Martin Scorsese, Istvan Szabo to receive Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award at IFFIFor the first time ever the film festival has invited major OTT players to participate.
22 Oct, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Remembering Buddhadeb Dasgupta: A poet, professor & film-maker who left teaching to pursue his love for cinemaDasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for a while, died in his sleep at his home in Kolkata on Thursday.
10 Jun, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
Buddhadeb Dasgupta, National Award winner & 'Bagh Bahadur' director, passes awayThe 77-year-old film-maker had been suffering from kidney ailments.
10 Jun, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Buddhadeb Dasgupta's diverse works struck chord with all sections of society: PM ModiPM Modi tweeted, "Anguished by the demise of Shri Buddhadeb Dasgupta. His diverse works struck a chord with all sections of society. He was...
10 Jun, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Deepika Padukone seems quite excited about her new Oscar gig!Apart from Deepika, Priyanka Chopra has also joined the Academy Class of 2017.
19 Jul, 2017, 02.06 PM IST
Amitabh, Aishwarya, Aamir and Priyanka invited to join coveted Academy's membershipThe invitees come from 57 countries, with the list comprising 39 per cent female and 30 per cent people of colour.
29 Jun, 2017, 11.31 AM IST
Great show! Indian masters mark their return at the Toronto International Film FestivalA Malayali and a Bengali film was screened one after the other at TIFF, which concludes today.
18 Sep, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
For Kolkata's Tista Das, who was trapped for long in a male body, the battle for acceptance isn't quite overTista Das, earlier known as Sushanto, had the courage to let the woman in him take over his conflicted existence.
27 Dec, 2015, 05.02 AM IST
Police crackdown at FTII political vendetta: Buddhadeb DasguptaEchoing his views, another National Award-winning director Goutam Ghose wondered how students could study in such an environment.
19 Aug, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Intellectuals hold silent march to protest loss of democracyAshok, who has been former chairman of the state human rights commission, was speaking at the end of the procession in Esplanade.
14 Aug, 2015, 08.34 PM IST
Who is Gajendra Chouhan, asks Soumitra Chatterjee, Mrinal SenSeeking removal of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chouhan as FTII chairman, legendary director Mrinal Sen and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee ac...
22 Jul, 2015, 09.04 PM IST
Rituparno Ghosh: Fellow film-makers talk about his films, his life and his courageI asked him, “Why don’t you make films the way you are, how you are?” He was a smart and intelligent guy and fended off my question by sayi...
31 May, 2013, 12.27 PM IST
- Social issues find space on modern canvas
One current trend visible in the art market is the manner in which artists are getting influenced by urban issues and complexities.
08 Sep, 2008, 12.42 AM IST
- Big Pictures set to reel out Rs 1,000 crore for 70 films
Big Pictures, the movie production arm of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Big Entertainment, is reeling out around Rs 1,000 cr...
06 Sep, 2008, 12.33 AM IST
- Glimmer of light at end of nuke tunnel
The Left is likely to give the green signal for the government to proceed with negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA...
04 Nov, 2007, 03.43 AM IST
- Homegrown artists now get to paint in reel life
Films on artists have, for long, enjoyed a great deal of popularity abroad. Over the years, films have been made on famed names like Picass...
01 Nov, 2007, 02.10 AM IST
- Indian movies part of Maldives' first film fest
A number of Indian films including Girish Kasaravalli's "Dweepa" and Jahnu Barua's "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara" are being screened at Maldi...
11 May, 2007, 10.35 AM IST