Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is a Bengali film festival in the city of Hyderabad and is being organized annually since 2014. The venue of the festival is the Prasad Film Preview Labs,

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

(adjacent to L V Prasad Eye Institute). The first edition of the film festival was held in the year 2014. It is the only curated Bengali film festival in India. The festival is organized by a Hyderabad-based registered Bengali group- Bengalis in Hyderabad (popularly known as BiH). The fourth edition of the HBFF was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017. The fourth edition of the festival screened eight Bengali movies, along with two Telugu movies. All the seasons of the festival were attended by the directors, casts and crews of the movies which were screened, and there are several panel discussions and Q&A sessions with directors organized.

History of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF)

5th Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2018

The fifth edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 21 June to 24 June 2018. The initiative of the cultural exchange programme was introduced last year. As the part of cultural exchange apart from Bengali movies, premiere screening of a Marathi movie was also organised along with 12 other Bengali movies. The fifth year saw the introduction of short film and documentary section rightly named SEED. The competitive short film section saw more than 50 entries coming from various languages including Sinhalese(Sri Lanka), Bangla (Bangladesh) and other Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and Bengali. After much deliberation by the Jury, 17 short films were selected and screened. The short film and documentary section was held at the Ramanaidu Film School, Hyderabad. In the documentary section, two documentaries were premiered in the festival. ''Thy Daughter O' Mother Earth: A documentary on the life & work of the legendary dancer & cultural anthropologist Manjushree Chaki Sarkar'' was made by noted filmmaker

Shekhar Das Sekhar Das ( bn, শেখর দাশ; alternately spelled Shekhar Das) is a Bengali film/theatre director, scriptwriter/playwright, actor and producer. He has three award-winning feature films to his credit. ''Jogajog'' (Relationships) based ...

. ''Meeting a Milestone (A documentary on India's Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan)'' made by another famous filmmaker

Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, Actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy ...

was also premiered at the festival. The competitive section huge response and entries came in various languages including Kurdish(Iraq) among other documentaries with varied subjects. 6 documentaries were selected and screened from the entries. The inaugural movie was ''Iye(The Others)'' directed by noted theater personality and film maker Mr. Debesh Chattopadhyay, starring

Debshankar Haldar Debshankar HaldarSpelling according tTelegraph Calcutta (or Debshankar HalderSpelling according t or Debsankar HalderThis spelling has been used in Nandikar'website.) is a Bengali theatre actor with a long career in Bengali theatre groups such a ...

Arpita Ghosh Arpita Ghosh, is an Indian theatre artist and politician who serves as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. She has served as the Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha for Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. ...

and Nitya Ganguly among others. The closing film of the festival was

Mayurakshi ''Mayurakshi'' is a 2017 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan & Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Debojyoti Mishra. The film won the award for Best Bengali feature film at the ...

by noted filmmaker

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 Awar ...

, starring

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 16 June 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of ...

and

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Bisw ...

among others. The feature film edition of the 5th year also saw return to classic - featuring Tarun Majumder section which showcased two films Alo, and Nimontron by the eminent filmmaker

Tarun Majumder Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 22 September 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director and Screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received four National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anand ...

. Each of the films were followed by a discussion with the person himself and a special discussion session was also arranged with

moderated by eminent film critic Siladitya Sen. This edition of the festival also introduced an exhibition of the artworks, cover designs, first drafts etc. made by internationally revered and honored Indian filmmaker

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

and curated by

Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...

Official Selection of HBFF 2018

# Iye (Inaugural Film) # Benche Thakar Gan (Competitive Section) # Under Construction (Competitive Section) # Sonar Pahar (Competitive Section) #

Rainbow Jelly ''Rainbow Jelly'' ( bn, রেনবো জেলি) is a 2018 Bengali language Indian food fantasy film for children, written and directed by Soukarya Ghosal and starring Sreelekha Mitra, Kaushik Sen, Shantilal Mukherjee and introducing Mahabrat ...

