Satyajit Ray's 92nd birth anniversary: 15 classics by the director that you should watch

One of India's greatest filmmaker, Satyajit Ray, would have been 92 today. On his birth anniversary, we list 15 films by the director that you should watch.Pather Panchali (1955): The film is perhaps Ray's best known work to date and is the first part of his Apu Trilogy. He sees the world through the eyes of his protagonist Apu and weaves his brand of lyrical realism in the film. It has won honours at the Cannes Film Festival and is counted amongst the best films in World Cinema. Apur Sansar (1959): This is the third part of Ray's Apu Trilogy and charts the adulthood of Apu, his marriage to Aparna and tearing of his roots to feed the wanderlust in him.
10:35 AM, May 02, 2013

Remembering Satyajit Ray: 20 greatest films of the filmmaker

Its been 21 years since Satyajit Ray breathed his last and yet his films are considered relevant in present times. Here is a look at top 20 films of the verstaile filmmaker.Pather Panchali (1955): Perhaps Ray's best known work to date and is the first part of his Apu Trilogy. He sees the world through the eyes of his protagonist Apu and weaves his brand of lyrical realism in the film. It has won honours at the Cannes Film Festival and is counted amongst the best films in World Cinema.Charulata (1964): One of Ray's finest films, Charulata tells the story of a lonely housewife whose husband runs a newspaper in colonial Calcutta. Ray explores relationships with Madhavi Mukherjee in the lead role.
04:43 PM, Apr 23, 2013

Happy birthday Suchitra Sen: The timeless beauty turns 82

A career spanning over two decades, a legendary actress and a craft that refined Bengali and Hindi cinema, this is Suchitra Sen's brief introduction. Today when the actor turns 82, we take a look at her career and life.Suchitra Sen was expected to debut with 'Shesh Kothaay' in 1952, but it was never released.She received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Actress for the movie 'Aandhi', which was released in 1974. The movie was directed by Gulzar.
04:31 PM, Apr 06, 2013

Uttam Kumar remains a reference point for Bengali actors even after three decades of his death: Swapan Mullick

Uttam Kumar remains a reference point for Bengali actors even after three decades of his death: Swapan Mullick Oddly, nothing in the form of a biography has been written before about Bengal's most memorable actor, Uttam Kumar, in English. Veteran film critic Swapan Mullick's 'Mahanayak Revisited' goes behind the professional life and public face of Bengal's most idolized actor to reveal little-known details of the stars unconscious power in the film industry for more than thirty years,the dazzling achievements dampened by dud disappointments, the aberrations attendant on a...
04:56 PM, Feb 22, 2013

100 Years of Indian Cinema: The greatest romantic couples on celluloid

'You make me wanna be a better man,' Jack Nicholson famously said in the film 'As Good As It Gets'. These hit pairings on celluloid make you want to believe in the heady magic of love. We chronicle some of the greatest romantic couples of Indian cinema in the last 100 years.No love story is complete without the telling of the romance between Waheeda Rehman and Guru Dutt. Rehman considers Dutt her mentor and it was him who introduced her to Hindi cinema. They had memorable films together such as 'Pyaasa', 'Kaagaz Ke Phool', 'Chaudhvin Ka Chand' and 'Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'. But as Rehman went on to become a star in her own right and Dutt withdrew into a shell, they drifted apart. A heartbroken Dutt is said to have committed suicide in 1964, leaving behind a spectacular body of work.The great-grandniece of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Devika Rani was one of the pioneering women in cinema. She married Himanshu Rai, the founder of the Bombay Talkies in 1929. Theirs was not a happy marriage. Himanshu paired with Devika in the 1933 film 'Karma' which also documents Hindi cinema's first on screen kiss between the lead pair.No one knows for sure whether there is any truth behind the rumours of Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha's off screen romance, at a time when he was married to his co-star of many films Jaya Bhaduri. They have always maintained an enigmatic silence about their relationship in public. But their sexual chemistry in films such as 'Silsila' have made them one of the greatest romantic couple on celluloid in the history of Indian cinema.
03:29 PM, Feb 15, 2013

How Uttam Kumar redefined screen romance

How Uttam Kumar redefined screen romance New Delhi: When Bengals ace of hearts, the one and only Uttam Kumar breathed his last on July 24, 1980, he unleashed the kind of public hysteria unprecedented in the annals of Bengals movie history. Millions of Uttam fans, suddenly orphaned, kept asking just one question, Is it true? To people outside Bengal (specially new age fans of dazzlers like Prosenjit, Jeet and the new red hot man Dev), it...
10:27 AM, Sep 03, 2012

Remembering Uttam Kumar: From a clerk to an actor

Remembering Uttam Kumar: From a clerk to an actor New Delhi: When Bengals ace of hearts, the one and only Uttam Kumar breathed his last on July 24, 1980, he unleashed the kind of public hysteria unprecedented in the annals of Bengals movie history. Millions of Uttam fans, suddenly orphaned, kept asking just one question, Is it true? To people outside Bengal (specially new age fans of dazzlers like Prosenjit, Jeet and the new red hot man Dev), it...
03:49 PM, Jul 24, 2012

How Uttam Kumar became the symbol of romance

How Uttam Kumar became the symbol of romance New Delhi: When Bengals ace of hearts, the one and only Uttam Kumar breathed his last on July 24, 1980, he unleashed the kind of public hysteria unprecedented in the annals of Bengals movie history. Millions of Uttam fans, suddenly orphaned, kept asking just one question, Is it true? To people outside Bengal (specially new age fans of dazzlers like Prosenjit, Jeet and the new red hot man Dev), it...
06:50 PM, Jul 15, 2012

Remembering Uttam Kumar

Remembering Uttam Kumar Walking down memory lane on the 30th death anniversary of the maestro actor ...
10:40 PM, Jul 24, 2010