Kolkata International Film Festival pays centenary tribute to Tapan Sinha, Marlon Brando

Kolkata International Film Festival honors film legends through screenings, exhibitions, and tributes, including master filmmaker Tapan Sinha.

Through film screenings, an exhibition and a felicitation programme, the 30th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is paying homage to prominent film legends like Tapan Sinha, Marlon Brando, Mohammed Rafi and others, commemorating the centenary year of their birth. 

As many as four films made by the master filmmaker have been screened as part of a Centenary Tribute to Mr. Sinha between December 5 and 6. 

These films included masterpieces like Kabuliwala (1957), Nirjan Saikate (1963), Galpo Holeo Satti (1966), and Harmonium (1976). 

A fifth film by Mr. Sinha, Banchharamer Bagaan was also screened at the festival as a special tribute to prominent actor Manoj Mitra, who passed away earlier this year. 

Mr. Sinha is a venerated Indian film director born in 1924. He was known for his six-decade-long career in cinema, during which he made multiple award-winning films across languages like Bengali, Hindi, and Odia. 

A contemporary of other master filmmakers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak, Mr. Sinha has won National Film Awards for many of his films. He also won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2006 and was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992. 

Beyond national borders, Mr. Sinha has won awards in prestigious international film festivals like the Berlin International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, London Film Festival, and Locarno Film Festival.