Incidentall, I got a CD of the film "UPOHAR"(1955)recently and watched it attentively. I really wonder how such beautiful and stunning film could come from a director, during those old days, when technical support was so minimum. This single picture alone is sufficient to establish his great skill as a film director. Atis Bandyopadhyay (atisban@gmail.com)
I personally feel the same as mentioned above. be it GALPO HOLEO SATTI/SAFED HATI/KABULIWALA/BANCHARAMER BAGAN/JHINDER BANDI/ATANKO/Ek Doctor Ki Mauth/SABUJ DIPEER RAJA -- lot more. We lost a genius deriection. May his soul rest in peace.
We have lost an amazing story-teller. His movies were lyrical and talked about common man despite his own affluent background. Films like "Golpo Holeo Sotyi" (remade into Bawarchi), "Kabuliwala", "Kshudhito Pashan", "Jhinder Bondi" (based on Prisoner of Zenda), "Otithi", "Harmonium", "Adalot O Ekti Meye", "Sagina", "Jotugriha" (inspiration behind Ijazaat) - movies of immense artistic sense. The best part of his mvoies was the ambience of optimism that used to get created - which some cretics strangely termed as "over simplistic and flat". In today's cinema where movies like OSO, SIK, Ghajini et al are termed as legendary, his films might soon be fogotten. But with every cycle of good things coming back, he would live long and long and long ....
Tapan Sinha was one of the few Indian film directors who kept low key but made some amazing movies. I am a south indian who has lived all his life in Calcutta. His movie "Sobuj Diper Raja" was a classic. By the way who made "Bancharamer Bagan"
Re: Excellent director
by Souvik Das on Jan 15, 2009 01:49 PM
Banchharamer Bagan was made by Tapan Sinha. It is adapted from a play written by Monoj Mitra. It was remade into Hindi movie starring Aamir Khan, Pran and Farha. Perhaps one of the premier adaptation of a play into a movie.
Re: Re: Excellent director
by ratnadeep ray on Jan 15, 2009 02:40 PM
Also his "Golpo holeo satti" was remade in Hindi in the form of Bawarchi starring Rajesh Khanna.
