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Handa And Bhonda
''Handa and Bhonda'' is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Aritra Dutta Banik, Biswajit Chakraborty and Supriya Devi. Plot Handa (Mithun) is a simple, sincere and hardworking person, but his honesty even lands him in trouble sometimes, created by his not-so-perfect colleagues and his own boss (Biswajit). Handa's son, Bhonda (Aritra), is exactly opposite to his father's character isn't. He is a brat. He steals his father's money, flunks his unit tests, gets punished every day in school, also copies his father's signature in the progress report card, bunks classes and even hits on his most beautiful classmate, Medha. Both hate their life as it is troubled and they are looking for a miracle to happen. Handa wishes if he could become a kid again to help teach Bhonda what education could do to an individual. Bhonda, wishes to grow up to teach his father a lesson. Both their wishes come true as Bhonda's deceased moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subhankar Chattopadhyay
Subhankar Chattopadhyay (Bengali: শুভঙ্কর চট্টোপাধ্যায়; born 1977) is an Indian director, scriptwriter, content creator, and producer. He is a non-fiction show creator in Tollywood. He directed the film ''Haanda & Bhonda'' (2010), starring Mithun Chakraborty. He is known for directing television shows, including ''Dadagiri Unlimited'', ''Dance Bangla Dance'', ''Mirakkel'' and others. Chattopadhyay and his team became known in history of the world television to air their shows twice for a duration of 10 hours continuously, for ''Super Singer Junior'' finale and audition. He introduced remote work for a non-fiction singing reality show, '' Super Singer'', amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India. He directed the show where the participants, hosts, and jury shot their respective parts with their mobile phones from the safety of their homes. He has directed 'Mohabijoyer Mohanayok', an event organized to celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards for his acting performance. Chakraborty made his acting debut with the art house drama ''Mrigayaa'' (1976), for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor. Chakraborty played Jimmy in the 1982 film ''Disco Dancer'', which was commercially successful in India and the Soviet Union, the first film in India to gross Rs.100 crore. Besides ''Disco Dancer'', Chakraborty is also remembered for his performance in films such as ''Surakksha'', ''Sahhas'', ''Wardat'', '' Wanted'', ''Boxer'', ''Pyar Jhukta Nahin'', ''Pyari Behna'', ''Avinash'', '' Dance Dance'', '' Prem Pratigyaa'', '' Mujrim'', '' Agneepath'', ''Yugandhar'', '' The Don'', and ''Jallaad''. In 1991, he won the Filmfare Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aritra Dutta Banik
Aritra Dutta Banik ( bn, অরিত্র দত্ত বণিক) is a Bengali film actor who has made several on-screen appearances since 2003. He made his debut in the Bengali megaserial ''Tithir Atithi'', which was aired on ETV Bangla from 2003 to 2009. He drew public attention for the first time during Mithun Chakraborty's dance reality show, ''Dance Bangla Dance Junior'' (2007), in which, he anchored the show along with Tathoi Deb. Since then, he has appeared in numerous Bengali films. Career Aritra made his first appearance with the Bengali megaserial ''Tithir Atithi'' which was aired on ETV Bangla from 2003 to 2009. He gained publicity for the first time as he anchored the show ''Dance Bangla Dance Junior'' in Zee Bangla in 2007. After that, he got a chance to act in the 2008 Bengali movie ''Chirodini Tumi Je Amar'' along with actors Rahul Banerjee and Priyanka Sarkar Priyanka Sarkar is an Indian film and television actress who mosty works in Bengali films. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biswajit Chakraborty
Biswajit Chakraborty, (born 29 October 1948) is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was '' Sunya Theke Suru'' directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more than a 100 movies including ''Autograph'', ''Bye Bye Bangkok'', and Bollywood movie ''Kahaani 2''. Filmography * ''Rajnandini'' (2021) Television series * Mithai (4 January 2021 to present) * Soudaminir Sansar ''Soudaminir Sansar'' was an Indian Bengali-language television drama which premiered on 17 June 2019. It was broadcast on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla and is also available on the digital platform ZEE5, and SEEFlix, even be ... (17 June 2019 to 2021) * Didi No.1 (2016) Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakraborty, Biswaj 1948 births Male actors from Kolkata Living people Bengali actors Indian male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supriya Devi
