Anup Singh's 'The Name of a River' is an ambitious, evocative epic/biopic that explores the life and work of a great Indian filmmaker, Ritwik Ghatak. This visually stunning film covers an enormous wealth of ground within its 90 minute runtime, presenting its audience with a dreamlike odyssey through a history, a life and a work that we, the viewers, encounter in the shape of landscapes and music, lovers and gods, myths and memories, literature and cinema.
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