Rituparno Ghosh was, before his untimely death in 2013, one of India’s most interesting, talented and, at times, controversial directors. A talented writer who brought out the best in the actors who worked with him, Ghosh spent ten years working at the Response ad agency before finally turning to cinema.
Director Sangeeta Dutta (who considered Ghosh a friend) brings together interviews conducted with people who knew Ghosh and who established friendships and working relationships with him. The film is a veritable who’s who of Indian (and most particularly Bengali) cinema, with commentary and stories about Ghosh from Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sharmila Tagore, Nandita Das, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Arjun Rampal and Soumitra Chatterjee, amongst others. The documentary uses two devices to frame the story: the first, excerpts from Ghosh’s posthumously published book First Person (a compilation of weekly columns written for the Bengali weekly magazine Robbar) read by...
Director Sangeeta Dutta (who considered Ghosh a friend) brings together interviews conducted with people who knew Ghosh and who established friendships and working relationships with him. The film is a veritable who’s who of Indian (and most particularly Bengali) cinema, with commentary and stories about Ghosh from Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sharmila Tagore, Nandita Das, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Arjun Rampal and Soumitra Chatterjee, amongst others. The documentary uses two devices to frame the story: the first, excerpts from Ghosh’s posthumously published book First Person (a compilation of weekly columns written for the Bengali weekly magazine Robbar) read by...
- 6/26/2018
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
Rituparno Ghosh (1961-2013) emerged on the Bengali film world in early nineties after the death of Satyajit Ray. He worked for an advertisement agency before making two documentaries for Doordarshan ( India’s National Television) and moved into filmmaking with the movie “Hirer Angti” (Diamond Ring) (1992). But despite getting critical applause, the movie was never released commercially. But Rituparno’s next movie “Unishe April” ( 19th April) won National Award for best film and changed the face of Bengali cinema with a touch of freshness and aesthetic story-telling approach.
Tagore has been a big influence for Rituparno Ghosh and its reflected on his style of film making which brings in the aura of poetry many times. And the use of poetries in his movie has been unique and always blended beautifully with the narrative. Sangeeta Gupta’s documentary on this eminent director is like a beautifully crafted rhythmical composition, floating like a...
Tagore has been a big influence for Rituparno Ghosh and its reflected on his style of film making which brings in the aura of poetry many times. And the use of poetries in his movie has been unique and always blended beautifully with the narrative. Sangeeta Gupta’s documentary on this eminent director is like a beautifully crafted rhythmical composition, floating like a...
- 6/20/2018
- by Sankha Ray
- AsianMoviePulse
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