Not much is spoken about how Rajen Tarafdar started making documentary films. The veteran director of Ganga and Palanka has made four documentaries in his career. According to son Gora Tarafdar, these were made sometime during the early 60s. In all probability, Rajen took up this assignment before he started directing Agnisikha (1962) and Jiban Kahini (1964).During those days, there was a trend of showing a documentary before the screening of a feature film at a theatre. The director had formed a collective along with three of his industry colleagues. That included actor Parijat Bose, editor Aribinda Bhattacharya ...

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