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Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay
Ajitesh Bandopadhyay ( bn, অজিতেশ বন্দোপাধ্যায়; born: 30 September 1933 ― 13 October 1983) was an actor, playwright, activist and director. He along with Shambhu Mitra and Utpal Dutt are considered to be the doyens of Bengali theatre of the post - Independence era. Early life He was born as Ajit, at Ropogram in Purulia District, West Bengal at his maternal uncle's house. His native village was Kenda situated in the Raniganj region of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He was the eldest son of coal miner Bhubhanmohan and Lakshmirani. Having graduated from Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, Kolkata, he taught for few years in the same college and in South Point School before plunging himself in the world of theatre by joining the '' Nandikar'' group in 1960. Theatre Prior to joining '' Nandikar'', he had been in close touch with the IPTA (''Indian Peoples' Theatre Association'') and was both directing and performing a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purulia District
Purulia district (Pron: puruliːaː) is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Jhalda, Anara and Balarampur. History Pre history The territory of present Purulia district was a part of Banga, one of the 16 Mahajanapadas according to Jaina Bhagavati Sutra (c. fifth century CE) and was also a part of the country known as Vajra-bhumi in ancient period. During medieval period, this territory was regarded as part of ''Jharkhand'' region. Little is known about Purulia before the British East India Company acquired this territory by obtaining the grant of Diwani of the subahs of Bengal, Bihar, Odisha in 1765. Pre independence By Regulation XVIX of 1805, a Jungle Mahals district composed of 23 parganas and mahals including the present Purulia was formed. By Regulation XIII of 1833 the Jungle Mahals district was brok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophocles
Sophocles (; grc, Σοφοκλῆς, , Sophoklễs; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. is one of three ancient Greek tragedians, at least one of whose plays has survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus; and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: ''Ajax'', ''Antigone'', ''Women of Trachis'', ''Oedipus Rex'', '' Electra'', '' Philoctetes'' and ''Oedipus at Colonus''. For almost fifty years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens which took place during the religious festivals of the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed in thirty competitions, won twenty-four, and was never judged lower than second place. Aeschylus won thirteen competitions, and was sometimes defeated by Sophocles; Euripides won four. The most famous tragedies of Sophocles feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatra (theatre)
Jatra ( bn, যাত্রা, or, ଯାତ୍ରା, ) is a popular folk-theatre form of Odia theatre, Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of Odia, Bengali speaking areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura As of 2005, there were some 55 troupes based in Calcutta's old Jatra district, Chitpur Road, and all together, is a $21m-a-year industry, performed on nearly 4,000 stages in West Bengal alone, where in 2001, over 300 companies employed over 20,000 people, more than the local film industry and urban theatre. The word means journey or going. The origin of intrinsically a musical theatre form, is traditionally credited to the rise of Sri Chaitanya's Bhakti movement, wherein Chaitanya himself played Rukmini in the performance of ''Rukmini Haran'' ("The abduction of the Charming Rukmini") from Krishna's life story, a first definite presentation of this theatrical spectacle. The performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samjhauta (film)
''Samjhauta'' (English: Compromise) is a 1973 Bollywood drama film directed by Ajay Biswas and produced by Sandeep Sethi. It stars Anil Dhawan, Yogeeta Bali, Shatrughan Sinha, Pradeep Kumar, Naaz, Sulochana Latkar in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji. Cast *Anil Dhawan as Gopal *Yogeeta Bali as Shanno *Shatrughan Sinha as Shankar *Pradeep Kumar as Bhola * Naaz as Champa *Sulochana Latkar as Gopal & Champa's Mother Soundtrack All songs were composed by Kalyanji Anandji. Indeevar and Verma Malik wrote the lyrics. The song "Samjautha Ghamon Se Kar Lo" was made in two versions, male and female, sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. #"Badi Dur Se Aaye Hain, Pyaar Kaa Tohafaa Laaye Hain" - Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh #"Samajhautaa Gamon Se Kar Lo" - Kishore Kumar #"Sabake Rahate Lagataa Hai Aise Koi NahinHai Meraa" - Mohammed Rafi #"Samjhauta Ghamo Se Karlo (Female)" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Na Roop Dekhiye Na Naam Dekhiye" - Kishore Kumar #"Jo Dilo Ke Naate H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapalkundala
''Kapalkundala'' ( bn, কপালকুণ্ডলা) is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Published in 1866, it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust herself with the city life. Following the success of Chattopadhyay's first novel '' Durgeshnandini'', he decided to write about a girl who is brought up in a remote forest by a Kapalika ( Tantrik sage) and never saw anyone but her foster-father. The story is set in Dariapur, Contai in modern-day Purba Medinipur district, Paschimbanga (West Bengal) where Chattopadhyay served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector. ''Kapalkundala'' is considered one of the finest and the most popular of Chattopadhyay's novels. It has been translated into English, German, Hindi, Gujrati, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit. Girish Chandra Ghosh, one of the pioneers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thagini
