Ishita Sengupta
@MadameSengupta
Film critic @ottplayapp| Words in @hyperallergic @newlinesmag @frontline_india @IndianExpress @IDAorg @Mint_Lounge; @berlin_talents ‘25
For my @Mint_Lounge debut wrote on the recent spate of re-releases happening all around. Spoke to filmmakers and multiplexes, and tried unpacking the commerce and the logistics behind it. Pls read when you have the time! livemint.com/mint-lounge/ar…
It feels futile to intellectualise a film like Saiyaara which is all feels. But I think Mohit Suri did some interesting things with archetypes. Wrote about it for @ndtv ndtv.com/blog/saiyaara-…
For @ndtv wrote on Saiyaara and its treatment of the tortured male artist as a simp-- something that really worked for me ndtv.com/blog/saiyaara-…
Kayoze Irani’s Sarzameen could have been an email ottplay.com/features/sarza…
This might be the first time yall have ASKED for a LONG REVIEW, toh here we are - ➡️youtube.com/live/i45ZgoEu1… Going live on this link in an hour with @ReelReptile @yooday and @MadameSengupta , ajaao.
Great loves look ordinary in close-ups and unfeasible from a distance. In Saiyaara, Suri uses music, the weapon of his choice, to distil what they feel like: the incurable homesickness of first love @MadameSengupta ottplay.com/features/saiya…
I dug Zero Se Restart, a documentary on the making of 12th Fail that unfolds as a masterclass in filmmaking. It is streaming on Prime and I would urge everyone to watch it. Wrote: ottplay.com/features/zero-…
“Qarar ki tumhi wajah ho, kabhi lage tumhi saza ho, Tumhi se hain takleefein bhi, tumhi to maza ho..” My God! Died. And resurrected with more love. Amitabh Bhattacharya, stop.
Amitabh Bhattacharya writing love songs is something I will always be grateful for youtube.com/watch?v=Wb8ama…
Dear Creative people, I am looking for collaborators for a new project. If and only if you are a music composer, art director or a sound designer, and if you are interested, kindly connect with your work-samples on [email protected]. Only for the above mentioned roles pls.
I interviewed Anurag Basu and Pritam. (Piece behind paywall, but if you’d like to read, I can help you access it). livemint.com/mint-lounge/ar…
"Tagore knows we have our problems. Bengali men take at least four decades to mature emotionally and five to be less dependent on their mothers" The review is brilliant. Read it for its own sake.
For some reason someone in Dharma is convinced that Bengalis are the most reformed, liberal community. It was cute in Rocky Rani but Aap Jaisa Koi, it’s just trite ottplay.com/features/aap-j…
I can confirm this from experience
For some reason someone in Dharma is convinced that Bengalis are the most reformed, liberal community. It was cute in Rocky Rani but Aap Jaisa Koi, it’s just trite ottplay.com/features/aap-j…
For some reason someone in Dharma is convinced that Bengalis are the most reformed, liberal community. It was cute in Rocky Rani but Aap Jaisa Koi, it’s just trite ottplay.com/features/aap-j…
As @HoneyTrehan’s fight to release Punjab 95 continues, he speaks to me about what went into making the film, why it was pulled from TIFF and why it is still stuck with the censors. More ⬇️ 🧵