Maitreyee B Chowdhury is a web columnist, poet and creative writer. She is author of three books ‘Reflections on My India’, ‘Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen: Bengali Cinema’s First Couple’ and ‘Where Even The Present Is Ancient: Benaras’. She writes on cinema and art too. Maitreyee writes for Criterion Literary Journal; a journal of media studies ‘Kottaka’; Indian Express (Bay Area); Indian Ruminations; YOMO Art Gallery (South East Asian Art House); Gallery 2000 (French Art House); The Sip of Life, etc.

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7 Powerful Female Characters in Films

Author-poet Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury handpicks and analyzes 7 powerful female characters in film who left a lasting impact on her pysche.

Revisiting Opur Sansar

I have always hated the word ‘sansar’, Did Apu smile at last?… Poem written on watching Satyajit Ray’s ‘Apur Sansar’ again after nine years.

Two Legends and Their Lives: Uttam Kumar Suchitra Sen

Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen ushered in a new age of star-power and charisma. The why’s and how’s of their togetherness mystified an entire generation.

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