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Churni Ganguly
Churni Ganguly (née Banerjee) is a Bengali actress and director. After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the Jadavpur University. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as an actress. Then she moved to Mumbai and acted in a few television serials. Later, she came back to Kolkata and started acting in Bengali films. Ganguly received the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards in 2005 in the best actress category for the movie ''Waarish'', in which she played a single-mother's role. Personal life Churni Ganguly (born Churni Banerjee) spent her childhood in Kurseong. Her parents were school teachers. She was a student of Dow Hills boarding school. In spite of being at boarding school, Churni and few other girls were allowed to stay at their homes with their parents. Churni's father, whom Churni described as "extremely caring, but a rather serious person" encouraged Churni to do well in studies, and espec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waarish
''Waarish'' ( bn, ওয়ারিশ) is a 2004 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. It stars Debashree Roy, Mamata Shankar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Churni Ganguly and Aniket in the leading roles. The film marked Kaushik Ganguly's directorial debut and it was also Churni Ganguly first film on the big screen. Plot The film revolves around the characters Shubhankar (played by Sabyasachi Chakrabarty), Preeti (Debashree Roy) and Medha (Churni Ganguly). Medha is an ex-flame of Subhankar. Medha becomes pregnant after rendezvous with Subhankar. Though Medha was not married with Subhankar, she denies abortion and gives birth to a son, Megh. Many years later, when Medha is suffering from cancer, comes to meet Shubhankar, discloses about her condition and requests him to take Megh into his care. At this time Subhankar is married to Preeti. So, he feels hesitant and shocked. Medha stays in Shubhankar's home and tells Preeti that she is Shubhankar's distant relative. Preeti starts c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indraneil Sengupta
Indraneil Sengupta is an Indian film and television actor, and a model living in Kolkata since 2004. Career Sengupta was a finalist of the 1999 Gladrags Manhunt Contest in which John Abraham was the winner. He modelled for designer Rohit Bal and worked for choreographers Marc Robinson and Achala Sachdev. He also appeared in commercials for the Tata Indigo Marina car, VIP Frenchie and Aquafina. Later, he transitioned into music videos, including those for Falguni Pathak's "Pal pal tere yaad sataye" and Jagjit Singh; one for the south Indian singer Yesudas's Hindi album; and a remix of the old film song ''"Koi diya jale kahin (rum pum bum)"'', sung by Asha Bhosle from the movie '' Bees Saal Baad''. He also appeared in a television show on STAR Plus, '' Pyaar ke do naam...Ek Radha Ek Shyaam''. In 2004, he starred in the film '' Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart'' which also starred Aftab Shivdasani, Shriya Saran and Anupam Kher. He was to act in the movie ''Dus'' but the projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirbashito
''Nirbashito'' ( exiled) (2014) is a Bengali-language film directed by Churni Ganguly. The music of the film was composed by Raja Narayan Deb. The film was India's Oscar nomination in the category "Best foreign film" in 2015. The film deals with the subject of banishment (Taslima Nasreen's exile). Plot The protagonist of the film is a female writer who has been banished from her own country for writing against religious fundamentalism. The film shows the relationship between her and her cat "Baghini". Cast * Churni Ganguly as a Woman * Saswata Chatterjee as Pritam * Arindol Bagchi as Anukul * Raima Sen as Shayonti * Ardhendu Banerjee as Shayonti's Father * Dipankar Dey as Chief Minister * Chitravanu Basu as Kalidas * Dipanjan Basu as Identity Verification officer * Lars Bethke as Lucas * Naomi Bethke as Girl in Apple Orchard. * Gautam Bhattacharya as Journalist in School library * Kishore Bhimani as Mr. Goenka * Sanjay Biswas as Consulate Stuff * Lia Boysen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakita Byaktigato
''Bakita Byaktigato'' is a Bengali drama film directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya and produced by Tripod Entertainment (IN). It won the 61st National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Plot Pramit, an independent filmmaker is trying to understand the nature of romance, also partially the reason behind it being he is trying to find romance as he has been continually rejected by various romantic interests. Thus, he along with his cameraman Amit venture on an adventure to ask various people in Kolkata what they feel about romance and whether they have ever experienced it or not in a documentary-type manner. Eventually they meet an astrologer, who at first seemed like a complete fraudster. But later claimed that he would give them a solution to their problem, they along with the astrologer go to the astrologer's home and find out that he has two wives, both apparently unhappy. The astrologer tells them that there is a hamlet in West Bengal which has an otherworldly abil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudipta Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian actor who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Bariwali''. She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William. She graduated with an Honours degree in English. Her elder sisters Bidipta Chakraborty and Bidisha are also popular actors. Sudipta made her debut in the film ''Sanghaat''. Work Films * Sanghaat (Debut Film) (1997) * Bariwali (2000) * Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) * Robibaar Bikelbela (2004) * Kalpurush (2005) * Sangshoy (2006) * Hitlist (2009) * Urochithi (2011) * Nobel Chor (2012) * Abosheshey (2012) * Half Serious (2013) * C/O Sir (2013) * Goynar Baksho (2013) * Open Tee Bioscope (2014) * Buno Haansh (2014) * Bheetu (2014) * Chaar (2014) * Rajkahini (2015) * Shororipu (2016) * Dhananjay (2017) * 61 Garpar Lane (2017) * Mayurakshi (2017) * Uronchandi (2018) * Pupa (2018) * Shobdokolpodroom (2018) * Samsara (2019) * Jyesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/O Sir
