Legend Soumitra Chatterjee: On FTII, Censors and Ahalya

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As part of our Kolkata Agenda series, we interview the 80-year-old legendary film director who has been trending on Twitter for his 14 minute film - Ahalya. Soumitra Chatterjee speaks on the FTII issue and what he thinks of government panels, which gave him a national award in his seventies. Also on the show is filmmaker Churni Goswami who talks about the state and censorship.

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