Memory, Nostalgia, and Cinema in Kolkata: A Community History of Single-Screen Theaters
My Proposal
1) Whats your proposal? How does it benefit the university or in general ?
2) I suggest Take a picture of Metro with the now dilaphidated in the background maybe at night when thin gs light up. I think They light up Metropolitan as well. Just for contrast.
3) Etai hote hobe naa, but show something that appeals to everyone: Contrast.
4) Photo emon bhabe select korte hobe je ektu tint diye jate text legible hoy.
An attempt to showcase the approach towards the field work required in the project.
Nilam Debi Shau recollects her film going memory at a single-screen cinema called, "Purbasha". Purbasha has made way for a real estate property. Most of her recollected films where family dramas or religious films.
Babu Mondal (beard) grew up literally next to Purbasha. He mentions how a fire broke out inside the hall once. Kishan Shah (standing next to Babu) narrates his memories of touts selling pre-bought tickets at hgher prices. He also describes the bustling street food scene that sprouted around the cinema. Narrations such as these shed light on compositions of localities that house single-screen theatres.
An apartment juts out where Purbasha once stood.
He shares the name of a famous Indian film star, Sunil Shetty. Or that is what we wanted me to believe. A rickshaw puller by profession, his recollections were of ferrying famous personalities associated with cinema, least of whom certainly was not Satyajit Ray!
