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Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Ujjwal Sengupta (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter. who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, '' Mahaprabhu'' where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the role gained him much recognition. Subsequently, he made his film debut with ''Priyojon'' (1997), which became a debacle at the box office. In 2002, he played Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture ''Chelebela'' alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared in a spate of critically and commercially unsuccessful projects. He made his Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal's National Award winning film '' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' (2004). A turning point came in his career when he collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the latter's ''Abohomaan'', which earned him critical acclaim. His subsequent collaborations with Ghosh for films which include '' Nouka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WATERMARK
A watermark is an identifying image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light (or when viewed by reflected light, atop a dark background), caused by thickness or density variations in the paper. Watermarks have been used on postage stamps, currency, and other government documents to discourage counterfeiting. There are two main ways of producing watermarks in paper; the ''dandy roll process'', and the more complex ''cylinder mould process''. Watermarks vary greatly in their visibility; while some are obvious on casual inspection, others require some study to pick out. Various aids have been developed, such as ''watermark fluid'' that wets the paper without damaging it. A watermark is very useful in the examination of paper because it can be used for dating documents and artworks, identifying sizes, mill trademarks and locations, and determining the quality of a sheet of paper. The word is also used for digital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and " Hollywood". The industry is a part of the larger Indian cinema, which also includes South Cinema and other smaller film industries. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364 have been from Hindi. , Hindi cinema represented 43 percent of Indian net box-office revenue; Tamil and Telugu cinema represented 36 percent, and the remaining regional cinema constituted 21 percent. Hindi cinema has overtaken the U.S. film industry to become the largest centre for film production in the world. In 2001 ticket sales, Indian cinema (including Hindi films) reportedly sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets worldwide, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold. Earlier Hindi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelor Kirti
''Kelor Kirti'' is a 2016 Indian Bengali language comedy film. It was directed by Raja Chanda and produced by Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The film stars Dev, Sayantika Banerjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Ankush Hazra, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan and Koushani Mukherjee. It is a remake of 2002 Tamil film ''Charlie Chaplin'' and No Entry. The film was released on 6 July 2016, on the occasion of Eid and Ratha Yatra. It received mostly poor reviews from critics. The Times of India which gave it 1.5 stars from 5. Cast * Dev as Guru * Jisshu Sengupta as Joy, editor of "News Portal" *Ankush Hazra as Apurba, Joy's junior * Mimi Chakraborty as Rima (Joy's wife) * Koushani Mukherjee as Anushka (Apurba's wife) * Nusrat Jahan as Urboshi * Sayantika Banerjee as Priya (Guru's wife) * Kharaj Mukherjee as Gadadhar/Dhanudhar * Rudranil Ghosh as Urvashi's friend * Kanchan Mullick as Poncha Sastri * Biswajit Chakraborty as Home Ministe ... [...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] |
Zulfiqar (film)
''Zulfiqar'' is a 2016 Indian crime drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The film is based on adaptation of two of William Shakespeare’s tragedies: ''Julius Caesar'' and '' Antony and Cleopatra''. The shooting of the film started in January 2016. The film was released on 7 October 2016 during Durga Puja to poor reviews but was a blockbuster of 2016 . The songs from the film topped the charts. Plot Zulfiqar Ahmed is a Godfather figure and the most prominent member of ''Syndicate'' - a powerful organization which oversees most of the happenings in the heart of the city. Basheer Khan, a member of ''Syndicate'' is a nationalist, a gangster and the best friend of Zulfiqar, who does not support terrorism. Tony Braganza- parambrata is the brain of ''The Syndicate'' who oversees the financial things of the organization, and Markaz Ali is the brawn. If need be, Tony can shoot a bullet, but he is a man of the papers. Tony and Markaz have grown up together and they are inseparable. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana
''Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana'' is 2016 Indian Thriller film on Bengali language, Bengali fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. The role of Byomkesh Bakshi is portrayed by Jisshu Sengupta. The film is directed by Anjan Dutt. This is the fifth installment of ''Byomkesh Bakshi in other media#Bengali films, Byomkesh series'' by Anjan Dutt, serving as a sequel to ''Byomkesh Bakshi (2015 film), Byomkesh Bakshi''. The film is based on ''Chiriyakhana'' by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Cast *Jisshu Sengupta as Byomkesh Bakshi *Saswata Chatterjee as Ajit Bandyopadhyay *Ushasie Chakraborty as Satyabati *Shantilal Mukherjee as Nishanath Sen *Dulal Lahiri as Nepal Gupta *Priyanka Sarkar as Banalaxmi *Saayoni Ghosh as Mukul *Riju Biswas as Bijoy Sen *Neel Mukherjee (actor) as Dr. Bhujangadhar *Kanchan Mullick as Mushkil Miya *Sagnik Chatterjee as Brajadas *Ankita Chakraborty as Damayanti *Kanchana Moitra as Najar Bibi *Mrinal Mukherjee as Ramen Lahiri *Subhra Sourav Das as Panugopal *Anjan Dutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajkahini
