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Dracula Sir
''Dracula Sir'' is a 2020 Indian Bengali language, Film Noir psychological thriller, non-linear structured film directed by Debaloy Bhattacharya and the film produced by Shrikant Mohata and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF. The film starring by Anirban Bhattacharya, Mimi Chakraborty, Bidipta Chakraborty,Rudranil Ghosh,Samiul Alam,Kanchan Mullick,Supriyo Dutta follows the story of a school teacher with a protruding pair of canine teeth, called "Dracula Sir".The film was based on a school teacher who was a Naxalite in his past life. The film was released in theatres on 21 October 2020, coinciding with Puja hoildays. The film was initially scheduled to release on 1 May 2020, but the film was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Upon release, ''Dracula Sir'' received positive to mixed reviews. Critics praised the performances (Anirban Bhattacharya), the music, costume and makeup, but found the screenplay flawed. The non-linear structured film is based around the story of a r ...
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Debaloy Bhattacharya
Debaloy Bhattacharya is an Indian film director, actor, writer and editor associated with Bengali films. Latest movies which Debaloy Bhattacharya has directed are Dracula Sir, Biday Byomkesh and Roga Howar Sohoj Upay Career Debaloy Bhattacharya started his career in the Indian film industry The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ... as an editor, he made his debut with Shoonya (2006) and later worked as an editor in 033 (2009), which also marked his debut as a writer in a feature film. The editor-turned-writer later wrote screenplay, story, and dialogues for several popular Bengali films including Obhishopto Nighty (2014), Roga Howar Sohoj Upay (2015). Debaloy Bhattacharya has directed films and TV series, his maiden feature film directorial venture was Roga Howar So ...
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Kanchan Mullick
Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatre artist. He has worked in the theatre group Swapnasandhani. Mullick is an All India Trinamool Congress candidate at Uttarpara constituency in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, and has won the seat. Filmography Web series See also * Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor of film, television and theatre based in Kolkata. He is the director of the well-acclaimed theatre group Swapnasandhani. He has won the BFJA awards for best supporting actor for his perform ..., Bengali actor * Swapnasandhani, Bengali theatre group References External links * Male actors in Bengali cinema Bengali male television actors Living people University of Calcutta alumni Indian male stage actors ...
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2020 Films
2020 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films were still in theatres where guidelines enabled them so. As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers. Highest-grossing films The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film ''Ha ...
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West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award For Best Actor
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is given yearly by the WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best actor of the previous year. Superlatives List of winners Winners Nominations * 2017 Paran Bandopadhyay – ''Cinemawala'' as Pranabendu Das and Prosenjit Chatterjee – ''Khawto'' as Nirbed Lahiri/Dhrubo ''(tie)'' ** Anjan Dutt – ''Shaheb Bibi Golaam'' as Jimmy ** Debshankar Haldar – ''Maya Mridango'' as Jhakshu Ustad ** Jisshu Sengupta – ''Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana'' as Byomkesh Bakshi * 2018 Soumitra Chatterjee – ''Mayurakshi'' as Sushovan and Prosenjit Chatterjee – ''Mayurakshi'' as Aryanil ''(tie)'' ** Ritwick Chakraborty – ''Maacher Jhol'' as Dev D aka Devdatto ** Anirban Bhattacharya – '' Dhananjay'' as Dhananjoy Chatterjee ** Jisshu Sengupta – ''Posto'' as Arnab Lahiri ** Parambrata Chatterjee – ''Samantaral'' a ...
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West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award For Best Director
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Director is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best director of the previous year. Superlatives List of winners Winner Wise Nomination Wise * 2017 Kaushik Ganguly – ''Cinemawala'' ** Goutam Ghose - ''Shankhachil'' ** Kamaleshwar Mukherjee - ''Khawto'' ** Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy - ''Praktan'' ** Srijit Mukherji - ''Zulfiqar'' * 2018 Kaushik Ganguly – ''Bishorjan'' ** Atanu Ghosh - ''Mayurakshi'' ** Pratim D. Gupta - ''Maacher Jhol'' ** Anik Dutta - ''Meghnad Badh Rahasya'' ** Mostofa Sarwar Farooki - '' Doob'' ** Suman Mukhopadhyay - ''Asampta'' ** Arindam Sil - ''Dhananjay'' ** Buddhadeb Dasgupta - ''Tope'' * 2019 Srijit Mukherji - ''Ek Je Chhilo Raja'' ** Arnab Riingo Banerjee - ''Ray'' ** Ranjan Ghosh - ''Rongberonger Korhi'' ** Soukarya Ghosal - ''Rainbow Jelly'' ** Indrasis Acharya - ''Pupa'' * ...
