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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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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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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Sep 30, 20231 min read
Ranjan Reccomends a movie from my favourite genre for the week:Highway Dragnet.
A taut noir at 1.10-hour, HIGHWAY DRAGNET (1954) by Nathan Juran follows the travails of Richard Conte, a WW2 veteran who is on the run...
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Sep 26, 20234 min read
Mani Kaul's 'Mati Manas the fable as re-told by O.P. Srivastava.
Anita Kanwar in Mani Kaul's Mati Manas In 1984, the Handicraft Development Commission of India commissioned Mani Kaul to make a film...
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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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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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Sep 23, 20232 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar-20
Image: Indrani Mukhopadhyay in Ritwik Ghatak’s partially restored film ‘Bagalar Banga Darshan’ (1964), a still, courtesy: Ritwik Memorial...
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Sep 22, 20231 min read
A brilliant Kieslowski film is Ranjan's Recommendation for the week!
In BLIND CHANCE (Poland, 1987), Krzysztof Kieslowski’s biting criticism of Communist Poland did not go down well with the authorities; so...
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Sep 15, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar-19
Image: A close-up of one of Chittaprosad’s pen and ink sketches in Ritwik Ghatak’s short film ‘Durbargati Padma’ (1971). Chittaprosad was...
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Sep 15, 20231 min read
A ligh hearted tale of Malayalees in Bangalore is Ranjan's Reccomendation for the week!
We knew about the North Indians’ obsession with Mumbai or the Punjabis’ fixation on Canada but weren’t aware of the fascination the city...
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Sep 15, 20234 min read
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla aka 12 Angry Men is O.P. Srivastav's focus this week
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (A Pending Decision) is a 1986 Hindi language courtroom drama directed by Basu Chatterji. It is a remake of the Golden...
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Sep 12, 20232 min read
Jean-Luc ‘Cinema’ Godard: A Homage by Monish Das
American actor Jean Seberg and Jean-Luc Godard in 1960 in Paris. In the world of cinema, there are few names as iconic and revolutionary...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
Ranjan recommends a personal favourite, Fatih Akin's The Cut
Unlike the Holocaust and other disturbing moments in history, the Armenian genocide under Ottoman rule during the First World War has...
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Sep 4, 20233 min read
Niharika in search of her 'space' ’: An Odyssey by Amrit Gangar
Image: Deepa has returned with her new-born baby Megha and her careerist husband, to Kolkata. It is ‘window’ that becomes the ‘pakad’ for...
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Sep 3, 20234 min read
Om Dar-B-Dar: moving pieces of broken glass in a kaleidoscope by O.P. Srivastava
Gopi Desai & Lalit Tewari in Kamal Swaroop's Om Dar-B-Dar(1988). During the lockdown period, I made a documentary titled What’s Your...
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Sep 3, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar-18
Image: A screenshot from the film by AG. The film ‘Ramkinkar Baij: A Personality Study’, 1975. The film shows Baij in different locations...
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Sep 1, 20231 min read
This week Ranjan Recommends a war drama, 'Filip' from Poland
It is 1943 Europe and any foreigner engaging romantically with a German woman is viewed as causing harm to racial purity – a sacrilege...
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Aug 28, 20235 min read
O.P. Srivastava celebrates Mrinal Sen's Hindi debut Bhuvan Shome(1969) that kickstarted the New Wave
Mrinal Sen’s ninth film, his first Hindi film, Bhuvan Shome opens with shots of railway tracks speeding by, against the metallic sound of...
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Aug 28, 20233 min read
Amrit Gangar's The Close-up katha: Ritwik Ravivar-17
Image: Last close-up from Ritwik Ghaak’s film ‘Titash Ekti Nadir Naam’ (1973), screenshot by AG. [Titash is also often spelt as Titas –...
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