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Cholai (film)
''Cholai'' is an Indian Bengali dark comedy film releasing in 2016. The film is based on the 2011 hooch fatalities. in Bengal, India. Unlicensed Country liquor, commonly known as ‘Cholai’ is a prosper business in rural Bengal.It is very cheap and highly addictive. Plot Skaktipada is a reputed teacher in his village. He has three sons, the eldest son Nimai sells milk for a living. Shaktipada’s second son Nitya is a fraud and has been absconding since a year. His youngest son Nata makes local alcohol and his disputed reputation exceeds the boundary of locality. The secret of the addiction of his alcohol is the presence of some pesticides in them. Nata and his wife work hard to keep the business afloat. One day accidentally both of them mix pesticides to the alcohol in the brewing process not knowing their partner as already done it. This leads to the death of 172 people who had consumed this poisonous alcohol. Overnight this creates a huge unrest in the village as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KR Movies And Entertainment
KR Movies and Entertainment is a film production house from Kolkata, India. Their latest film production project was the Bengali film named ''Bawal (film), Bawal'' released on 12 June 2015. Their first production was the Bengali film ''C/O Sir'' in 2013 directed by Kaushik Ganguly. Films References External links KR Moviez Indian companies established in 2013 Indian film studios Film distributors of India Entertainment companies of India Film production companies based in Kolkata Mass media companies established in 2013 2013 establishments in West Bengal {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaspreet Kaur
Jaspreet Kaur is an Indian film producer. She produced Bengali film ''C/O Sir'' in 2013. She is the founder and CEO of KR Movies and Entertainment. She had produced other Bengali Films, including ''Bawal'' in 2015 and ''Cholai'' in 2016. She is producing a documentary on Irom Chanu Sharmila titled The Turning Point. Her next venture will be a book adaption of Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara, Author Anand Neelakantan. Career Jaspreet founded the film production company, KR Movies. Their first theatrical release (''C/O Sir'') in 2013 made Jaspreet was the youngest female producer in Eastern India. ''KR Movies' film, Cholai,'' premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and was nominated in six categories (winning Best Supporting Actress) in Madrid Film Festival 2016 including Best Film, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director. She is co-creator of one-of-a-kind interactive TV series based on Motion Capture and 3D animation Animation is a method by which stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saswata Chatterjee
Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Majumdar's ''Kaalpurush''. He gained popularity by portraying the character of Topshe in a Feluda-based television series directed by Sandip Ray. His acting in many Bengali films has been praised by the critics, including his portrayal of a Ritwik Ghatak-inspired character in the 2013 film '' Meghe Dhaka Tara''. He enjoyed success at the national level in Sujoy Ghosh's 2012 blockbuster Hindi film, ''Kahaani'', where he played Bob Biswas, an assassin. Personal life Saswata Chatterjee was born on 19 December 1970 to Subhendu Chatterjee, a noted Bengali actor. He lives in Kolkata and is married to Mohua, a teacher. They have a daughter together. Career Chatterjee started his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, 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 List of languages by number of native speakers, fifth most-spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, 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 language, 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 lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of West Bengal
Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Cinema of India, Indian film industry of Bengali language, Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Cinema of India, Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the National Film Awards, Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim. Ever since Satyajit Ray's ''Pather Panchali (film), Pather Panchali'' (1955) was awarded Best Human Document at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, Bengali films frequently appeared in international fora and film festivals for the next several dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Comedy Film
