Rituparno`s death huge loss for LGBT community: Onir

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 13:57

Gay filmmaker Onir says that eminent filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh`s demise will be a big loss for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.

Mugdha to learn Bengali to be in Aparna Sen, Rituparno films

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 08:48

Mugdha Godse says she would do anything to learn Bengali so that she can act in films of Rituparno Ghosh or Aparna Sen.

Indo-Bangladesh forum based on Bengali needed: Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 19:08

National award-winning filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh Thursday called for setting up a joint India-Bangladesh platform on the basis of the Bengali language to benefit the film industries of both the countries.

Rituparno Ghosh`s `Chitrangada` selected for IFFI

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 15:00

Director Rituparno Ghosh`s `Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish`, a modern interpretation of Rabindranath Tagore`s dance drama, has been selected for the International Film Festival of India, being held in Goa from November 20.

Why emphasise on Bollywood for Oscars, asks Rituparno Ghosh

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 14:28

Acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh is not sure if Bollywood film `Barfi!`, India`s official entry for the Oscars this year, is the right choice. But he laments how regional cinema, including his own, is ignored for such honours.

"Sakhi Hum" hit maker Subhomita happy to be in Kolkata

Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2012, 12:38

Singer Subhomita is not planning to shift to Mumbai though her songs, especially "Sakhi Hum" in Rituparno Ghosh-starrer `Memories in March`, earned her country-wide fame.

Hirani, Rituparno to hold master classes in Melbourne

Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012, 19:10

Rajkumar Hirani and Rituparno Ghosh will hold master classes at the Indian Film Festival in Melbourne June 11-22. Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee will host a workshop too.

Rituparno Ghosh suffers infection due to eye make-up

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 14:21

Filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh`s cross-dressing style and fascination for make-up has left him with an eye infection.

Rituparno feels Akshay most underrated actor

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 08:30

Akshay Kumar has found a fan in director Rituparno Ghosh who feels his acting skills go unnoticed and says he is the most underrated actor in Bollywood.

Ghai wants to work again with Rituparno after ‘Noukadubi’

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 14:08

After producing Rituparno Ghosh`s film on Rabindranath Tagore`s ‘Noukadubi’, to be released on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of the poet, Subhash Ghai said he would like to work with the filmmaker again.

Rituparno Ghosh takes the plunge into `queer` film

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 18:59

After ‘Arekti premer golpo’ (Just another love story) and ‘Memories in March’, both of which have strong gay protagonists and Rituparno Ghosh stepping out in front of the camera, the Bengali film director has now completed shooting his first "queer" film, which is also a metaphor for his own sexual transformation.

Rituparno Ghosh acts gay again in `Just Another Love Story`

Last Updated: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 20:51

Never given to stereotypes whether as a director or an actor, Rituparno Ghosh, who played a cross-dressing homosexual in `Just Another Love Story`, is taking up the challenge again.