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Tollygunge
Tollygunge (; nicknamed 'Mini Mumbai' or 'Mini Bombay') is a locality of South Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. It is known for being the center of Indian Bengali-language cinema, with filming locations used for other regional Indian films. Geography Location It is flanked by the Eastern Railway south suburban line to the north, Lake Gardens and Golf Green in the east, the Pashchim Putiari and Purba Putiari in the south and Behala in the west. The neighbourhood is served by Mahanayak Uttam Kumar metro station and Netaji metro station of Kolkata Metro. Neighbourhoods Other prominent neighbourhoods in the area include Kudghat, Ranikuthi, Regent Park, Netaji Nagar and Bansdroni. Places of interest *Other places of Interest in Tollygunge, include- * Tollygunge Agragami * Tollygunge Club * Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) *ITC Sangeet Research Academy * Indrapuri Film Studio(now known as Star Studios) Notable residents * Ali Muhammad Shibli, anti-colonial revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tollygunge (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Tollygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Tollygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following: * Ward Nos. 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 111, 112, 113 and 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Tollygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 election 2016 election .# Swing calculated on Left Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016. 2011 In the 2011 election, Aroop Biswas defeated his nearest rival Partha Pratim Biswas of CPI(M). .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011. 2006 In the 2006 election, Aroop Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro Station
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (formerly known as Tollygunge) is an at-grade level metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Tollygunge area in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The station has been named after Uttam Kumar, one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema. The Tollygunge Golf Club is on the west side of the station, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club lies less than a kilometre to the east and ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a short distance south along the Deshapran Sashmal Road at Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road. Station layout Connections Bus Bus route number 12C/1B, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 47/1, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C8, C14/1, M7B, M16, M16A, M18, S2, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S31, AC4B, AC6, AC16, AC31, AC47, V1, V9, ST6 etc. serve the station. Tram Tram route number 24/29 serves the station. See also *Kolkata *List of Kolkata Metro stations *Tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabindra Sarobar Metro Station
Rabindra Sarobar is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is situated on Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road at Charu Chandra Avenue in Charu Market, Tollygunge. The station is named after Rabindra Sarobar, an artificial lake and the surrounding area of South Kolkata. It is followed by the station Mahanayak Uttam Kumar towards Kavi Subhash and is preceded by Kalighat station towards Noapara and Dum Dum. Station layout Connections Bus Bus route number 1A, 1B, 12C/1B, 21, 21/1, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 45B, 47/1, 47B, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, 234/1, SD4, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S135 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C2A, C8, C14/1, M7B, S2, S4, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S22, AC1, AC4B, AC6, AC47, V1, V9 etc. serve the station. Train Tollygunge railway station is adjacent to the station. Tram Tram route number 24/29 serves the station. Entry/Exit Gate 1: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rd. Gate 2: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro Station
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar (formerly known as Tollygunge) is an at-grade level metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro which is located in Tollygunge area in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The station has been named after Uttam Kumar, one of the most famous names of Indian Bengali Cinema. The Tollygunge Golf Club is on the west side of the station, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club lies less than a kilometre to the east and ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a short distance south along the Deshapran Sashmal Road at Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road. Station layout Connections Bus Bus route number 12C/1B, 40A, 40B, 41, 41B, 47/1, 80A, 205, 205A, 208, 228, SD5, S112 (Mini), S113 (Mini), S114 (Mini), S117 (Mini), S188 (Mini), C8, C14/1, M7B, M16, M16A, M18, S2, S4C, S6A, S7, S17A, S31, AC4B, AC6, AC16, AC31, AC47, V1, V9, ST6 etc. serve the station. Tram Tram route number 24/29 serves the station. See also *Kolkata *List of Kolkata Metro stations *Tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata Metro
The Kolkata Metro is a Urban rail transit in India, rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opened in 1984, it was the first operational rapid transit system in India. It is the second busiest metro network in India after the Delhi Metro and the Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, fifth-longest metro system in India after the Delhi Metro, Namma Metro, Hyderabad Metro and Mumbai Metro. It has one fully operational, and three partly operational lines for a total of . Two other lines are in various phases of construction and planning. The system has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using both Broad-gauge railway, broad-gauge and Standard-gauge railway, standard-gauge tracks. It operates on a List of railway electrification systems, 750 V DC Third rail system. Trains operate between 06:30 and 22:00 Indian Standard Time, IST and the fares range from ₹5 to ₹ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of West Bengal
Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bengali language widely spoken in the state of West Bengal. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by the Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netaji Metro Station
Netaji is an elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This station is situated opposite to the Kudghat bus stand at Kudghat, in Tollygunge. This station is named after the freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. History In 1999–2000, the extension of Blue Line along an elevated corridor from Tollygunge to New Garia, with six stations, was sanctioned at a cost of . The section was constructed and opened in two phases, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul in 2009 and Kavi Nazrul to Kavi Subhash in 2010. The latest extension opened was the stretch from Dum Dum to Noapara on 10 July 2013. Station layout Connections Bus Kudghat Bus stand is serving near Netaji metro station. Bus route number 218, S17A, S2, V1, AC47, AC17B, SBSTC kudghat to tarapith, SBSTC kudghat to Jhargram, SBSTC kudghat to Digha, etc. are serving near the station See also *Kolkata *List of Kolkata Metro stations *Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudghat
Kudghat is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of greater Tollygunge region. The region is divided into two parts, purba putiary and paschim putiary. Location Kudghat is located on either banks of the Adi Ganga, the main flow of the Hooghly River from the 15th to 17th century connecting Kolkata to the Bidyadhari River to the east. Further deepened by William Tolly for transportation and trade purposes, it has virtually dried up and now serve as a prime drainage outlet during the rainy seasons. Transportation facilities The large Kudghat bus depot serves as a terminus of a number of state buses and a private bus. The Netaji Metro Station is the first of several to be constructed over the Adi Ganga which stretches on to New Garia as part of the first extension to the network of Kolkata Metro. The naming of the station had given rise to a controversy as no historical evidence has been found showing any link between Netaji Subhas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is 99,723,000. West Bengal is the List of states and union territories of India by population, fourth-most populous and List of states and union territories of India by area, thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-largest metropolis, and List of cities in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Cinema
The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various film industries, each focused on producing films in a specific language, such as Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Odia and others. Major centres of film production across the country include Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, and Guwahati. For a number of years, the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In 2022, Indian cinema earned ($1.9 billion) at the box-office. Ramoji Film City located in Hyderabad is certified by the Guinness World Records as the largest film studio complex in the world measuring over 1,666 acres (674 ha). Indian cinema is composed of multilingual and multi-ethnic film art. The term 'Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
