Ways of Seeing (1972), John Berger | Episode 1 - 4 Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-08-12 | Ways of Seeing is a 1972 television series of 30-minute films created chiefly by writer John Berger and producer Mike Dibb. It was broadcast on BBC Two in January 1972 and adapted into a book of the same name.The series was intended as a response to Kenneth Clark's Civilisation TV series, which represents a more traditionalist view of the Western artistic and cultural canon, and the series and book criticise traditional Western cultural aesthetics by raising questions about hidden ideologies in visual images. According to James Bridle, Berger "didn't just help us gain a new perspective on viewing art with his 1972 series Ways of Seeing – he also revealed much about the world in which we live. Whether exploring the history of the female nude or the status of oil paint, his landmark series showed how art revealed the social and political systems in which it was made. He also examined what had changed in our ways of seeing in the time between when the art was made and today.
Finally Bhalobasha (2019), dir. Anjan Dutt Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-20 | The story is all about how people find love--in different situations and different ways.
Literary Theory - Part 2 (Poststruct, Deconstruct, New Hist, Psycho, Archetype, Marxism, Feminism) Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-14 | ...
Memories in March (2010), dir. Sanjoy Nag Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-11 | After her son dies in a fatal accident, a woman learns that it was a case of drunken driving. As she goes on looking for more details, she stumbles upon her son's guarded secret.
Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God (1997), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-07 | This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj (Utpal Dutt), a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild-mannered Lalmohan a knife-thrower's target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady 'holy man' holds court on the banks of the Ganges and an adventure-loving little boy (and his grand-father), brought up on crime thrillers. The climax is a shoot-out on the Ganges, followed by the unraveling of the mystery.
Aranyer Din Ratri / Days and Nights in the Forest (1970), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-06 | Four carefree, jaded middle-class bachelors from Calcutta head out for a holiday in the wilderness. Before long, each man undergoes their own journey of self-discovery.
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-06 | Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.
Mahanagar / The Big City (1963), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
Mahapurush / The Holy Man (1965), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | A devout Hindu family falls victim to a charlatan posing as a holy man.
Kanchenjungha (1962), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.
Kapurush / The Coward (1965), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | A chance meeting rekindles old memories between a screenwriter and his ex-girlfriend, who is by now married to a well-to-do man.
This Is Gaza (2025), dir. Tom Besley Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | 'This is Gaza’ follows the emotional journey of Palestinian filmmaker Yousef Hammash. As Israel carried out an unprecedented assault on the territory, following the fatal Hamas attacks on October 7, Yousef reported from the warzone amidst the military and humanitarian crisis.
Ghare Baire / The Home and the World (1984), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | A landowner's wife emerges from seclusion through education, defying social norms. Her newfound freedom leads to political awakening when her husband's old friend brings revolutionary ideas to their door.
Ganashatru / An Enemy of the People (1989), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | n this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.
Agantuk / The Stranger (1991), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels.
Devi / The Goddess (1960), dir. Satyajit Ray Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-03 | A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.
Chitrangada (2012), dir. Rituparno Ghosh & Sanjoy Nag Angkit Bharadwaj 2025-06-02 | Chitraganda: The Crowning Wish, is a lusciously lit and deeply personal drama about a choreographer considering a gender-reassignment surgery. The film also explores insights into how gender expression can affect families.
R Chandranathan, IPS on Ghalibs Letters (International Ghalib Seminar, Ghalib Institute, New Delhi) Angkit Bharadwaj 2024-11-13 | International Ghalib Seminar on The Letters of Ghalib, Literary and Cultural Importance, Department of Urdu, Assam University Silchar in collaboration with Ghalib Institute. This is an excerpt from the original Inaugural Session on the 7th August, 2024 featuring R Chandranathan, DGP (Retd.), Meghalaya.
‘Reel’ Estate: Mapping the Reshaping of Bangalore’s Screening Cultures Angkit Bharadwaj 2024-02-21 | Bangalore's eclectic screening culture faces transformations amidst digital disruptions, challenging film societies balancing cinephile community cultivation and real-world limitations, as traced by pioneers like Vinayak Bhat from "Bangalore Film Forum" and Nikhil Waiker of "Parallel Cinema Club". With expansive multiplex spectacles juxtaposed against intimate film appreciation of these passionate "reel" estate stewards operating as cultural lifelines on minimal resources, more sustainable support frameworks remain overdue to nurture aesthetic diversity against risks of homogenization. Still, loyalty spans generations as creative fervor persists, be it sketching dreamlike celluloid scenes or braving extremes in openness-expanding environments. As engineering capitals grapple with artistic purpose, these vanguards signify that where infrastructures falter, sheer personal dedication - projecting repertory gems from makeshift quasi-theatrical sites - upholds India's diffuse cinematic flames.
