Paar is a 1984 Hindi film directed by Goutam Ghose, with Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in prominent roles. Based on the Bengali story ‘Paari’ by Samaresh Basu, the film tells the story of a Dalit couple forced to flee their village after a massacre and their ordeal and quest for homecoming.
READ MOREAneek shoots a film with Pawan Chopra in Calcutta
by Art House Cinema Desk | Feb 17, 2022 | Aneek Chaudhuri, Spotlight
City filmmaker Aneek Chaudhuri has recently completed a film with Pawan Chopra. Directed by Aneek, the film is titled ‘The tale of a Santa and his Moth’ and stars Pawan Chopra and Usha Banerjee as the only two actors in the film.
READ MOREKalira Atita (2019)
by Ashok Palit | Jan 28, 2022 | Nila Madhab Panda, Odia
Kalira Atita is a 2019 Odia film by noted film maker, Nila Madhab Panda. The film is based on real events, set in Satavaya, a cluster of seven villages on India’s east coast that are swallowed up by the rising sea as a result of climate change.
READ MOREJharokh Releases Digitally
by Art House Cinema Desk | Dec 24, 2021 | Aneek Chaudhuri, Spotlight
Jharokh aka Ventilator, directed by Aneek Chaudhuri is finally releasing online for Indian Viewers on MovieSaints.
READ MOREAneek Chaudhuri films an Ode to Charles Chaplin of boundless duration
by Art House Cinema Desk | Dec 1, 2021 | Aneek Chaudhuri, Spotlight
City filmmaker Aneek Chaudhuri has completed the shooting of his upcoming feature-length venture ‘A Sonnet to the Hushed Times’ which is a tribute to the Silent Era and to be precise, Charles Chaplin.
READ MORESmita Patil – Lost Presence
by Art House Cinema Desk | Nov 8, 2021 | Archives
So how does one sum up Smita’s achievement? At the risk of being misunderstood, let me say that she remained an actress in search of a director.
READ MOREThe Studio as Superstar
by Art House Cinema Desk | Nov 6, 2021 | Archives
In spite of volatile temperaments, fragile egos, and artistic moods, the studio system was for a whole fifteen years the only way to make films in India.
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