''C/O Sir'' ("Care of Sir") is a 2013 Indian Bengali romantic thriller film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Jaspreet Kaur. The film tells story of a blind school teacher's life and his struggle to prevent the school being sold. The lead character is played by Saswata Chatterjee. It went on to Singapore Film Festival 2013. Plot The film is set in a boys' school in Kurseong. The story revolves around the life of school teacher Jayabrata Ray, played by Saswata Chatterjee, who has gone blind due to a sudden retinal disorder. He must now rely on his sense of hearing. After becoming irritable and helpless due to the situation, how he tries to stop the school being sold and how he tackles the situation himself (as his friends are turning foes) becomes the issue of the story. Cast * Saswata Chatterjee as Jayabrata Ray, a blind teacher, whose only solace in life is his school and his cottage, in which he resides. Due to sudden loss of eyesight, Jayabrata is becoming unsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabdo
''Shabdo''Spelling according to official website (''Sound'') is a 2012 Indian Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound (i.e. ''Shabdo''). It won the 60th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali and the Best Audiography. It went on to KFF 2011, IFFI 2012, Goa, Dubai Film Festival, Singapore Film festival 2012. Plot The protagonist of the film is Tarak Dutta (Ritwik Chakraborty), a foley artist. He is so obsessed with his work that he loses his grip on words and his mind starts registering only foley sounds. The film starts showing Tarak's distraught wife who has taken him to a psychiatrist for treatment because she feels that he lives in a world of his own. The psychiatrist (Churni Ganguly) discovers that actually there is nothing wrong with Tarak's hearing ability. ... [...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] |
Samaresh Majumdar
Samares Mazumdar ( bn, সমরেশ মজুমদার, born 10 March 1944) is an Indian Bengali writer from West Bengal, India. He is best known for his Animesh series of novels, the second of which (''Kalbela'') won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984. He is also known for creating the detective character Arjun, who is the central character of the 2013 film ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan''. The Bengali film ''Buno Haansh'', which released on 15 August 2014, is also based on his novel of the same name, which was published in Pujabarshiki Anondolok. Early life and education Mazumdar spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Dooars, Gairkata in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelor's degree in Bengali literature from Scottish Church College in Kolkata. Followed by a Master's in Bengali Literature from University of Calcutta. His first story appeared in '' Desh'' literary mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prem Prakash Modi
Prem Prakash Modi (born 17 July 1968) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. Modi made his debut as a director in 2013 with a Bengali feature film ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' starring Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Om, Manoj Mitra, Churni Ganguly and Biswajit Chakrabarty, based on Samaresh Majumdar's novel ''Khunkharapi and Kalimpong e Sitaharan''. His next directorial venture was ''Panchlait'' (2017), which was well received by the audiences. He has worked as an Assistant Director for noted directors such as Ranjit Kapoor, Gul Bahar Singh, Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay and others since 1997. Early life Prem Modi or Prem Prakash Modi was born on 17 July in the village Nunihat (Nonihat), Jharkhand, India. His father, Parmeshwar Lal Modi, was a small businessman in the village. There was no television set and the nearest theater was 32 km away in Dumka. He was educated at the Church School Beldih, Jamshedpur and Bhagalpur University. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan
''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' is a 2013 thriller Bengali film directed by Prem Prakash Modi and produced by Mukul Sarkar under the banner of T. Sarkar Productions. The film features actors Om and Sabyasachi Chakraborty in the lead roles. This action and thriller marks the debut of young Bengali actor Om in the role of detective Arjun. Based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi'' by Samaresh Majumdar, the film was released on 3 May 2013. Plot Arjun is a sleuth cum science fiction character of Jalpaiguri created by famous Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar for young children. He wrote many stories in the Arjun series, namely ''Arjun Ebaar Kolkata-e'', ''Arjun Beriye Elo'', ''Arjun@bipbip.com'' and many more. This film is the first of the Arjun series based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi''. In the film, Arjun (Om) is seen solving a case with the help of his mentor and guide, Amol Shome (Sabyasachi Chakraborty) in Kalimpong. He is portrayed as a Gen X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laptop (2012 Film)
''Laptop'' (2012) is a Bengali drama Film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly. This film tells some stories related to some different people connected by one single laptop. according to the director, the laptop is the antagonist of the film, but not just a common thread between the main characters. It went to IFFI 2011, Goa, Indian Panorama, Dubai Film Festival 2011. Cast * Rahul Bose as Indra * Churni Ganguly as Durba * Saswata Chatterjee as Gaurav * Ananya Chatterjee as Subha * Kaushik Ganguly as Partha * Rajesh Sharma as Rakesh * Pijush Ganguly as Tarun * Arindam Sil as Doctor Sengupta * Gaurav Chakrabarty as Jiyon * Ridhima Ghosh as Raya * Arun Guhathakurta as Shital * Aparajita Adhya as Saheli * Anjana Basu as Sumana (guest appearance) * Jojo as Ritu (guest appearance) * Neha Kapoor as Amrita * * Pratyay Basu as Soumya Music * Mayookh Bhaumik - Music Composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
