#Rituparno Ghosh

[amar-hiyar-majhe]

Today, as I was browsing YouTube, I stumbled upon a video uploaded by SVF clips featuring scenes from the Bengali movie "Villain." Intrigued by the snippets, I promptly logged into Hoichoi to watch the full film.

However, the experience turned out to be quite disappointing. The storyline, plot, music, and dialogues were all incredibly cringeworthy. I find myself regretting my decision to watch it.

It makes me wonder why the Bengali film industry seems preoccupied with producing such films. Movies like "Bindass," "Herogiri," and others of their ilk — are they even worthy of being called movies?

I forgot to add the beautiful lyrics of the song present in the movie "chokhe legeche dhoya tor angul choyar nesha legeche bedon (ki egulo???) nei thik thikana bhule giye bahana, sudhu thote thot khujbe norom, doze doze doze chade pyaar ki yeh doze"

I'm feeling deeply unsettled at the moment. Once a year, Koushik Ganguly and Srijit Mukherji return with their thought-provoking films, which truly stand out as gems. I find myself longing for the era of Satyajit Ray and Rituparno Ghosh, whose films defined Bangla cinema.

Ajke ei tuku, pore ashchi ekta chotto biroti niye songe thakun shusto thakun.

[sapphireshorelines]

some of my favorite Tagore adaptations in films:

Ghare Bhaire (The Home and The World), dir. Satyajit Ray

Charulata (adapt. of Noshtoneer / The Broken Nest), dir. Satyajit Ray

Kabuliwala, dir. Tapan Sinha

Mohihara, dir. Satyajit Ray

Samapti, dir. Satyajit Ray

Noukadubi, dir. Rituparno Ghosh

Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (anthology series), dir. Anurag Basu

Only the last one is in Hindi (rest in Bengali) and Basu has connected several stories of Tagore in the serries. So orginally, all the stories were separate but in the series some characters appear in more than one story.

[binnte-dil]

memories in march (sanjoy nag, 2010)

[toripar]

@desi-lgbt-fest day 2: legacy

Rituparno Ghosh.

they were the first person in my mind for this prompt. i don't believe i know another queer person who has as huge a legacy as them in ordinary bengali households.

this 30th may was their 10th death anniversary.

[desi-lgbt-fest]

A pioneer of Bengali cinema, an lgbt icon Rituporno Ghosh is a household name for most Bengalis. Further, he was one of the first openly queer people in the industry. He initially studied economics at Jadavpur Uni in Bengal and then worked for some time in an advertising company.

He made his directorial debut with a movie based on an old Bengali book called Hirer Angti. His subsequent films won many national awards. What I personally find very special about his works is despite the wide variety of storylines they pursue, they all share that similar underlying expression of emotion. The way he captured how people feel and how they express pain, joy, and sorrow is magnificent. They deal with womanhood, homosexuality, gender expression and the consequences they hold in Indian society.

Oh so lovely!!! Please recommend any movie of them if it deals with queerness (we might think of doing a queer bollywood night)

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Bariwali / The Lady of the House (2000)

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Shob Charitro Kalponik (2009)

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Review: Rituparno Ghosh On/And Film edited by Somdatta Mandal and Koushik Mondal - Edu CG

Few outside West Bengal are aware that filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh was not only an award-winning filmmaker and actor but also a writer of beautiful memory pieces, profiles, editorials, short stories, song lyrics in Bengali, over which his command was incredible. On being given the responsibility of editing Anandbazar Patrika’s film fortnightly, Anandalok, he gave it a new look. Some years later, he…

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দোসর, dir. rituparno ghosh

[cinegery]

Chokher Bali (2003)

Dir. Rituparno Ghosh

[kaalboishakhi]

just got to know the dialogues for "the namesake" by jhumpa lahiri were translated by rituparno ghosh, and it makes sense. i mean who else would write something like “আর আমি যদি হারিয়ে যাই ?”(what if i get lost?) followed by “তুমি কি ভেবেছো, আমি তোমায় হারিয়ে যেতে দেব?”(you think id let you get lost?) how else does one convey the feeling of home if not by speaking the language of home?

[sapphireshorelines]

Unishe April (1994), dir. Rituparno Ghosh

[binnte-dil]

memories in march (2020)

[bandya-mama]

Remembering Rituparno Ghosh on his birthday. Birthday wishes from Bandya Mama

[cinematicrabbithole]

Utsab (2000), dir. Rituparno Ghosh

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Bariwali / The Lady of the House (2000)