(Competitive Section) # Goodnight City (Competitive Section) # Alifa (Competitive Section) # Roktokorobi (Competitive Section) #Pupa (Competitive Section) # AndarKahini (Competitive Section) #Aaron (Guest Language - Marathi) #Nimantran (Return to classics) # Alo (Return to classics) # Mayurakshi (Closing Film)

Official Delegates List for HBFF 2018

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won ...

# Swastika Mukherjee # Sudipta Chakraborty #

Gargi Roychowdhury Gargee Roychowdhury is an Indian actress. She works in Bengali movies in Tollywood and serials in television. Gargi Roychowdhury is one of the popular actresses of the Bengali screen. She began her career as a theatre artist, performing in Utta ...

# Mumtaz Sircar # Abhijit Guha #

Sudeshna Roy Sudeshna Roy is an Indian film director, actor and writer based in Cinema of West Bengal, Tollywood. She started her career as an entertainment journalist before collaborating with the director Abhijit Guha (director), Abhijit Guha and forayin ...

# Soukarya Ghoshal #

Kamaleswar Mukherjee Kamaleswar Mukherjee, M.B.B.S. is an Indian film director, actor, and physician known for his work in Bengali-language films. Films directed by him include ''Chander Pahar'' (2013), '' Meghe Dhaka Tara'' (2013), '' Amazon Obhijaan'' (2017) ' ...

# Amitava Bhattachaya # Rituparna Thakur # Indrasish Acharya # Arnab Middya # Furdausul Hasan # Siladitya Sen #

Satarupa Sanyal Satarupa Sanyal is a Bengali Indian independent or parallel cinema film director, producer, actress, poet and social activist, based in Kolkata, India. Early life She graduated from the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya on Veterinary Scie ...

# Debesh Chattopdhyay #

# Arghyakamal Mitra # Rishi Nikam

Award List for HBFF 2018

Viewers' Choice Awards were: # Best Supporting Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- Sudipta Chakraborty for the movie Pupa # Best Supporting Actor, Male (Viewers' Choice Award)- Parambrata Chatterjee for the movie ''Sonar Pahar'' # Best Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- Tanuja for the movie Sonar Pahar # Best Actor, Male(Viewers' Choice Award)- Mahabrata Basu for the movie

# Best Actor in Negative Role (Viewers' Choice Award)- Prasun Gain for the movie Alifa # Best Film (Viewers' Choice Award)-

Jury Awards were: # Best Makeup (Jury Award)- Md. Yunus for the movie ''AndarKahini'' # Best Editing (Jury Award)- Arghyakamal Mitra for the movie

# Best Cinematography (Jury Award) - ''Goodnight City'' # Best Music (Jury Award)- AndarKahini # Best Screenplay (Jury Award) -

# Best Actor, Male (Jury Award) - Ritwick Chakraborty for the film Goodnight City # Best Actor, Female (Jury Award) - Priyanka Sarkar for the film AndarKahini # Best Director (Jury Award) - Indrasish Acharya for the film Pupa # Best Film (Jury Award) -

# Special Mention (Jury Awards)- film Under Construction

4th Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2017

The fourth edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017. This year, under a cultural exchange programme, two noted Telugu movies was screened along with eight Bengali movies. The inaugural movie was ''Tope'' by noted film maker

Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', ''Tahader Katha'', ''Charachar'' and ''Uttara (film), Uttara''. Five ...

which was premiered earlier in Toronto International Film Festival. The festival introduced two Telugu films as the festival aims in offering a platform for culture exchange through cinematic languages. As this year, the iconic Bengali detective character

Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra itter'', is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his ap ...

(created by

) is completing 50 years, there was a special selection as a tribute to the iconic character which included two movies, '' Feluda: 50 Years Of Ray's Detective'' (a documentary film), and

's '' Bombaiyer Bombete'' (2003 film). Other than Guest Language section, Inaugural film and Feluda50 section, there were five Bengali movies which were screened in the festival under the ''Competitive Section''- these five movies are listed down from no. 6 to no. 10.

