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Monu Mukherjee
Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee (1 March 1930 – 6 December 2020), known as Monu Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play ''Khudha'', and his first film was Mrinal Sen's 1958 film ''Neel Akasher Neechey'' (). He had worked with directors like Satyajit Ray and Ronand Joffy. He is remembered for his portrayal of Machhli Baba in 1979 film '' Joi Baba Felunath''. Early life and education Manu Mukherjee was born on March 1, 1930. He was the son of Amarendranath Mukherjee, who was also involved with acting at the Calcutta Theatre. Manu Mukherjee was one of the oldest actors in the world, still actively playing major and minor roles in Bengali television's soaps and operas. Manu started acting at an young age, and with his first character he portrayed the role of a wife at a neighborhood club play which fueled his fascination towards acting. He joined the Sriranga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, 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 East India, Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the List of cities in India by population, 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, Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dadar Kirti
''Dadar Kirti'' ( bn, দাদার কীর্তি; ) is a 1980 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film was based on an unpublished novel of the same name by Saradindu Bandopadhyay. It stars Tapas Paul, Mahua Roychoudhury, Ayan Banerjee, Debashree Roy, Sandhya Roy, Kali Banerjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta and Anup Kumar. Tapas Paul made his debut with this film. The film attained a huge box office success upon its release and still has a popular following. Plot Kedar Chatujye (Tapas Paul), a dim-witted simpleton, is exiled to his uncle’s house in a small town in Bihar by his father, who is extremely angry with him for being unable to pass his B.A. exams after three attempts. The simple-minded Kedar becomes the butt of all jokes of his cousin Santu's (Ayan Banerjee) gang of friends led by Bhombol Bhattacharjee also known as Bhombolda ( Anup Kumar). He falls in love of Saraswati (Mahua Roychoudhury), a girl with a strong, no-nonsense character who i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakita Byaktigato
''Bakita Byaktigato'' is a Bengali drama film directed by Pradipta Bhattacharyya and produced by Tripod Entertainment (IN). It won the 61st National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Plot Pramit, an independent filmmaker is trying to understand the nature of romance, also partially the reason behind it being he is trying to find romance as he has been continually rejected by various romantic interests. Thus, he along with his cameraman Amit venture on an adventure to ask various people in Kolkata what they feel about romance and whether they have ever experienced it or not in a documentary-type manner. Eventually they meet an astrologer, who at first seemed like a complete fraudster. But later claimed that he would give them a solution to their problem, they along with the astrologer go to the astrologer's home and find out that he has two wives, both apparently unhappy. The astrologer tells them that there is a hamlet in West Bengal which has an otherworldly abil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holud Pakhir Dana
''Holud Pakhir Dana'' (English: ''The Yellow Wings'') is a 2013 Bengali film, directed by Kanoj Das and produced by Bidu Das under the banner of Dapro Film Production. The film features actors Dibyendu Mukherjee and Rimjhim Gupta in the lead roles. Surojit Chatterjee composed the music for this film. It released on 12 April 2013. Plot Riju is a doctor who was severely harmed when he was hit by a car. The car belonged to Saheli, who is also a doctor. Saheli then tried to nurse Riju so that he regained his health. She kept Riju at her residence for a period and as days passed, they fell in love. When Riju returned home, he discovered that his mother had died. He then went to Mathurapur when a doctor called him from there to inform him many villagers were ill due to consumption of spurious liquor. On the other hand, Saheli learned that she had cancer and went to the "Painless Life Centre" and stayed there. Riju tried to find out the whereabouts of Saheli one day since they had not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egaro
''Egaro, the Immortal Eleven'' () is a 2011 Bengali sports film based on a historical event. It was directed by debutant director Arun Roy. The film is loosely based on the historical events leading to a football match between Mohun Bagan A.C., Mohun Bagan and East Yorkshire Regiment on 29 July 1911, a time when India was under the British Raj, British rule. This was the first time when Mohun Bagan, or any native team won the IFA Shield. The film commemorated that event in its centenary year 2011. Plot Egaro is also the first celluloid tribute to the eleven Mohun Bagan players who won the shield, ten of them playing barefoot clad in folded dhotis with just one of them, Sudhir Chatterjee, wearing boots against a team with the right kit, boots, dress, infrastructural support and the typical bias of the White rulers against the coloured Ruled. But Egaro is not just about football. It is about the patriotic passion that drove these eleven players to unite thousands of Indians from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakaler Rang