''Rajkahini'' (English: ''Tale of Kings'', can also be called ''Tale of the Raj'') is an Indian Bengali-language historical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The shooting of the film completed in June 2015 and the film released on 16 October 2015. The film has an ensemble cast of eleven major female characters led by Rituparna Sengupta and also stars Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee and Jaya Ahsan in other pivotal roles. It has been remade in Hindi by Mukherji as '' Begum Jaan''. The film was Critically and commercial success. The film was super-hit at box-office surpassing the record of '' Shudhu Tomari Jonyo''. Plot In June 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Srijit's movie ''Rajkahini'' is weaved around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing eleven women. Bengal was broken up twice (1905, and then during Independence) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaatishwar
''Jaatishwar'' () is a 2014 Indian Bengali musical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee. The main focus of the plot revolves around the life and notable works of Anthony Firingee ( Hensman Anthony), a 19th-century Bengali language folk poet of Portuguese origin, along with other supporting characters. The time frame of the storyline jumps between two different time periods—19th century and the present day (2013). The music of Jaatiswar is composed by Kabir Suman. The film has been recognized as the most awarded film in the 61st National Film Awards with 4 awards in the following categories - Best Music Direction, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Costume Design and Best Make-up Artist. Plot In the present timeline, Rohit Mehta (Jisshu Sengupta), a Gujarati born and brought up in Calcutta, falls in love with Mahamaya ( Swastika Mukherjee) and tries to woo her. Since he can just barely utter a few Bengali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shob Charitro Kalponik
''Sob Charitro Kalponik'', ( bn, সব চরিত্র কাল্পনিক, "All Characters are Imaginary," also known as ''Afterword'') is a 2009 Bengali film by Rituparno Ghosh starring Bipasha Basu, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Jisshu Sengupta. It was selected for the 30th Durban International Film Festival and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali 2009. It was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Non-resident Bengali Radhika (Bipasha Basu) marries the thespian poet Indranil Mitra (Prosenjit Chatterjee) to settle in Kolkata. While Indranil continues his surveillance of the surreal world of words, rhythms, rhymes, and imaginations Radhika single-handedly pulls out the private and public aspects of conjugal life. Radhika gets wholesome support from their housemaid Priyobala Das (also called Nondor ma). While the apparently irresponsible and introverted Indranil does one menace after other (like quitting his job after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noukadubi
''Noukadubi'' ( bn, নৌকাডুবি, ''Boat wreck'') is a Bengali novel written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1906. The novel was first published in Bangadarshan, a Bengali literary magazine which was under the editorship of Rabindranath himself at that moment.bdlive24.com/home/details/192782/ Characters The characters of this novel are: * Ramesh * Hemanlini * Kamala * Nalinaksha * Annadababu * Yogendra * Akshay * Umesh * Chakravarti * Shailaja Adaptations * ''Milan'' * '' Ghunghat'' *'' Noukadubi'' * '' Noukadubi'' * ''Mathar Kula Manickam'' *''Charana Daasi'' *''Oka Chinna Maata ''Oka Chinna Maata'' () is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language romance film produced by B. Siva Rama Krishna under the Sri Venkateswara Art Films banner and directed by Muthyala Subbaiah. It stars Jagapathi Babu, Indraja and music composed by Bharathw ...'' References External links * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23110390 rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org Novels by Rabindranath Tagor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Deepankar De, Mamata Shankar, Ananya Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Riya Sen and is produced by Mahesh Ramanathan, Reliance Big Pictures. Rituparno Ghosh, Arghyakamal Mitra, Mahesh Ramanathan and Ananya Chatterjee won National Film Awards in 2010 for Best Director, Best Editor Best Bengali Film and Best Actress respectively. The film was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Earlier, Rituparno Ghosh had planned to make the film in Hindi as ''Kya Haseen Sitam'', with Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Vidya Balan, later decided to make it in Bengali, as ''Abahoman''. Plot Aniket (Deepankar De) is one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal, Deepti (Mamata Shankar) is an actress, with whom he had fallen in love w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rituparno Ghosh
Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his second feature film ''Unishe April'' which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Having won 19 National Awards, along with his contemporaries Aparna Sen and Goutam Ghose, Rituparno heralded contemporary Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema to greater heights. Ghosh died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata after a heart attack. Ghosh was also one of the openly homosexual personalities in Indian cinema. Ghosh was influenced by the works of Satyajit Ray and was an avid reader of Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore's works are frequently referenced to in his films. He also made a documentary titled ''Jeevan Smriti'' on the life of Tagore. In his career spanning almost two decades, he won 12 National and numerous International awards. His unrelease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