Official Selection of HBFF 2017

# ''Tope'' (inaugural film) # ''

Pelli Choopulu ''Pelli Choopulu'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Tharun Bhascker and produced by Raj Kandukuri and Yash Rangineni. It features Vijay Deverakonda and Ritu Varma in the lead roles. Partly based ...

'' (Guest Language- Telugu) # '' Naa Bangaaru Talli'' (Guest Language- Telugu) # ''Feluda- 50 Years Of Ray's Detective'' (a documentary film- under Feluda 50 section) # '' Bombaiyer Bombete'' (under Feluda 50 section) # ''

Abby Sen ''Abby Sen'' is a 2015 Bengali science fiction comedy film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausul Hassan and Probal Halder. It features Abir Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Bratya Basu, and Priyanka Sarkar in lead rol ...

'' # ''Asamapto'' # ''Bisorjon'' ( National Award Winner for Best Feature Film in Bengali) # ''

Bibaho Diaries ''Bibaho Diaries'' (2017) is an Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Mainak Bhaumik and produced by Rupa Datta, under the banner of Camellia Productions. It stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Sohini Sarkar in lead roles. A sequel ...

'' # ''Peace Haven''

Official Delegates List for HBFF 2017

Abir Chatterjee Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theater personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut i ...

(lead actor-

& Bisorjon) #

Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of Bengali theatre, theatre, Indian cinema, films and Television in India, television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parent ...

(actor- Bombaiyer Bombete; acted as

in five feature films and many telefilms), along with wife and actress

Mithu Chakrabarty Mithu Chakrabarty is an Indian television actress and theater personality. She is the wife of veteran Bengali actor Sabyasachi Chakrabarty. Filmography * Tenida and Co. (upcoming) * Mini (2022) * Bornoporichoy (2019) * Anurup/Mirror Image ( ...

# Swastika Mukherjee (lead actress- Asamapto) #

Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly (born 4 August 2012) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. Multiple National Award winner Actor-Director, Kaushik Ganguly is known for making films that explore various aspects sexuality, like ' ...

(director- Bisorjon) #

(director- Tope) # Sohini Dasgupta (associate producer- Tope) #

Mainak Bhaumik Mainak Bhaumik is a Bengali film director and editor. He made his directorial debut with 2006 Bengali film '' Aamra''.In 2012, he made another Bengali film Bedroom, a dark ensemble film about the new generation of young Indians. His critically a ...

(director-

) # Suman Mukhopadhyay (director- Asamapto) # Suman Ghosh (director- Peace Haven) #

(director-

) #

Rajesh Touchriver Rajesh Touchriver (born M. S. Rajesh) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works in English, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi language films. He received various National and International honors for his works. In 20 ...

(director- Naa Bangaaru Talli) # Padmashri Sunitha Krishnan (producer- Naa Bangaaru Talli) #

(film maker, present as jury) # K. N. T. Sastry (film maker, present as jury) #

Debesh Chattopadhyay Debesh Chattopadhyay (also Chatterjee) is an Indian Bengali film & theatre director and actor. He has also acted in a few Bengali films. Career Chattopadhyay is associated with theatre since 1984. At that time he was 18 years old. In 1989 ...

(film maker and theater director, present as mentor) #

(Hon'ble MP and theatre director)

Award List for HBFF 2017

In the 4th year of HBFF, the festival has started two sets of awards- the ''Viewers' Choice Awards'' and the ''Jury Awards''. Jury Awards were presented in association with

Federation of Film Societies of India Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) is the umbrella body of film-screening societies in India. FFSI is currently a member of the International Federation of Film Society that has its Central Office in Paris. The international organisati ...