Supriya Devi (Supriya Choudhury; 8 January 1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema for more than 50 years. She is best known for her portrayal of Neeta in Ritwik Ghatak's Bengali film '' Megha Dhaka Tara'' (1960). She was conferred the Filmfare Award and the BFJA Award twice. In 2011, she received the Banga-Vibhushan, the highest civilian honour in West Bengal. In 2014, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for her contributions to the entertainment industry. She made her debut in Uttam Kumar starrer ''Basu Paribar'' (1952) under the direction of Nirmal Dey and successively appeared in ''Prarthana'' (1952) directed by Pranab Ray. However, IMDb lists 1951 Hindi film Shokhiyan as her first film. She, then took a hiatus and returned to filmdom in ''Marmabani'' (1958) under Sushil Majumdar's direction. She rose to prominence after she had appeared in the Uttam Kumar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paran Bandopadhyay
Paran BandopadhyaySpelling according tTimes of IndiaanTelegraph, Calcutta We'll follow this spelling. (alternate spelling Paran BandyopadhyaySpelling according t/ref> or Paran BanerjeeAlternative of surname ''Bandopadhyay'', see Banerjee) is an Indian Bengali film, television and stage actor based in Kolkata. He has worked with Bengali film director Sandip Ray, the son of filmmaker and author Satyajit Ray. Early life Bandopadhyay has roots in Jessore, Bangladesh. His mother died when he was young and his father left home. After that, he was brought up by his paternal aunt in Dum Dum, Kolkata. He graduated from the City College at the University of Calcutta. In his childhood, Bandopadhyay participated in one-act plays in their neighborhood. He has also acted in some plays of the Indian People’s Theatre Association. In 1962, he was hired by the Government of West Bengal in the Department of Public Works Roads. Cinema Bandopadhyay retired from his Government job in 2000. At tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surojit Chatterjee (musician)
Surojit Chatterjee ( bn, সুরজিৎ চট্টোপাধ্যায়, the spelling reads ''Surajit Caţţōpādhyāy.'') is an Indian Bengali singer-songwriter, music director, songwriter and the lead singer of Bengali band Bhoomi and owner of his solo band Surojit O Bondhura. He has won the Radio Mirchi Music Award as the Best Male vocalist of the year 2012 and 2013 for his album titled ''Folkira (Times Music)''. He has also directed music for the following Bengali movies like Ichhe, Muktodhara, Handa and Bhonda. Early life Surojit Chatterjee born in Rampurhat, started his schooling from Birbhum and after that he was admitted to Julien Day High School, Kolkata. He started playing tabla at the age of seven and graduated from Allahabad University with distinction for consecutive eight years. He has learnt to play guitar from Tuhin Chatterjee and after that went on to further guitar expertise and took guidance and learnt techniques from guitarist Amyt Datta. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arghyakamal Mitra
Arghyakamal Mitra is an eminent Indian film editor who predominantly works in Bengali films. He collaborated with some acclaimed directors like Rituparno Ghosh, Aparna Sen, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Anjan Dutta, Anik Dutta, Soukarya Ghosal and Bauddhayan Mukherji. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing for his work in Rituparno Ghosh's film ''Abohomaan''. Filmography As film editor Awards * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Editing - ''Aha!'' * National Film Award for Best Editing - ''Abohomaan ''Abohomaan'' ( en, The Eternal) is a 2010 Bengali-language film by Rituparno Ghosh, which explores the nuances of relationships through a married film director who falls in love with an actress who is the same age as his son. The film stars De ...'' References Living people Bengali film editors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Film-editor-stub ... [...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] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (''Beng.'' মৃণাল সেন; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director, and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and few Hindi and Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played major role in the New Wave cinema of eastern India. Sen has received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan, and the Government of France honored him with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, while Russian Government honored him with the Order of Friendship. Sen was also awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award for filmmakers in India. He was one of the few Indian filmmakers having won awards at the big three film festivals viz., Cannes, Venice and the Berlinale. Sen was a self described "private Marxist". Influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and Music of Bengal, music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of ''Gitanjali'', he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by sobriquets: Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi. A Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
