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 am involved with the projects of a whole
lot of directors."...
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11:13 AM, May 05, 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 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Chayamoy, produced by Rose Valley films, is based on a novel by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. ...
12:11 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor will debut in the Bengali film industry by producing the remake of his own 2005 superhit Hindi comedy 'No Entry'. "Jeet, Sahara and I will be soon doing a film and that will be No Entry," Kapoor said at the music launch of Bengali film 'Dewana' starring Jeet. ...
12:52 PM, Jan 14, 2013
The role of a socially responsible journalist in a Goutam Ghosh movie is perfect in many ways since the character is an ideal person, says actress Konkona Sen Sharma about her role in 'Shoonyo Awnko' (Act Zero). ...
05:37 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Kolkata: With masala flick 'Challenge-2' being opened in 270 screens across the country, the highest number of theatres for a Bengali film, the movie has set a new record, the film's producers said. Starring Dev, 'Challenge-2' is being screened in both single screen and multiplexes in Mumbai, in single screens of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Odisha, MP and Assam. The occupancy rate is over 60 per cent since the October 19 release,...
12:49 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Kolkata: With youth-centric urban films becoming the flavour of new age Bengali cinema, director-duo Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha has come out with a new film which seeks to explore issues affecting today's young people. In the film 'Bapi Bari Ja', Bapi is a confused youngster who is not very confident about himself and is desparate to have a girl friend like other boys do, Abhijit said. He said the...
11:07 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Shah Rukh Khan, the brand ambassador of West Bengal inaugurated the Prayag Film City, which is being developed at a cost of Rs 1000 crore. ...
05:06 PM, Apr 17, 2012
"I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying." " thus spoke Charles Spencer Chaplin, the greatest entertainer of all times. He later added, "Humour is a gentle and benevolent custodian of mind which prevents us from being overwhelmed by the apparent seriousness of life." This is the single-most important reason why the films of Charlie Chaplin have been endearing to people " differed by...
11:01 AM, Sep 02, 2011
Dhaka: Bangladesh High Court today ordered the authorities to clear ancestral house of noted actress Suchitra Sen in Pabna from land grabbers within seven days. Also directing the government to protect the house, a two-member bench of the court asked for a compliance report to be placed before it in 10 days after taking action against illegal squatters. The bench of justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Gobinda Chandra Tagore...
01:00 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Mumbai: Mahakshay alias Mimoh has signed a Bengali film and says he is looking forward to do films in other languages too. "I have signed a Bengali film. It's a Shree Venkatesh Films production. I would be starting the film later this year - may be November or December. I always wanted to do a Bengali film. I want to do films in every language," Mimoh, son of national award...
10:17 AM, Jul 21, 2011
Kolkata: A debut with a Bengali film left such a deep impression on her mind that Tamil actress Vidya Balan went on to act in three Hindi films having a strong Bengal connection, made Kolkata her second home and even vowed to marry a Bengali. But the reason for her bonhomie with the 'City of Joy' remains a mystery that the south Indian state Kerala-born actress has failed to unravel....
07:21 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Kolkata: Actress Gita Dey, who came up with stellar performances in Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, died in a private hospital on Monday following prolonged illness, family sources said. Dey ,79, whose acting earned her plaudits from English actor and director Lawrence Olivier, is survived by her two sons and a daughter. Beginning as a child artiste at the age of six, Dey was associated with...
09:14 PM, Jan 17, 2011
Kolkata: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai has said she is looking forward to working again with national award winning director Rituparno Ghosh. "I loved working with Rituda. It was a wonderful experience. I loved being Binodini in his Chokher Bali. Even working with him in Raincoat was a brilliant experience. I am looking forward to experiencing it again. So far my schedules have not permitted," Aishwarya told reporters while addressing a...
11:33 PM, Nov 15, 2010
Actress Rituparna Sengupta has been invited to attend the Montreal World Film Festival in Canada, where her Bengali movie
Aarohan will be screened. Directed by Pinaki Chaudhry,
Aarohan, is based on a true story that develops in a house in Banaras called "Mukti Bhawan" - where people go to die with a belief that if they die in that house they will attain "Moksha". "Rituparna is very happy about her...
08:01 AM, Sep 04, 2010
