Dipankar Sarkar
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Film Critic @upperstall & @vaguevisages.
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2 weeks ago |
upperstall.com | Dipankar Sarkar |Dipankar De Sarkar
From his earliest cinematic memories in a small town in Karnataka, South India, to his life-changing experiences at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, cinematographer Vikas Urs has cultivated a deeply personal yet universally resonant approach towards his work.
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2 weeks ago |
vaguevisages.com | Dipankar Sarkar |Dipankar De Sarkar
Bhargav Saikia’s feature directorial debut, Bokshi (2025), takes place in a jungle in northeastern India (Sikkim). As a teenage girl carries the weight of a dark past and gets bullied by classmates, a rather unfortunate incident makes her shift to a boarding school, where a class trip to an ancient forest with newfound friends and a mysterious teacher opens up a series of terrifying discoveries.
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3 weeks ago |
upperstall.com | Dipankar Sarkar |Dipankar De Sarkar
When a filmmaker becomes too infatuated with a star, the film, itself, becomes little more than an empty vessel, produced solely for the star’s presence. AR Murugadoss’ Sikandar, starring Salman Khan, is a glaring example of this phenomenon at its most uninspired. Sanjay Rajkot (Salman Khan) is not merely a businessman; he is also a figure of near-mythic reverence in his hometown of Rajkot, Gujarat.
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1 month ago |
vaguevisages.com | Dipankar Sarkar |Dipankar De Sarkar
In Rohan Kanawade’s feature directorial debut, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), the Marathi filmmaker tenderly portrays the blossoming connection between Anand (Bhushaan Manoj), a Mumbai-based man, and Balya (Suraaj Suman), a local farmer and childhood friend. Exploring themes of grief and social expectations during a 10-day mourning period in Maharashtra, the 112-minute social realist film chronicles the intricacies of a forbidden relationship.
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1 month ago |
talkingfilms.net | Dipankar Sarkar |Dipankar De Sarkar
Aranya Sahay‘s Humans in the Loop is an incisive examination of the confluence of technology and identity, based on the lived experience of its Adivasi protagonist. In a world where machines learn to absorb human biases, she comes to understand, most acutely, that the technology she has undertaken, like tending her children, inherits the discrimination of its labeller.
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My review of #BakshoBondi for @talkingfilms #Berlinale25
#BakshoBondi is a stark, socially conscious lament for a figure deeply embedded in the fabric of Indian life: the self-effacing mother and wife. Full Review by @Dipankar_Tezpur - https://t.co/qRnewxKhsX #Berlinale @TillotamaShome #TanushreeDas @SaumyanandaS @nikkhiladvani
#SabarBonda won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at @sundancefest. My review for @talkingfilms https://t.co/wG9URX2GnY
Truth be told, none of the films in the series come remotely close to the original source, the classic Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993) – a must-watch for those who haven’t seen it. My review of #BhoolBhulaiyaa3 for @upperstall https://t.co/X2eOsx6OYw