Santosh Sivan’s Masterclass, Journey Of Light: On Thuppakki, Iruvar, D
Ten takeaways from Canon India Digital’s webinar, where the cinematographer and filmmaker took questions and explained his art, his philosophy.
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Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji Picks 40 Movies He Wants Everyone To See
My list contains some fairly unanimous classics, some contentious ones, some ordinary and possibly even some bad films. The only common thread running through them is they have entered my terrestrial screenplay at some point of time.
Filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey Picks 40 Movies He Wants Everyone To See
The Udta Punjab and Sonchiriya director looks back at the films that have inspired him, right from Ram Gopal Varma to Satyajit Ray to foreign language cinema
How Satyajit Ray & Soumitra Chatterjee Took Feluda From Page To Screen
Satyajit Ray turned two of his Feluda stories into films that masterfully adapted his ideas in the stories on screen. Both Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath starred Soumitra Chatterjee, who breathed life into the Feluda between the pages, and gave him a unique identity in the world of fictional detectives.
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Satyajit Ray?
Over the years, Ray’s films have been dissected so much that it leaves little trivia that is not known to the cinephile. We created a quiz that, hopefully, goes beyond the obvious
Bollywood Films That Make Us Happy: Jagga Jasoos
Anurag Basu had made the ultimate Hindi film for the Bengali fanboy, with Ranbir Kapoor in the mould of the classic Bengali hero, and Pritam’s joyous songs
Great Books On Movies And Entertainment You Should Download Now
The forced house arrest has given us time to catch up on reading. Here are 8 book recommendations from team Film Companion
Girl Talk: Why A Woman Who Reads Is Still Unusual In Bollywood Movies
They work in espionage and win medals for sport across the world, but very few women on screen read, write, and think
Professor Shanku O El Dorado Movie Review: Despite Its Stodginess, Sandip Ray’s F...
In the first film adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s second most popular literary creation, Shanku goes to Brazil
Photographer Nemai Ghosh’s Iconic Photos From Satyajit Ray Sets And More
Fifty years after he first clicked a photograph on location for Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Ghosh talks about some of his favourite photographs
My 2 Essential Film Books: Juhi Chaturvedi
The screenwriter recommends two books for every film aspirant
50 Years of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne: The Story Of Satyajit Ray’s Biggest Box Office Suc...
We look back at the time Raj Kapoor almost produced the film, the casting challenges, initial reviews, and the film’s lasting cultural significance