(FFSI), and awards were decided by 3 jury members- film makers KNT Shastry and

, and film journalist Premendra Mazumder. Viewers' Choice Awards were: # Best Supporting Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)-

Kamalika Banerjee Kamalika Banerjee or Kamalika Bandyopadhyay is a Bengali film and television actress. Works Films Television * '' Checkmate'' as Dr. Banalata Sen * ''Ekhane Aakash Neel'' as Basabdatta * '' Behula on Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an ...

for the movie ''

'' # Best Supporting Actor, Male (Viewers' Choice Award)-

for the movie ''Bishorjan'' # Best Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)-

Jaya Ahsan Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), commonly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi actress and producer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a television actress, she currently works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali films. She won Ba ...

for the movie ''

Bishorjan ''Bishorjan'' () is a 2017 Bengali language, Bengali film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly, produced by Opera Productions. It stars Abir Chatterjee, and Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi actress Jaya Ahsan. The story revolves around a lo ...

'' # Best Actor, Male(Viewers' Choice Award)-

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 wa ...

for the movie ''

'' # Best Film (Viewers' Choice Award)- Bishorjan # Best Director (Viewers' Choice Award)-

for the movie ''Bishorjan'' Jury Awards were: # Best Actor, Female (Jury Award)-

for the movie ''Bishorjan'' # Best Actor, Male (Jury Award)-

Bratya Basu Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969),Bratya Basu(collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004 also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician who is serving a ...

for the movie ''Asamapto'' # Best Film (Jury Award)- ''Peace Haven'' # Best Director (Jury Award)- Suman Mukhopadhyay for the movie ''Asamapto'' # Special Mention (Jury Awards)- film

3rd Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2016

The third edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 1–3 July 2016. As always, eight films have been showcased, followed by Q&A sessions with directors and eminent film personalities. This edition of festival is also curated by Ratnottama Sengupta, a noted film critic. The titles for this year being ''

Cinemawala ''Cinemawala'' is a 2016 Indian Bengali language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly, and starring Paran Bandyopadhyay and Parambrata Chatterjee. The theme of the film is tribute to the single screen cinema halls that are rapidly becoming rare in I ...

'', '' Onyo Opala'', Anubrata Bhalo Acho?, Natoker Moto, Asha Jaoar Majhe, and Babar Naam Gandhiji. Additionally, HBFF also made Indian premier of two films - '' Kolkatar King'' and ''Bridge''. As always, HBFF hosted several directors and producers from the film industry. The guests include such names as

(director of ''Onyo Apala''), Paramita Banerjee (producer of ''Bridge''),

(director of ''Natoker Moto''),

Pavel Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

(director of '' Babar Naam Gandhiji''), ''Judhajit Sarkar'' (director of ''Kolkatar King)'', Partha Sen (director of ''Anubrata Bhalo Acho?'') and Dr. Amit Ranjan Biswas (director of ''Bridge'').

Official Selection of HBFF 2016

# ''Bridge (Premier)'' # ''Kolkatar King (Premier)'' # ''Anubrata Bhalo Aachho?'' # ''Asa Jaoar Maajhe'' # ''Babar Naam Gandhiji'' # ''Natoker Moto'' # ''Onyo Opala'' # ''Cinemawala''

Viewers' Choice Award

Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is introducing a ''Viewers’ Choice Award'' for the first time in 2016. The audience will get to vote for the best movie, actor, director, etc. among the selection, and basis upon a composite scoring pattern, the winner in category will be decided. The entire voting process will be audited by a panel of independent auditors. The categories for the ''Viewers' Choice Award'' are: *''Best Feature Film'' *''Best Director'' *''Best Actor'' *''Best Actress'' The first edition of awards (for HBFF 2016) went to the following people/ movies: * Viewers' Choice Award for Best Feature Film: '' Natoker Moto'' *Viewers' Choice Award for Best Director: Pavel (for the movie '' Babar Naam Gandhiji'') *Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actor: Surajit Mukherjee a.k.a. ''Kecho'' (for the movie '' Babar Naam Gandhiji'') *Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress:

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 ...

