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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 13 2021 | None
Rituparno Ghosh: The Crowning Memories and Filmmaking Techniques of the Androgynous Bengali Filmmaker
Aparna Lakshmi, Dr. Chrissie Gracelyn David
Pages: 3080-3083
Abstract
The cinematic lullabies of the late Rituparno Ghosh still murmur through the alley of Tollywood, cajoling the heirs of Bengali cinema. The Renaissance activist-cum-queer icon, through hir queer trilogy, heralded the post-377 Queer Revolution in Indian Cinema. The subtle art of Ghosh’s filmmaking rejuvenated the artistic ligaments of Bengali Cinema, Bengali Queer Cinema, Indian Cinema, Indian Parallel Cinema, and Indian Queer Cinema. Hir (gender-neutral pronoun) artistic sensibility resembling that of Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and Aparna Sen initiated the revival of Bengali Cinema. The Bengali director, Rituparno Ghosh ushered the waves of realistic filmmaking, dissecting the fibres and veins of human existence. The androgynous magician enticed the Bengali audience and experimented with filmmaking terminology and techniques. Hence, the film corpus of Rituparno Ghosh demarcates the trajectory phase of Indian filmmaking in the 21st century.
Keywords
Bengali Cinema, Bengali Bhadralok Audience, Bengali Queer Cinema, Cinematography, Commercial Cinema, Film Criticism, Filmmaking, Film Techniques, Glocalisation, Homosexuality, Indian Cinema, Middle-Class Cinema, Mise-en-scene, Queer Film Criticism, Realism, Regional Queer Cinema, Section 377 IPC, Visual Storytelling
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