''Thagini'' (The Lady Thug) is a Bengali suspense drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar based on a short story of Subodh Ghosh. This film was released on 13 December 1974 in the banner of ''Chaya O Chabi'' Production. Music of the film was scored by Hemanta Mukherjee Plot Cashier Haripada was ditched by his friend Rajen Mukherjee. He breaks the office locker with his assistant Banku but caught. They need money for the marriage of Haripada's daughter Karabi. After two years they become released from jail and without having any means start looting money. Karabi marries a man with the help of Haripada and Banku then she escapes with all jewelry of her husband. The three make fool the police and go to Kolkata. In Kolkata Karabi meets an innocent youngman Amit who is actually the son of Rajen Mukherjee. Haripada wants to take revenge but his daughter falls in love with Amit. Cast * Utpal Dutt * Sandhya Roy as Karabi *Ajitesh Bandopadhyay * Chinmoy Roy * Robi Ghosh * Anup Kumar *Jahor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megh O Roudra
''Megh o Roudra'' (English: Clouds and Sunshine) is a Bengali drama film directed by Arundhati Devi and produced by Ajitesh Bandopadhyay based on Rabindranath Tagore's short story by the same name. This film was released in 1969 under the banner of K.L. Kapur Productions. Plot This is the story of Shasibhusan, a young lawyer. After completion of study he lives in a village of British India. Very often a little neighborhood girl Giribala comes to his home for learning. Giribala's father is a landlord. Her family marries her off at her childhood. Shashi never express his untold love to Giribala. He is an educated, courageous and law abiding person who always stands for villagers against the oppression of British administrator. But for whom he struggles for justice they betrayed him before the Court. At the time of trial Shashi become frustrated and imprisoned by the judge. When he returns from the jail, meet Giribala. She became a prosperous widow that time. Cast * Swarup Dutta as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganadevata (film)
''Ganadevata'' (English: The People) is a 1978 Bengali drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar, based on a novel by same name by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar in lead roles. The epic novel is set in the 1920s during the British Raj, about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal. It had also won the writer Bandopadhyay, the 1966 Jnanpith Award. At the 26th National Film Awards (1978), it won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Child Artist Award for Kanchan De Biswas. Cast * Soumitra Chatterjee as Debu Pandit * Kali Banerjee * Sandhya Roy as Durga * Tapen Chatterjee as Tara Napit * Ajitesh Bandopadhyay * Samit Bhanja * Nilkantha Sengupta as Tarini, the singer * Rabi Ghosh as Haren Ghosal * Anup Kumar * Santosh Dutta as Doctor & Social activist for the rural poor people * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuheli
''Kuheli'' (''Bengali'': কুহেলী) is a 1971 Bengali suspense thriller movie directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film stars Biswajit Chatterjee, Chhaya Devi, Sumita Sanyal Ajitesh Bandopadhyay, Satya Bandyopadhyay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy, Rabi Ghosh and Subhendu Chatterjee. Music director of the movie was Hemanta Mukherjee. Plot A woman named Sheba Mitra comes to a remote hill town, Nijhumgarh to be the governess of girl child Ranu. Shankar Roy, the owner of the almost haunted bungalow called ''Raykuthi.'' Ranu is his only child. Sheba came to know everything is going mysterious surrounding her. She tried to know the history about the Bungalow and the dwellers and started investigation secretly. Old family friend Dr. Choudhury and Shankar's cousine Satyabhusan were very much related with the family. Sheba suddenly knew that two murders took place there nearly seven years earlier. She watched that mysterious incidents are happening. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atithi (1965 Film) '', a 2010 Bollywood film
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Atithi may refer to: * '' Atithi Devo Bhava'', meaning the Guest is equal to God as per Hindu scripture * ''Atithi'' (1965 film), a 1965 Bengali film * '' Atithee'', a 1978 Hindi film * ''Atithi'' (2002 film), a 2002 Kannada film * ''Atithi'' (2007 film), a 2007 Telugu film * ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Ashwni Dhir, and produced by Amita Pathak. Loosely based on the short story ''Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi?'' by Sharad Joshi, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Paresh Rawal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhuti
''Chhuti'' ( English: ''A Vacation'') is a 1967 Bengali film, based on a novel by Bimal Kar. It marked the directorial debut of Arundhati Devi, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music for the film. At the 14th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Film Based on High Literary Work. It also won a number of BFJA Awards, including Best Director. Synopsis The film is set in a small town in Bihar (now Jharkhand). All the main characters belong to a Bengali Christian community settled there. Bhramar (Nandini Maliya) is a teenage girl who lives with her father (Ajitesh Bandopadhyay) and her stepmother (Debabrati Sen). She is quiet and solitary, and remains sad since her relationship with her stepmother is not good. She has a good singing voice, but cannot tell anyone about her aspiration to become a singer. A young man, Amal (Mrinal Mukherjee) comes to spend his vacation with them. The two fall in love. Amal encourages Bhramar to sing, and they sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandimukh
Village Anarpur is a drama group based in Zila Shilpakala Academy in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The group stages creative and contemporary drama productions, currently led by playwright Abhijit Sen Gupta. As a theatre troupe, they organize international drama festivals. History Nandimukh was founded on the island Divvanshu Kuamar on November 16th, 1990. It has staged 14 productions with roughly 1,000 performances to date. The drama troupe focuses on themes such as rebellion, songs of revolution, liberation and war, freedom movements, humanity, and non-communal consciousness. Additionally, they hold festivals to honour promising playwrights. Nandimukh's popular productions include ''On Duty'', ''Jbala'', ''Alakananda's Daughter'', ''News Cartoon'', ''Red Lantern'', ''Krantikal'', ''Orpheus'', ''Bella Shesher Golpo'', ''Urnajal'', and ''Khenksial''. Their latest stage performance is the drama, ''Amar Ami'', which is based on the life of Binodoni Dasi, one of the earliest theater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
