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Dec 11, 20236 min read
Khalid Mohamed narrates the heart-wrenching story of Bhagwan Dada, the dance sensation of Albela
Bhagwan Dada The fast-crumbling chawl in an emaciated by-lane was a brisk 10-minute walk away from Dadar station. I had been asked by...
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Digital Cahier
Dec 3, 20237 min read
Khalid Mohamed re-evaluates B.R.Ishara’s game-changer 'Chetna'.
Chetna(1970) For sure, he had an USP. Sex, lies and the exploitation of women at different levels of the social strata were his preferred...
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Digital Cahier
Dec 3, 20234 min read
Amrit Gangar’s The Close-up Katha: Ritwik Ravivar 30
Image: Screenshot by AG from the film ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ (The Cloud-capped Star, 1960), Direction: Ritwik Ghatak, Sound: Mrinal Guha...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 27, 20237 min read
Khalid Mohamed unspools the curious case of the Ganguly Brothers!
The three Ganguly Brothers – of the iconic Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958) – were a part of me, many of us I should think, but we never...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 26, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar’s The Close-up Katha: Ritwik Ravivar 29
Image: Screenshot by AG from the film ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ (The Cloud-capped Star, 1960), Direction: Ritwik Ghatak, Sound: Mrinal Guha...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 16, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar’s The Close-up Katha: Ritwik Ravivar 28
Image: Screenshots from the film + collage by AG. You might have wondered to see the credit titles and sketches from Ritwik Ghatak’s film...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar’s The Close-up Katha: Ritwik Ravivar 27
Image: A close-up of Neeta’s mother (Geeta Dey) from Ritwik Ghatak’s film ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’, screenshot by AG In a profound tribute to...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 1, 20234 min read
On the eve of Ghatak's 98th birth anniversary, a chapter on Kumar Shahani's Kasba by O.P. Srivastava
Mita Vashisht in Kumar Shahani's Kasba(1991) Kasba (The Town) is a 1991 Hindi film directed by Kumar Shahani. It is based on a short...
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Digital Cahier
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar’s The Close-up Katha: Ritwik Ravivar 26
Supriya Devi in Ritwik Ghatak's Meghe Dhaka Tara(1960) While talking about his 1928 silent film ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ (1928), Carl...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Tapan Sinha's Ek Doctor ki Maut is in focus this week from O.P. Srivastava's book.
Pankaj Kapoor in Tapan Sinha's Ek Doctor Ki Maut(1990). Tapan Sinha’s Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990) shows how scientific research and...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 27, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar 25
Image: extreme close-up of Ustad Bahadur Khan in a sarod recital scene from ‘Subarnarekha’ (1965) Béla Balázs, the writer of the book...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar 24
Filmmaker Amos Gitai called a close-up an ‘exclamation mark’ in cinematography. “But you don’t want exclamation marks all over the...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 20, 20235 min read
O.P. Srivastav brings Raghubir Yadav & Arundhati Roy's celebrated debut Massey Sahib to us this week
Arundhati Roy & Raghubir Yadav in Pradi Krishen's Massey Sahib(1980). In 1980, Pradip Krishen won the first prize in a script-writing...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 13, 20233 min read
O.P. Srivastava's tryst with temporality in Mani Kaul's masterpiece Siddheshwari
Mita Vashisht in Siddheshwari(1989). Mani Kaul’s Siddheshwari (1989) eschews the linear narrative and the quest for static truth. Instead...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar 23
In today’s world when the monster of ‘market’ has taken over cinematography with the overriding behemoth of the so-called ‘content’, the...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Thoughts on Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron by O.P. Srivastava
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (Just Let It Go, Friends) is a 1983 black comedy directed by Kundan Shah and produced by the NFDC. It is a satire on...
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Digital Cahier
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar-22
Image: Jahar Ray in ‘Ranger Golam' ‘Ranger Golam’ (The Knave of the Trump, 1968) was yet another incomplete feature film left behind by...
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Digital Cahier
Sep 30, 20234 min read
O.P. Srivastava looks at Mrinal Sen’s Mrigayaa this time.
Mamta Shanker & Mithun Chakraborty in Mrinal Sen’s (1976). Do you know a Hindi actor who received a National Award for his debut film?...
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Digital Cahier
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar 21
Image: Sudharani Sharma in ‘Rendezvous’, screenshot by AG. The twenty-first edition of my Ritwik Robibarer Close-up Katha celebrates...
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Digital Cahier
Sep 23, 20234 min read
It is Kumar Shahani's Khayal Gatha that O.P. Srivastava narrates today.
Khayal Gatha (The Saga of Khayal) is a 1989 Indian experimental film written and directed by Kumar Shahani. The film traces the history...
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