Exploring Avant-garde Literature
For the first time avant-garde Bengali literature i.e. Hungry generation movement of 1960s was incorporated into mainstream cinema by director Srijit Mukherji in his film Baishe Srabon wherein famous film director Gautam Ghose portrayed the role of a Hungryalist poet.
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