Articles By: Bidyut Kotoky
The last of the ‘Red Bastion’ in India: Tripura
‘How many people have lost their lives?’ – was my question. ‘I don’t have the accurate no, but not less than 8 to 10 thousand people’ – he answered. ‘In how many days these lives were lost?’ – I asked again. Bidyut KotokyMore Posts
Mizoram – ‘Land of the Hill People’
How does it feel to return to a place after 21 years – a place which used to be your second home in your growing up years? …I was trying to figure out the feeling as our Jeep had started to climb the Mizo hills on the afternoon of 7th of May, 2011. The memories [...]
as the River flows, Guns & Guitars, crowd funding etc…
Finally, after what seemed like an endless wait, ‘ekhon nedekha nadir xipare’ – the Assamese version of ‘as the River flows’- was released in Assam in Sept last. And I got a firsthand experience of what it was like to experience the unfolding of your labor of love, in a big screen, inside a dark [...]
On the threshold of….
‘You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’ G. B. Shaw “Bidyut, let me be honest with you. I agree with you completely that this story need to be told. But let me tell you, none of us are going to touch this film. [...]
When was the last time you experienced something for the first time?
Suddenly developed a high fever…103 degree… Doctor said, ‘rest at home, no travelling’. Obviously, I overruled him. I am not going to miss this experience for anything in the world! And now, I’m in Delhi – weak in health but strong in spirit! Bidyut KotokyMore Posts
as the River flows-Inspiration
Note-This day ( 4 July ) marks 15 years of the disappearance of Sanjoy Ghose, noted rural development activist, from Majuli in Assam. and hence I am revisiting this post on the inspiration behind my first feature film-as the River flows. Sanjoy Ghose. He was born in 1959 at Nagpur and spent his childhood in [...]
as the River flows- A note from Victor Banerjee
It is much easier to get Mr. Victor Banerjee to agree to do my film than to make him re-live the time he spend with us during the making of the film. After all, here is a man who believes in moving ahead in life, without ever looking back. Once the shoot & dubbing of [...]
Why Guns & Guitars?
Note- This post is dedicated to Bob Dylan on his 61st birthday. The idea of ‘Guns and Guitars’ came to me 2010, on a casual monsoon morning in Mumbai, while I was accompanying Lou Majaw, legendary rock artist of Northeast India to a shop selling musical instruments. That shop owner happened to mention that a very large [...]
A New Beginning with ‘Guns & Guitars- A Musical Travelogue’
just a spark but! so you thought? not worthy of another glance… busy you were, of course! ignorant, even to know of your ignorance… doesn’t matter really- in your macro subsistence the micro realities of existence! but a gossamer wrap around the flicker – oh – to hide the glimmer! wise heads! too wise to [...]
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