Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Chandan Roy Sanyal on working with Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Nawazuddin Siddiqui feels privileged to have worked with Buddhadeb Daspupta in one of his last films. “When he offered me Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa I accepted it without a second thought.It isn’t every day that one gets a chance to work with a director with such a unique vision. Buddhada was one of the filmmakers I respected the most as I studied to be an actor at the NDS .His films like Andhi Gali and Tahader Katha are classics of modern cinema,” says Nawaz. On receiving the offer to play the titular role in Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Nawaz says, | Click Here...
Sameera Reddy: “Working With Buddhadeb Dasgupta Reaffirmed My Faith In Me”
Sameera Reddy had the privilege of working in two Bengali films Ami Yasin Ar Madhubala in 2007 and Kalpurush in 2008. “Kalpurush changed my attitude to my career and my self-esteem. Please remember I was a glamorous actress in Mumbai. I had done Sanjay Gupta’s Musafir. I wanted to know how Buddhada thought of me in the role of Supriya, Rahul Bose’s unhappy wife in Kalpurush. It needs a visionary filmmaker to see an actor in a role that seems very removed from her real personality or her on-screen image.” Did Sameera ask the filmmaker why he tho | Click Here...
I wish I got to work with Buddhadebda more: Mithun Chakraborty
Bangla avant-grade director Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s death has affected Mithun Chakraborty profoundly.“As you know I don’t speak to the media at all nowadays. Not because I don’t respect the media. But because I’ve nothing to say. But Buddhadeb Dasgputa’s passing away prodded my memory of working with him.So when you called I had speak to you. I have to tell my film with him Tahader Katha where I played a freedom fighter was a unique learning experience for me,” says Mithunda about the director who seldom approached actors in Mumbai for his cinema. “With me he knew he cou | Click Here...
RIP: Legendary Filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta passes away
Some really sad and heartbreaking news coming this morning. As per the latest reports in NEWS18, legendary filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta took his last breath today morning at his South Kolkata residence. Reports suggest that he was fighting a prolonged battle with kidney ailments. He was 77 when he breathed his last and reports suggest that he was unwell and undergoing dialysis for a long time. Our condolences to the family of the lost soul and may the departed soul rest in peace. For updates, stay tuned to IWMBuzz.com | Click Here...
Review Of Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa: Dull, Lifeless, Pointless
Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa(ErosNow) Starring Nawazzudin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathy, Niharika Singh Written & Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta Rating: * ½ Pankaj Tripathy makes an appearance after 50 minutes of a tortuous this plodding surreal yatra, and that too for 5 minutes and then he’s gone. Lucky sod! The best thing to do in a film as heavyhanded and selfconsciously cerebral as this is to stay away from it as much as possible. This is not possible for Nawazuddin Siddiqui who as a cheesy detective in the low-budget areas of Kolkata occupies nearly frame. My u | Click Here...