The Big City / Mahanagar (1963) - Movie Review | Bengali Masterpiece | 100 Years of Satyajit Ray 

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Absolutely agree with you Shankar

We plan to for sure in the future :)

Goddamn right. Ritwik Ghatak is on par with Satyajit Ray, sadly he does not get the recognition he deserves. True genius

His birthday would have been a great opportunity to start with his movies... unfortunately we didn't know. We will definitely try to watch and review some of his films. Hopefully we can find them. With Ray it's quite easy to see many of his films since they are on the new Criterion channel. But we will try for sure. :)

It is true that several of the stalwarts of Indian cinema (as a whole) are often overlooked. Not many people remember the Golden Age films and the people who worked on them. I believe it is essential to watch films of the quartet (Satyajit Ray, Ritwick Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha) to really appreciate Indian film-making. While Mahanagar (1963) was set in Calcutta and is deeply entrenched in city life in Calcutta at the time, it is not a part of Satyajit Ray's "Calcutta trilogy". The films Pratidwandi [The Adversary] (1970), Seemabaddha [Company Limited] (1971), and Jana Aranya [The Middleman] (1976) form the trilogy. In a sense, they showcase the city and her people through changes such as the Emergency period. They focus on the spirit of Calcutta and of the people she bears. I would love it as well if the films of Ritwick Ghatak are reviewed in this channel. I think that Satyajit Ray, in spite of his artistic approach to film-making, was through-and-through a mainstream filmmaker. Perhaps it was his love for Golden Age Hollywood films or because of his earlier jobs as an illustrator and cover artist that made Satyajit Ray have a keen eye for mass-market appeal. On the other hand, Ritwick Ghatak was the progenitor of Indian Art films. One of the reasons he is not as well-known as Satyajit Ray is because of this. Satyajit Ray's films are great visual treats that can be enjoyed by young and old while Ritwick Ghatak's films require a lot of introspection. Their complementary nature of storytelling (I think) can be seen as being similar to that of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu. I agree that Ritwick Ghatak's films can be quite melodramatic and he seems to care more for the message of the story rather than the presentation of it through film techniques. I think this is because of his approach to the subject being similar to theatre rather than cinema. His films are, therefore, more theatrical than they are cinematic.

Thank you for all the context :) We are really looking forward to explore Ritwick Ghatak's films in the future.

That's awesome :) Fritz Lang is one of my favorite directors. I still have to watch a lot of Werner Herzog films.

Thank you for your kind words :) We already reviewed Haider - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U-aV_3XzrMU.html

We will definitely review Charulata in the future. I already saw the movie and loved it. Deniz has yet to see it and I want to rewatch it as well for the review. Probably sometime in early 2020.

Thank you so much :) We plan to watch and review many more of Ray's films in the future.

He also got the Golden Bear for best feature film for Ashani Sanket !

Thank you so much :) We really appreciate it!

Thank you so much :) We really appreciate it. Sorry but we won't include short movies as well, because it's hard enough as it is to get some views with feature films. ':D

It was our pleasure :)

Much appreciated! Thank you so much :)

Mathematically incorrect lol

Thank you :D Though a 9.5 would already be a 10/10 for us. :)

Thank you so much :)

Thank you :)

Thank you so much :)

We plan to watch and review both of them in the future. :)

Thank you so much :) Please share the reviews you like with people who might enjoy our content as well.

Thank you and welcome to the channel :)

I posted this comment and somehow the one about Madhabi posted twice.

It is our pleasure :)

We plan to watch and review more Satyajit Ray films in the future for sure. :)

This comment made us really happy :) Thank you.

We hope to see films by Ghatak in the future for sure. :)

Thanks bro :)

Thank you :)

We plan to review them in the future :)

You are very welcome. It was our pleasure :)

I have already seen it and loved it. We will review it sometime next year for sure :)

Please spread the word :)

Wow, thank you so much for your words and sharing your experience. I hope that your friends will understand you more as you spent more time with them and share things from your life and culture with them. :)

@@TheJimmyCage Thanks a lot for your kind wishes. I hope that happen soon.

Thank you :) We will try to review some classics every now and then. We plan to review a lot of Ray's movie over the course of next year because 2021 marks his 100th birthday.

You are welcome.. :) . This is a very good idea, waiting for your next videos.. .

Thank you :)

Jimmy, I'll keep reminding you about Assamese films untill you watch it 😊.

We will review Village Rockstars in a few weeks :)

@@TheJimmyCage thanks jimmy, here is the link, "village rockstar" is on you tube, village rockstar full hd ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T3jR1S72oJ0.html

OH, sorry, it doesn't have English subtitle.

A lot of his films are available on the new Criterion Channel. (You need a VPN to activate the account because it's only possible in the US but afterwards you don't need one and can watch from any country.) www.criterionchannel.com/

@@TheJimmyCage Thanks 😀

You are welcome :)

Tell us about it. ':D Please recommend it to people who might enjoy our stuff as well. :)

You are welcome :)

@@TheJimmyCage can you review gupi bagha all 3 part please? That was one of the greatest movie of my childhood

We hope to see it in the future :)

It's on our potential watch list but I can't promise anything.

Its really a good one. But had a lot of references from Aparna Sen's Paromitar Ekdin.

ALTER JO ICH KOMM JA SCHON RUM!

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Thank you, I will check it out :)

Next year marks the 100th birthday of Satyajit Ray and we plan to review a lot of his films :)

':D We still have some hope that more people might discover our channel and like the content.

My best wishes with you and if that happens then i will be very much happier. But i know we indian like reaction videos not analysis. Though these trailer reaction or movie reaction kind of things is th most bizarre things are happening to indians in youtube but reality is this many of us like it :😂😂😁😁👏👏