Kolkata in the media
Several fiction, non-fiction and cinemas were based on Kolkata or depicted Kolkata from certain point of views. Some of such works are listed here.
Travelogues
- The Great Railway Bazaar (Paul Theroux)
- Following the Equator (Mark Twain)
Books
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Calcutta (Geoffrey Moorhouse)
- City of the Dreadful Night and American Tales (Rudyard Kipling) - Where Kolkata is called as the titular city[1]
- City of Joy (Dominique Lapierre) - a slum within Kolkata is called the City of Joy[2]
- Calcutta: The Living City Volumes 1 & 2 (ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri)
- Calcutta - City of Palaces: A Survey of the City in the Days of the East India Company 1690–1858. (Jeremiah P. Losty)
- Calcutta 1981 (ed. Jean Racine)
Films set in Kolkata
Bengali films
- Nagarik - The Citizen (Ritwik Ghatak) (1952 - Released 1977)
- Bari Theke Paliye - The Runaway (Ritwik Ghatak) (1958)
- Mahanagar - The Big City (Satyajit Ray) (1963)
- Apanjan - (Tapan Sinha) (1968)
- Pratidwandi - The Adversary (Satyajit Ray) (1970)
- Seemabaddha - Company Limited (Satyajit Ray) (1971)
- Interview (Mrinal Sen) (1971)
- Calcutta 71 (Mrinal Sen) (1972)
- Padatik - The Guerilla Fighter (Mrinal Sen) (1973)
- Jukti Takko Aar Gappo - Logic, Debate and Story (Ritwik Ghatak) (1974)
- Jana Aranya - The Middleman (Satyajit Ray) (1976)
- Ek Din Pratidin - And Quiet Rolls the Day (Mrinal Sen) (1979)
- Grihajuddha - Crossroads (Buddhadev Dasgupta) (1982)
- Paroma - The Ultimate Woman Aparna Sen (1984)
- Agantuk - The Stranger (Satyajit Ray) (1991)
- Antareen - The Confined (Mrinal Sen) (1993)
- Unishe April - Nineteenth April(Rituparno Ghosh) (1994)
- Dahan - Crossfire (Rituparno Ghosh) (1997)
- Chokher Bali - Sand in the Eye (Rituparno Ghosh) (2003)
- Kaalbela - Calcutta My Love (Goutam Ghose) (2009)
- Houseful (Bappaditya Bandopadhyay (2009)
- Mahanagar@Kolkata (Suman Mukhopadhyay) (2009)
- 033 (Birsa Dasgupta) (2010)
- Ekti Tarar Khonje - Stars Never Sleep (Abhik Mukhopadhyay) (2010)
- Gorosthaney Sabdhan (Sandip Ray) (2010)
- Autograph (Srijit Mukherji) (2010)
English films
- The River (1951 film) (Jean Renoir)
- 36 Chowringhee Lane (Aparna Sen)
- City of Joy (Roland Joffe)
- Citi Life - Calcutta My El Dorado (Mrinal Sen)
- 10 Days in Calcutta (Gerhard Hauff)
- Bow Barracks Forever (Anjan Dutt)
- Call Cutta (Anjan Dutt)
- 15 Park Avenue (Aparna Sen)
- The Waiting City - According to the production notes the city acts as a character showing its colonial history and ancient historical relics[3]
- The Last Lear
- The Avengers, Bruce Banner's hide-out where Natasha Romanoff recruits him for the Avengers
- Memories in March
- Lion starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman
- The Namesake
French films
- Calcutta (Louis Malle)
- The Bengali Night(La Nuit Bengali)
Tamil films
Telugu films
Malayalam Films
- Vasthuhara
- Calcutta News
- Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
Hindi films
- Howrah Bridge
- Pyaasa
- Amar Prem
- Do Bigha Zameen
- Devdas (1955)
- Devdas (2002)
- Ram Teri Ganga Maili
- Calcutta Mail
- Hey Ram
- Do Anjaane
- Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
- Morning Walk
- Parineeta
- Vicky Donor
- Yuva
- Raincoat
- Kahaani (2012)
- Barfi!
