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Ferari Fauj
''Ferari Fauj'' is a 2002 Indian Bengali-language film. Director of this film is Prasanta Bal and chief assistant director is Madhuchhanda Sengupta. The film is based on ''Ferari Fauj'', a famous Bengali play by Utpal Dutt. Victor Banerjee is the cinematographer of the film. Set against the backdrop of the revolutionary movement for Indian independence, it narrates the tale of some Indian revolutionaries who form an uprising against the British colonialism in India. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Mithun Chakraborty, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Lily Chakravarty, Debraj Ray, Indrani Haldar, Kunal Mitra, Kaushik Sen and Debesh Roy Choudhury. The Background score of the film was composed by V Balsara. Plot Ashok, an Indian revolutionary bombards the jeep of the police-super Wilmort and accidentally drops his muffler while evading, which Brajen Chowdhury, the zamindar of Bhubandanga identifies to be his. Ashok meets schoolmaster Debabrata Bose and his revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutta () (29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949. This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as ''Kallol'' (1965), ''Manusher Adhikar'', ''Louha Manob'' (1964), ''Tiner Toloar'' and ''Maha-Bidroha''. He also acted in over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in a career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films such as Mrinal Sen’s ''Bhuvan Shome'' (1969), Satyajit Ray’s ''Agantuk'' (1991), Gautam Ghose’s ''Padma Nadir Majhi'' (1993) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy Hindi comedies such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Montazur Rahman Akbar and Ram Gopal Varma. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Ghare Baire''. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of art. Early life and education Banerjee was born in a Zamindari Bengali Hindu family. He is a descendant of the Raja Bahadur of Chanchal (Malda District) and the Raja of Uttarpara. Banerjee completed his schooling from St. Edmund's School, Shillong. He did his graduation in English literature from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta; and completed his post graduation in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University. He turned down a scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin, which ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobha Sen
Shobha Sen (17 September 1923 – 13 August 2017) (also known as Sova Sen) was Bengali theatre and film actress.Anit Mukerjea (28 June 2004)"A Woman of Grit"Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (From The Statesman (India)) Career After graduating from Bethune College, she joined Gananatya Sangstha and acted in the lead female role of ''Nabanna''. She joined the Little Theatre Group in 1953-54 which later became People's Theatre Group. Since then she has acted in many productions of the group, chief among them are: ''Barricade'', ''Tiner Taloyar'' and ''Titumir''. She has also worked in some films, including '' Ek Adhuri Kahani''. On 10 April 2010, Sen received the Mother Teresa International Award.Anonymous (9 April 2010)"Kapil, Wadekar to receive Mother Teresa International Award"Nerve.in (accessed 14 Jan 2013) Personal life Shobha Sen married two times, and had one child by each marriage. Her first husband, Deba Prasad Sen, was a freedom fighter. They had one son, Udayan Sen, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Movement For Indian Independence
The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was the part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The revolutionary groups were mainly concentrated in Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, the United Provinces and Punjab. More groups were scattered across India. Beginnings Apart from a few stray incidents, the armed rebellion against the British rulers was not organised before the beginning of the 20th century. The revolutionary philosophies and movement made its presence felt during 1905 partition of Bengal. Arguably, the initial steps to organise the revolutionaries were taken by Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Lal Bal Pal and Subodh Chandra Mullick, when they formed the Jugantar party in A ... [...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] |
Revolutionary Movement For Indian Independence
The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was the part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The revolutionary groups were mainly concentrated in Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, the United Provinces and Punjab. More groups were scattered across India. Beginnings Apart from a few stray incidents, the armed rebellion against the British rulers was not organised before the beginning of the 20th century. The revolutionary philosophies and movement made its presence felt during 1905 partition of Bengal. Arguably, the initial steps to organise the revolutionaries were taken by Aurobindo Ghosh, his brother Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Lal Bal Pal and Subodh Chandra Mullick, when they formed the Jugantar party in A ... [...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] |
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 performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film ''Aamar Bhuvan''. Personal life Koushik Sen was born on 19 September 1968. He is the son of actress Chitra Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. He studied at the Julien Day School, and graduated from Scottish Church College, both in Kolkata. Sen is married to Reshmi Sen (a theatre personality) and has a son, Riddhi Sen. Stage performance From 1992, he is the director of Bengali theatre group '' Swapnasandhani''. The group has staged more than 35 plays and they mainly perform in Sujata Sadan. Koushik has acted with Soumitra Chatterjee in the play ''Tiktiki''. In 2010, the group staged the play '' Birpurush'', which was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's poem, but it was a political play and dealt with the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian Cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films. Starting with his debut film, '' Apur Sansar'' (The Family of Apu, 1959), the third part of ''The Apu Trilogy'', as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including '' Abhijan'' (The Expedition, 1962), ''Charulata'' (1964), ''Kapurush'' (1965), '' Aranyer Din Ratri'' (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), ''Ashani Sanket'' (Distant Thunder, 1973), ''Sonar Kella'' (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, ''Hirak Rajar Deshe'' (1980), '' Ghare Baire'' (The Home and The World, 1984), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and ''Ganashatru'' (Enemy of the People, 1989). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Mitra
Basab Mitra, popularly known by his stage name Kunal Mitra ( bn, কুনাল মিত্র), was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television. Early life Kunal Mitra was an Indian film actor who has performed in Bengali movies and TV shows. He was recognized as Councilor Janardan Jana from the famous television show Raja & Goja: Bindass Moja Zee Bangla. He played the role of councilor of Ward no. 420; his conclusive movie was Chhaw-a Chhuti. Kunal was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was the grandchild of the famous movie maker Debaki Kumar Bose and son of Mr.Basab Mitra, and Mrs. Mitra Kunal has two children Gaurab, and Deborah. He was married to Ruma Mitra in 1992, and they have two children Gaurab and Deborshi. Career Mitra began his career in television with the comedy serial Ebar Jombe Mawja on 1994. He appeared in about 300 shows and serials, and ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrani Haldar
Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards. Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbon'' directed by Jochon Dastidar. She made her big screen debut opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee in ''Mandira'' (1990). She has appeared in numerous films, telefilms and TV series and hit the pinnacle of her career with the Bengali TV series ''Goyenda Ginni''. She appeared in critically acclaimed films such as ''Charachar'', ''Dahan'', ''Anu'', ''Sajhbatir Rupkathara'', ''Faltu'', ''Tokhon Teish'', ''Mayurakshi'' to name a few. She has also worked at Maa Shakti by BR Chopra. Career Indrani made her acting debut in the television serial ''Tero Parban'' (1986). She lived in Mumbai during 2008 to 2013 to act in Hindi TV serials. In January 2022, she sang the Dwijendralal Ray song "Dhono Dhanne Pushpe Bhora" in a show at the request of one. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
