Kolkata: rap, graffiti & street-art in the cultural capital of India

When your first street art was made from cow dung. When step-relatives try to kill you because of the inheritance by adding poison to baby food. When you paint your graffiti with a brush and a roller along with an aerosol. When you can draw on almost any wall, and no one will complain.
The documentary “Walls of Bengal: Street Art and Graffiti in Kolkata” is the result of a week spent in the capital of West Bengal together with artists, street rappers, graffiti artists, with a camera on.
Through the stories of its heroes, the film tells about what street art of Kolkata was decades ago, and how did it change when it met Western movements.
Kolkata is one of the most peculiar cities of India. Built by the British in the European style it became the capital of art and culture in this exotic country. And also the capital of social movements and protests. Being the poorest of India’s megacities, the city of trams and walking rickshaws still retains its spirit and its style.
From filming to final editing, this documentary was made by Vasiliy Kondrashov, a journalist from Moscow and editor of “Passenger”, Russian travel and street culture online magazine (passenger.rocks). We already told our readers about metalheads of Sri Lanka and hardcore in Azerbaijan, subcultural Tashkent and punk travels in India, and now we realized: subcultures in Asian countries are one of the important topics for us.
The film “Walls of Bengal” can be considered the next chapter in this long story. And certainly not the last.
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Russian version of the video is here • Калькутта: уличный рэп... .

[@shubhanshukumar2257]

This is so great. Thank you for making this.🤟 Kolkata believes that power of heritage and the knowledge of liberalism.

[@vishnu-bouncer]

Great 👍

[@TheLongasen]

Damn, i'm loving it so far, really kick-ass pieces in this. Rep!

[@ostom888]

Khub bhalo ❤

[@Akibuuki]

The line you say.. Kolkata love art but they dont pay artists.... Its so true

[@b.y.599]

Unique ! Love this kind of video !

[@JongiB96]

Amazing work Vasiliy! Really enjoyed it.

[@susarnadutta7776]

Video ta onek valo
This video deserve more fame actually ❤️ getting the vibe of Kolkata 💓

[@thegraffitininja1578]

🔥💣💥

[@localrecords80]

Hard bro

[@4smediapresence]

Wow🎉🎉🎉

[@thepassenger7427]

🙏🏼

[@SumanaPaul]

Way too less number of likes and views. The docu deserves much more applause and cheers! Love from #Howrah

[@thepassenger7427]

Russian version's a bit more popular, but you're right anyway =) ua-cam.com/video/RBsr8TUvAYs/v-deo.html

[@neetakulkarni8382]

Like

[@SB-fn6mu]

Oh wow that's wow
I didn't know that the are graffiti artists in India
♡

[@Priyanka07233]

I have a question I want to draw street art with spray so where I create can you suggest me some place in kolkata to create my creativity ❤

[@abhirupmaji7151]

Aiiii aiiii.... MC AviK spittinnnnn yeaaaaa🙌💥💥❣️

[@ncbrothers5452]

I want to do this fabulous work🙂

[@Innamorato_8637]

Man really awesome graffiti peices. I am an graffiti sketch artist

[@AyushPramanik]

Brilliant.
I myself am making a documentary on Graffiti, in Kolkata.
Thanks a lot for uploading this.
This definitely helped me to put certain things in perspective.

[@ZakharBecker]

subscribed to you in advance. now i hope you post it on youtube

[@Aditya-qd7jf]

FOREIGN country } ] there people will appreciate your ( TALENT ) and participate in competition and win big amount of [ MONEY ] 🤑 . You

[@sangharshharijan1583]

EPR ka jo gana hai uska naam kya hai

[@thedkd93-nv1pf]

Bhaii where is those artist we want k city hiphop scene on top mamma
Hiphop till I die

[@AsGrgy]

whose track plays from 4:20??

[@amanjaiswal8733]

Best hours of my life i would say

[@debobratakundu7736]

Location???

[@souptikghosh3348]

🤘🏼🤘🏼 it’s awesome... I'm also a digital artist ..

[@souravrebelsg8351]

I need a graffiti artist for my gym. Can anyone suggest or respond?

[@ihatemyselfxoxos]

Seen SHOCK up in Kolkata off the train! I was super nervous painting india but got a few spots In. It’s hard for me to paint such a beautiful city but I stuck to walls off the train line and made sure I didn’t go over any old signs. Such a great place!

[@shupaltse666]

как жаль, что нет перевода! материал - изумруд.
апдэйт: ааа, ёпти, это форинер-эдит, нашёл ру-версию 🫶

[@thepassenger7427]

ништяк, а то я уже за ссылкой полез)) спасибо!

[@ujjwalyadav8163]

can i shoot a rap video there?

[@jemimarahman3829]

Can anyone give me any artist no I want to paint my living room in kolkata.

[@sohambhattacharyya8097]

Hip hop jindabad hip hop jindabad hip hop jindabad 🤘✊

[@ganeshthapa9182]

Plz come in siliguri also we also want some graffiti writer .... Btw I also do graffiti but I can't do better.....

[@tonyboyy6374]

Shout out BanngaLL RaPP😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@akashchatterjee9821]

Ami tomr sathe aggeo kaj korechi

[@manishtheall-rounder5620]

All the likes and subscribe are fraud

[@thepassenger7427]

You really think so? Why? :)

[@tdksound2005]

Graffiti is almost instinct in the US 🇺🇸 nobody does this shit no more. You guys are 20 plus years a bit to late.

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great 👍