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    Remember PRAVAT !
    Long back, probably in 1975 or 76, I saw a very interesting film poster pasted on the wall of the small cinema hall of my native town. We had two cinema halls in the town and we always preferred the hall with better seating accommodation. But the poster we found at the other cinema hall which was famous for those films which we were not allowed to watch in our school days. But...
    by Utpal Datta at March 7th, 2009 at 04:03 am
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    Thirty seconds for Creativity
    Could you remember LALITAJI ? She was a household name for the Doordarshan viewers of India. She was neither a heroin of popular tv serial nor a protesting voice like Rajani. She played the leading role of a short film, an ad film where she shouldered the load of carrying the message to the household viewers. She was a spokesperson of Indian middle class home-concerned...
    by Utpal Datta at February 2nd, 2009 at 09:02 pm
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    Radio Premier of 24 FRAMES
    A premier of a film through satellite channel is not news. But if a book is being premiered through Radio, it demands some more attention from the listeners and from the programme innovators. All India Radio Guwahti is going to broadcast a RADIO PREMIER on 30th Nov 2008, of the book 24 Frames written by Utpal Datta, an AIR official and National Award Winner Film Critic. This...
    by Utpal Datta at November 29th, 2008 at 09:11 am
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    Filmmaker Bhabendranath Saikia
    A story of nature and humanity, rich in beauty and creativity , written on the screen by camera – that is my definition of a FILM. . . Bhabendra Nath Saikia Part 2 The ‘bug’ of creativity that bit him so early in life upholds two major aspects of his life. He was the kind of person who always was indulgent and lenient to his creative mind . Since childhood...
    by Utpal Datta at November 25th, 2008 at 07:11 pm
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    Filmmaker Bhabendranath Saikia
    A story of nature and humanity, rich in beauty and creativity , written on the screen by camera – that is my definition of a FILM. . . Bhabendra Nath Saikia Part 1 It has been always the conventional idea that the film “Sandhyaraag” was the advent of Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia into the world of cinema, but on the contrary, that was only the beginning of...
    by Utpal Datta at November 22nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
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    Fall in love with ANURANAN
    ANURANAN has bagged the Best Bangla Film Award in National Film Competition is director Anirudh Roy Chaudhury’s debut film. But the director has expressed his mature thought and imagination through his brilliant command over the craft of Film making. The film reminds me those famous lines of Truffaut which I like to repeat in my own way : ANURANAN helps us to understand...
    by Utpal Datta at November 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
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    Soumitra NATIONAL BEST ACTOR 2006
    1991. Aurora Film Studio of Kolkata. Art director Nitish Roy was busy in shooting of his directorial debut EK PASLA BRISTI. Soumitra Chatterjee was playing the major role in that film. I was there to cover the shooting for an Assamese journal BISMOI and that was my first meeting with Soumitrada. I always wanted to see Dada receiving the prestigious RAJAT KAMAL. “Dada...
    by Utpal Datta at October 31st, 2008 at 09:10 pm
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