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Kalpurush
''Kaalpurush'' or ''Kalpurush'' (English name: Memories in the Mist) is a 2005 Indian Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty and Rahul Bose in lead roles. The 120 minute version of the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Although the film was completed in 2005, it was released in India in 2008. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2006 and Mithun being nominated for best actor category. , 7 August 2007. ...
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Jhamu Sughand
Jhamu Sughand (1951 – 26 May 2008) was an Indian film financier, producer and distributor, in mainstream Bollywood, as well parallel cinema. He is most known as producer of Academy Award-nominated ''Lagaan'' (2001), ''Satya'' (1998), ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' (1999), ''Aks'' (2001) and '' Bombay'' (1995). He started Jhamu Sughand Productions, also produced films in Marathi and Bengali, and was awarded the 2000 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi as the producer of ''Astitva'' directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, and subsequently National Film Award for Best Feature Film for ''Kaalpurush'' directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Career Sughand started his career joining his family cloth trading business in Deolali, his hometown, and in 1979 he moved to Mumbai. Here started a printing press specialising in film merchandise for some years, before shifting to film distribution in 1988. In the coming years, he distributed over 100 films, but it was Mani Ratnam's, ''Bombay'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and social activist. Bose has appeared in Bengali films such as '' Mr. and Mrs. Iyer'', ''Kalpurush'', '' Anuranan'', '' Antaheen'', '' Laptop'' and '' The Japanese Wife''. He has also appeared in Hindi films such as '' Pyaar Ke Side Effects'', '' Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam'', '' Jhankaar Beats'', ''Kucch Luv Jaisaa'', '' Dil Dhadakne Do'', '' Chameli'' and '' Shaurya''. He also played the antagonist in the Tamil thriller '' Vishwaroopam'' (2013) and its sequel. ''Time'' magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" while '' Maxim'' named him "the Sean Penn of Oriental cinema" for his work in parallel cinema films like ''English, August'' and '' Mr. and Mrs. Iyer''. He is also notable for his social activism: he participated in the relief efforts that followed the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and is also the founder of the anti- discrimination NGO, The Foundation. Early life Rahul Bos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meenakshi Goswami
Meenakshi Goswami was an Indian actress who works mainly in Bengali cinema. mainly as supporting actress. She has worked in movies like Ogo Badhu Sundari, Dui Pata, Amar Geeti, Samrat O Sundari, Chhoto Bou, Swet Patharer Thala . She is particularly known for her popular dialogue delivery. Beside acting on films she has also directed a series of water ballet in the year 2000. She has also acted in Radio Drama and Television serials. She has directed television serial “Kolkatar Kache”. Early life Meenakshi Goswami was born on 21 May 1933 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, She studied at the Jagattaran Intermediate School in 1950 and later at the Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ... in the year 1954. She was a good athlete ( Volley ball Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudipta Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian actor who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film '' Bariwali''. She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William. She graduated with an Honours degree in English. Her elder sisters Bidipta Chakraborty and Bidisha are also popular actors. Sudipta made her debut in the film ''Sanghaat''. Work Films * Sanghaat (Debut Film) (1997) * Bariwali (2000) * Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) * Robibaar Bikelbela (2004) * Kalpurush (2005) * Sangshoy (2006) * Hitlist (2009) * Urochithi (2011) * Nobel Chor (2012) * Abosheshey (2012) * Half Serious (2013) * C/O Sir (2013) * Goynar Baksho (2013) * Open Tee Bioscope (2014) * Buno Haansh (2014) * Bheetu (2014) * Chaar (2014) * Rajkahini (2015) * Shororipu (2016) * Dhananjay (2017) * 61 Garpar Lane (2017) * Mayurakshi (2017) * Uronchandi (2018) * Pupa (2018) * Shobdokolpodroom (2018) * Samsara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like ''Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', '' Charachar'' and '' Uttara''. Five of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, ''Bagh Bahadur'' (1989), ''Charachar'' (1993), '' Lal Darja'' (1997), '' Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002) and '' Kaalpurush'' (2008), while ''Dooratwa'' (1978) and ''Tahader Katha'' (1993) have won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. As a director, he has won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for ''Uttara'' (2000) and '' Swapner Din'' (2005). Over the years he has published several works of poetry including ''Govir Araley'', ''Coffin Kimba Suitcase'', ''Himjog'', ''Chhaata Kahini'', ''Roboter Gaan'', ''Sreshtha Kabita'', and ''Bhomboler Ascharya Kahini O Ananya Kabita''. Early life and education Buddhadeb Dasgupta was born in a Vaidya family in 1944 in Anara near Puruliya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Buddhadeb Dasgupta
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 sensitiz ... [...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] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian 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 Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the 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. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laboni Sarkar
Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She initiated her acting career as a child artist with roles in Bengali films. Filmography * ''Aporajeyo'' (2022) * '' Oti Uttam'' (2022) * ''Kolkatar Harry'' (2021) * ''Parineeta'' (2019) * '' Hiralal'' (2018) * '' Maati'' (2018) * '' Boxer'' (2018) * '' Shrestha Bangali'' (2017) * '' Amazon Obhijaan'' (2017) as Shankar's mother * '' Chaamp'' (2017) as Shibaji's Mother * ''Tomake Chai'' (2017) * '' Haripad Bandwala'' (2016) as Nandalal's Wife * '' Jomer Raja Dilo Bor'' (2015) * ''Hriday Haran'' (2015) * '' Obhishopto Nighty'' (2014) * ''Bangali Babu English Mem'' (2014) * '' Chander Pahar'' (2013) as Shankar's mother * '' Khiladi'' (2013) * '' Khoka 420'' (2013) as Krrish's Mother * ''Chupi Chupi'' (2013) * '' Dekha, Na-Dekhay'' (2013) * '' Challenge 2'' (2012) as Pooja's Mother * '' Khokababu'' (2012) as Khoka 420 aka Khoka's Mother * ''Romeo'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaalpurush
''Kaalpurush'' may refer to: * ''Kaalpurush'', a 1994 Indian Bengali action film starring 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 Bis ... * '' Kaalpurush'', a 2005 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
