Salaam Bombay! – a gritty tale of life in Mumbai is a cinematic masterpiece. It takes viewers on a compelling journey through the gritty streets of Bombay (now Mumbai) and into the lives of the city’s most vulnerable inhabitants. Released in 1988 directed by Mira Nair, this film remains a timeless classic that leaves an […]
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Here are some of the most exemplary and must-watch Bangladeshi films that were ahead of their time and continue to stand the test of time. From its inception, with some cult classic films, Bangladeshi cinema has also been cited as a mirror to the stark reality of the world. Chitra Nodir Pare (1999) Chitra Nodir
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Tareque Masud’s Kagojer Phul, an unfinished project based on his father’s life sketch during riots in Calcutta and the partition of Bengal in 1947. Tareque and Catherine Masud co-wrote the screenplay. Tareque Masud, “Cinema Feriwalla” (Vendor of Cinema), was the first Bangladeshi director to be awarded the International Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize in the Directors’ Fortnight section
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Kichhu Sanglap Kichhu Pralap (English: Dialogue and Delirium) is mostly based on Kolkata’s gossip of the Indian Coffee House off College Street. The perception of capitalism, giving the film communist overtones, that probably appeal to believers in communism and the intellectuals of Kolkata. Where institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are clearly
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