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West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award For Best Film
The West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Film is given yearly by WBFJA as a part of its annual West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for Bengali films, to recognize the best film of the previous year. List of winners See also * West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards * Cinema of India The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ... References {{Reflist Awards for best film West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards ...
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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'' (). Overview WBFJA can be called the successors of BFJA the oldest association of film critics in India, which was founded in 1939. BFJA used to felicitate Indian Cinema every year. In 2013, the last BFJA Awards were held in Kolkata, same year as the WBFJA was founded. That was the time WBFJA decided to be the successor of BFJA by giving awards to the Bengali Cinema in particular. In 2017, four years after establishment WBFJA decided to hold their first award ceremony and to honor the Bengali Films of the previous year. Unlike BFJA, WBFJA Awards are only for the Bengali Films. In 2018, after success of their first award show they announced the 2nd edition of WBFJA Awards. In 2019, they announced their 3rd edition. Ceremonies Awards W ...
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5th WBFJA Award
5th Edition of The WBFJA Award, also known as 'Cinemar Samabartan' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films) will take place on 16th January 2022 honoring best movies of the past two years. Theme & Outline Called 'Cinemar Samabartan' (Convocation of Cinema or Carnival of Films), the festival will have the tag line 'Cinemar Moja Cinemar Hall E' (you can truly enjoy the charm of films by watching on big screen) as the campaign to bring back the audience to the cinema halls and multiplexes which is incomparable with OTT. Lifetime Achievement The Lifetime Achievement award for WBFJA 2021 was given to Victor Banerjee. Nominations Best Film Best Director Best Actor (Male) ◆ Other Best Actor Winners Best Actor (Female) Most Popular Actor Most Popular Film Best Supporting Actor (Male) Best Supporting Actor (female) Most Promosing Actress Most Promising Director Best Actor in a Negetive Role Best Actor in a Comic Role Best ...
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Film Companion
Anupama Chopra () is an Indian author, journalist, film critic and director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She is also the founder and editor of the digital platform Film Companion, which offers a curated look at cinema. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a film critic for NDTV, ''India Today'', as well as the ''Hindustan Times''. She also hosted a weekly film review show ''The Front Row With Anupama Chopra'', on Star World. She won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for her first book '' Sholay: The Making of a Classic''. She presently critiques movies and interviews celebrities for Film Companion. Early life and background Born as Anupama Chandra in Calcutta, India to Chandra Parshad family, she has also lived in Badayun, a city in Uttar Pradesh. Her father Navin Chandra was the eldest of the brothers and sisters. Anupama's grandfather, originally from Delhi, was an executive with Union Carbide, Kolkata. Her mother Kamna Chand ...
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Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, 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 newspap ...
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Joker (2019 Film)
''Joker'' is a 2019 American psychological drama thriller film directed by Todd Phillips, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver. The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and serves as a standalone origin story for the character. Set in 1981, it follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and aspiring stand-up comic whose descent into mental illness and nihilism inspires a violent countercultural revolution against the prosperous in a decaying Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz and Frances Conroy appear in supporting roles. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, ''Joker'' was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, Bron Creative and Joint Effort. Phillips conceived ''Joker'' in 2016 and wrote the script with Silver throughout 2017. The two were inspired by 1970s character studies and the films of Martin Scorsese, particularly ''Taxi Driver'' (1976) and '' The King of Comedy'' (1 ...
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Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips (né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'', ''Old School (film), Old School'', ''Starsky & Hutch (film), Starsky & Hutch'', and ''School for Scoundrels (2006 film), School for Scoundrels''. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover (film series), ''The Hangover'' film series. In 2019, he co-wrote and directed the psychological thriller film ''Joker (2019 film), Joker'', based on the Joker (character), DC Comics character of the same name, which premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where it received the top prize, the Golden Lion. ''Joker'' went on to earn Phillips three Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted ...
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