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Aditya Vikram Sengupta
Aditya Vikram Sengupta (born 6 September 1983) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and graphic designer. His first film '' Asha Jaoar Majhe'' or ''Labour of Love'', released in 2014 which premiered at the 11th Venice Days section of the Venice International Film Festival,OFFICIAL Website of Venice Days festival http://www.venice-days.com/2014/index.asp?lang=eng which won him the National Award for Best Debut in India. Early life Aditya Vikram Sengupta was born in Kolkata in 1983 to Sharmila Sengupta and Tridib Kumar Sengupta. He attended St. Xavier's Collegiate School and post-school, Aditya was accepted at the prestigious National Institute of Design in Paldi, Ahmedabad. After NID, he worked at Channel for a number of years as a promo and creative director before turning director full-time. Career His first directorial venture was the Bengali film ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, and electronic media. The MoMA Library includes about 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, more than 1,000 periodical titles, and more than 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. The archives hold primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. It attracted 1,160,686 visitors in 2021, an increase of 64% from 2020. It ranked 15th on the list of most visited art museums in the world in 2021.'' The Art Newspaper'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries. History At a dinner party in 1953 at the home of film critic Dilys Powell of ''The Sunday Times'' and at which film administrator James Quinn attended, the notion of a film festival for London was raised. Quinn went on to start the first London Film Festival which took place at the new National Film Theatre (now renamed BFI Southbank) from 16–26 October 1957. The first festival screened 15–20 films from a selection of directors to show films successful at other festivals, including Akira Kurosawa's ''Throne of Blood'' (which opened the festival), Satyajit Ray's '' Aparajito'', Andrzej Wajda's ''Kanał'', Luchino Visconti's ''White Nights'', Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', Federico Fellini's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anirban Chakraborty
Anirban Chakrabarti is an Indian Bengali film actor. Chakrabarti is known for portraying the character ''Ekenbabu'' in a web series. He also played the character Jatayu in a web series directed by Srijit Mukherji. Currently, he is portraying the role of "Ekenbabu" in the film '' The Eken'' that released in 2022. Career In 2018–2021 Anirban Chakrabarti played the lead character Ekenbabu in the '' Eken Babu web series''. His portrayal of the character received positive reception. He also acted in another web series ''Rabindranath Ekhane Kokhono Khete Asen Ni'' (2021). After the success of ''Ekenbabu'', a film released in 2022. Filmography Films Web series * Awards * ''West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as WBFJA Awards, is given by The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The association was founded in 2013 in Kolkata. The award show is called ''Cinemar Somaborton'' (). ...- B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratya Basu
Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969),Bratya Basu(collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004 also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician who is serving as the current Education Minister of West Bengal since 2021. He also assumed the same office in First Mamata Banerjee ministry. In May 2016, Basu was assigned the portfolios of Tourism, Science Technology and Bio-Technology, Information Technology and Electronics . He has been elected as an MLA, from the Dum Dum constituency since 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal. Early life Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to Professor Dr. Bishnu Basu and Educational Administrator Dr. Neetika Basu. His early name was Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury. He belongs to the "Basu Roy Chowdhury" family of Ulpur (now in Faridpur, Bangladesh). After doing his graduation in Bengali from the Presidency College urrently Presidency University, Kolkata he comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreelekha Mitra
Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali language, Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Winner of a Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award and an Anandalok Puraskar, Anandalok Award, Mitra is best known for her roles in films such as ''Hothat Brishti'' (1998), ''Kantatar'' (2006), ''Aschorjo Prodip'' (2013), ''Swade Ahlade'' (2015), ''Choukath'' (2015) and ''Rainbow Jelly'' (2018). Her first acting assignment was ''Balikar Prem'', a Bengali TV series directed by Dulal Lahiri. She rose to prominence for her role as Nabanita in the 1996 Bengali TV series ''Trishna'' directed by Anindya Sarkar. After she appeared in a host of films, her breakthrough role came with Basu Chatterjee's ''Hothat Brishti'' (1998) which was a major success at the box office. Despite the success of the film, Mitra never attained any significant elevation in her career which she claimed to be an undesirab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once Upon A Time In Calcutta
