Hungry Autumn (1974) | Goutam Ghose | PIXAPIX

Hungry Autumn - Goutam Ghose’s first major film is a documentary about the 1974 Bengal famine, analysing how famines come about and chronicling their impact in the cities and the villages of India. Made on a Paillard by a group calling itself the “Joris Ivens Collective”, it was one of the first Indian documentaries to face censorship. Much of the footage reflects Ghose’s preoccupation, later developed in his features, with people surviving on the margins of society. The film won the Main Award at the Oberhausen Film Festival. Born in Calcutta in 1950, Ghose graduated from Calcutta University and started making documentaries in 1973. He took an active part in the group theatre movement in Calcutta and dedicated some time as a Photo Journalist. He made his first documentary – New Earth in 1973 followed by Hungry Autumn which won him the main award at the Oberhausen Film Festival. He has since made several significant feature films including Maa Bhoomi, Dakhal, Paar, Antarjali Yatra, Pa