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Padatik (1973)

by Ishan | Feb 23, 2021 | Bengali, Mrinal Sen

Padatik (1973) is a Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen, his third in the Calcutta trilogy. The film tracks the Naxalite movement of the 70s, following a young revolutionary (Dhritiman Chatterjee) who escapes police custody and takes shelter in a luxury apartment owned by a young woman (Simi Garewal). With time, he starts questioning his own ideology.

Bengali, Ranjan Ghosh

Ahaa Re (2019)

by Ishan | Dec 29, 2020 | Bengali, Ranjan Ghosh

Ahaa Re (2019) is an Indian Bengali film directed by Ranjan Ghosh. Based on Bengal’s famous love for food, it is the story of a Dhaka Chef who falls in love with first the cooking, and then the person of a home caterer.

Malayalam, Zakariya Mohammed

Sudani From Nigeria (2018)

by Ishan | Sep 5, 2020 | Malayalam, Zakariya Mohammed

Sudani From Nigeria is a 2018 Malayalam film directed by Zakariya Mohammed. The film tells the story of a local football club in Kerala where the manager Majeed recruits three footballers from Nigeria for his team.

Bengali, Experimental Cinema

Rajlokhi O Srikanto (2019)

by Ishan | Jul 26, 2020 | Bengali, Experimental Cinema

Rajlokhi O Srikanto (2019) is a Bengali feature film directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya is a cinematic adaptation of the Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s four-part novel narrating the life of a drifter named Srikanto.

Bengali

Bancharamer Bagan (1980)

by Ishan | Jul 9, 2020 | Bengali

Bancharamer Bagan is a 1980 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. Adapted from a play ‘Sajano Bagan’, this Chaplinesque dark comedy tells the story of an old peasant who stands up to a tyrannical landlord to defend his land.

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