(for the movie ''Natoker Moto'') Apart from the Viewers' Choice Awards, the Festival also gave out a Special Jury Mention Award to the movie ''Asa Jaoar Majhe.'' Along with the Festival organizers, the Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) also awarded two special awards in the festival: * Critics' Award for Best Debutante Director by Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI):

' (for the movie '' Natoker Moto'') * Critics' Award: Special Jury Mention by Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI): ''

2nd Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2015

The second edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was better, bigger and more widely covered in media. The festival took place from 26 to 28 June 2015 and screened eight movies, viz., '' Kadambari'', '' Bitnoon'', ''

Jogajog ''Jogajog'' or ''Yogayog'' is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore. It was published in book form in 1929 (Asharh 1336). It was first serialised in the magazine ''Bichitra'' from Ashwin 1334 to Choitro 1335. In the first two issues the novel was titled ...

'', '' Nirbaak'', ''

Nirbashito ''Nirbashito'' ( exiled) (2014) is a Bengali-language film directed by Churni Ganguly. The music of the film was composed by Raja Narayan Deb. The film was India's Oscar nomination in the category "Best foreign film" in 2015. The film deals with ...

'' (which was India's official selection for Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Film), '' Family Album'', ''

Chotoder Chobi ''Chotoder Chobi'' ( en, A Story about small people) is a 2014 Indian Bengali language feature film directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The film stars Dulal Sarkar and Deblina Roy in the lead roles. The film is directed by Ganguly and follows his earlie ...

'' (National Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues) and ''

Teenkahon ''Teenkahon'' (''Three Obsessions'') is a 2014
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''. Luminaries in attendance included members of the Telugu film sphere, while the Bengali film industry was represented by National award-winning actress

Ananya Chatterjee Ananya Chatterjee is an Indian actress who works in Bengali films. Known for her role in '' Abahoman'' which won her a National Award. She started her career as a TV actress. She acted in several TV serials and films, including three directed ...

(lead actress of movie ''Jogajog''), actress and director

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 ...

(lead actress and director of ''Nirbashito'', which got the National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali), Director

(director of movie ''Family Album''), Director Bauddhayan Mukherji (director of ''Teenkahon''), Director duo Abhijit Guha and

(directors of movie ''Bitnoon''), Director Sekhar Das (director of movie ''Jogajog'') among others. Almost all the shows were houseful, and audience praised the selection of the movies as well as the curated panel discussions. Like the 1st edition, this edition was also curated by Ratnottama Sengupta and had multiple panel discussions and Q&A sessions with cast and crew of the films.

1st Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2014

The first edition o
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF)
was organized in 2014, from 18 July to 20 July. Over two and a half days, movies such as ''

Apur Panchali ''Apur Panchali'' is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in ''Pather Panchali'' (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu ...

'', ''

Jaatishwar ''Jaatishwar'' () is a 2014 Indian Bengali musical drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Swastika Mukherjee. The main focus of the plot revolves around the life and notable works of Anthony F ...

'', ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri'', '' Take One'', ''

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 o ...

'', '' Jodi Love Dile na Prane'', '' Meghe Dhaka Tara'' & ''

Rupkatha Noy ''Rupkatha Noy'' is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausal Hassan and Probal Halder for Friends Communication. The music was composed by Joy Sarkar. Plot Sisir Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a 72-year-old man, ...

'' were screened. Famous guests in attendance included national award-winning actress

Rupa Gangooly Roopa Ganguly is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her portrayal of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series ''Mahabharat''. Often promoted as the Tollywood's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she ...

(lead actress of movie ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri''), Director Sekhar Das (director of movie ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri''), Director duo Abhijit Guha and

(directors of movie ''Jodi Love Dile Na Prane'', as well as movies like ''

Teen Yaari Katha ''Teen Yaari Katha'' (Bengali: তিন ইয়ারী কথা; English: Tale of Three Friends) is a 2012 Bengali language comedy film by the director team of Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha. The Bengali musical group Bhoomi composed t ...

'' and '' Natobor Not Out'') among others. Shows ran to full houses, the film fraternity as well as aficionados of the twin cities were all praise for the great initiative. The event concluded on 20 July, and was widely covered in media. Bengalis in Hyderabad team has written, composed, sang and shot the theme song of the festival in-house, which was screened before every movie and was very well received by the audience. The festival was curated by Ratnottama Sengupta, an eminent film critic and movie journalist.

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