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Indrasis Acharya
Indrasis Acharya is an Indian film director working in Bengali cinema. He came to the prominence after directing his first feature film, ''Bilu Rakkhosh'' which won acclaim in both national and international sphere. Indrasis next worked in ''Pupa'' which got rave reviews and won many awards and accolades including All India Critic Choice Award for Best Bengali film of 2018 . It was in Hanoi international, Kolkata international film festivals and many more. Pupa won multiple awards and accolades around the globe including, Best Director and Best film awards. His third film was '' The Parcel'' for which he won the Best Director award (Hiralal Sen Memorial) at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival. Early life Indrasis Acharya has done his B.Tech. in Instrumentation and electronics from Jadavpur University after getting an honours degree in physics from Calcutta university. Currently, he is working in a renowned consulting MNC firm. He has completed his latest Parcel and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilu Rakkhosh
''Bilu Rakkhosh: A Demon Within'' is a Bengali drama film by debutant director Indrasis Acharya, Produced by Amit Debnath and Anirban Maity. This film was presented by Tripod Entertainment in association with Aalekh. The story is a journey of a modern IT executive who has an inclination towards music. It’s a story of different psychological situations through a man’s mundane daily life and how he loses his soul. The music is released by Amara Muzik. Plot The film delineates the journey of a bright mind which is tormented by contradiction in the scenario of rapid socio technical age. He has a lucrative yet anxiety ridden vocation which does not allow him to nurture his long cherished dream to be a singer. His life is squandered as he is unable to settle equilibrium between family obligation and personal ambition. He is like the desperate sailor whose ship is on the verge of sinking. In his mind he creates a utopia and oscillates between past and present helplessly to capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parcel
''The Parcel'' is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language mystery cum psychological thriller film directed by Indrasis Acharya, produced by Rituparna Sengupta and Krishna Kyal. The film features Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Anindya Chatterjee and Ambarish Bhattacharya in lead roles and Sreela Majumdar and Pradip Mukherjee as supporting characters. The story of the film revolves around a doctor-couple and Nandini, the protagonist, and mysterious parcels. Acharya, the director of the film, won the Best Director award (Hiralal Sen Memorial) at the 25th Kolkata International Film Festival for the film. The film was theatrically released on 13 March 2020. Plot The film begins with a couple, Nandini and Souvik, both doctors, and their teenaged daughter leading an uneventful life until it is abruptly disrupted. Nandini receives a parcel one morning from an anonymous person. She feels that someone from her past might be blackmailing her. This leads to an exploration of her psychoses. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pupa
A pupa (; : pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, and ecdysone. The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from the pupal case is called eclosion or emergence. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as ''chrysalis'' for the pupae of butterflies and ''tumbler'' for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells. Position in life cycle The pupal stage follows the larval stage and precedes adulthood ('' imago'') in insects with complete metamorphosis. The pupa is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Statesman (India)
''The Statesman'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. It incorporates and is directly descended from ''The Friend of India'', founded in 1818. It is owned by The Statesman Ltd and headquartered at Statesman House, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata, with its national editorial office at Statesman House, Connaught Place, New Delhi. It is a member of the Asia News Network. ''The Statesman'' has an average weekday circulation of approximately 148,000, and the ''Sunday Statesman'' has a circulation of 230,000. This ranks it as one of the leading English newspapers in West Bengal, India. History ''The Statesman'' is a direct descendant of two newspapers, the Bombay (now Mumbai) based ''Indian Statesman'' and ''The Friend of India'' published in Calcutta (now Kolkata). ''Indian Statesman'' was started by Robert Knight, who was previously the principal founder and editor of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rituparna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won a National Award, two Filmfare Awards, four BFJA Awards and four Anandalok Awards. Initially promoted as the carbon copy of Satabdi Roy, Sengupta made her screen debut opposite Kushal Chakraborty in the Bengali fantasy TV series ''Shwet Kapot'' (1989) directed by the latter and broadcast on DD Bangla. She was catapulted to stardom after she made her big screen debut with Prabhat Roy's National Film Award, National Award-winning Bengali film ''Shwet Patharer Thala'' (1992). She made her Bollywood debut with Partho Ghosh's ''Teesra Kaun'' (1994). She had a very successful on screen collaboration with Prosenjit Chatterjee, Prosenjit, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Chiranjeet and Manna (actor), Manna. She featured opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee, Prose ... [...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] |
Tota Roy Chowdhury
Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor and martial artist based in Kolkata. He predominantly appears in Bengali and Hindi cinema. His notable roles include Feluda in the web TV series Feluda Pherot based on Satyajit Ray's Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ... series. He made his film debut with Prabhat Roy's National Film Award, National Award winning Bengali film ''Lathi (1996 film), Lathi'' (1996). His breakthrough role came with Rituparno Ghosh's National Film Award, National Award winning Bengali film ''Chokher Bali (film), Chokher Bali'' (2003). Career Early career During his second year in college, he made up his mind to join the Indian Army and was preparing for the CDS exams when fate intervened and he was asked by the director Prabhat Roy to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Film Directors
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the writing system ** Bengali–Assamese script *** Bengali (Unicode block), a block of Bengali characters in Unicode * Bengali, Nancowry, a village in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * , a ship launched in 1837 and wrecked in 1951 * Bengali, member of the ThunderCats * Bengali-Fodé Koita, Guinean footballer * Bengali Keïta, Guinean centre-back * Bengali Market, ancient market in New Delhi, India * Bengali River, river in northern Bangladesh * Bengali Singh, Indian politician * Abdul Wahid Bengali, 19th-century theologian * Ali Sher Bengali, 16th-century Sufi * Athar Ali Bengali, politician and teacher * Izzatullah Bengali, 18th-century Persian language author * Mohamed Bengali, Ivorian footballer * Muhammad Salih Bengali, 18th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Film Directors
India has many regional film centres, such as Bollywood (Hindi) in Mumbai, Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in Hyderabad, Marathi cinema in Pune, Tamil cinema in Chennai, Malayalam cinema in Kochi, Kannada cinema in Bangalore, Odia Cinema in Bhubaneswar, Assamese cinema in Guwahati, Punjabi cinema in Mohali and Bengali cinema in Kolkata . Most Indian film directors are known for their work with one regional industry, while many others are active directors of films from multiple industries. Directors of parallel or independent cinema Parallel Cinema is otherwise known as "Art films" cinema, and is known for its serious and realistic films with real-life situations. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indian government financed a number of such films, on Indian themes. Many of the directors were graduates of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Ritwik Ghatak was a professor at the institute and a well-known director in his own right. The best-known Indian "neo-realist" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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