Ritwik Ghatak to obtain centenary tribute at thirty first Kolkata International Film Festival

The thirty first version of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is about to focus on movies by maestro Ritwik Ghatak, with screenings of six of his movies throughout the pageant between November 6 and November 13.

The occasion is scheduled to be held throughout 21 venues, with a complete of 215 movies from 39 nations chosen for screening.

The pageant may even honour Ritwik Ghatak as it’s the director’s a centesimal yr delivery anniversary. As a part of a Centenary Tribute, Ghatak’s movies together with Ajantrik (1958), Bari Theke Paliye (1958), Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960), Komal Gandhar (1961), Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1973), and Subarnarekha (1965) will probably be screened. 

Centenary tributes are additionally being held in honour of Welsh actor Richard Burton, American filmmaker Sam Peckinpah, and actor Santosh Dutta, music director Salil Chowdhury, and filmmaker Raj Khosla from India.

The works of Shyam Benegal, David Lynch, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Redford, Arun Roy, Raja Mitra and Shashi Anand are additionally set to be screened within the KIFF as a part of a particular tribute.

“The 35mm celluloid of Raja Mitra’s 1997 movie Nayantara is scheduled to be screened on Nov 12 at Kolkata’s Radha Studio as a part of the thirty first KIFF,” West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas mentioned.

Film lovers may even get to look at 5 movies by Filipino filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza as a part of a retrospective.

Ramesh Sippy to ship memorial lecture

Additionally, director of the celebrated 1975 movie Sholay, Ramesh Sippy, will probably be delivering the Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture as a part of the thirty first KIFF at Kolkata’s Sisir Mancha on November 7, Principal Secretary of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department mentioned.

He additionally introduced a slew of seminars and exhibitions scheduled to be held throughout the pageant.

These embody the Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Conversation between filmmakers Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Anup Singh, a centenary tribute to Ritwik Ghatak, a masterclass by filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza, seminars on Guru Dutt, Polish cinema, displacement and migration, and AI in cinema.

The focus nation for this yr’s movie pageant is Poland. Around 19 Polish movies will probably be screened as a part of the Poland focus, beneath classes like Contemporary Polish Cinema, Centenary Tribute to Wojciech Has, Polish Great Masters, Polish Animation and Family Focus, Animated Shorts, and Indo-Polish documentaries. 

Special classes have additionally been devoted to movies on displacement and migration in addition to setting, and sports activities.

Mr Biswas introduced that the inaugural ceremony of the thirty first KIFF will probably be held on November 6 on the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium. The 1961 Bengali traditional, Saptapadi, directed by Ajoy Kar and starring Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and others, will probably be screened because the inaugural movie of the thirty first KIFF.

Among the 215 movies chosen for screening are 132 feature-length movies and 83 brief movies and documentaries, spanning aggressive and non-competitive classes.