''Once Upon A Time In Calcutta'' is a 2021 Bengali language Indian-French-Norwegian film directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. It is the third film by the Indian director and produced by Wishberry Films, in association with For Films, with Catherine Dussart Productions (of France) and DUOfilm As (of Norway). The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September 2021. The film stars Sreelekha Mitra as the protagonist, along with Arindam Ghosh, Bratya Basu, Satrajit Sarkar, Anirban Chakrabarti, Rikita Nandini Shimu and debutant Shayak Roy in supporting roles. The film was in development since 2015 and was part of the LÁtleier Cinefondation at the Cannes Film Festival before it was supported by CNC, Sorfond and NFDC Film Bazaar. Sengupta says he got the idea for the film when he took a picture of a dinosaur statue outside Kolkata's Science City, which was fast being overshadowed by the construction of a new flyover – a literal representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sarbh
Jim Sarbh (born 27 August 1987) is an Indian film and stage actor. Best known for his supporting work in the Hindi films, he is the recipient of a Screen Award, an International Indian Film Academy Award and two Filmfare Award nominations. Additionally, Sarbh has directed and acted in numerous theatre productions in India. Sarbh made his feature film debut in 2016, playing the antagonist in Ram Madhvani's critically and commercially successful biographical drama ''Neerja''; the role garnered him positive reviews from critics and such accolades as a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination and a Screen Award. Following his role in the thriller ''A Death in the Gunj'' (2016), he rose to prominence for playing antagonist in the period drama ''Padmaavat'' (2018) and the biopic ''Sanju'' (2018), both of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time. In 2022, he is playing Dr. Homi Bhabha in the series Rocket Boys. In addition to his film career, Sarbh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolita Chatterjee
(age 81) Lolita Chatterjee (1937 – 9 May 2018) was an actress who worked in Bengali Cinema. She made her debut as an adult in 1964 and played her first role in the Bengali classic ‘''Bibhas''’ alongside Uttam Kumar. Career She made her debut as a child actor in 1949 film Ananya. She later acted in a Bengali classic ‘''Bibhas''’ alongside Uttam Kumar. Afterwards, she acted in a few other Bengali films and then eventually moved to Mumbai. She acted in films in the 1960s and ’70s, Bollywood films, and was cast in small yet important roles in ‘Raat Andheri Thi’, ‘''Aap Ki Kasam''’, ‘''Talaash''’, ‘'' Victoria No. 203''’ and ‘Pushpanjali Pushpanjali (Sanskrit:पुष्पाञ्जलि, literally ''folded hands full of flowers'') is an offering of flowers to Hindu deities. Pushpanjali is the first dance in a Bharatnatyam performance. It is the salutation to the lord of d ...’. Her last film was '' Jonaki'' (2018) directed by Aditya Vikram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basabdatta Chatterjee
Basabdatta Chatterjee is a Bengali actress who mainly works in Bengali television serials. She made her debut in the popular soap ''Gaaner Oparey'' directed by Rituparno Ghosh. She rose to fame by acting in the lead female role in the comedy soap ''Boyei Gelo'', which aired on Zee Bangla. But later, due to other engagements, she stopped acting in the serial. Boyei Gelo was Basabdatta's seventh work. Subsequently, she worked in a daily soap ''Mon Niye Kachakachi'' on Star Jalsha, where she acted the role of Dr. Labanya Sanyal Kapoor. Currently, she acts as Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's mother Prabhabati Devi on Zee Bangla's daily soap ''Netaji''. Basabdatta's first movie was 'Labour of Love' (''Asha Jaoar Majhe'') which was released on 2 September 2014. She starred in a lead role alongside her co-actor was Ritwick Chakraborty in the movie which was directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta. She was selected by the director after he found her impressive performance in her first serial '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritwick Chakraborty
Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian actor who works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagol Premi in 2007. He plays different roles in different sorts of movies, so he is a versatile actor in Bengali Film Industry. Career Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passionate about acting. After his initial struggle in the Bengali film industry he worked in a few television serials and telefilms. He debuted in the film ''Pagol Premi''. After which, he appeared in Anjan Dutt's cult film ''Chalo Let's Go'', alongside in 2008, followed by ''Cross Connection'' with Rimjhim Mitra, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar, and Raj Chakraborty's ''Le Chakka'', playing the second lead alongside Dev in 2010. He appeared in six films in 2013, and for ''Shabdo'' he won the Filmfare East Best Actor's award in 2014. Chakraborty also produced a 2021 Bengali web series named ''Birohi''. Filmography Films Television & Web *''Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi Cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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