In a free-wheeling conversation with rediff.com, Barun Chanda spoke about his experience of shooting for Lootera, Ray's brilliance, and Mumbai's very different film schedule, among other things
Director Shoojit Sircar tells us his wishlist, regrets and future projects.
'If you watch songs like Acha Ji Main Haari Chalo Maan Jao Na, Lag Ja Gale or Jhumka Gira Re, you'll notice they're not just a distraction. There's a story unfolding within them.'
'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"'
'When I was invited by Didi to her house, my only thing was, 'I really want to see if her house is actually that small.' Is it smaller than my house or not?'
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
'I find his sense of history astounding, not just history of film, but of life in general.' Another fascinating excerpt from Sangeeta Datta's book Shyam Benegal.
oining the same profession one's father belongs to inevitably leads people to compare and contrast the son with the father
Aseem Chhabra lists must watch films, many classics, some relatively new and several personal favourites.
Filmmaker Sandeep Ray appeals to his colleagues in the film industry.
In a candid interview, 74-year-old Soumitra Chatterjee spoke about his tryst with the National Award, a partisan jury, film industry, his aspirations and regrets.
The passing of Satyajit Ray's renaissance man feels like the snapping of the last connection with a generation that built a nation and defined grace while facing everything life had to throw at them, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
A four-day festival to pay homage to filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh has been organised in Kolkata.
Looking back at Satyajit Ray's 1968 film, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, the most original Indian film ever made.
Indian social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi showers praises on Soumitra Chatterjee.
The Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata invites applications for admission to the three-year postgraduate diploma course (full-time) for the session 2008-2011.
Naman Ramachandran author of Rajinikanth, A Definitive Biography talks about the book
Appearing before cheering fans at the star-studded opening ceremony of the Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata on Thursday, Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan spoke of staying positive and alive, and on the new crop of historical films being steeped in 'fictionalised jingoism'.
Rediff.com beings you some of Sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar's rare photographs from our archives.
Meet Namrata Rao who has edited some of the finest films in recent years
Prithviraj plays the role J C Daniel who made the first Malayalam film.
Here's celebrating the veteran Bengali actor.
The contrast in the fates of Arthur Conan Doyle's and Satyajit Ray's super sleuths is a study in despair, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
Actor-filmmaker Tinnu Anand goes back in time to dig out lively facts from his life and career and reveal new secrets about the Hindi film industry...
Celebrities like veteran Bengali actor and chairman of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Ranjit Mullick and percussionist Tanmoy Bose want Mamata's promise to be viewed not in its face value but in its spirit.
The concluding part of the A to Z guide to a year that will soon become history.
'Saeed Mirza was one of the few actors who managed to shine in both British movies like Gandhi and Hindi movies like Chashme Buddoor.' The veteran actor's friends pay tribute to him.
Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, invites applications for admission to its three-year, full-time post-graduate diploma course for the session 2007-2010.
Pradeep Sarkar praises Soumitra Chatterjee.
The actor is mostly known for his collaborations with the much-loved Satyajit Ray.
The actor and educationist who essayed roles in over 100 Bengali, Tamil and English films, died in Kolkata following a heart attack, his family said.
AI will continue to grow in capacity, and the newer versions will keep us in a state of hypnosis. But there would still be a shadow of uncertainty, predicts Atanu Biswas.
The actress talks abot her Malayalam film and her political career.
The last Bharat Ratna award was conferred upon Pranab Mukherjee in 2019 and was posthumously awarded to Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh. The award was not given to anyone between 2020 and 2023.
