New Delhi: Although inspired from Ritwik Ghatak's life, Kamaleswar Mukherjee's 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' is not a biopic on Ritwik Ghatak. ...
10:24:05 AM May 18, 2013
Kolkata: A West Bengal government owned film centre in Kolkata has reportedly refused to screen a movie on the chit fund scam. State-owned Nandan film centre says it will not screen the movie 'Kagojer Nouka' (which means Paper boat). The movie's director has alleged that the cinema hall authorities have not previewed the film despite submitting documents well in advance. The film has also not found any takers among multi-plexes...
12:12:09 PM May 14, 2013
Kolkata: Refusing to commit if he considered the present trend of Bengali film industry as a real turn-around, Ray's favourite actor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee today said but he believed in keeping himself busy in all the genres of flicks. Averse to tag a label like turnaround or buyoancy to the current spate of releases, including upcoming 'Rupkatha Noy' and 'Kagozer Nouko' by directors of different genres, Soumitra said, "Yes I...
11:13:23 AM May 05, 2013
New Delhi: A great celluloid story needs a brilliant storyteller, and the storyteller needs outstanding actors to bring the characters to life. Satyajit Ray, the man who made the values of Indian films recognisable to the world, also had a muse in Soumitra Chatterjee. Chatterjee, in return, tried his best to fulfil Ray's wishes on screen. Both shared a special rapport which spread over the canvas of 13 films and...
02:11:17 PM May 02, 2013
Kolkata: With the release of Mainak Bhowmik's 'Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends', stated to be the first girl chick film in Indian cinema, postponed till the middle of next month, 'Maach Misti and More' director says he would not accept any cut by the Censor Board. "The film has been sent for review to the Censor Board. Everybody knows I don't make films to titilate the audience. If they are not...
11:00:13 AM Apr 29, 2013
Kolkata: The West Bengal chit fund is getting bigger each day. It has now turns out that ponzi schemes in the state financed not just media houses but Tollywood films as well. In the past four years, at least one in three films has been produced by groups that run ponzi schemes. Rose Valley, a deposit-taking company which is now under the MCA scanner, has produced 18 films including three...
08:42:40 AM Apr 29, 2013
Kolkata: Happy with her contrasting retro-modern looks in 'Damadol' and yet-to-be-released 'A Political Murder', Tollywood actor Priyanka Sarkar says after 'Hemlock Society' the Agnidev Chatterjee-thriller turned out one of most intense performances where she had to exert herself. I could not come out of the shell after the shoots of 'A Political Murder' GOT over. The role demanded I remained in that mode as the shoots went on day after...
05:56:25 PM Apr 27, 2013
Kolkata: Happy that his popular fiction Goynar Baksho was at last framed on celluloid, writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay said he had wished it be made by none other than Aparna Sen. "When Aparna first approached me for the right of the literary work several years back I felt it will fall in the hand of the right person. Yes Goynar Baksho has cinematric elements I knew and I was happy the...
12:41:46 PM Apr 17, 2013
Kolkata: Veteran star Mithun Chakroborty will be teaming up with his son Mimoh for the first time on-screen in the movie 'Rocky'. "'Rocky' is the first film where I will be partnering with dancing guru Mithun Chakraborty in a sequence. Don't know what lies in store for me," Mimoh said here. "You know you have to live up to the steps of a dancing wizard like my father, the mahaguru....
04:25:51 PM Apr 14, 2013
The premier artsy mother-daughter duo of Indian cinema, Aparna and Konkona Sen who've made critically acclaimed films like 'Titli', 'Mr and Mrs Iyer' and '15 Park Avenue' in the past are back with another film, 'Goynar Baksho'. ...
05:24:39 PM Apr 12, 2013
In the first 'chick film' in India on the lines of 'Charlie's Angels', 'Maach Misti and More' director Mainak Bhaumik has taken a sneak peek into the world of three present day career-driven young girls, feminine but not coyish or docile in his new flick 'Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends'. ...
02:03:51 PM Apr 03, 2013
Mousumi Chatterjee says she is fortunate to have been cast in a full-fledged role in Aparna Sen's next film 'Goynar Bakso'. ...
11:57:43 AM Apr 02, 2013
Bengali actor Rudranil Ghosh says celluloid fiction is not divorced from reality. ...
02:02:02 PM Mar 25, 2013
Not having any qualms to turn up in her first item number in 'Escape from Taliban' director Ujjwal Chatterjee's new Bengali flick 'Swabhumi', 'Nach Boliye' star Dimpy Mahajan says she would love to give first priority to family. ...
12:11:26 PM Mar 18, 2013
Chayamoy, produced by Rose Valley films, is based on a novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. ...
12:11:06 PM Mar 16, 2013
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