Mamata opens her heart to KKR, forgets Soumitra

Begging Your Pardon |  Rituparna Chatterjee

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's unbridled joy at the Kolkata Knight Riders winning the fifth season of the Indian Premier League was ...
01:11 PM, May 31, 2012

Soumitra: What have I done to deserve accolades?

Soumitra: What have I done to deserve accolades? Kolkata: In another recognition of his contribution to the world of films, drama and poetry, this year's Dadasaheb Phalke recipient Soumitra Chatterjee was felicitated by a leading business group. Stating that he was overwhelmed by the ecstatic response of the people in the wake of his receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke, Soumitra said, "I sometimes wonder what great have I done to deserve such accolades, such warmth and such unalloyed happiness....
11:16 AM, May 28, 2012

Hamid Ansari gives away the National Film Awards

Hamid Ansari gives away the National Film Awards New Delhi: Talents from India's $2-billion Indian movie industry received from Vice President Hamid Ansari the 59th National Film Awards across various categories here Thursday. Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was also honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, highest honour in Indian cinema at the event. Regional cinema dominated the award function, while Bollywood maintained a low key this year. Top honours, including best feature film, best direction and best...
09:42 PM, May 03, 2012

Ali Zafar to get Dadasaheb Phalke academy award

Ali Zafar to get Dadasaheb Phalke academy award Mumbai: Pakistani singer-turned-actor Ali Zafar will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke academy award here on May 3. The 31-year-old actor made his acting debut in Bollywood in 2010 with a small budget film 'Tere Bin Laden', which was a surprise hit at the box office. His next outing 'Mere Brother Ki Dulan' alongside Katrina Kaif and Imran Khan, was a hit. His last release was 'London Paris New York', which also...
05:05 PM, May 03, 2012

Happy b'day B'wood: Indian films enter 100th year

Happy b'day B'wood: Indian films enter 100th year Mumbai: This is where it all began. Lights, camera, action! In an era where working in cinema was taboo, one man with vision and courage made it possible. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, a.k.a. Dadasaheb Phalke, made the first ever full-length film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. A silent movie based on the legend of King Harishchandra, recounted in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, it was released on May 3, 1913. India's romance with the big...
03:47 PM, May 03, 2012

99 years later, Raja Harishchandra (1913) goes 3D

Pixelated |  Soumyadip Choudhury

In India, cinema isn't just a passion. It is frenzical. We have perhaps inherited this acute addiction from the man who started it all, 99 ...
02:17 AM, Apr 21, 2012

Arnab Ray's column: The essential Soumitra

Arnab Ray's column: The essential Soumitra Apur Sansar: For Apur Sansar, the final film in the Apu Trilogy, the great director plucked a young radio announcer and small-time theater actor from anonymity to play the titular role. Soumitra Chatterjee. Nurtured by Ray's genius, Soumitra brought to the world of light and shadows the unforgettable character of Apu, boyishly handsome, romantically intense and poetically fragile, journeying on the lyrical road of life, pushing aside the poverty, despondency...
12:03 PM, Mar 23, 2012

Playlist: The best of actor Soumitra Chatterjee

Playlist: The best of actor Soumitra Chatterjee New Delhi: He turned down a national award 11 years back but legendary Bangla actor Soumitra Chatterjee is proud to recieve this year's Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest recognition in Indian cinema. The 77-year-old actor had turned down the special jury award for best actor in 2001 to protest the bias of national film awards committee in selecting mainstream cinema. This time, however, the jury chose Soumitra over veterans...
05:26 PM, Mar 22, 2012

Soumitra: Right now my mind is on flashback mode

Soumitra: Right now my mind is on flashback mode Kolkata: Iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee said his being named for the Dada Saheb Phalke award " the highest honour in Indian cinema " is a recognition of his hard work in the last 53 years and expressed gratitude to directors like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and others for honing his acting skills. Chatterjee, 77, said it was an "emotional moment" for him and he would receive the award on...
03:54 PM, Mar 22, 2012

Soumitra Chatterjee to get Dadasaheb Phalke award

Soumitra Chatterjee to get Dadasaheb Phalke award New Delhi: Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee will receive the 2011 Dada Saheb Phalke Award for lifetime contribution to cinema. Chatterjee, 77, who has won a National Award in 2008 for his film 'Podokkhep', is an iconic actor in Bengali cinema with a career spanning over half a century. Sources said the award jury has finalised 77-year-old Chatterjee's name and an announcement in this regard would soon be made. Recognised...
07:23 PM, Mar 21, 2012

Bhupen Hazarika hospitalized

Bhupen Hazarika hospitalized Mumbai: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in suburban Andheri here after he complained of breathing problems. The 85-year-old was hospitalised yesterday after he suffered breathing problems. He was treated immediately. He is stable and doing fine, hospital sources told PTI today. The maestro has been kept in the ICU and is under observation but is out of danger, the sources...
12:39 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Phalke Award for Balachander overdue: Kamal Hasan

Phalke Award for Balachander overdue: Kamal Hasan

Kamal Hasan, K Balachander's protgee, talks about Balachander being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year. The veteran filmmaker who bought a whiff of fresh air to Tamil cinema in the 60's. ...
10:40 AM, Apr 30, 2011

'Harishchandrachi Factory' is very funny

'Harishchandrachi Factory' is very  funny Never mind the Oscar, the film really works ...
05:31 PM, Mar 25, 2010

Film on Dadasaheb Phalke picked for Oscars

Film on Dadasaheb Phalke picked for Oscars Harishchandrachi Factory is Paresh Mokashi's debut in Marathi. ...
03:05 AM, Oct 23, 2009
Watch: Manna Dey on his all-time hits

Watch: Manna Dey on his all-time hits

The veteran singer has been honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award. ...
12:56 AM, Oct 01, 2009
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