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Thana Theke Aschi (1965 Film)
''Thana Theke Aschi'' is a 1965 Bengali thriler drama film directed by Hiren Nag. It is an adaptation of the English play An Inspector Calls. The film starring Uttam Kumar in lead role as inspector Tin Kari Halder. Others cast like Madhabi Mukherjee, Kamal Mitra, Chaya Debi playing supporting role. The film remembered Uttam's one of the finest performance ever. The film become successful at the box office. Plot Chandra Madhab Sen, an industrialist, finds his life changed with the arrival of Tinkari Haldar, a sub-inspector, at his doorstep inquiring about a suicide mystery. Cast * Uttam Kumar as Tinkari Halder * Madhabi Mukherjee * Kamal Mitra as Chandra Madhab Sen * Chaya Debi * Anjana Bhowmick * Jahor Roy * Bireswar Sen * Dilip Mukherjee * Ardhendu Mukherjee * Pranab Roy * Khagen Pathak Soundtrack Reception The film has been regarded as one of the finest thriller films ever made. Uttam Kumar as Inspector Tinkari Haldar gave one of his finest performances ever and his perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiren Nag
Hiren Naag is a former Bollywood director of Hindi films who is best known for his association with Tarachand Barjatya of Rajshri Productions for which he directed hit film ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975), the blockbuster Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978) and another hit ''Abodh'' (1984). For latter, Naag is credited for successfully launching the career of Madhuri Dixit. Filmography as director * ''Honeymoon (1973 film), Honeymoon'' (1973) * ''Geet Gaata Chal'' (1975) * ''Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'' (1978) * ''Abodh'' (1984) * ''Darpan'' (1985) ;Other films: * 1983 ''Film Hi Film'' * 1981 ''Aakhri Mujra'' * 1980 ''Maan Abhiman'' * 1980 ''Saajan Mere Main Saajan Ki'' * 1979 ''Sunayana'' * 1972 ''Bigalito Karuna Janhabi Jamuna'' * 1972 ''Andha Atit'' * 1967 ''Jiban Mrityu'' * 1965 ''Thana Theke Aschi'' References External links * 20th-century Indian film directors Hindi-language film directors 20th-century births Possibly living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bireswar Sen
Bireswar Sen (1897–1974) was an Indian painter, writer, and teacher, who was influenced by the Bengal School of Art and Western modernism, but then later developed a unique visual language of miniatures. He depicted grand landscapes, mostly featuring the Himalayas, on paintings measuring smaller than postcards. Sen was popular and celebrated during his lifetime, but faded from public consciousness after his death. However, there has been an increasing interest in his oeuvre, since the noted art historian B. N. Goswamy curated an exhibition of his works, titled ''Heaven and Earth: Himalyas and the Art of Bireswar Sen'', at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi in 2010. Early life Sen was born in Kolkata (then Calcutta), British India, to Rai Bahadur Saileswar Sen, a professor of literature at Calcutta University, and Niharnalini Sen. He took up painting and drawing when young, but didn't pursue art formally. He went to Presidency College, Calcutta, where he received an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Indian Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Bengali-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulal Lahiri
Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduced Sreelekha Mitra Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali language, Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Winner of a Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award a ... in his directorial venture ''Balikar Prem''. Filmography Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lahiri, Dulal Bengali male television actors Living people 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors 1947 births Scottish Church Collegiate School alumni Bengali actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudranil Ghosh
Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt College, which is affiliated with the University of Calcutta, in 1995. Political career He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and contested Bhabanipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election against AITC leader Sovandeb Chatterjee and lost by a margin of 28,719 votes. Filmography Awards * 2007: BFJA - Best Supporting Actor Award for both ''Kantatar'' and ''Refugee'' References External links * , - ! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" , BFJA 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paoli Dam
Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for six years on ETV Bangla. Dam spent her childhood in Kolkata, earning a postgraduate degree in chemistry from Rajabazar Science College. Initially, she wanted to become a chemical researcher or a pilot. Her debut Bengali film—''Teen Yaari Katha'', directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha—began in 2004, but was not released until 2012. Dam's first film release was ''Agnipariksha'', directed by Ravi Kinagi. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in five Bengali films, coming into prominence with the 2009 ''Kaalbela'', directed by Goutam Ghose. In 2011, she received international recognition for her role in the Bengali film ''Chatrak.'' The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and also at film festivals in Toronto and the U.K. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin .... He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabarty, used to call him "Benu." In 1975, he passed Higher Secondary Examination from Andrew's High School, Kolkata. He earned a degree in B.Sc. from Hansraj College, University of Delhi. He cleared his AMI examination from Delhi in 1978. Apart from acting, his love for nature and forests is well known. He takes ardent interest in wild life photography. Sabyasachi got married in 1986 to Mithu Chakrabarty, who is also a popular face in the Bengali entertainment industry. He has two sons, Gaurav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parambrata Chatterjee
Parambrata Chattopadhyay (born 27 June 1980) is an Indian actor and director. Parambrata started his career with Bengali television and films. He has acted as the fictional character Topshe from Feluda under Sandip Ray's direction. He made his Hindi debut in ''Kahaani'' (2012), starring with Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. His notable works include ''Bhalo Theko'' (2003), ''Baishe Srabon'' (2011), '' Sold'' (2014) directed by Jeffrey D. Brown, '' Kadambari '' (2017), ''Anukul'' (2017), '' Pari'' (2018), ''Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi'' (2019), ''Dwitiyo Purush''(2020), ''Bulbbul'' (2020) . Personal life Parambrata was born in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India, to parents who worked as film critics. He is the son of Satinath Chatterjee and Sunetra Ghatak, maternal grandson of Ashish Chandra Ghatak and Gita Ghatak, and grandnephew of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi is Parambrata's aunt. He has often been targeted by fundamentalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thana Theke Aschi
''Thana Theke Aschi'' ( bn, থানা থেকে আসছি) is a 2010 Bengali film directed by Saran Dutta. It is an adaptation of the English play An Inspector Calls. The thriller film was rated 3.5 stars in its review by the ''Times of India''. A mystery movie of the same name was made in 1965 starring Uttam Kumar and Madhabi Mukherjee. Plot The story revolves around a cop, named Tinkori Haldar who pays a visit to a rich and well known businessman of the town, Amarnath Mullick . After the engagement party between his daughter Rinita and Rajat, and when everyone has left Tinkori Haldar visits and informs them that a woman named Sandhya Mondal has committed suicide in the Goabagan Bustee. Everyone looks astonished and tells they have nothing to do with the case, because they are fully unaware about her. But Haldar tells them she has left behind a diary where all their names (Mr Mullick, his wife, his son Arin, his daughter Rinita and Rajat) are mentioned. Now it is reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicharak
''Bicharak'' (English: The Judge) is a Bengali psychological drama film directed by Pravat Mukhopadhyay and produced by Arundhati Devi based on a same name novel of Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay and music is composed by Timir Bhattachariya This film was released in 1959 under the banner of Prabhat Productions and received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali in 1960. Plot The plot unfolds with a series of flashbacks which reveals a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge lives with his wife Sarama. Being the Judge, with every trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feelings for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti dies. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film Soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film, video, or television presentation; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronised recorded sound. In movie industry terminology usage, a sound track is an audio recording created or used in film production or post-production. Initially, the dialogue, sound effects, and music in a film each has its own separate track (''dialogue track'', ''sound effects track'', and '' music track''), and these are mixed together to make what is called the ''composite track,'' which is heard in the film. A ''dubbing track'' is often later created when films are dubbed into another language. This is also known as an M&E (music and effects) track. M&E tracks contain all sound elements minus dialogue, which is then supplied by the fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
