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Abar Kanchanjungha
''Abar Kanchanjungha'' is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language family drama film directed by Raajhorshee De. The screenplay was written by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Raajhorshee De. The film features an ensemble cast including Anindya Chatterjee, Rupankar Bagchi, Rahul Banerjee, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Bidipta Chakraborty, Tanushree Chakraborty, Arpita Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Padmanabha Dasgupta, Devlina Kumar, and Kaushik Sen. The film was produced by Mitaa Pal, Akshatt K Pandey, and Shilpi A Pandey. It was released theatrically on 1 April 2022 and digitally on 26 May 2023 on ZEE5. Plot The film is set in Darjeeling and revolves around the Deb family. The eldest son of the family Nishith invites his brothers Sudev, Debesh, and Rohit, along with their sister Semonti and her husband Tridib (for the first time), to their ancestral home named "Abhilash" in Darjeeling on the eve of Christmas. The reunion is intended to rekindle their childhood memories, but as the story unfolds, each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupankar Bagchi
Rupankar Bagchi, also known mononymously Rupankar is a Bengali singer-songwriter, playback singer and actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has sung many famous songs in recent Bengali films like ''Chalo Let's Go'' (2008), ''Baishe Srabon'' (2011), '' Aparajita Tumi'' (2012), ''Hemlock society'' (2012), ''Dutta Vs Dutta'' (2012), ''Jaatishwar'' (2014), ''Chotushkone'' (2014) and ''Monn'' (2018). He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer of Government of India for the song "E Tumi Kemon Tumi" from ''Jaatishwar''. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he released a song titled ''Tor Saathe'', under Times Music label. Early life Bagchi was born in a Bengali family and at an early age he learned classical vocal from his father Ritendra Nath Bagchi and Rabindra Sangeet from his mother Sumitra Bagchi. He was trained in classical music from Sukumar Mitra and in modern songs from Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay. His first stage performance was at the age of eleven. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deb (surname)
Deb or Dev ( bn, দেব) is a Bengali Hindu last name or surname, commonly used by the Bengalis of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Bangladesh. The surname is found among the Bengali Kayastha community of India and Bangladesh. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 56.8% of all known bearers of the surname ''Deb'' were residents of India and 40.3% were residents of Bangladesh. In India, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states: * 1. Tripura (1: 46) * 2. Meghalaya (1: 700) * 3. Assam (1: 961) * 4. Arunachal Pradesh (1: 1,026) * 5. Nagaland (1: 1,497) * 6. West Bengal (1: 2,528) Notable people * Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb (born 1953), King of Puri, "Aadyasevak" (treated as the first and foremost servitor) of Lord Jagannath. * Amiya Deb (1917–1983), Indian sportsman * Ashutosh Deb (1803–1856), Indian musician and writer * Debbie Deb (born 1966), American singer * Gautam Deb (born 1954), Indian politician *Goutam Deb (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Films
2022 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films : Box office records *''Top Gun: Maverick'' became the 49th film to gross $1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022. **Additionally, the film surpassed ''Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2018) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office and also surpassed ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'' (2005) to become Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film at the domestic box office. **It also passed ''The Mummy (2017 film), The Mummy'' (2017) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend at the worldwide box office and also passed ''War of the Worlds (2005 film), War of the Worlds'' (2005) as Tom Cruise's biggest opening at the domestic box office and his first film to open to over 100 Million Dollars in the US. **It also passed ''Pirates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangbad Pratidin
''Sangbad Pratidin'' ( lit.: news every day) is a daily Indian Bengali newspaper simultaneously published from Kolkata, Barjora and Siliguri. It was founded by Swapan Sadhan Bose, the owner and also All India Trinamool Congress representative at the Rajya Sabha, on 9 August 1992. The Editor-in-Chief is Srinjoy Bose. Content Besides the supplements like ''Coffee House'' (Published every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday), ''PopKorn'' (Published every Friday), ''Aami'' (Published every Saturday) it also has a literary magazine called ''Robbar'' which is circulated with ''Sangbad Pratidin'' on every Sunday. Amal Aloy ''Amal Aloy'' is a daily political cartoon strip published in Sangbad Pratidin for over a decade. It is drawn by veteran Bengali cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) ..., created by cartoonist Amal Chakrabarti, is a popular cartoon strip published in the newspaper over a decade. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Distribution
Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content (media), content such as Sound recording and reproduction, audio, motion graphics, video, e-books, video games, and other software. The term is generally used to describe distribution over an online delivery medium, such as the Internet, thus bypassing physical distribution methods, such as paper, optical discs, and VHS videocassettes. The term online distribution is typically applied to freestanding products; downloadable add-ons for other products are more commonly known as downloadable content. With the advancement of network bandwidth capabilities, online distribution became prominent in the 21st century, with prominent platforms such as Amazon (company), Amazon Video, and Netflix's Streaming media, streaming service starting in 2007. Content distributed online may be streamed or downloade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchenjungha (film)
''Kanchenjungha'' (''Kanchonjônggha'') is a 1962 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. The film is about an upper class Bengali family on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort, near Kanchenjunga. Narrative structure The structure of the film contrasts a primary plot with a secondary plot. The secondary plot involves two characters, largely static, and is played out in scenes involving only them. The primary plot pulls in most of the characters, in various groups coming together and breaking apart, across many different locations, as they all walk the circular path rising and falling over the mountainside. The film happens in linear realtime, i.e. the runtime of the film covers events happening over approximately the same period. However frequent inter-cutting between the different groups fractures this linearity, as does the thematically opposed trajectories of the two plots, one proceeding from family to the individual while the other proceeds from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of film-making, Ray is celebrated for works including ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), ''The Music Room'' (1958), ''The Big City'' (1963) and ''Charulata'' (1964). Ray was born in Calcutta to nonsense rhyme author Sukumar Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film-making after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film ''Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Ray's first film, ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurav Chakrabarty
Gaurav Chakrabarty is an Indian Bengali-language film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Prodipto Lahiri in the Bengali musical television series ''Gaaner Oparey'' that aired on Star Jalsha from 28 June 2010 to 16 April 2011. Chakrabarty is also known for acting in the Bengali classic periodic thriller television series ''Byomkesh'' (2014-2015), where he played the role of iconic Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi. He hails from a family which has had a legacy of association with the Bengali cultural arena, starting from Jochhon Dastidar and Chandra Dastidar (his paternal great uncle and aunt), Bijon Bhattacharya (his paternal great uncle), Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monika Chakrabarty (his paternal grandparents), and his parents Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Mithu Chakrabarty. He debuted on the big screen Kaushik Ganguly's ''Rang Milanti'' one of the most appreciated films of 2011. Calcutta Times voted him as one of the 10 Most Desirable Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around the world. A Calendar of saints, feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts Twelve Days of Christmas, twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night (holiday), Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in List of holidays by country, many countries, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as Christian culture, culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season, holiday season organized around it. The traditional Christmas narrative recounted in the New Testament, known as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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