Drawing is a poem. The show was accompanied by the publication of a large-format hardcover book, Jatin Das: A Retrospective 1963-2023 — deftly edited by his actor-filmmaker-daughter, Nandita Das; and elegantly co-designed by his designer-son, Siddhartha Das. In his poem, Line, Das writes, “a drawing draws itself / in conte or ink // with no beginning or end / a …
The best way a daughter can celebrate her birthday is with the warmth of colour, and if she happens to be a painter’s daughter then it is colours, canvas and a paint brush. Jatin Das celebrated his daughter Nandita Das's birthday is by showcasing 60 years of his work to the world. “There is never enough time to sieve through …
In her twenty-six years as an actress, Nandita Das has directed only three films: the hard-hitting political drama Firaaq in 2008, Manto, the Saadat Haasan Manto biopic in 2018 and now Zwigato, her first fictional directorial about the ups and downs in a delivery boy’s life. While the story of Zwigato is set in India, I was happy to see …
Singer KK died shortly after performing at a college festival in Kolkata on Tuesday evening. Late actor Om Puri's wife Nandita Puri shared a note after his death saying ‘Kolkata killed KK’. Kolkata killed KK and the government is covering up with a state farewell for their faulty Nazrul Manch; with a crowd of 7k for a 2.5k capacity, failed …
For most chroniclers of India’s cinematic history, Aparna Sen’s 36 Chowringhee Lane is a rare portrait of the Anglo-Indian community as seen through the life of its protagonist. In a world that even today takes a condescending view of single life, where the definitive English literary representations of spinsterhood popular in India remain Charles Dickens’ decaying and embittered Miss Havisham …