Kumartuli or Kumortuli is located in the northern part of the city of Kolkata . The locality is a traditional habitat of the potters for nearly three hundred years. The potters or the artisans or the artists settled here during the restructuring of the Kolkata colonial region by the British East India Company . Earning a livelihood by making earthen pots and utensils first they gradually shifted to the making of the idols of Gods and Goddesses for various festivals round the year. With increasing demand and quality of their creations over time the artisans became famous and Kumartuli came to be known as the hub of idol makers supplying thousands of idols, particularly of Goddess Durga , to whole of the state of West Bengal and to NRIs of around 90 countries across the globe. At least three months before Durga Puja , the biggest festival of West Bengal and one of the biggest across Eastern India, more than five hundred workshops come alive with hyper activity day and night. Fir...
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A Hero adoration, fascination and love for whom never left my heart—from
my childhood days to the present day. Yes, the Hero for me! Embodiment of a
person I could trust and depend upon since my tenderest years! Let it be just a
screen person or an image only, he lived in my heart like the dearest member of
the family! Yes, he's been family, also like a father figure, like my own
father! A protector, the He-Man who destroys evil with his bare hands; an umbrella that
covers the weak or the vulnerable at every dark corner; and the Hero who
conquers all obstacles and hurdles with smiling ease! Dharmendra! The name
itself is a legacy and the countless images that follow and immerse the legacy
in colorful vastness! My heart housed in an ageing frame now is still immersed in
the legacy! What a hero Dharmendra (1935--2025) has been! Almost hero-worshiped
him @5 and still adoring him @65, and mourning his loss today with an
inconsolable heart! Kudos for one of the greatest movie heroes of world cinema
of all times!
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A few days back rumours about Dharmendra's
demise flooded the social media and even some irresponsible mainstream media.
So much so that Hema Malini had to post clarifications about his wellbeing and
later his successful homecoming. But alas! The Hero could hold that Destiny
back only for a few days more, finally calling it a day at a Mumbai hospital
today. After nearly a 7-decade long career in Indian Cinema during which he
never called it a day as long as screen performances were concerned. His two brilliant actor sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol adored and loved
him as much, often bringing him in a movie project for the love of his
never-fading screen presence. Not just his sons, but many other top actors also
brought him in for the unique opportunity to perform with him. A Legend!
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No! It's pointless to write about his career and work! It's available everywhere in huge and loving abundance. I'll only write about a simple feeling about him in me when I was a primary school child. My father used to send us, with an escort, often to the movie houses for mostly action-adventure movies involving King Kong, Dara Singh and, of course, Dharmendra. My younger brother and I wept in the theatre when we watched Dharmendra getting stabbed and dying, writhing on the floor in pain, in that particular movie in the early sixties. But toward the end of the film we erupted in ecstasy when we saw him active and alive again. In that tender age we could hardly decode a flashback! Yes! Flashbacks can really help now and forever! We can fly far back to Phool Aur Patthar or Satyakam or Mera Gaon Mera Desh or Anupama; move forward to Aankhen or Raja Jani or Pratiggya or Sholay or Chupke Chupke or Hukumat; and back and forth to numerous others like on a time travel! Forever Dharmendra!
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