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Samaresh Majumdar
Samares Mazumdar ( bn, সমরেশ মজুমদার, born 10 March 1944) is an Indian Bengali writer from West Bengal, India. He is best known for his Animesh series of novels, the second of which (''Kalbela'') won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984. He is also known for creating the detective character Arjun, who is the central character of the 2013 film ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan''. The Bengali film ''Buno Haansh'', which released on 15 August 2014, is also based on his novel of the same name, which was published in Pujabarshiki Anondolok. Early life and education Mazumdar spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Dooars, Gairkata in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelor's degree in Bengali literature from Scottish Church College in Kolkata. Followed by a Master's in Bengali Literature from University of Calcutta. His first story appeared in '' Desh'' literary mag ... [...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] |
Desh (magazine)
''Desh'' ( bn, দেশ) is an esteemed Bengali language literary magazine published by the ABP Group from India on the 2nd and the 17th of every month. This magazine, which is in publication since 1933, has been edited by editors like Sagarmoy Ghosh in the past. The present editor is Suman Sengupta. After the death of Sagarmoy Ghosh, ''Desh'' started publishing non-fiction articles and essays on topics of current, historical and cultural interest. Started as a weekly, it evolved into a fortnightly in more recent years. It has also drifted from being a pure literary magazine to more current affairs-oriented format. Journalist and Ramon Magsaysay award winner Amitabha Chowdhury edited the magazine for quite some time after Sagarmoy Ghosh. ''Desh'' is published from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata 700 001. ''Desh'' is still considered to be the best literary magazine of the Bengali-speaking intelligentsia. It is often referred to as the "''New Yorker'' of Bengal" . Almost all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Jalpaiguri District
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
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Living People
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Bengal Film Journalists' Association
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 and film industry. Overview Members of the association are drawn from the film section of the entire press of West Bengal composed of dailies, periodicals and film journals in various languages published from Kolkata. Film correspondents and critics working for any newspaper or periodicals published outside Bengal having their base in Kolkata were also eligible to be members of this association. The association was the first to institute awards in an endeavor to promote and encourage the production of better films, when in 1938, a year after its inception, the 1st Motion Picture Congress was held in Faridpur (now in Bangladesh). Representatives of the association played a vital role in its deliberations. In 1952 when India staged the Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananda Purashkar
The Ananda Puraskar () is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India. History The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of literary awards in Bengal. It was started on 20 April 1958 and has been given in the same month since. Initially, there were two awards, in memory of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and Suresh Chandra Majumdar, the founders of ''Anandabazar Patrika''. Another award was started in 1984 in memory of Ashok Kumar Sarkar to commemorate the golden jubilee of '' Desh''. All three awards were merged in 2000. Awardees *1958 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) *.......Samaresh Basu (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial) *1960 – Pramathanath Bishi – ''Kerry Saheber Munshi'' (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) *1961 – Syed Mujtaba Ali *1963 - Kalidas Roy *1966 – Sukumar Sen *1967 – Bimal Kar *1968 – Gopal Chandra Bhattac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankim Puroshkar
Bankim Puraskar ( bn, বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal. Awardees *1975 – Prabodh Chandra Sen *1982 – Gour Kishore Ghosh *1983 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – ''Sei Samay'' (novel, 2 vols.) *1984 – Sushil JanaDutt, Kartik ChandraWho's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Sahitya Akademi, 1999 *1985 – Prafulla Roy – Akasher Neeche Manush' (novel) *1986 – Amiya Bhushan Majumdar – ''Rajnagar'' (novel) *1987 – Amalendu Chakraborty – ''Jabajjiban'' (novel) *1988 – Sachindrana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of West Bengal
The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The State Governor acts as the head of state and is the highest nominal authority of the state power, however, it is the Chief Minister who is the chief executive authority and head of government. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, houses the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The temporary secretariat is located in the Nabanna building in the district of Howrah, adjacent to the state capital. The Calcutta High Court is located in Kolkata, which has jurisdiction over the whole of West Bengal and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The present Legislative Assembly of West Bengal is unicameral, consisting of 294 Member of the Legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banga Bibhushan
Banga Bibhushan Samman ( bn, বঙ্গবিভূষণ) is a title instituted by the West Bengal government to honour the services of personalities in various fields. The Banga Ratna Samman and the Banga Bhushan Samman ("Bengal ornament" বঙ্গ ভূষণ) awards are also granted. The award was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 25 July 2011. List of awardees 2011 2012 In May 2012, The Sunday Indian reported that Ravi Shankar had refused the award. 2013 2018 The Banga Bibhushan o2018was awarded on 21 May, to the following: 2022 Note: See also *Banga Bhushan *Rabindra Puraskar The Rabindra Puraskar (also Rabindra Smriti Puraskar) is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of West Bengal. This award is named after the famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and is administered by the Government of W ... References External links Bangabibhushan Title Winners 2012 Awards established in 2011 Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun — Kalimpong E Sitaharan
''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' is a 2013 thriller Bengali film directed by Prem Prakash Modi and produced by Mukul Sarkar under the banner of T. Sarkar Productions. The film features actors Om and Sabyasachi Chakraborty in the lead roles. This action and thriller marks the debut of young Bengali actor Om in the role of detective Arjun. Based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi'' by Samaresh Majumdar, the film was released on 3 May 2013. Plot Arjun is a sleuth cum science fiction character of Jalpaiguri created by famous Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar for young children. He wrote many stories in the Arjun series, namely ''Arjun Ebaar Kolkata-e'', ''Arjun Beriye Elo'', ''Arjun@bipbip.com'' and many more. This film is the first of the Arjun series based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi''. In the film, Arjun (Om) is seen solving a case with the help of his mentor and guide, Amol Shome ( Sabyasachi Chakraborty) in Kalimpong. He is portrayed as a Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjun (Character)
Arjun is a young fictional detective character of Bengali literature. He lives at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal The character was created by Samaresh Majumdar in 1983. Arjun's mentor is retired official cop, Mr. ''Amal Shome''. Although Arjun himself solves the cases but he works most of the time as an assistant of Shome. Books of Arjun series Adaptations * Based on ''Sitaharan Rahasya'' and ''Khunkharapi'', a film was released in 2013 named '' Arjun: Kalimpong E Sitaharan.''. A Hindi tele-serial was released as ''Jungle Ki Gaherai Mey'', based on Arjun novel, ''Derdin''. Kaushik Sen played the role of Arjun. * On 18 July, 2022, Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi f ... Kolkata (98.3 MHz) station aired the story ''"Der Din"'' on the ''Sunday Suspense'' show. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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