The Satyajit Ray classic, which had “Mahanayak” Uttam Kumar playing a version of himself but in a way that only he could, ...
Gradually I have come to understand the greatness of Uttam Kumar. The last and only time that I saw an Uttam Kumar film on the big screen was Ogo Bodhu Sundari, which released several months after his ...
When the legendary Bengali superstar Uttam Kumar was launched in Hindi cinema, it was naturally a remake of a Bangla hit the 1954 film Agni Pareeksha. The Hindi version featured Uttam with ...
Three months into college, I was finally studying something I loved. Except… the subject I was most excited about, Film Studies, didn’t love me back. Every week, the same cycle repeated. The professor ...
Hyderabad: In a corner of the Telangana Bengali Film Festival (TBFF), time stood ... the legacy of Bengali cinema's greatest luminary, Uttam Kumar. The collection, showcasing the illustrious ...
Satyajit Ray’s 1966 film Nayak is about a superstar taking a train to collect a National Award. On his way, this star—played by matinee colossus Uttam Kumar—meets existential angst ...