Is Bengali cinema losing its rootedness?
Has Bengali cinema forgotten how to look at Bengal? From the invisible lives of Dhapa to the textures of a language that is slowly losing its density, filmmakers Ashish Avikunthak, Indrasis Acharya and Ishaan Ghose ask what has slipped out of the frame, and whether cinema can still find its way back
· 10/31/2026, 9:27:40 AM· 2 min read
Has Bengali cinema forgotten how to look at Bengal? From the invisible lives of Dhapa to the textures of a language that is slowly losing its density, filmmakers Ashish Avikunthak, Indrasis Acharya and Ishaan Ghose ask what has slipped out of the frame, and whether cinema can still find its way back
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