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Tollywood Focus
''Tollywood Focus'' is a 2008 Bengali film Directed by Manas Basu. Plot It is another peek at what goes on behind the glitz and glamour of Tollywood. Swastika plays an actress in a live-in relationship with her director (Amitabha). But the mysterious death of Swastika's husband keeps haunting her. Satyabrato a boy from Hedua(North Calcutta) started nourishing a dream. His father got astonished hearing such a dream from a lower-middle-class family chap. People of their class dream to be a Cost Accountant or sometimes even to be a Pilot but become a B.D.O. (Block Development Officer) at the end. But this boy have gone mad. He wants to be a hero, and in cinemas. Yes Cinemas, that's the most horrid part. If it was serial then there would have been a chance because they need people as because they are never ending. But Satyabrato stood apart. He started exercising physically and mentally. After many days he got in touch with a renowned director, a master craftsman regarding making Thri ...
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Manas Basu
Manas may refer to: Philosophy and mythology *Manas, the Pali and Sanskrit term for "mind"; see ** Manas (early Buddhism) ** Manas-vijnana, one of the eight consciousnesses taught in Yogacara Buddhism *''Ramcharitmanas'', a retelling of the Ramayana *'' Epic of Manas'', a Kyrgyz epic poem with 500,000 lines Toponymy * Manas River (Drangme Chhu) in southern Bhutan and northeastern India **Royal Manas National Park, a national park in Bhutan ** Manas National Park, a national park in the state of Assam, India *Manas (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Karabudakhkentsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation *Manas, Drôme, a commune in Drôme département in France *Manas-Bastanous, a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France * Manas District, a district of Talas Province, Kyrgyzstan ** Manas International Airport, an international airport near Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan *** Transit Center at Manas, a United States Air Force base at the airp ...
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Amitava Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many Bengali films & Hindi films as well. Apart from this, he was seen in a Bengali show named '' Checkmate'' and currently he is portraying the character of Dr. Subhankar Banerjee, the male protagonist of ''Bikele Bhorer Phool''. Filmography Hindi *''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002) *'' Saanjh'' (2004) *'' Kalyug'' (2005) Bengali * '' Rasta'' 2003 * '' Swapne Dekha Rajkanya'' 2004 * ''Shakti'' 2004 * '' Akritagno'' 2004 * '' Shikar'' 2006 * ''Je Jon Thake Majhkhane'' 2006 * '' Abhinetri'' 2006 * ''Tulkalam'' 2007 * '' Shudhu Tomar Jonyo'' 2007 * ''Tumi Kar'' 2008 * ''Tollywood Focus'' 2008 * '' Sedin Dujone'' 2008 * ''Rangamati'' 2008 * ''Hello Kolkata'' 2008 * '' Jhar Sheshe'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Eka Eka'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Baghin ...
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Swastika Mukherjee
Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (2001). Her first leading role came with ''Mastan'' (2004). She made her Bollywood debut with ''Mumbai Cutting'' (2008). She acted in the Bollywood remake of '' Fault in Our Stars '' titled ''Dil Bechara ''. Early life Mukherjee spent her childhood in a self-described "simple life" with her father Santu Mukhopadhyay, younger sister Ajopa, and mother Gopa. Her favorite films were ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', ''Mary Poppins'', and ''The Sound of Music''. She was educated at Carmel School, Kolkata, St. Teresa's Secondary School, and Gokhale Memorial School. Personal life Marriage/False accusations of dowry and harassment In 1998 at the age of 18, she married Promit Sen, son of ''Rabindra Sangeet'' singer Sagar Sen. The marriage was unha ...
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Koushik Ghosh
Koushik Ghosh (born 22 October 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 18 January 2014, for Bengal in the 2013–14 Ranji Trophy The 2013–14 Ranji Trophy was the 80th season of the Ranji Trophy. It included the final match of Sachin Tendulkar's domestic career. The competition was won by Karnataka, who defeated Maharashtra in the final. Points system * Basic ** Wi .... References External links * 1992 births Living people Indian cricketers Bengal cricketers People from North 24 Parganas district Cricketers from West Bengal {{India-cricket-bio-1992-stub ...
