Then & Now

How does it feel to return to a shooting location long after a movie has released? Nostalgic? Sad? Thrilling? A tour of some of the shooting locations of our cult Bengali films generates a mix of all these feelings and more. Some of the locations have changed beyond recognition. Others have not. This BFA cine-tour also registers if the visual landscape of Bengal has been impacted by flux.
Click on the images to see the transformation, if any
Pather Panchali (1955)
Shooting Location: Boral
Pather Panchali (1955)
Shooting Location: Boral
Aparajito (1956)
Shooting Location: Patuatola Lane and Ramanath Mazumdar Street crossing
Apur Sansar (1959)
Shooting Location: Tala
Kshaniker Atithi (1959)
Shooting Location: Bally Bridge
Komal Gandhar (1961)
Shooting Location: Bhaganbangola, Murshidabad
Kanchenjungha (1962)
Shooting Location: Darjeeling Mall
Kanchenjungha (1962)
Shooting Location: Keventer's Darjeeling
Chiriakhana (1967)
Shooting Location: Dhurjati Dham
Interview (1971)
Shooting Location: Bandbox shop on Jawaharlal Nehru Road