Mowgli Productions eyeing to work in Bengali cinema

Oct 02, 2016, at 04:14 am

Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 1 (IBNS): After producing international films and documentaries, Mowgli Productions is eyeing to work in Bengali cinema.

I feel Bengali audience is rather old-fashioned now: Anjan Dutt

Sep 26, 2016, at 11:24 pm

Bengali suspense-thriller ‘Mission Narayanpur’ premiered in Kolkata

Sep 24, 2016, at 09:55 pm

Kolkata, Sep 24 (IBNS): ‘Mission Narayanpur’, a crime thriller, directed by Ratan Maitra, premiered in Kolkata on Friday.

Byomkesh according to me is the best Bengali detective series: Anjan Dutt

Sep 24, 2016, at 06:55 pm

Kolkata, Sep 24 (IBNS): Director Anjan Dutt while speaking about his upcoming thriller 'Byomkesh O Chiriakhana' on Tuesday, said that he believes Byomkesh is best among the Bengali detective series produced so far.

Rituparna Sengupta now turns film producer

Sep 23, 2016, at 11:27 pm

Kolkata, Sept 23 (IBNS) Joining her 'Praktan' co-star Prosenjit Chatterjee, Bengali film actress Rituparna Sengupta has also become a part of the elite club of producers with a rom com titled 'Potadar Kirti'.

After heritage walk Prosenjit plans to film Bengal's temple architecture

Sep 19, 2016, at 04:47 pm

Kolkata, Sep 19 (IBNS) With his production house already behind critically acclaimed films like 'Sankhachil' and tv soap 'Gaaner Oparey', Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee now plans to make a documentary series on the state's rich temple architecture.

Prosenjit lead singer in Bengali pujo album

Sep 17, 2016, at 05:25 pm

Kolkata, Sep 17 (IBNS) With countdown beginning for Bengal's biggest festival Durga Puja, superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee and actress Rituparna Sengupta have come together in a pujo album titled 'Gaan Parar Pujo'.

I won't mind flaunting a new gen watch as Byomkesh in a future film: Jisshu Sengupta

Sep 12, 2016, at 09:57 pm

Kolkata, Sep 12 (IBNS): Actor Jisshu Sengupta, the new 'Byomkesh Bakshi' in Anjan Dutta's two last portrayals of the popular Bengali sleuth's exploits for big screen, feels the iconic character, trapped in periodicity, should also evolve and start flaunting new gadgets.

Shyam Sundar Jewellers hosted an exhibition and talk show in memory of Salil Chowdhury

Sep 08, 2016, at 06:21 pm

Kolkata, September 8 (IBNS): Kolkata-based jewellery brand Shyam Sundar Jewellers recently hosted The Salil Chowdhury Memorial:Exhibition & Talk show to commemorate the death anniversary of the legendary musician Salil Chowdhury.

I love portraying emotionally draining roles: Paoli Dam

Sep 01, 2016, at 09:57 pm

Kolkata, Sep 1 (IBNS) With Srijit Mukherjee's much awaited Zulfiqar bracing up for a Durga Puja release, actor Paoli Dam says she essays the character of Julius Caesar's wife in the Shakespeare-reinvented film.

'Thinking of Him' focuses on Tagore's intellectual pursuits, not his Argentine romance: Victor Banerjee

Aug 31, 2016, at 04:51 pm

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS): Tollywood actor Victor Banerjee, who is going to play the character of Rabindranath Tagore in a film 'Thinking of Him', said at a press conference on Tuesday that the focus of the film is on Tagore's intellectual pursuits and not his poetry or romance.

CBFC may think that I am setting a bad example in the society:Swastika Mukherjee

Aug 26, 2016, at 09:11 pm

Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee at the launch of a festive collection of a jewellery house in Kolkata speaks exclusively to IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh regarding her upcoming film 'Shaheb Bibi Golaam' and also about different social issues.

Saheb Bibi Golaam not a dirty film : Rajkahini girl Parno Mitra

Aug 25, 2016, at 10:28 pm

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS) After the audience acclaim for Rajkahini where she had essayed a brothel girl affected by partition, actor Parno Mitra now enacts a sweet, simple girl in Saheb Bibi Golaam of journalist-turned-director Pratim D Gupta.

I feel greedy when it comes to jewellery: Swastika Mukherjee

Aug 25, 2016, at 06:42 pm

Kolkata, Aug 25(IBNS): Popular Bengali actor Swastika Mukherjee, speaking at the Puja Collection jewellery launch by Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers, on Wednesday said that she cannot resist temptation when it comes to jewellery.

I am a failed actor: Anjan Dutta

Aug 16, 2016, at 05:42 pm

Kolkata, Aug 16 (IBNS) Direcor-actor Anjan Dutta calls himself a 'failed actor' who is only getting recognition by the present generation of directors despite making his mark in the works of art house filmmakers in the 1980s.

