Manto, a film by Nandita Das, is a biopic on the Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto lived during 1912-1955. This film depicts his life especially during pre and post-independence days and partition time seamlessly interspersed with five of his most famous and poignant short stories: Dus Rupay, … [Read more...]
Review of Guy in The Sky
Guy in the Sky is another web film by Bikas Mishra. Award winning director of Chauranga fame Bikas Mishra made his digital debut with Pagla Ghoda, an adaptation of Badal Sircar’s play by the same name. Now, he has come up with a satire ‘Guy in the Sky’ which is inspired by CS Kambar’s Scapegoat. … [Read more...]
Review of Pagla Ghoda
Pagla Ghoda, a film by Bikas Mishra, is the CinePlay adaptation of late playwright Badal Sircar’ famous iconic Bengali play. The media chosen to bridge the gap between the film and the audience is that of digital media i.e. on streaming platform Hotstar, owned by Star Network. It got released on … [Read more...]
