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Tapan Sinha Left Us Today
January 15, 2009
Amitabh Mitra
Amitabh Mitra
The stones remained hungry
As palaces and kothis overturned
A night crossed over from guarding
An extinct royalty
To streets of Kolkata
Where the youth tore off
Its resplendence
Stabbed by a fury
Of political landscape
Yet the night survived
Its heart throbbed
Images grew from
White and black
Fact and fiction
Summer and winter
And crowded the birds
Once despondent of
Hope
Tapan Sinha merged
With this
Night today
Days of untoward resolute
In its finery
Crystal eyed
He continues to show
Us all.
FimmakerTapan Sinha born on 2 October 1924, left us today. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of parallel cinema. This poem is inspired by his two movies Khudito Pashan (Hungry Stones) based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore and Aapon Jon, a film about the Naxalite Movement in Kolkata.
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Ritu
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January 16, 2009
04:11 AM
Truly a sad day. Thanks for putting this tribute up. He will be remembered by the Hindi film goers for the poignant 'Kabuliwala' and 'Sagina'. A director with class in creativity and craft.
Talking of Kshudita Pashan. That had the beautiful thumri by ustad Amir Khan Sahab - Piya ke aavan ki'. I had uploaded it to youTube sometime back. For those who like this music, here is the link
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=rACu2Crd-ao
A little about this song in this article
http://rituswanderlust.blogspot.com/2008/08/dozen-piyas.html
Amitabh Mitra
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January 16, 2009
10:58 AM
Thanks Ritu
Do u remember Gulzar's Merey Aapney based on Aapon Jon and Ek Doctor ki Maut. Sagina was the movie that brought him immense recognition in Bollywood. An irreparable loss, Tapan Sinha would be remembered by those few who knew him through his movies.
Amitabh Mitra
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January 16, 2009
11:00 AM
Thanks Ritu
Do u remember Gulzar's Merey Aapney based on Aapon Jon and Ek Doctor ki Maut. Sagina was the movie that brought him immense recognition in Bollywood. An irreparable loss, Tapan Sinha would be remembered by those few who knew him through his movies.
Ritu
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January 16, 2009
12:13 PM
Yes ofcourse Mere Apney was a beautiful film. I did not know 'Ek doctor ki maut' was also Tapan Sinha. Though I haven't had a chance to watch the film as yet, there is no doubt in it being highly acclaimed. Yes Sagina was a big film with Dilip Kumar etc., but Kabuliwala was probably his most memorable.
Amitabh Mitra
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January 16, 2009
01:58 PM
I went through your blog. It is incredible. My congratulations for writing such indepth articles on the Indian cinema and its music. I am sure everybody at Desicritics would visit your site to appreciate your work on an era that has passed by.
Ritu
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January 17, 2009
03:08 AM
Amitabh, thank you for your more than generous comments on my droppings on Indian Cinema. I am ofcourse a wannabe when it comes to film appreciation :).
Talking of TS, he was a composer of some repute as well. I believe he composed for Bengali films. In bollywood though he used established composers like SD Burman and Salil Chowdhury for his films.
A piece of interesting trivia is that in Sagina, SD Burman sang his last song a small piece 'Chote chote sapne hamar', the tune for this song was Tapan Sinha's.
Amitabh Mitra
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January 17, 2009
11:34 AM
Ritu
I would like u to write an article on Sagina. It would be such an eye opener
Amitabh
Ritu
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January 18, 2009
06:13 AM
Would love to Amitabh, but haven't seen the film :)
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