Bengali Movies
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Movie Review: Ebar Shabor (2015)
Ebar Shabor (“Now It’s the Hunter”) is another noteworthy Bengali whodunit. The crime this time is tackled by ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Shabor Dasgupta, played by the immensely talented thespian Saswata Chatterjee. Ebar Shabor is based on the novel “Rwin” by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and directed by Arindham Sil. The movie opens with a woman Read more
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Movie Review: Chotushkone (2014)
If there is one thing that can be said about Bengali movies, it is that they celebrate intellectualism. This gem of a movie is a testimony to that statement. There are two movie industries within India that stand out for their consistency in producing quality content: the southern Malayalam movie industry of Kerala and the Read more
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Chiriyakhana (1967) vs Byomkesh o Chiriyakhana (2016)
The fictitious sleuthing duo of Holmes and Watson, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, have inspired numerous other detective duos, including Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Hastings. Another detective duo inspired by Holmes and Watson are the “truth-seeker” Byomkesh Bakshi and Ajit Kumar Banerjee, his loyal friend and sidekick. This duo was created by the Bengali Read more
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