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Ritwick Chakraborty
Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian actor who works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagol Premi in 2007. He plays different roles in different sorts of movies, so he is a versatile actor in Bengali Film Industry. Career Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passionate about acting. After his initial struggle in the Bengali film industry he worked in a few television serials and telefilms. He debuted in the film ''Pagol Premi''. After which, he appeared in Anjan Dutt's cult film ''Chalo Let's Go'', alongside in 2008, followed by ''Cross Connection'' with Rimjhim Mitra, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar, and Raj Chakraborty's '' Le Chakka'', playing the second lead alongside Dev in 2010. He appeared in six films in 2013, and for '' Shabdo'' he won the Filmfare East Best Actor's award in 2014. Chakraborty also produced a 2021 Bengali web series named ''Birohi''. Filmography Films Television & Web *''Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrackpore, West Bengal
Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city and a municipality of urban Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision. Etymology The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, as it was the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company. Alternatively, the '' Ain-i-Akbari'' suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". ''Manasa Vijay'', written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Talpukur (a place in Barrackpore) as "Charnak". History The earliest references to the Barrackpore region are found in the writings of the Greek navigators, geographers, chronicles and historians of the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. These authors generally referred to the country of a people variously called the Gangaridai (also Gangaridae or Gandaritai). By the 15th and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abhijit Guha (director)
Abhijit Guha is an Indian film director, actor and writer working in the Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood film industry. Guha and Sudeshna Roy have worked together in the field of audio visuals since 1994. The duo debuted with their first film ''Shudhu Tumi'' and then they made several films in varied genres. However, they are known to make rom-com urban based films. When it comes to narrating young, urban middle-class romance and relationships stories without going overboard, no one can match steps with director duo Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha. They've given Tollywood one of its biggest stars — Abir Chatterjee, who debuted in their film Cross Connection in 2009. Regardless of the subject, be it about going on a honeymoon before marriage (Cross Connection), voyeurism (Teen Yaari Kotha), or even unrequited love (Jodi Love Dile Na Prane) — all their movies have a fresh and non-preachy approach. They came into prominence after their critically acclaimed film Teen Yaari Katha, Tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanu Ghosh
Atanu Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. His Bengali film '' Mayurakshi'' (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. His film Angshumaner Chhobi, Mayurakshi, Binisutoy, Abby Sen and Rupkatha Noy, bagged multiple Awards.He was born on 12 August 1969 in Kolkata, West Bengal. One of his Bengali movies named Mayurakshi was awarded as the Best Feature Film in Bengali. Atanu started his career as a scriptwriter and director for documentary films in 1996. For his work in Aar Ek Bampi, he received the Doordarshan National Awards for Best Children's Telefilm. Biography Right from his debut feature film, Atanu's films have been widely shown in most prominent film festivals across the world. Winner of numerous national and international awards, his works reflect an urge for exploring unique complexities of human behaviour pitted against the backdrop of rapidly changing society. His films are known for perceptual precision and economy of expression. After c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Phaali Rodh
''Ek Phaali Rodh'' ( en, A Ray of Light) is a 2014 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Bitan Roy and Antara Ghosh for Teamwork Communication. The music is composed by Joy Sarkar. It is Atanu Ghosh's fourth feature film after Angshumaner Chhobi, Takhan Teish and Rupkatha Noy. Plot Dr. Somshankar Roy, a social scientist, engages Swagato and Anwesha to create 'mock' crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and derive conclusions about human behaviour from them. But all theories and deductions go astray when they come face to face with a real crisis in their own lives and cannot decipher whether the crisis is MOCK or REAL. Storyline Dr. SOMSHANKAR ROY, a social scientist, engages two young people SWAGATO and ANWESHA to create ‘mock’ crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniket Chattopadhyay
Aniket Chattopadhyay (born 9 January 1963) is an Indian journalist and film director in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He has directed the films, ''Chha-e Chhuti'' (2009), ''Bye Bye Bangkok'' (2011), the romantic comedy film ''Goraay Gondogol'' (2012), ''Mahapurush O Kapurush'' (2013), ''Janala Diye Bou Palalo'' (2014), ''Room No. 103'' (2015), ''Shankar Mudi'' (2019), and ''Kabir (2018 film), Kabir'' (2018). He was also the news editor of Bengali language, Bengali news channel Kolkata TV. Filmography * ''Chha-e Chhuti'' (2009) * ''Bye Bye Bangkok'' (2011) * ''Goraay Gondogol'' (2012) * ''Mahapurush O Kapurush'' (2013) * ''Janala Diye Bou Palalo'' (2014) * ''Room No. 103'' (2015) * ''Kiriti Roy (2016 film)'' * ''Kabir (2018 film), Kabir'' (2018) * ''Hoichoi Unlimited'' (2018) * ''Tuski'' (2018) * ''Shankar Mudi'' (2019) * Habu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Montri, ''Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri'' (2021) References External links * * 1963 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahapurush O Kapurush
