:49 IST

Image: Actress Raima Sen pays homage to filmmaker late Rituparno Ghosh at an event in Kolkata on Thursday.
Photographs: Dipak Chakraborty

The Directorate of Film Festival along with Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata has organised a four-day festival to pay homage to filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh from Thursday August 8. 

The 11 times National Award winning director passed away  on May 30 following cardiac arrest.

The festival opened with the premiere of Jeevan Smriti - Rituparno's unreleased documentary on Rabindranath Tagore. 

Some of the director's most acclaimed films Unishe April, Dosar, Bariwali, Chokher Bali and Chitrangada will be screened at the festival.

Raima Sen who acted in Rituparno's Chokher Bali, among many others was present on the occasion.

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Prosenjit Chatterjee

Image: Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee pays homage to filmmaker late Rituparno Ghosh.
Photographs: Dipak Chakraborty

Prosenjit Chatterjee who has worked with Ghosh in many films, including Unishe April and Utsab was present at the event. 

Rituparna Sengupta

Image: Actress Rituparna Sengupta pays homage to filmmaker late Rituparno Ghosh.
Photographs: Dipak Chakraborty

Rituparna Sengupta pays homage to the director. 

Anjan Dutt

Image: Actor-filmmaker-singer Anjan Dutt pays homage to fillmaker late Rituparno Ghosh.

Actor-filmmaker-singer Anjan Dutt who worked with Ghosh in Chitangdha gave a live performance. 

Music director Raja Narayan Deb

Image: Actors, filmmakers came together to pay tribute to filmmaker late Rituparno Ghosh at an event in Kolkata on Thursday.
Photographs: Dipak Chakraborty

Music director Raja Narayan Deb along with actors and filmmakers from the Bengali film industry presented a musical tribute by performing a medley of songs from Ghosh's film.

Jishu Sengupta and Kaushik Ghosh

Image: Actors Jishu Sengupta (left) and Kaushik Ghosh pay tribute to filmmaker late Rituparno Ghosh at an event in Kolkata on Thursday.
Photographs: Dipak Chakraborty

Actors Jishu Sengupta (left) and Kaushik Ghosh were also present.