Dhaka: Days of heavy rain in Bangladesh has set off flash floods and landslides which have killed more than 30 people and stranded about 150,000, police and officials said on Wednesday. Low-lying and densely populated Bangladesh is battered by torrential downpours during the wet season which began in the past few weeks, but one official said the rain this month was the heaviest for years. Fifteen people were killed in...
01:20 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Bedabrata Pain was a scientist who one day decided to tell the story of a 14 year old boy Jhunku. The former NASA employee wrote 36 drafts of his film 'Chittagong' before taking the first shot. He talks to IBNLive about the rigorous process of filmmaking. Q: Why is the 'Chittagong' uprising so special for you? A: I don't know how many people know about it but I...
05:54 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Mumbai: Some actors weild the paintbrush, while others exercise their vocals chords. But actor Manoj Bajpayi doesn't see himself venture into either fields as he believes painters and singers are born talented -- and not created. "I love paintings, but I believe painters are not created, they are born. The same applies to music. I tried my hand at singing, but failed everytime. I have realised that every person is...
12:48 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Mumbai: A far cry from the big budget, flamboyant, larger-than-life cinema that still calls the shots in Bollywood, several new Indie films are on their way to creating their space. Made on shoestring budgets, they bring something to the palate, that's steadily underlining the presence of our films on the world cinema map. Without a Khan or an item number, here are a few of those films set to release...
11:27 AM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: After being stuck for a while, 'Chittagong' will finally see the light of the day courtesy Anurag Kashyap and Sunil Bohra. The director says that the delay was a blessing in disguise as he got time to do the patch work. The film is a true story about revolution against the British in Chittagong, then a district in undivided Bengal, in 1930-34. Anurag saw the film and liked...
11:25 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Dhaka: In a tragic accident, at least 43 school children were killed and over 30 others missing after a over crowded truck carrying them plunged into a canal near Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong on Monday. Police and witnesses said that the truck carrying an estimated 75 primary school children, aged between nine to 14, was returning home after a football match at a local stadium when it skidded...
09:27 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: The trailer of 'Chittagong Strike One' is out and actor Manoj Bajpai is back as iconic freedom fighter Surya Sen aka 'Masterda' in director/producer Bedabrato Pain's period drama based on the Chittagong armoury raid of 1930. The film, co-directed and co-produced by US-based filmmaker Shonali Bose, stars Manoj Bajpai, Barry John and Delzad Hiwale. Shonali Bose, who shot to fame with the film 'Amu' and is married to...
01:45 PM, Jul 08, 2011
Barasat, West Bengal: Now the only survivor of the Chittagong armoury raid, Binod Behari Choudhury vividly remembers the day - April 22, 1930 - when he received bullet injuries fighting the British forces in the Jalalabad hills, an incident that inspired the Bollywood film "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey". Choudhury, 101, who lives in Bangladesh, comes to India frequently to visit his son. "When I received a critical bullet injury...
02:33 PM, Jan 19, 2011
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09:12 PM, Dec 02, 2009
Documents reveal the confession of the main accused in the arms haul. ...
09:36 PM, Feb 20, 2009
A massive landslide hit south-eastern Bangladesh, the death toll rose to 106 on Wednesday. ...
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