Latest letter · April 12, 2026
On playing two Bengals at once
What it means to belong to Bangladesh and to Kolkata at the same time.
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Journal · weekly-ish
Letters, notes, and occasional asides.
5 lettersSorted · newest first
- 01March 28, 2026Notes4 min
What Guerrilla gave me — fourteen years on
The film that changed everything. Looking back at 2011 from the distance of a career.
- 02February 14, 2026Notes9 min
My Cannes moment, thirteen years later
Everything I could not say when Aborto was screened at the Palais.
- 03January 4, 2026Reading5 min
On not reading the reviews
Why I stopped googling myself after Debi, and what happened when I started again.
- 04December 18, 2025Notes6 min
Three sets I keep returning to
The locations from my films that still live inside me.
- 05December 1, 2025Reading3 min
Films I watched alone in a Dhaka hotel room
A dispatch from post-production. The movies that kept me company.