Motherhood and Disability | Cultural Representation of Disability | CIA 3 Angkit Bharadwaj 2023-10-30 | In this video, we explore the evolving connotations of motherhood in the Indian context, emphasizing its universal nature beyond biological ties. We discuss the challenges faced by mothers with physical and intellectual disabilities, highlighting the need for support and research into caregiving behaviors. Additionally, we delve into the psychological and judicial perspectives of motherhood, addressing postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
A Narmada Diary (1995) | Full Documentary | English Subtitles | Angkit Bharadwaj 2023-10-17 | “A Narmada Diary” is a documentary directed by Anand Patwardhan and Simantini Dhuru released in 1995. It presents the struggle of people affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project.The documentary won the “Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1996” and the “Grand Prize” at Earth-Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, 1996. The movie was not allowed to be shown on National TV, despite it won the central government’s national awards.
Cities of Sleep (2015), dir. Shaunak Sen Angkit Bharadwaj 2023-09-27 | 'Cities of Sleep' takes us into a heady world of insurgent sleeper's communities as well as the infamous 'sleep mafia' in Delhi where just securing a safe sleeping spot often becomes a question of life and death for a large number of people. The film trails the lives of two individuals, Shakeel and Ranjeet. Shakeel, a renegade homeless sleeper has for the last 7 years slept in a diverse range of improvised places like subways, under park benches, parking lots, abandoned cars and lately, at areas controlled by the sleep mafia. The film follows his attempts to secure a safe sleeping space just around the time the infamous winter rains of Delhi are due. Ranjeet runs the 'sleep-cinema' community in Loha Pul in Delhi, a huge double-story iron bridge straddling the banks of the river Yamuna. A thin strip of land under Loha Pul houses shanty cinemas where over 400 odd homeless come and sleep through the day for a nominal price. The flooding of the river Yamuna poses a threat to the people sleeping there every monsoon. The film looks at not only the tremendous social and political pressure that sleep exerts on the homeless in the city but is also a philosophical exploration of sleep at large.
Crossroads of Bangalore: KR Market, Mehkri Circle and Koramangala Angkit Bharadwaj 2023-05-05 | In this raw-footage, experimental video, we delve into the vibrant and diverse life of three prominent crossroads of Bangalore - KR Market, Mehkri circle, and Koramangala. We take you on a journey through the bustling and chaotic lanes of KR Market, where vendors sell everything from fresh produce to traditional handicrafts. Then, we move to Mehkri circle, a popular landmark known for its lush greenery and stunning views of the city. Finally, we end our journey at Koramangala, the party hub of Bangalore, where we become one with the pleasant bangarang, street food, and cultural diversity. Join us as we discover the visual aesthetics, cultures, and unique space that these crossroads create.0:15 - KR Market2:26 - Mehkri Circle3:31 - Koramangala
Crossroads of Bangalore: Hulimavu and Church Street Angkit Bharadwaj 2023-03-15 | Through this project, we are trying to understand the life in and around crossroads of Bangalore, its visual aesthetics, cultures and the space it creates. This introductory medley is only prelude to our final submission which will encompass a close reading of crossroads as a public sphere and visual brilliance.
Colours Week 22 — 1MAECS Angkit Bharadwaj 2022-09-09 | Being an event that is specific to only the Bannerghatta Road campus, Colour Week is a fun-filled competition where all the classes of the campus compete amongst themselves to win the winning title. Running for the duration of an entire week, the students and members of the campus are given one colour each day to dress up in. The campus is filled with energising song and dance for the entirety of week, with the visible glimmer of the day’s colour. Displaying entertaining routines of dance, song, and sometimes theatre, the students of the campus come together with their classes to put their best cultural foot forward.
Dalit Studies CIA 3: Reading Titas Ekti Nadir Naam by Ritwich Ghatak Angkit Bharadwaj 2022-04-21 | Placing archives of Dalits and ecocriticism, novel and river, caste and commons in tandem with each other, the presentation reads the film, "A River Called Titash", deeply, and delves into the layers of making of Dalit environments. The film weaves a complex narrative of nature, place, time and community at the turn of the twentieth century. It shows how Dalit environments comprise a unique set of analytic, where earth, commons, culture and place-attachment-and-movement strings build their traction towards nature.Group Members:1933103 Angkit Bharadwaj1933104 Apoorv Devgiree1933109 Dev Soni1933115 Krishnan Makkara1933130 Anusrita Chakrabarty1933148 Poulami Ghosh1933167 Elina Ghosh
