Poster of Hungry Autumn

Hungry Autumn

Plot: 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 Bolex by a group calling itself the ‘Joris Ivens collective’, it was one of the first Indian documentaries to face censorship under the Emergency
Release Date: Tuesday, February 5 1974
50 years ago
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Portrait of Goutam GhoseGoutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose was
23 in Hungry Autumn
as 'Director'
Mon, Jul 24 1950