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.

Every actor's dream remains to be in a Tagore period flick once: Subrat Dutta

Jul 03, 2016, at 06:29 pm

Kolkata, July 3 (IBNS) His hunger increasing after portraying Sachis in Tagore's Chaturanga by Suman Mukhopadhyay way back in 2008, 'Madholal Keep Walking' actor Subrat Dutta took a few minutes to give nod when approached for another complex role of Sandip in the bard's take on Swadeshi movement, 'Ghare Baire.'

Radio Mirchi celebrates 7 years of Sunday Suspense with ''The Hound of the Baskervilles"

Jun 29, 2016, at 09:01 pm

Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS): Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM celebrated the 7th edition of Radio Mirchi Sunday Suspense with audio release of the most famous creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.

I was half as smart than the present generation : Sharbari Datta

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:31 pm

Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS) Celebrated fashion designer Sharbari Datta feels she was not as smart and intelligent as the present generation of girls during her campus and coffee house days.

Tollywood actress Srabanti now wields boom to be a lady crime reporter

Jun 28, 2016, at 07:24 pm

Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS) Aparna Sen's 'Goynar Baksho' actress Srabanti Chatterjee is now all set to wield the boom of a channel crime reporter and unravel the intriguing web of a chain of murder-crimes at a faraway hamlet in Bengal in ‘Sesh Sangbad’.

Praktan to be released in Germany after runaway success locally

Jun 28, 2016, at 03:14 pm

Kolkata, June 28 (IBNS) In another feat of Bengali films reaching out to Indian diaspora in abroad, Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay-Nandita Roy directorial venture Praktan will now be released in Germany. It is already being screened in theatres across US.

First look, trailer of Prosenjit Chatterjee's upcoming film Khawto launched

Jun 27, 2016, at 02:17 am

Kolkata, June 26 (IBNS): With his last film running successfully in the theaters across the country and compelling every dedicated cine-goer to head back to theatres, Shree VenkateshFilms presented actor Prosenjit Chatterjee in a never seen before bold character of a flamboyant writer in their upcoming next-Khawto.

Kolkata: Nandan says no to Cosmic Sex projection

Jun 25, 2016, at 02:21 am

Kolkata, Jun 24 (IBNS): Few days after the Udta Punjab controversy came to end, Kolkata's popular movie theatre Nandan on Thursday night dismissed the projection of Bengali movie Cosmic Sex, a day before its first show.

Power couple Tarun,Sanchita invited to perform at Hollywood's's Ford Theatre

Jun 23, 2016, at 05:39 pm

Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS) The power couple of maestro Tarun Bhattacharya and Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya after receiving the Bharat Nirman Couple Award are soon to perform at the famed Hollywood's's prestigious Ford Theatre

‘Mahanayak’ clippings unveiled, director says untold story of a ‘reel life’ matinee idol

Jun 22, 2016, at 06:34 pm

Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS) In an evening of glitz and razzmatazz Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee with female leads like Paoli Dam and Tanusree Chakraborty besides leading names of the industry shared the podium to unveil the select footage of the much-hyped tele serial Mahanayak to be telecast from June 27.

First-time directors now get backing of producers in Tolly : Sudipta Chakraborty

Jun 22, 2016, at 06:24 pm

Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS) Tollywood actress Sudipta Chakraborty feels debutante directors are now mustering the courage to make unconventional films in Bengali with the backing of producers.

‘Mahanayak’ clippings unveiled

Jun 20, 2016, at 10:10 pm

Kolkata, June 20 (IBNS) In an evening of glitz, Tollywood superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee, actress Paoli Dam, actor Tanusree Chakraborty and other leading names of the Bengali film industry shared the podium to unveil the select footage of the much-hyped tele serial Mahanayak to be telecast from June 27.

Abir face of e-rickshaw campaign in city by leading group

Jun 17, 2016, at 06:49 am

Kolkata, June 17 (IBNS) Taking time off from the busy shooting schedule of "Ami Joy Chatterjee" and the new Byomkesh flick, Tollywood actor Abir Chatterjee lends his voice for a new cause, to promote eco-friendly rickshaws.

Goutam Ghosh sadddened over murders in Bangla, thinks Hasina govt is working

Jun 13, 2016, at 05:18 pm

Kolkata, June 13 (IBNS) Filmmaker Goutam Ghosh, whose Indo-Bangla themed Sankhachil is still running in Bangladesh theatres apart from India, is perturbed over the recent spate of murders in the neighbouring country.