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Deb Chowdhury
Deb Chowdhury is an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, cultural activist, researcher and television anchor. Folk music is his primary choice of genre. He is working for the Indigenous Art & Culture of India for the last 25 years. He also is a documentary film maker. He is the founder-director of Sahajiya Foundation, working for promotion and exploration of different Indian folk songs. He is the only disciple of late Kalachand Darbesh, the last Darbesh of Bengal. He is also associated with various social development, environment awareness & conservation projects. Early life Deb was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. He graduated from Dinabandhu Andrews College, under University of Calcutta. His mother Shipra Chowdhury was a school teacher and father Manil Chowdhury is a former football player who played First Division in Kolkata Football leagues. He got his primary music lessons from his uncle late Pundit Chuni Lal Chowdhury. He considers Goutam Chattopadhyay as his first Guru, Guide ...
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Tollywood Bangla
Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Cinema of India, Indian film industry of Bengali language, Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Cinema of India, Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the National Film Awards, Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim. Ever since Satyajit Ray's ''Pather Panchali (film), Pather Panchali'' (1955) was awarded Best Human Document at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, Bengali films frequently appeared in international fora and film festivals for the next several dec ...
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Anirban Das
Anirban or Anirvan ('' bn, অনির্বাণ'') is an Indian masculine given name. It is mostly used in the Bengali and Assamese languages. The meaning of the Sanskrit word ' is "the fire that never stops" or "unextinguished". Notable people with this name include: * Anirvan (1896–1978), Hindu scholar * Anirban Bhattacharya, Bengali actor * Anirban Chatterjee (born 1982), Indian cricketer * Anirvan Ghosh, American neuroscientist * Anirban Lahiri (born 1987), Indian golfer * Anirban Mukhopadhyay Anirban Mukhopadhyay is a marketing scholar associated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of Consumer Psychology The ''Journal of Consumer Psychology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed acade ..., marketing scholar References {{given name Indian masculine given names ...
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Amitabha Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut film was '' Rasta'', directed by Bratya Basu, with Mithun Chakraborty. He has done many Bengali films & Hindi films as well. Apart from this, he was seen in a Bengali show named ''Checkmate'' and currently he is portraying the character of Dr. Subhankar Banerjee, the male protagonist of ''Bikele Bhorer Phool''. Filmography Hindi *''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' (2002) *'' Saanjh'' (2004) *'' Kalyug'' (2005) Bengali * '' Rasta'' 2003 * '' Swapne Dekha Rajkanya'' 2004 * ''Shakti'' 2004 * '' Akritagno'' 2004 * '' Shikar'' 2006 * ''Je Jon Thake Majhkhane'' 2006 * '' Abhinetri'' 2006 * ''Tulkalam'' 2007 * '' Shudhu Tomar Jonyo'' 2007 * ''Tumi Kar'' 2008 * ''Tollywood Focus'' 2008 * ''Sedin Dujone'' 2008 * ''Rangamati'' 2008 * ''Hello Kolkata'' 2008 * '' Jhar Sheshe'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Eka Eka'' (unreleased) 2008 * ''Baghini ...
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Indrajit
Meghanada (), also referred to by his epithet Indrajita , according to Hindu texts, was the crown prince of Lanka, who conquered Indraloka (Heaven). He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors in Hindu texts. He is a major character mentioned in the Indian epic ''Ramayana.'' Meghnada is the central character in Bengali ballad ''Meghnad Badh Kavya''. He played an active role in the great war between Rama and Ravana. He acquired many kinds of celestial weapons from his Guru Shukra. His most prominent feat is having defeated the devas in heaven. Using the Brahmastra, Indrajita killed 670 million vanaras in a single day; nearly exterminating the entirety of the vanara race. No warrior had ever achieved this statistical feat before in the Ramayana. Etymology Indrajita had the special ability to fight from the sky, hidden behind the clouds. That is why both Rama and Lakshmana were defeated during the battle and were tied up by the snake. In Sanskrit, the literal translation o ...
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Gourishankar Panda
Gaurishankar is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ... it had a population of 8899 people living in 1608 individual households.. References External linksUN map of the municipalities of Sarlahi District Populated places in Sarlahi District {{Sarlahi-geo-stub ...
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