Indo-Bangladesh actress Joya Ahsan wants one cultural identity for two Bangla artistes

Aug 16, 2016, at 05:28 pm

Kolkata, Aug 16 (IBNS) Two-time Bangladesh National Film Award winner Joya Ahsan looks forward to a day when Bengali-speaking actors from the two frontiers will work together and not be called as Bengalees from West Bengal or Bangladesh.

Trailer of Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor launched in Kolkata

Aug 14, 2016, at 02:33 am

Kolkata, Aug 13 (IBNS): It was a starry evening at the trailer launch of Kiriti O Kalo Bhromor, the very first crime thriller from the celebrated Bengali detective series of the same name.

Freedom Film Festival at Nandan on August 13

Aug 11, 2016, at 09:31 pm

Kolkata, Aug 11 (IBNS): Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, jointly present Freedom Film Festival “Azad 70 Saal: Yaad Karo Qurbani” on Aug 13.

71’ Bengali thriller Kuheli to hit the screen in new avatar

Aug 10, 2016, at 07:19 am

Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS) Four and half decades after the 1971 cult Bengali thriller by Tarun Majumder, new age film maker Debarati Gupta brings back the spooky magic now in an eponymous 2016 film where the settings are transformed into a modern day high rise apartment with a black cat haunting the life of a US-returned couple.

Prosenjit Chatterjee opens art show featuring Uttam Kumar

Jul 26, 2016, at 04:21 pm

Kolkata, July 26 (IBNS): In a befitting tribute to a late matinee idol of Bengali cinema by today's reigning film industry big cheese, Tollywood actor Prosenjit Chatterjee inaugurated an art exhibition dedicated to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar here recently.

TV star "Pakhi" says she only represents a normal valued girl in 'Bojhe Na Se Bojhe Na'

Jul 26, 2016, at 02:42 am

Kolkata, July 25 (IBNS) 'Bojhe Na Se Bojhe Na' famed 'Pakhi', a.k.a Madhumita Sarkar, regrets she can't relish 'Phuchka' at Vivekananda Park in Kolkata any more ever since her telly soap character as 'Gharer Meye' (daughter of household) became a runaway hit.

Anjan-Anupam come together to dish out film playback

Jul 26, 2016, at 12:39 am

Kolkata, July 25 (IBNS) 'Autograph' music man Anupam Roy, who also shot into national limelight as the 'Piku' sound-scape creator and for 'Moner Manush' for Coke Studio, now directs Bengal rock singer-songwriter-actor-filmmaker Anjan Dutta in the new film Saheb Bibi Golaam.

Anjan's film inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet selected for Sillicon Valley festival

Jul 20, 2016, at 06:08 pm

Kolkata, July 20 (IBNS) Anjan Dutt’s Hemanta, the new age Bengali adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, has been selected for the FOG (Festival of Globe) International Film Festival,Silicon Valley,San Francisco.

Setting trends never happens in modern fashion: Rituparna Sengupta

Jul 19, 2016, at 08:55 pm

Kolkata, July 19 (IBNS): Tollywood actress Rituparna Sengupta, having wooed audiences from Charulata 2011 to Rajkahini to the current hit movie Praktan, says she likes jazzy women's wear but never believes in setting trends.

Festival-winner film 'Umformung' screened for sex-workers, monks

Jul 18, 2016, at 05:03 pm

Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): Hindi feature film Umformung – The Transformation, which was the official selection of 4th Washington DC South Asian Film Festival, was screened before a diverse audience of monks and sex workers at state-run theatre Nandan last week.

I miss the 60s golden era, says Ray's Charulata Madhabi Mukherjee

Jul 17, 2016, at 09:20 am

Kolkata, July 16 (IBNS) Charulata-Mahanagar-Kapurush actress Madhabi Mukherjee, who essayed some of the iconic women characters of late maestro Satyajit Ray, says she misses the golden era of her acting career.

Coup attempt in Turkey: Kolkata film unit stuck in Istanbul

Jul 16, 2016, at 07:38 pm

Istanbul/Kolkata, Jul 16 (IBNS): A movie unit from Kolkata, which has gone to Istanbul for shooting, has been stuck there amid a coup attempt in Turkey, reports said.

Hrithik Roshan kick starts promotions of Mohenjo Daro from London

Jul 12, 2016, at 12:35 am

Mumbai, July 11 (IBNS): Hrithik Roshan who has kick started the promotions of Mohenjo Daro has spent an entire day with the U.K. media.

Not worried for Kelor Kirti despite Sultan release: Dev

Jul 08, 2016, at 10:56 pm

Kolkata, July 8 (IBNS) Bengali film superstar-MP Dev feels Salman Khan-starrer Sultan will be the biggest competitor to the rom-com Kelor Kirti starring him, Piku actor Jisshu Sengupta and Ankush, which released this week.

Comedian-actor-RJ Mir's nightmare to lose voice one day in the city of rising decibels

Jul 03, 2016, at 06:32 pm

Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS) Popular TV anchor-RJ-emcee-actor-stand-up comedian Mir often goes through a nightmare about losing his voice one dreadful morning and not getting to do what he best knows - to cast his web of wit and oratory on countless fans of FMs, reality shows and functions.