2020 Durga Puja was marred by the pandemic. In this article we revisited the bygone years which s... more 2020 Durga Puja was marred by the pandemic. In this article we revisited the bygone years which saw the similar fate.
Soumitra Chattopadhyay was not only an actor of finest calibre , he had a keen interest in chroni... more Soumitra Chattopadhyay was not only an actor of finest calibre , he had a keen interest in chronicling the history of acting.
This is an article on Satyabala Devi, the pioneering instrumentalist who had a number of disc rec... more This is an article on Satyabala Devi, the pioneering instrumentalist who had a number of disc records for Columbia.
In this article we are talking about a film on INA and Subhash Chandra Bose that was commissioned... more In this article we are talking about a film on INA and Subhash Chandra Bose that was commissioned by Japan during the World War 2 and the project was being handled by none other than Yasizuro Ozu. Ozu was directing the film. But he had to stop midway as the War was nearing the end. According to him, he had destroyed the footage too. However the archival records of #Singapore present a different story. It shows that the unfinished film actually came back to India and so far as the Indian records go, the film was completed and released here in 1948. Both Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel had played key roles in the process.
The article seeks to trace the comparatively less known aspect of Himanshu Rai's life, his German... more The article seeks to trace the comparatively less known aspect of Himanshu Rai's life, his German ex-wife Mary and their daughter. How Himanshu's grandchildren from that marriage came to hold the key documents of Bombay Talkies now, has been known before. However I try to situate the story in historical context and consult memoirs of Niranjan Pal and Madhu Bose for further inputs hitherto unused in this particular affair.
2020 Durga Puja was marred by the pandemic. In this article we revisited the bygone years which s... more 2020 Durga Puja was marred by the pandemic. In this article we revisited the bygone years which saw the similar fate.
Soumitra Chattopadhyay was not only an actor of finest calibre , he had a keen interest in chroni... more Soumitra Chattopadhyay was not only an actor of finest calibre , he had a keen interest in chronicling the history of acting.
This is an article on Satyabala Devi, the pioneering instrumentalist who had a number of disc rec... more This is an article on Satyabala Devi, the pioneering instrumentalist who had a number of disc records for Columbia.
In this article we are talking about a film on INA and Subhash Chandra Bose that was commissioned... more In this article we are talking about a film on INA and Subhash Chandra Bose that was commissioned by Japan during the World War 2 and the project was being handled by none other than Yasizuro Ozu. Ozu was directing the film. But he had to stop midway as the War was nearing the end. According to him, he had destroyed the footage too. However the archival records of #Singapore present a different story. It shows that the unfinished film actually came back to India and so far as the Indian records go, the film was completed and released here in 1948. Both Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel had played key roles in the process.
The article seeks to trace the comparatively less known aspect of Himanshu Rai's life, his German... more The article seeks to trace the comparatively less known aspect of Himanshu Rai's life, his German ex-wife Mary and their daughter. How Himanshu's grandchildren from that marriage came to hold the key documents of Bombay Talkies now, has been known before. However I try to situate the story in historical context and consult memoirs of Niranjan Pal and Madhu Bose for further inputs hitherto unused in this particular affair.
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