''Mahapurush O Kapurush'' is a 2013 Indian Bengali language comedy drama film written and directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay. Plot Bireshwar Chatterjee ( Dipankar De), a wealthy industrialist, is a very happy man. The reason for his happiness is that Shri Shri Sadgajananda Maharaj (Bratya Basu), a holy man with powers that control even the Andromeda Galaxy (boasted by Sadgajananda himself), is residing at his house. Naturally, many people from the upper strata of the society (the mayor, a tollywood actress, a writer, etc.) is coming to pay homage to the saint. Unknown to everyone, Sadgajananda is actually a con man, Gopal, who makes a living conning people, along with his partner, Aapu (Lama). In a parallel story, a thief (also Bratya Basu) breaks into a house of a family of four people, where he is accidentally killed. The family members decide to dispose of the dead body in some remote area but are constantly harassed by the police inspector ( Biswanath Basu). By a series of eve ... [...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 abi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golemale Pirit Koro Na
''Golemale Pirit Koro Na'' (sometimes ''Goley Maley Pirit Korona'', ''Goley Maley Pirit Koro Na'' or ''Golemale Pirit Korona'') is a 2013 Bengali film. The film was directed by Anindya Banerjee and produced under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. The film's music was composed by Akash. The film was released on 8 February 2013. The comedy film is based on the story of two men who fell in love with each other's sisters. Plot Two men called Gouranga (Ritwick Chakraborty) and Gobindo (Jisshu Sengupta) meet in a nightclub and strike up a friendship and their cell phones get exchanged . When Gobinda comes to return the phone to Gouranga, he discovers that Gouranga has a cousin called Banya (Payel Sarkar) who is obsessed with Salman Khan and with the name called Prem and desires a boyfriend called Prem. So, he becomes Prem to impress her. Gouranga also lands up at Gobinda's house and discovers that he has got a sister called Rai (Sumita) who desires a boyfriend called Prem and so he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Sen
Raja Sen (born 10 November 1955) is an Indian film and television director and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the father of actress Rimi Sen. Career Raja Sen first received recognition with ''Subarnalata'' (1997), a teleserial, he followed it up with ''Adarsha Hindu Hotel'', ''Arogyo Niketan'', few episodes of ''Desh Amaar Desh'' are some of the notables of the Bengali television arena. He has also documented the real life paradigm of the living legends of Bengal's World of Art & Culture, namely, Suchitra Mitra, Tapan Sinha, Sombhu Mitra, Subhas Mukhopadhyay. Personal life Raja Sen is married to ''Papiya Sen'', has two daughters, Romi Sen and Rimi Sen and two granddaughters Mishka and Juana. Filmography Feature film * '' Damu'' (1996) - Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Satya Banerjee, Monoj Mitra, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist). * Atmiyo Swajan (1999) - Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Devi, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arindam Sil
Arindam Sil is an Indian actor, film director and line producer. Early life Sil was born on 12 March 1964 in North Calcutta to a traditional joint family. He was a student of St. Joseph's College, Calcutta, and St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, from where he passed ICSE, ISC & B Com (Hons) examinations. He then pursued M.B.A. in marketing from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management at the University of Calcutta. He gave up his PhD at USA to pursue his interest in becoming an actor. In 2012 he directed a movie '' Aborto''. Sil and his company, Nothing Beyond Cinema, has managed the line-production of films like ''The Bong Connection'', ''Via Darjeeling'', ''033'', ''Brake Fail'', ''Shukno Lanka'', ''Nobel Chor'', ''Kahaani'', Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, TE3N, Meri Pyari Bindu', among others. Filmography Director Actor * ''Lost'' (2022) * '' Tirandaj Shabor'' (2022) * '' Mahananda'' (2022) * '' Bhalo Meye Kharap Meye'' (2019) * ''Durgeshgorer Gup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aborto
''Aborto'' is a Bengali film released on 1 March 2013 and directed by Arindam Sil in his directorial debut. According to Sil, this film would be the greatest tribute to Satyajit Ray that has ever been made. The film stars Bangladesh actress Jaya Ahsan, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Abir Chatterjee in lead roles. The screenplay was written by filmmaker Atanu Ghosh, but was not acknowledged on the posters by the director. Plot Shyamal Sen (Tota Roychowdhury) is GM sales for an MNC and is competing for the Vice President post of his company alongside Ranadip aka Runu Sanyal ( Saswata Chatterjee). Shyamal hails from a middle-class family in Sonarpur where he has grown up with his elder brother ( Kaushik Ganguly). He is now married to Charu ( Joya Ahsan). Shyamal has always been jealous of his elder brother because he felt that his elder brother got all the attention in the family and was more intelligent among the siblings. He burned off his brother's certificates in a fit of rage as a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoring
''Phoring'' is a 2013 Bengali feature drama film directed by Indranil Roychowdhury. It was produced by Chitrabeekshan Audio Visual PVT LTD., and is 126 minutes long. The film won the Prasad Labs post-production completion award for 2012. Plot outline An adolescent boy (Phoring, Bengali for "Grasshopper") grows up in a back-of-beyond township in North Bengal. Surrounded by the lush Dooars countryside, the town barely survives the shutdown of a factory. Maladjusted and a born loser, Phoring fights the voices in his head which he calls God. A new teacher (Doel) arrives in school, and opens up his mind to things unknown. Phoring starts to believe that this is not a dream. Doel invites Phoring to her house to nurture his creative skills. She also presents a cell phone to Phoring during Phoring's birthday. Phoring records a video of Doel while celebrating and dancing. This video tape is leaked out by one of Phoring's classmate Lattu. Doel is harassed by a group of older teachers. Phori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
