Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Sandip Roy, son of Satyajit Roy, is making a feature film with four short stories, out of which three by Satyajit Roy and the fourth story was written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Sandip Roy just completed the shooting of 'Bhoot Bhobishyat' written by Sharadindu at Raipur, a small village near Bolpur of Bengal. And at the same place, started the shooting of next film 'Anath Babur Bhoi' - a short story written by Satyajit Ray. Dwijen Bandyopadhyay is playing the lead role as Anath babu, who is a very interesting character with vast experience of ghosts and haunted houses. The rajbari of Raipur is the haunted house of Raghunathpur as stated in the story. The rajbari is now dilapidated as seen in this picture. It is originally the property of Lord Sinha family, who gave the lands of Bolpur to Tagore family to build Shantiniketan. A road in Kolkata named Lord Sinha Road. However, the stories of this film are purely ghost stories. And Tarini Khuro are the story...

Statues of Satyajit Roy & U Roy would be inaugurated on 4 May, 2012 at 1pm at their Garpar house. Satyajit Roy's grandfather Upendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury (U Roy) was built the house in the year 1914 at Garpar in North Kolkata in a total area of 16 Kathas. The 3-storied house had a printing press owned by U Roy. There are 14 rooms in the house. Sukumar Roy, father of Satyajit Roy was born at this house and lived at first floor. In 1923, Rabindranath used to sing for Sukumar, beside his sick bed. After death of Sukumar Roy, Satyajit Roy was born in that house. In the year 2001, that house of 100A, Garpar Road was declared as heritage house. In the year 1927, a school was opened in that house named Athennium Institution. And the owner of the school purchased the house in the year 2007 from the owner with the help of many others. Half bust statue of Sukumar Roy was established in the house in 2008 to commemorate his 125 years of birthday. Now, the statues ...