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Sharmila Tagore Confronts Fading Memories in Mumbai Selection ‘The Ancient’ (EXCLUSIVE)


Indian cinema icon Sharmila Tagore embraces a challenging role in Suman Ghosh's 'The Ancient,' which has its India premiere at the Mumbai Film Fest.

Indian cinema icon Sharmila Tagore embraces a challenging role in Suman Ghosh ‘s “ The Ancient ” (Puratawn), which has its India premiere at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Ghosh is a festival veteran with 2011’s “Nobel Thief,” 2012’s “Uncle Shyamal Turns off the Lights,” 2015’s “Peace Haven,” 2016’s “Mi Amor,” 2019’s “Aadhaar” and 2023’s “Scavenger of Dreams” all premiering at Busan and 2024 documentary “Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen” at Rotterdam. Tagore, who is considered a national treasure of Indian cinema, debuted with Satyajit Ray’s “The World of Apu” (1959) and went on to star in his “The Goddess” (1960), “The Hero” (1966), “Days and Nights in the Forest” (1970) and “Company Limited” (1971).

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