Bangalore: Heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds and lightening lashed this tech hub on late Friday, crippling normal life, inundating low-laying areas and throwing vehicular traffic out of gear across the city. "The city and surrounding areas received about 80-90mm rain in about three hours from 7 pm due to low pressure and surface winds across the region," a senior meteorological official told reporters. Though the southwest monsoon is still...
08:30 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Howrah: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the Centre of issuing threats of engaging CBI against the state government since Trinamool Congress quit the UPA on the issue of FDI in retail. "They (Centre) are threatening us with CBI. There is no use of intimidating or threatening us. We had quit UPA on the single issue of FDI in retail. We will continue to oppose it," Mamata...
07:20 PM, May 31, 2013
Kolkata: CPI(M) on Friday defied a ban on law violation programmes in the metropolis and staged a protest demanding return of money to those defrauded by the Saradha chitfund scam among others. "The government is breaking the law every day and asking us not to hold law violations. The government is taking away democratic and political rights of opposition parties," Leader of the Opposition and CPI(M) leader Surjya Kanta Mishra...
06:24 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel looking into chit funds and ponzi schemes in the backdrop of Saradha scam in West Bengal, will give its recommendations on preventing recurrence of such incidents to Parliament in the forthcoming Monsoon session. "We have completed deliberations on the ponzi schemes and will submit our recommendations to Parliament in the next Monsoon session," a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance said after the...
05:21 PM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who worked with late filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh in 'The Last Lear', says he always gave 'immense liberty' to his actors, and that he was "never rigid in his directions to the artists". "Challenging, gently pushing for a correction, giving immense liberty to the actor on set without any interference, and readily accommodating any peculiar demands that most actors often tend to make when they are facing...
03:51 PM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: Rituparno Ghosh was paranoid about his sexuality. Through experience he had learnt to be cautious about sending out the wrong signals to actors. He was often afraid of reaching out to actors, specially in Bollywood who, he felt, would read a wrong signal. Ritu and I would often laugh over Bollywood's homophobia. Once he went to meet this iconic superstar at his iconic residence where his bratty son came...
12:33 PM, May 31, 2013
Well before he became a world-renowned filmmaker, Rituparno Ghosh was a genius in the advertising industry. He first made news in the mid-1980s. At Ogilvy and Mather, where I worked, we heard of this brilliant copywriter at Ram Ray's Response. He was not just translating English-language ads to Bengali but actually creating original lines, thoughts and campaigns. We approached him for the Sharad Shamman campaign, now institutionalised as Calcutta's uber...
09:59 AM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sought a report from West Bengal over the death of eight infants at a government hospital in Malda district. The media had reported that eight infants died at Malda Medical College Hospital on May 24. The same hospital was in news for the death of 36 infants between Jan 9 and 15. "Notices have been issued to the chief secretary,...
01:15 AM, May 31, 2013
Kolkata: Maverick filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh's mortal remains were consigned to flames on Thursday night as a tearful city bade farewell to a person credited for ushering in a new wave in Bengali cinema. A team of Kolkata Police accorded gun salute to the filmmaker, whose last rites were done at Siriti crematorium in the presence of a host of film personalities and people from all walks of life. Among those...
11:44 PM, May 30, 2013
'I DON'T WANT TO BECOME A WOMAN...' RIP Rituparno Ghosh - a man who stood inbetween the sexes... defiantly. My first novel 'Faraway ...
10:27 PM, May 30, 2013
"Death is like the loo. You got to go, you got to go!" It could only be a madcap genius like Woody Allen, who could unleash this witticism and take the sting out of something as terrifyingly inevitable as death. When I got the news this morning from a friend, I was stunned! It was just a few months ago at the Kolkata Book Fair where we met up and...
07:52 PM, May 30, 2013
Eminent filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh has died at the age of just 49. He made 19 films in his career, most of them going on to win multiple National Film Awards. He also brought to the screen several issues regarding sexuality and morality which were long considered taboos in Indian cinema. CNN-IBN's Entertainment editor Rajeev Masand joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Rituparno Ghosh's contribution to Indian cinema. Q. How...
05:53 PM, May 30, 2013
Kolkata: Credited for ushering in a new wave in Bengali cinema by his trailblazing films like 'Unishe April' and 'Dahan', director-turned-actor Rituparno Ghosh was known for glorifying women besides exploring the touchy subject of same sex relationships. As someone who had a different take on sexuality, life, filmmaking and equally adaptive to the trends and changes of contemporary filmmakers, Ghosh blazed the turf of Bengali film industry with his works....
02:06 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: Awards and acclaim came naturally to Rituparno Ghosh, a man who never compromised on his style and uniqueness. Rituparno Ghosh's cinema was a resultant of his observations which were very distinct and carried different sensibilities. Ghosh shot to fame by his direction of a children's film 'Hirer Angti' in 1994. His film 'Unishe April' won national award winner in 1995. His other widely acclaimed films include 'Dahan', 'Asukh',...
12:40 PM, May 30, 2013
Film journalist Rajeev Masand explains how Rituparno Ghosh filled the void in Bengali cinema and brought back the focus on the middle class. ...
11:42 AM, May 30, 2013
Film journalist Rajeev Masand explains how Rituparno Ghosh filled the void in Bengali cinema and brought back the focus on the middle class. ...
11:42 AM, May 30, 2013
Film journalist Rajeev Masand explains how Rituparno Ghosh filled the void in Bengali cinema and brought back the focus on the middle class. ...
11:42 AM, May 30, 2013
Rituparno Ghosh came to prominence with his 1994 film 'Unishe April'. He won multiple National Awards and several acclaimed international awards. He died in Kolkata this morning. Filmmaker Shyam Benegal talks about Ghosh's contribution to cinema. ...
11:30 AM, May 30, 2013
Rituparno Ghosh came to prominence with his 1994 film 'Unishe April'. He won multiple National Awards and several acclaimed international awards. He died in Kolkata this morning. Filmmaker Shyam Benegal talks about Ghosh's contribution to cinema. ...
11:30 AM, May 30, 2013
Kolkata: Renowned film director Rituparno Ghosh, who made films like 'Chokher Bali', 'Unishe April' and 'Raincoat', died here Thursday. He was 49. Ghosh, who was suffering from pancreatitis, passed away at his residence around 7.30 a.m., his colleague Gautam Ghosh told reporters. Shocked colleagues and friends gathered at the home of the much awarded filmmaker as news of the death spread. In one of his last tweets he talked about...
11:03 AM, May 30, 2013