''Sakaler Rang'' (2009) is a Bengali film directed by Suvamoy Chattopadhyay. This was first movie of Suvamoy as a director. This budget of the film . Because of this reason Suvamoy had to take burden of almost all the departments of the film. Plot Prananath aspires to educate the children of his village and goes to the city to earn and send back money for books. Eventually, the village gets a school, but the locals are in for some shocking news. Cast and crew Cast *Taranga Sarkar as Prananath. *Paulomi DeSakina. *Monu Mukhopadhyay as Teacher. *Churni Ganguly Churni Ganguly (née Banerjee) is a Bengali actress and director. After spending her childhood in Kurseong, she came to Kolkata and got admitted at the Jadavpur University. While studying at Jadavpur University, she joined a theatre group as a ... as Bhabi. Crew *Direction: Suvomoy Chattopadhyay *Producer: Srabanti (Dona) Das. *Music direction: Suvomoy Chattopadhyay *Lyrics: Suvomoy Chattopadhyay *Story: Suvomoy Chat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janatar Aadalat
''Janatar Aadalat'' is a 2008 romance-action Bengali film directed by Manoj Thakur based on a story of Shaktipada Rajguru. Starring Jisshu Sengupta and Indrani Dutta is story of common men rising against oppressive powers and tortures of the local Member of Legislative Assembly. Cast * Jisshu Sengupta as Michael * Indrani Dutta as Rekha * Sabyasachi Chakraborty as superintendent of police * Shubhendu Chattopadhyay as Master Mashai * Monu Mukhopadhyay * Tapas Paul * Lily Chakravarty * Sumit Ganguly * Dulal Lahiri * Ramaprasad Banik Ramaprasad Banik (রমাপ্রসাদ বনিক) (1954–2010) was a Bengali theatre actor, director and playwright. He also worked in films and televisions. He started his career at a very early age with ''Putul khela'', which was an ... * Sunil Mukherjee * Soma Chakraborty References External links * 2008 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on works by Shaktipada Rajguru {{2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedin Dujone
''Sedin Dujone'' ( bn, সেদিন দুজনে) is a 2008 Bengali film directed by debutant director Atanu Basu and released in 2008 featuring Amitava Bhattacharya and Kasturi. The film is almost directly from Priyadarshan directed ''Kyon Ki'' released in 2005, which was not an original storyline either. It was a variation on the famous Suchitra Sen-film '' Deep Jele Jai''. This was later made into Hindi as '' Khamoshi'', produced by Hemant Kumar and starring Waheeda Rehman. But like most of his peers, Bose does not credit his source. Plot The focus is on hero Raj (Amitabh Bhattacharya) and not so much on the two heroines Maria (Kasturi) and Sanchita (Kanchana Moitra). Raj is a famous singer when the film opens. He falls in love with Maria, a Catholic nun-to-be and the two are engaged. Just before they tie the knot, Raj's friend Suman steps in stealthily with the intention of raping her. Maria jumps to her death and Raj loses his sanity. The post-interval phase of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Uncle
''Raju Uncle'' is a 2005 Bengali romantic comedy-drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty and produced by Pijush Saha The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Sayantani Ghosh, Oindrila Sen in the lead roles. Music for the film was composed by Ashok Raj. Plot Raju, a young teacher lives with a group of orphans at his mortgaged house. Raju is honest but poor, he always search for a job and finally finds a job of detective. Cast * Prosenjit Chatterjee as Raju/ Raju Uncle * Sayantani Ghosh as Neela, Raju's love interest * Oindrila Sen as Child actor * Ranjit Mallick as Ranjit Mallick, Head of Detective Agency * Rajesh Sharma as Dilip Roy * Kanchan Mullick as Keshto * Monu Mukhopadhyay as Mukherjee Babu * Arun Banerjee Arun Bannerjee ( bn, অরুণ ব্যানার্জী, hi, अरुण बनर्जी) is an Indian Bengali film actor. Filmography Actor * '' Herogiri'' (2015) * ''Bhroon'' (2013) * ''Canvas'' (2013) * ''Jodi Hridoye Lekho .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patalghar
''Patalghar'' ( bn, পাতাল ঘর "The Underground Chamber" ) is a Bengali science fiction film based on the story of same name by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and directed by Abhijit Chaudhuri. Plot 150 years in the past, Aghor Sen, a genius scientist living in the village of Nischintipur invents a device that generates sound waves which can put any living being to sleep. The alien Vik exiled from the planet Nyapcha, lands with his space shuttle on the outskirts of Nischintipur. He gets to know about the machine & tries to steal it but Aghor puts him to sleep. With Aghor's death the instrument is lost. 150 years later i.e. in the present day Dr. Bhootnath Nondy finds Aghor Sen's diary mentioning this device. Bhootnath deciphers the diary at a science seminar announcing his plea to search for it. Begum, a gang leader, sends her goons after Bhootnath to get that machine. Aghar Sen's device is in his laboratory - Patalghar. To reach there, one must solve the mysterious rhymes me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaidha
''Abaidha'' ( The demolition Man) is a Bengali film written by Partha Banerjee and Subbir Mukherjee, and directed by Gul Bahar Singh. The film stars Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, and Rajit Kapur. It was shown in the Montreal film festival and Commonwealth film festival in Manchester in 2002. The film has won the Bengal film journalists' association award for best actor for Chiranjeet Chakraborty. The film has also participated in the 2002 4th Cinemaya festival of Asian Cinema in New Delhi. Cast *Chiranjeet Chakraborty *Debashree Roy *Rajit Kapur *Sumitra Mukherjee *Dulal Lahiri *Monu Mukherjee *Manjushree *Chandan Sen Awards *2003, Best actor award at Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism .... References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
