Rupak Ghosh
Born and brought up in Calcutta (sorry, old habit!). Caught the film bug from my father who is the Founder Member and Founder Secretary of the late Mr. Utpal Dutt’s People’s Little Theater (PLT). Did my Post Graduation from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication. Even though I had an opportunity to take up AV as a specialization, didn’t, because I wanted to learn my own way. Still learning, in fact. I go every year to SIMC to teach film studies. Love to teach. Work as a Marketing Communications Manager (fancy name for a copywriter) with an edu-corporate in Delhi. Love to write as well.

 

Rupak Ghosh's Blog

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    Shun this Tashan
    Being an Aquarian, I am guilty of a bad road sense. I don’t know the Sun-sign (or should I say, Tashan-sign?) of debutant director Vijay Krishna Acharya, but let me tell you, this guy gave me a huge ego boost. Think about this – you go from Mumbai to Haridwar, via Ladakh and if that is not enough, you travel from Haridwar to Rajastan via Ladakh again! I am...
    by Rupak Ghosh at April 29th, 2008 at 09:04 am
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    Rambo: “This is who I am. This is what I do.”
    There’s a certain euphoria involved when one, as a viewer, realizes that one of your childhood heroes has actually brought back a character one eulogized as a kid, and has made a film for all those fans out there. That’s precisely what ‘John Rambo’ is all about – a film for the fans of a character which has crossed the threshold and entered...
    by Rupak Ghosh at January 27th, 2008 at 02:01 am
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    Halla Bol: What Price Fame?
    In a scene in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ (The Hero), the protagonist arrives at a pre-determined location, at his old friend’s request. When he reaches there, he sees that what his friend wants him to do is to be a part of a protest being held in front of a factory. The obviously uncomfortable, to the point of being embarrassed, protagonist backs out...
    by Rupak Ghosh at January 13th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
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    Spoorloos: What A Disappearing Act!
    One fine day I noticed that I have around 20-odd films lying with me that I am yet to watch. So, I rummaged through them and randomly started selecting. Hence, over the past three days, I have watched “Turistas’ (USA), followed by ‘Wolf Creek’ (Australia), and “Spoorloos” (Netherlands/France). Films watched in such a random order almost...
    by Rupak Ghosh at December 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
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    For want of objectivity, “The Kingdom” was lost
    When the tagline of a film reads “An elite FBI team sent to find a killer in Saudi Arabia. Now they have become the target.”, one knows before setting foot inside the theater that the silver screen will be laced with dollops of jingoism. This statement, however, takes nothing away from films such as Gaghan’s Syriana, or Greengrass’ United 93. In...
    by Rupak Ghosh at December 2nd, 2007 at 01:12 am
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    “Duel” in the Sun
    It is said that “Psycho” (1960) gave birth to this new genre called “slasher” flicks. And with slashers was born the concept of the relentless, merciless killing machine, a la Leatherface (From Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Jason Voorhes (from Friday the 13th), Michael Myers (from Halloween), Freddy Krueger (from A Nightmare on Elm Street), to name...
    by Rupak Ghosh at November 23rd, 2007 at 08:11 am
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