Sri Sakti Banerjee – one of the most revered cinematographers of Bengal’s film industry came to RasikBhita on 16th February 2014 and shared his experiences with the students of Multimedia. He is a goldmine of anecdotes of great film personalities like Tarun Majumder,Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen and Ajay Kar.

He discussed various important points of cinematography like lighting and camera techniques and how they could be used to add a difference to any shot by showing extraordinary video shots from his movies like Nimantran, etc.

He taught different types of camera shots and steps of making a short film. He urged the students that instead of depending totally on the machines they should think originally and try to overcome the shortcomings of the machines using their originality. He alsotaught them to prepare a shooting script after getting the proper script in their hands.He listened to some ideas of the young enthusiastic aspiring directors and encouraged them immensely. Finally he promised them that he would come again once they prepare theirshooting scripts.

True to his words he again came to RasikBhita on 5th March 2014 and patiently listened and guided the studentsregarding their scripts. All students were immensely entertained by his behind-the-scene stories and gainedtremendously from his guidance.