Kolkata in the media

Kolkata in the media

Several fiction, non-fiction and cinemas were based on Kolkata, or depicted Kolkata from certain point of views.Some of such works are listed here.

Travelogues

*The Great Railway Bazaar (Paul Theroux)
*Following the Equator (Mark Twain)

Books

*City of the Dreadful Night and American Tales Rudyard Kipling
*City of Joy (Dominique Lapierre)
* Volumes 1 & 2(ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri)
* Calcutta - City of Palaces: A Survey of the City in the Days of the East India Company 1690-1858. (Jeremiah P. Losty)
* Calcutta 1981 (ed. Jean Racine)

Bengali films

* Apur Sansar - The world of Apu (Satyajit Ray)
*Mahanagar - The Big City (Satyajit Ray)
* Agantuk (Satyajit Ray)
* Calcutta 71 (Mrinal Sen)
* Interview (Mrinal Sen)
* Ek Din Pratidin (Mrinal Sen)
* Antareen (Mrinal Sen)
* Meghe Dhaka Tara - The Cloud Capped Star (Ritwik Ghatak)
* Jukti Takko Aar Gappo - Logic, Debate and Story (Ritwik Ghatak)
* Parama Aparna Sen
* Unishe April - Nineteenth April(Aparna Sen)
* Chokher Bali - Sand in the Eye Rituparno Ghosh

English films

*Calcutta (Louis Malle)
* 36 Chowringhee Lane Aparna Sen
*City of Joy (Roland Joffe)
*Citi Life - Calcutta My El Dorado (Mrinal Sen)
*10 Days in Calcutta (Gerhard Hauff)
*Bow Barracks Forever (Anjan Dutt)
* Call Cutta (Anjan Dutt)
* 15 Park Avenue (Aparna Sen)

Hindi films

* "Howrah Bridge"
* "Amar Prem"
* "Do Bigha Zameen"
* "Devdas" (1955)
* "Devdas"(2002)
* "Ram Teri Ganga Maili"
* "Calcutta Mail"
* "Hazaar Chauraasi Ki Maa"
* "Parineeta"
* "Yuva"
* "Raincoat'


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