- I Am
- Khushi
- Love Aaj Kal
- Calcutta Mail
- Gunday
- Badmaash Company
- Kaminey
- Michael by Ribhu Dasgupta
- Lootera
- No One Killed Jessica
- Special 26
- Bullet Raja
- Kolkata Junction
- Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
- Piku
- Highway
- Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
- Hamari Adhuri Kahani
- Tamasha
- Te3n
- Kahaani 2
- Meri Pyaari Bindu
- Jagga Jasoos
- Pari
- Dhadak
- Chippa
References
- ^ Graham, Victoria (17 March 1985). "India's Largest City Is Ultimate Urban Nightmare : Calcutta Hits Rock Bottom of Black Hole". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Dietrich, Jeff (24 November 1985). "The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre; translated by Kathryn Spink (Doubleday: $17.95; 464 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ India and Australia: Bridging Different Worlds. Readworthy Publications. 2011. p. 186. ISBN 9789350180808. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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Kolkata topics
- Bengali Renaissance
- Black Hole of Calcutta
- Bhurshut
- Calcutta flag
- Dihi Panchannagram
- Direct Action Day
- Dutch Bengal
- Gobindapur
- History of Kolkata
- Presidency division
- Job Charnock
- Kalighat–Falta Railway
- Kalikata
- Robert Clive
- Sabarna Roy Choudhury
- Siege of Calcutta
- Sutanuti
- State Archaeological Museum
- Warren Hastings
- Battle of Biderra/Chinsurah
- Nabakrishna Deb
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Kolkata metropolitan area
- Neighbourhoods
- Streets (list)
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economy
- ABP Group
- Allahabad Bank
- AMRI Hospitals
- Andrew Yule and Company
- Baidyanath Group
- Balmer Lawrie
- Batanagar
- Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
- Berger Paints
- Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
- Biecco Lawrie
- Birds Jute and Export
- Birla Corporation
- Braithwaite & Co.
- Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
- Bridge and Roof Company
- Britannia Industries
- Burn & Company
- Burnpur
- Burn Standard Company
- Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC)
- Calcutta Stock Exchange
- Chandras' Chemical Factory
- Coal India
- Damodar Valley Corporation
- Emami
- Exide Industries
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
- GKB Opticals
- Hawkers
- Hind Motor
- Hindustan Ambassador
- IISCO Steel Plant
- India Government Mint, Kolkata
- ITC Limited
- Jai Balaji group
- Jessop & Company
- Kolkata Port Trust
- Lexulous
- Limtex
- Lux Industries
- Magma Fincorp
- National Insurance Company
- Peerless Group
- Saregama
- Sinclairs Hotels Limited
- Tata Global Beverages
- The Park Hotels
- UCO Bank
- United Bank of India
- VISA Steel
- Kolkata Book Fair
- Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk
- Calcutta Youth Choir
- Coffee House
- Dwarkin
- Festivals
- Kolkata International Film Festival
- Dover Lane Music Conference
- Kolkata in the media
- Music of Bengal
- Nandan
- Priya
- Rabindra Nritya Natya
- Rabindra Sangeet
- Ritwik Ghatak
- Satyajit Ray
- Feluda
- Byomkesh Bakshi
- Ghanada
- Prostitution in Kolkata
- Tenida
- Tollywood
- Ghosts in Bengali culture
- Adda
- Rabindra Tirtha
- Nazrul Tirtha
- Mishti Hub
- Football
- Group theatre of Kolkata
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- ATK
- Barasat Stadium
- B.C. Roy Trophy
- Beighton Cup
- Bengal cricket team
- Bhawanipore FC
- Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
- Calcutta Polo Club
- Calcutta South Club
- Bengal Tigers
- Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
- Calcutta Football League
- Dalhousie AC
- East Bengal FC
- East Bengal Ground
- Eastern Railway FC
- Eden Gardens
- Indian Football Association
- IFA Shield
- Kalighat Milan Sangha FC
- Kishore Bharati Krirangan
- Kolkata derby
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Kolkata Police Friendship Cup Football Tournament
- Kolkata Vipers
- Mohammedan Sporting Club
- Mohammedan Sporting Ground
- Mohun Bagan Super Giant
- Mohun Bagan Ground
- Netaji Indoor Stadium
- Indian Arrows
- United SC
- Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
- Royal Bengal Tigers
- Salt Lake Stadium
- Sunfeast Open
- Southern Samity
- Subroto Cup
- Aryan FC
- Tollygunge Agragami FC
- West Bengal football team
- Princeton Club
- Calcutta Club
- Adwaita
- Zoological Garden, Alipore
- Bengal Club
- Central Forensic Science Laboratory
- Calcutta Rowing Club
- Electoral constituencies
- List of people from Kolkata
- Fort William
- Hooghly River
- Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
- Chinese of Calcutta
- Early phase of printing in Calcutta
- Maidan
- Missionaries of Charity
- Rabindra Sarobar
- Royal Calcutta Golf Club
- Sonagachi
- South Park Street Cemetery
- Tollygunge Club
- Tala tank
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