Kolkata: A string of art and experimental movies were commercial success as content-driven and thought-provoking films took centrestage in Bengali cinema this year.
The Bengali film industry remained in the limelight the entire year as the flops went overlooked because of active patronage from the new state government.
Young director Srijit Mukherji got rave reviews and set the box-office on fire with his second film '22nd Srabon', which means the 22nd day of the Bengali month 'Srabon'.
Director Goutam Ghosh changed hats for the film and delivered an electrifying performance as an eccentric poet in the thriller starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Raima Sen. ...
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12:20 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Kolkata: Acclaimed film director Goutam Ghose today said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should ensure that a treaty is signed between India and Bangladesh for regular cultural exchanges. "I would request her to talk to New Delhi and see that a treaty between the two countries is signed on this. There is a huge market waiting for Bengali cinema," Ghose said at a programme organised by Calcutta Chamber of...
01:42 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Kolkata: She went to a movie hall after 20 years and loved it. By her own admission, the film that finally pulled West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the silver screen after such a long time was 'Moner Manush'. "During my student life I used to go to the auditoria to watch movies. But for the last 20 years I had never watched a film there," Banerjee disclosed to...
06:26 PM, Sep 30, 2011
Kolkata: Filmmaker Goutam Ghose's latest offer 'Moner Manush' has stirred the audience's imagination about a near-forgotten Bengal fakir, Lalan Fakir whose liberal ideas find relevance even in present times. An Indo-Bangladeh joint production, 'Moner Manush' bagged the Golden Peacock award for the best film at the recently-concluded International Film Festival in Goa. The film is drawn from a novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay that goes by the same name. The writer...
10:52 AM, Dec 05, 2010
Panaji: India claimed the top honours at the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here after Gautam Ghose's Moner Manush won the Golden Peacock award on Thursday. Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's In a Better World won the Silver Peacock award for the best director at a glittering closing ceremony here attended, among others, by Bollywood actor and National Award winner Saif Ali Khan. Guven Kirac, who acted in the...
09:15 AM, Dec 03, 2010
