Durga Puja isn’t just about pandal hopping and feasting in Kolkata — it is also about family time, childhood memories and nostalgia that refuses to die. It is this emotion that many filmmakers have ...

A new Bengali short film, Dhaki, The Traditional Drummers from Bengal, turns its lens on a growing cultural tension: the gradual disappearance of live dhak players from Durga Puja celebrations as ...

Durga Puja is less than 100 days away and unlike previous years, the unqualified countdown is buried under the current situation. With uncertainty looming large, Kaya’s bassist Arindam and his friend ...

It's that time of the year when sky is flecked with the cotton candy clouds, the sweet fragrance of shiuli flowers makes us nostalgic, and the same old beats of the dhak finally announce Maa Durga's ...

From Satyajit Ray's "Joi Baba Felunath" to Aparna Sen's "Parama," Durga Puja has been pivotal in driving narratives forward in iconic Bengali films. Here, we explore six films from the past few years ...