So is this the 3rd or 4th coming ? Bimal Roy came first.. Does not matter if he made Hindi movies after a few initial ones in Bengali - they were like nothing else being churned out at that time. Do Bigha Zameen, Bandini, Sujata and my personal favorite - Madhumati. Then of course, the Ray renaissance. The emperor holds court. That is the second. Same time - one level lower - Ritwick Ghatak, Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha. Somehow, I cannot place them in the same category as Ray. Then comes the 3rd generation - Gautam Ghosh, Buddhadeb and Rituporno.
And now the 4th - a lot of new directors - many of them from outside India. Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is my favorite of these new directors and I like all the 3 movies that he has made - having seen bits and pieces of the 3rd and Anuranan and Antaheen. There are some other movies like Ballygunge Court that are good too and they capture important social issues. Movies like Autograph are quite refreshing as well.
Things that I like - crisp editing, a modern outlook in tune with the times, mature, modern sense of humour. And yet, retaining the fine nuances of emotions and role plays that makes for involving drama.
Cons - at times extremely slow, meandering and literally requiring a push. Like the extreme focus on chat sessions in Antaheen. And meaningless dialog in Anuranan. Sometimes also - in an attempt to convey modernity - the scenes degenerate to extreme artificial ism. Like the totally made up acts of endearment between Indraneil and Nandana in Autograph. Surprisingly, the play between Prosenjit and Nandana is much more natural in the same movie.
Still some time to go before these directors move into the next level - I would say that of Rituporno or Gautam Ghosh. Rituporno's Dosar was tone perfect for me. I like most of his movies - to me they come very close to very well made, balanced cinema. No wonder most of his movies win awards !
And now the 4th - a lot of new directors - many of them from outside India. Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is my favorite of these new directors and I like all the 3 movies that he has made - having seen bits and pieces of the 3rd and Anuranan and Antaheen. There are some other movies like Ballygunge Court that are good too and they capture important social issues. Movies like Autograph are quite refreshing as well.
Things that I like - crisp editing, a modern outlook in tune with the times, mature, modern sense of humour. And yet, retaining the fine nuances of emotions and role plays that makes for involving drama.
Cons - at times extremely slow, meandering and literally requiring a push. Like the extreme focus on chat sessions in Antaheen. And meaningless dialog in Anuranan. Sometimes also - in an attempt to convey modernity - the scenes degenerate to extreme artificial ism. Like the totally made up acts of endearment between Indraneil and Nandana in Autograph. Surprisingly, the play between Prosenjit and Nandana is much more natural in the same movie.
Still some time to go before these directors move into the next level - I would say that of Rituporno or Gautam Ghosh. Rituporno's Dosar was tone perfect for me. I like most of his movies - to me they come very close to very well made, balanced cinema. No wonder most of his movies win awards !
You make me want to watch these movies now
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