ANIRBAN AT 45: HOW UTPAL DATTA REDISCOVERS ASSAMESE CINEMA’S MASTERPIECE
Posted on 9 August 2026: UTPAL DATTA—NAATIONAL AWARD-WINNING FILM CRITIC, AUTHOR, FILMMAKER— REVISITS SAIKIA’S ANIRBAN, A CINEMATIC ELEGY OF GRIEF, IMAGERY AND ENDURING LEGACY. Anirban at 45: How Utpal Datta Rediscovers Assamese Cinema’s Masterpiece Some frames refuse to fade. Nearly forty-five years after Bhabendra Nath Saikia’s Anirban first flickered onto Assamese screens, its final act […]
