The Satyajit Ray classic, which had “Mahanayak” Uttam Kumar playing a version of himself but in a way that only he could, ...

Uttam Kumar got only one and a half Ray films, Nayak and Chiriakhana. His oeuvre, almost the entirety of the 200-plus films that he did in Bangla and Hindi, consists of what is broadly classified as ...

I’d met them. Arindam Mukherjee (played by Uttam Kumar) was much like the film stars I had admired from a distance, and yet felt familiar. This was unlike anything ‘artsy’ I had ever seen. Most films ...

Young cinephiles we spoke to said the classic and its story are still relevant Sharmila Tagore and Uttam Kumar in a still from the film ‘Nayak would’ve shaken the industry if released today ...

But when Ray came up with Nayak in 1966, he cast Bengali icon Uttam Kumar, both as a version of himself and a composite of matinee idols past and present. Who else but Uttam Kumar, then at the ...

The re-release of cult Bengali films like ‘Nayak’ poses significant challenges for contemporary Bengali cinema, struggling to ...

Satyajit Ray’s 1966 film Nayak is about a superstar taking a train to collect a National Award. On his way, this star—played by matinee colossus Uttam Kumar—meets existential angst ...

Actress Sharmila Tagore discusses the re-release of her iconic films ‘Nayak’ and ‘Aradhana’ in theatres. She praises the timeless appeal of Satyajit Ray’s storytelling and Uttam Kumar’s portrayal in ...

Sudipta Laha's ‘Karon Greece Amader Desh Na Athoba Blue-Black O Transparent White', which featured Uttam Kumar's grandson, Gourab Chatterjee, in the cast, released on the same day as ‘Nayak'.