Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Jivan Smriti 'Selective Memories' : a film on Rabindranath Tagore by the eminent filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh will telecast DD National on 8 August, 2013 at 10:30 p.m. Rituparno made the film well earlier of his untimely death. But it was not released due to some reasons. The Cultural Ministry of Govt. of India produced the film. And NFDC is the executive producer. The director has tried to depict the life, feelings, ups & downs of the poet from his young age to old age in this film. Samadarshi Dutta has played the role of 18-30 year's aged Rabindranath and Sanjay Nag has played the role of matured Tagore in the film. Raima Sen has played the role of Kadambari Debi. -- A. B.

BD Garga's 1963-documentary on Satyajit Ray is all set for screening at Nandan, the West Bengal film centre, this evening. This was the first documentary made on Ray, barely eight years after the release of Pather Panchali. The Kolkata branch of Films Division will screen this rare documentary to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema. Another interesting aspect of this documentary is the commentary by Ray himself. He shared in details his ideas on film making in this 35-minute documentary. Garga shot his film when Ray was busy filming his 11th film 'Mahanagar', and the documentary captures various moments of the filming of Mahanagar. The Films Division will keep screening various rare films throughout the year celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema. -- A. B.