Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) (Dir.: Kamaleswar Mukherjee; Cast: Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee et al.) Meghe Dhaka Tara is a fitting tribute to the great Ritwik Ghatak from Kamaleswar Mukherjee. In style, in substance, in form and even in its stark duo-tone, this new Meghe Dhaka Tara is a throwback to the great director’s…
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Review: Subarnarekha
Subarnarekha (Dir.: Ritwik Ghatak) Ritwik Ghatak’s Subarnarekha is a tale of a refugee family in the aftermath of the partition of Bengal. Subarnarekha tracks the lives of a man, his child sister and a young boy whom the man provided shelter after the boy loses his mother in a melee. The film begins in a…
Review: Meghe Dhaka Tara
Meghe Dhaka Tara (Cloud-Capped Star, Dir.: Ritwik Ghatak) Meghe Dhaka Tara (The Cloud-Capped Star) by the respected Indian director Ritwik Ghatak is an intense human drama starring renowned Bengali actors Anil Chatterjee and Supriya Choudhury in the lead roles. Meghe Dhaka Tara is an experience too enormous and deep to be described in words. This…