In an Independence Day Special series, Rediff.com celebrates India through the lives of her people. Today: Ashok Kumar Mondol, who drives the tram, a timeless Kolkata classic. Kolkata is the only......
'I was blessed that I had seen him very closely. There was a time when he was trying to direct a film with me when I was a teenager.' IMAGE: Uttam Kumar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History......
IMAGE: Salman Khan, Shatrughan Sinha and Sonakshi Sinha with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Photograph: ANI Photo Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the 29th Kolkata......
Eyebrows were raised when Bimal Roy cast the unknown Suchitra Sen opposite Dilip Kumar in Devdas (1955). But if Dilip Kumar was tailor-made for Devdas, the charismatic heroine was born to play......
This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......