Template:Did you know nominations/Nilkantha Bagchi
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:34, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
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Nilkantha Bagchi
[edit]- ... that the character Nilkantha Bagchi in Jukti Takko Aar Gappo (1977) and Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013), resembled film director Ritwik Ghatak's personality?
Created/expanded by Titodutta (talk), EricEnfermero (talk). Nominated by Titodutta (talk) at 13:30, 25 September 2013 (UTC).
The article is the proper length and date, and it is suitably referenced with at least one reference per paragraph. I can find no cases of copyright violation or duplication. The one problem I have is the absolute nature of the assertion that the fictional character Bagchi is based on the filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. In the cited source [1], the filmmaker Kamaleswar Mukherjee is found saying the following: "My film is about a fictitious character called Neelkantha Bagchi, influenced by an episode in Ritwik’s life, and we look at his past and future. He is not so acknowledged in life, like Ritwik Ghatak, so the similarity." The crucial thing that Mukherjee says on this matter is that the character Bagchi is similar to Ghatak because neither of them are acknowledged in life. This is thin soup. There must be other references that can give a stronger basis for the autobiographical nature of Bagchi relative to Ghatak. Perhaps something that describes the alcoholism common to both? Binksternet (talk) 22:55, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
- @Binksternet:, I have added one ref, and this ref is not directly on the Ghatak's film, but states
Ritwik's last film was autobiographical; its protagonist, played by Ritwik himself, was also Nilkantha Bagchi.
Should I add this one too? --Tito☸Dutta 00:16, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
I can see just enough of your new cited book (by way of Google Books snippets) that I can confirm it discusses "Articulating the Self in History" with regard to Ghatak's character Bagchi being a reflection of the author and actor Ghatak. We are good to go! Binksternet (talk) 01:30, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
- @Binksternet:, I have added one ref, and this ref is not directly on the Ghatak's film, but states
