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Alo (film)
''Alo'' () is a 2003 Bengali family drama film directed by Tarun Majumder and starring Rituparna Sengupta. The story is based on a short story ''Kinnardal'' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The film was nominated for a National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment". Plot ''Alo'' is an educated Kolkata based woman come to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher who works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. She dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, means light or ray of hope. Cast * Rituparna Sengupta as Alo Chowdhury * Kunal Mitra as Shubhankar Chatterjee aka Subho (Professor) * Bhaswar Chatterjee as Himu (Subho's younger brother) * Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Anandalok Award. In 1990, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award. He alongside Sachin Mukherji and Dilip Mukherji made his directorial debut, under the screen name Yatrik, with the 1959 Bengali film '' Chaowa Pawa'' starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar as the leads. He received his first National Award for the 1962 Bengali film ''Kancher Swarga''. He also garnered wide critical acclamation for his directorial ventures such as ''Palatak'' (1963), ''Nimantran'' (1971), ''Sansar Simante'' (1975) and '' Ganadevata'' (1978). He received a National Award, a BFJA Award and a Filmfare Award for ''Nimantran'' (1971). ''Ganadevata'' (1979) won him a National Award and a Filmfare Award. He made blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of East India, Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the List of cities in India by population, seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Indian Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Tarun Majumdar
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sens ... [...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 Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Bengali-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Dutta Chakraborty
Rita Dutta Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She has acted in movies like Krantikaal, Alo Alo or ALO may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Alo'' (film), a 2003 Bengali drama * Alo Creevey, a fictional character in TV series ''Skins'' ** "Alo" (''Skins series 5'') ** "Alo" (''Skins series 6'') * Animal Liberation Orchestra, .... She played the role of ''Aarati'' in Star Jalsha's popular serial ''Maa''. Rita is also a Bengali reciter. Filmography Television See also * Laboni Sarkar * Churni Ganguly References Actresses in Bengali cinema Bengali television actresses Actresses from Kolkata Indian film actresses Indian television actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Indian spoken word artists Living people 1956 births {{India-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharati Devi
Bharati or Bharathi may refer to: Hinduism * Bharati, an epithet of the Hindu goddess of knowledge and music Saraswati * Bharati, consort of Hindu wind god, Vayu Given name * Bharathi (Tamil actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress * Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 1951), Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Kannada languages * Bharathiraja (born 1941), South Indian filmmaker * Bharati Braille, a family of braille alphabets used in South Asia Surname * Agehananda Bharati (1923–1991), Austrian academic and Hindu monk * Gopalakrishna Bharati (1811–1896), Tamil poet and composer * Prabha Bharti (died 2000s), one of the first Indian women qawaali singer (fl. 1960s-1990s) * Subramania Bharati (1882–1921), Indian Nationalist poet and revolutionary, also referred to as Bharathi Other uses * ''Bharathi'' (1948 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''Barati'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian film * ''Bharathi'' (2000 film), a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sayaji Shinde, De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasi Sinha
Manasi Sinha ( bn, মানসী সিনহা) is a Bengali film and television actress. She is the daughter of Manideepa Roy, a noted Bengali theatre actress.Age 98 Works Filmography Television * '' Checkmate (Indian TV series)'' * '' Maa'' * '' Saat Pake Bandha (later replaced by Namita Chakraborty)'' * '' Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe'' * '' Agnipariksha'' * '' Bhasha'' * ''Raage Anuraage'' * '' Goyenda Ginni'' * '' Potol Kumar Gaanwala'' * '' Bhootu'' * '' I Laugh U'' *'' Jai Kali Kalkattawali'' *''Ei Poth Jodi Na Sesh Hoy'' *''Indu (2021) Indu or INDU may refer to: * $INDU, a symbol for the Dow Jones Industrial Average * Chandra, the Hindu moon deity * Indu, peoples of Indian (or South Asian) descent, e.g. Indu-Chinese, Indu-Trini etc. *''Indu'', an Indian film starring Roja Sel ... * Kanyadaan (later replaced by Swagata Mukherjee) See also * Laboni Sarkar * Locket Chatterjee References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Manasi Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhaswar Chatterjee
Bhaswar Chattopadhyay or Bhaswar Chatterjee (born 8 March 1975) is a Bengali film and television actor. He attended high school at South Point School and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals in 1996, he obtained a diploma in marketing and sales management from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. In 1998, his first appearance on television was in ''Jaltaranga'' followed by Bishnu Pal Chowdhury's ''Kanakanjali''. Chatterjee established himself in the Bollywood industry with ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' in 2002 by playing Batukeshwar Dutt, and with the daily soap ''Janmobhumi'' in 2003. , he has appeared in 57 daily soaps and a total of 111 serials in the Bengali language. He was a member of Indian censor board from 2014 to 2017. Early life He was a student of South Point School for his high school years, and graduated in bioscience from Asutosh College. Before getting his first job in GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunal Mitra
Basab Mitra, popularly known by his stage name Kunal Mitra ( bn, কুনাল মিত্র), was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television. Early life Kunal Mitra was an Indian film actor who has performed in Bengali movies and TV shows. He was recognized as Councilor Janardan Jana from the famous television show Raja & Goja: Bindass Moja Zee Bangla. He played the role of councilor of Ward no. 420; his conclusive movie was Chhaw-a Chhuti. Kunal was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was the grandchild of the famous movie maker Debaki Kumar Bose and son of Mr.Basab Mitra, and Mrs. Mitra Kunal has two children Gaurab, and Deborah. He was married to Ruma Mitra in 1992, and they have two children Gaurab and Deborshi. Career Mitra began his career in television with the comedy serial Ebar Jombe Mawja on 1994. He appeared in about 300 shows and serials, and aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian "newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
