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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.
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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==
==Travelogues==
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==Books==
==Books==


*[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]
*''Calcutta'' ([[Geoffrey Moorhouse]])
*''Calcutta'' ([[Geoffrey Moorhouse]])
*''City of the Dreadful Night and American Tales'' ([[Rudyard Kipling]]) - Where Kolkata is called as the titular city<ref>{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=Victoria |title=India’s Largest City Is Ultimate Urban Nightmare : Calcutta Hits Rock Bottom of Black Hole |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-17-mn-35328-story.html |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 March 1985}}</ref>
*''City of the Dreadful Night and American Tales ([[Rudyard Kipling]])
*''[[City of Joy]]'' ([[Dominique Lapierre]]) - a slum within Kolkata is called the City of Joy<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dietrich |first1=Jeff |title=The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre; translated by Kathryn Spink (Doubleday: $17.95; 464 pp.) |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-24-bk-1498-story.html |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=24 November 1985}}</ref>
*''[[City of Joy]]'' ([[Dominique Lapierre]])
*''[[Calcutta: The Living City]]'' Volumes 1 & 2 (ed. [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]])
*''[[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 - 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)
*''Calcutta 1981'' (ed. Jean Racine)


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* [[Antareen]] - The Confined ([[Mrinal Sen]]) (1993)
* [[Antareen]] - The Confined ([[Mrinal Sen]]) (1993)
* [[Unishe April]] - Nineteenth April([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (1994)
* [[Unishe April]] - Nineteenth April([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (1994)
* [[Dahan (film)|Dahan]] - Crossfire ([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (1997)
* [[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]] - Crossfire ([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (1997)
* [[Chokher Bali (film)|Chokher Bali]] - Sand in the Eye ([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (2003)
* [[Chokher Bali (2003 film)|Chokher Bali]] - Sand in the Eye ([[Rituparno Ghosh]]) (2003)
* [[Kaalbela]] - Calcutta My Love ([[Goutam Ghose]]) (2009)
* [[Kaalbela]] - Calcutta My Love ([[Goutam Ghose]]) (2009)
* [[Houseful (Bengali film)|Houseful]] ([[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]] (2009)
* [[Houseful (Bengali film)|Houseful]] ([[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]] (2009)
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*[[Call Cutta]] ([[Anjan Dutt]])
*[[Call Cutta]] ([[Anjan Dutt]])
*[[15 Park Avenue]] ([[Aparna Sen]])
*[[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<ref>{{cite book |title=India and Australia: Bridging Different Worlds |date=2011 |publisher=Readworthy Publications |isbn=9789350180808 |page=186 |url=https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/India_and_Australia/_Fo0OCIwR5oC?hl=en |access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[The Waiting City]]
*[[The Last Lear]]
*[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]], [[Bruce Banner]]'s hide-out where [[Natasha Romanova|Natasha Romanoff]] [[Avengers Initiative|recruits him for the Avengers]]
*[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]], [[Bruce Banner]]'s hide-out where [[Natasha Romanova|Natasha Romanoff]] [[Avengers Initiative|recruits him for the Avengers]]
*[[Memories in March]]
*[[Memories in March]]
*[[Lion]] starring [[Dev Patel]] and [[Nicole Kidman]]
*[[Lion]] starring [[Dev Patel]] and [[Nicole Kidman]]
*[[The Namesake]]
*[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]


===French films===
===French films===
*[[Calcutta (1969 film)|Calcutta]] ([[Louis Malle]])
*[[Calcutta (1969 film)|Calcutta]] ([[Louis Malle]])
*[[The Bengali Night]](La Nuit Bengali)
*[[The Bengali Night]](La Nuit Bengali)

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===Tamil films===
===Tamil films===


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===Telugu films===
===Telugu films===


[[Naayak]]
*''[[Naayak]]''
*''[[Padi Padi Leche Manasu]]''

===Malayalam Films===

* ''[[Vasthuhara]]''
* ''[[Calcutta News (film)|Calcutta News]]''
* ''[[Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi]]''

===Hindi films===
===Hindi films===


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* ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''
* ''[[Ram Teri Ganga Maili]]''
* ''[[Calcutta Mail]]''
* ''[[Calcutta Mail]]''
* ''[[Hey Ram]]''
* ''[[Do Anjaane]]''
* ''[[Do Anjaane]]''
* ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''
* ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''
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* ''[[Vicky Donor]]''
* ''[[Vicky Donor]]''
* ''[[Yuva]]''
* ''[[Yuva]]''
* ''[[Raincoat (film)|Raincoat]]'
* ''[[Raincoat (film)|Raincoat]]''
* ''[[Kahaani]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Kahaani]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Barfi!]]''
* ''[[Barfi!]]''
* ''[[I Am (2010 Indian film)|I Am]]''
* ''[[Khushi (2003 Hindi film)|Khushi]]''
* ''[[Khushi (2003 Hindi film)|Khushi]]''
* ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]''
* ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2009 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]''
* ''[[Calcutta Mail]]''
* ''[[Calcutta Mail]]''
* ''[[Gunday]]''
* ''[[Gunday]]''
* ''[[Badmaash Company]]''
* ''[[Badmaash Company]]''
* ''[[Kaminey]]''
* ''[[Kaminey]]''
* ''[[Michael]]'' by [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]
* ''[[Michael (2011 Indian film)|Michael]]'' by [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]
* ''[[Lootera]]''
* ''[[Lootera]]''
* ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]''
* ''[[No One Killed Jessica]]''
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* ''[[Highway (2014 Bengali film)|Highway]]''
* ''[[Highway (2014 Bengali film)|Highway]]''
* ''[[Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!]]''
* ''[[Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!]]''
* ''[[Hamari Adhuri Kahani]]''
* ''[[Tamasha]]''
* ''[[Tamasha]]''
* ''[[Te3n]]''
* ''[[Te3n]]''
* ''[[Kahaani 2]]
* ''[[Kahaani 2]]''
* ''[[Meri Pyaari Bindu]]
* ''[[Meri Pyaari Bindu]]''
* ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]
* ''[[Jagga Jasoos]]''
* ''[[Dhadak]]
* ''[[Pari (2018 Indian film)|Pari]]''
* ''[[Dhadak]]''
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{{Kolkata topics}}
* ''[[Chippa]]''


==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Kolkata in popular culture]]
[[Category:Kolkata in popular culture]]

Latest revision as of 19:50, 15 June 2024

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

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Books

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Films set in Kolkata

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Bengali films

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English films

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French films

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Tamil films

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Vedalam

Telugu films

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Malayalam Films

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Hindi films

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ India and Australia: Bridging Different Worlds. Readworthy Publications. 2011. p. 186. ISBN 9789350180808. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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