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Writers and comedians often use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues by provoking discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Popular themes of the genre include death, crime, poverty, suicide, war, violence, terrorism, discrimination, disease, racism, sexism, and human sexuality. Black comedy differs from both blue comedy—which focuses more on crude topics such as nudity, sex, and Body fluids—and from straightforward obscenity. Whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Sangrampur Methanol Tragedy
The Sangrampur methanol poisonings occurred when a methanol-tainted batch of illegal alcohol killed 143 people at Sangrampur village in Magrahat I CD Block of Diamond Harbour subdivision in December 2011, affecting mainly manual workers of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The incident Victims around South 24 Parganas district started becoming sick on December 13, 2011, after drinking a home-brewed alcoholic beverage known as . The drinks contained methanol, a toxic chemical that, when ingested, can lead to blindness or death from nervous system paralysis. On December 14, victims admitted to hospitals complained about stomach pain, diarrhea and breathing problems. Within 48 hours, the death toll rose to 143, and many more were in critical condition. Most who died were manual laborers and others of low socio-economic class, who bought the liquor at illegal bars called . Later the death number rose to 156 people. Official response The Government of West B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cholai
Cholai is an illegal alcoholic beverage made in India, equivalent to "hooch" or "bootleg" alcohol. Usually made from rice, it is sometimes mixed with industrial alcohol or methanol, which has resulted in several hundred deaths. Preparation The Indian encyclopedia, ''Bharater Adibasi'', has a description of ''cholai'' as being a distilled alcohol made with two earthen pots joined together; the lower pot filled with yeast and mixed rice/jaggery; the upper pot left empty with an output tube. When the lower pot is heated, the vapour of 80% alcohol goes to the upper pot and comes into contact with cold air, which distills the vapour to become "cholai". It is locally made, and sold cheaply and illegally. In 2011, consumption of cholai adulterated with industrial alcohol resulted in the death of over 140 people. Cholai is also considered a local name, or a variant, of "desi dāru" (Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharaj Mukherjee
Kharaj Mukherjee or Kharaj Mukhopadhyay (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian actor. He completed his early education from St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata He made his debut in Bengali film with the film ''Hulusthul'' in 1980. In the last 32 years, he has worked in many films like ''Patalghar'', ''Bye Bye Bangkok'', ''Kahani'', ''Namesake'', ''Accident'', ''Muktodhara'', ''Special 26'', '' Lafangey Parindey'', ''Yuva'', '' Parineeta'', '' Laga Chunari Mein Daag'', ''Chha-e Chhuti'', ''Jaatishwar'' etc. He is a student of the drama maestro Ramaprasad Banik.He is known for his excellence in both Commercial and natural acting. In 2012 film ''Kahaani'', Mukherjee played the role of Inspector Chatterjee. Mukherjee won Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Male Playback Award in 2004 for the film ''Patalghar''. Over the years, he has established himself as one of the finest actors in the Bengali film industry due to his versatility in various roles. His son, Bihu Mukherjee debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shankar Chakraborty
Shankar Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actor who has done several tele serials and has appeared in pivotal roles in numerous Bengali films. Personal life Shankar Chakraborty was born to a Bengali Hindu family. He married actress Sonali Chakraborty in 1990. His wife Sonali breathed her last on 31 October, 2022 following prolonged liver complications. He took to the social media to declare her sudden demise. Filmography * ''Chitra'' (unreleased) * ''Bhroon'' (Unreleased) * ''Karnel'' (Unreleased) * ''Jaanbaaz'' (2019) as Rahim Bhai *'' Mon Jaane Na'' (2019) * '' Maati'' (2018) as Meghla's father * ''Total Dadagiri'' (2018) as Bibhutibhusan Das *''Jio Pagla'' (2017) * ''Love Express'' (2016) as Ram Prasad Ganguly * '' Ki Kore Toke Bolbo'' (2016) as Akash's father * '' Arshinagar'' (2015) as Biswanath Mitra * ''Bela Seshe'' (2015) as Barin * '' Naxal'' (2015) as Arijit Mitra * ''Game'' (2014) as Dibakar Panda * ''Buno Haansh'' (2014) as Badal Bhai * ''Final Missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including Documentary film, documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure, took over as President of the Festival, while Thierry Frémaux became the General Delegate. The board of directors also appointed Gilles Jacob as Honorary President of the Festival. It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, as well as one of the "Big Five" major interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
