Raima Sen upbeat about her new releases
Aug 14, 2015, at 05:27 pm
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IBNS) Equally keeping balance between her careers in Bollywood and Bengali film industry, actor Raima Sen keenly awaits the audience response to her portrayal in Ishq Kabhi Kariyo opposite Prateik Babbar.
My stint with stage came back during shoots of Natoker Moto : Saswata
Aug 13, 2015, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IBNS) Actor Saswata Chatterjee has relived the days of stage rehearsal in upcoming Paoli Dam-Rupa Ganguly-Bratya Basu starrer 'Natoker Mato', where he enacts a veteran playwright, partly real partly fictional.
Leading band singer now makes short film on Gen Next transgender relations
Aug 13, 2015, at 07:52 pm
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IBNS) Cactus frontman Sidhu now turned director with a fictional short film Habab, a tale on transgender relationships.
Paoli Dam shoots in real time stage rehearsal atmosphere in Natoker Moto
Aug 06, 2015, at 08:18 pm
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS) Sporting the late 70s look of hair tied in bun with red ribbon and red colored saree, actor Paoli Dam lends her voice as a stage actor-singer in 'Natoker Moto' (Like a Play) where she portrays the battle of a popular star in the male dominated world of showbiz.
Sunetra crowned Golden Voice, Kolkata, to vie for honours nationally
Aug 06, 2015, at 05:31 pm
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS) Sunetra Banerjee was declared the winner of BIG Golden Voice Season 3 from the eastern metro after a gruelling contest mentored by a jury comprising popular music director Indraadip Dasgupta and band singer Anindya Bose.
Aug 05, 2015, at 05:12 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) Sunetra Banerjee was declared the winner of BIG Golden Voice Season 3 from the eastern metro after a grueling contest mentored by a jury comprising popular music director Indraadip Dasgupta and band singer Anindya Bose.
Baul music is carefree: Parbati baul
Aug 05, 2015, at 05:11 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) Present day generation baul icon Parbati Baul believes while classical music is structured and fettered, baul song is carefree and talks about freedom of soul.
Bengali film invited to Sanfrancisco film fest
Aug 05, 2015, at 05:09 am
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IBNS) Bratya Basu-Debshankar Haldar starrer Kalkijug, a mystery thriller also featuring Tollywood actress Locket Chatterjee, has been selected for the Festival of Globe in San Francisco.
Aug 02, 2015, at 04:25 am
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IBNS) Getting the coveted 'Swarna Samman' award as the first such acceptance for a member of transgender community, Manabi Bandyopadhyay said she is happy that the society is gradually coming to terms with her existence.
Singer Rupankar opens up at felicitation event
Jul 31, 2015, at 05:33 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS) As he completes 20 years of his career as a singer, at a felicitation event, the hugely popular Rupankar Bagchi says he is not sure if getting National Award for his playback in the "Chotuskone" has actually brought him closer to the loyal audiences.
Bengali film Anubrato Bhalo Achho dwells on the psyche of a cancer patient
Jul 31, 2015, at 05:28 pm
Kolkata, July 31 (IBNS) Director Partha Sen says his upcoming film Anubrato Bhalo Achho, starring versatile actors Ritwik Chakroborty and Swastika Mukherjee, deals more with the psychological effect on a patient and his close ones when diagnosed with cancer.
Swastika to host a special screening of 'Anubrato Bhalo Achho?' for Dibakar Banerjee
Jul 28, 2015, at 09:58 pm
Mumbai, July 28 (IBNS) Actress Swastika Mukherjee is keen to show her Bengali film 'Anubrato Bhalo Achho?' to director Dibakar Banerjee.
Audience interest in Bengali stage is returning: Prosenjit
Jul 28, 2015, at 05:09 pm
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS) Tollywood magnate Prosenjit Chatterjee says there is a resurgence of audience interest in Bengali theatre, as he recalls his own association with stage despite a roaring film career.
Mid-career Tollywood leading ladies bond with the best
Jul 24, 2015, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata, July 24 (IBNS) Sleek productions, shoots in foreign locales, Southern style mounting and a new breed of actors with toned up physique define contemporary Tollywood. But when three leading ladies of the industry in their mid-career come together on the sets of a film, the chemistry it seems can take on the newbies.
Saswata now lends voice to burglar institute anthem song
Jul 22, 2015, at 07:46 pm
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS) In a switch over of roles, actor Tollywood Saswata Chatterjee now lends his voice to a rom com Mon Churi themed on an institute of burglars where he is the lead singer of its 'anthem' song.
Jul 22, 2015, at 03:28 am
Kolkata, July 21 (IBNS):'Kahaani' famed director Sujoy Ghosh, who has come up with a 14-minute-long short film 'Ahalya', said working with veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was his childhood dream and he wrote the story keeping him in mind as playing the character 'Goutam Sadhu'.
The content should click, says Tollywood megastar Jeet
Jul 18, 2015, at 08:37 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS) Having conquered the mass audience's heart as hero for 13 years, Tollywood superstar Jeet says he enjoys doing the formula films with gusto in all these years even if they follow a set pattern.
Do women have a voice till date: Rituparna Sengupta
Jul 18, 2015, at 08:06 pm
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS) Having affirmed how she has changed over the years from the days of her debut making film "Swet Pathorer Thala", actress Rituparna Sengupta says her portrayal of 1890-era character Kadambi in under production "Teen Anka" shows the situation of women has never changed over centuries.
Shyamoshree Gupta's Rabindrasangeet album 'Nibiro Ghono Andharay'
Jul 16, 2015, at 11:27 pm
Kolkata, July 16 (IBNS) Popular bookstore Starmark, in association with Sagarika Music, will host the launch of Shyamoshree Gupta's Rabindrasangeet album 'Nibiro Ghono Andharay' at its South City Mall outlet on July 22.
Romcom is less explored in Tollywood now: Payel Sarkar
Jul 12, 2015, at 06:31 pm
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS) Actor Payel Sarkar, having delivered a string of hits from masala comedy Jamai 420 to arthouse genre Chotuskone, says in Bengali film industry romcom is a less explored genre.
Bengali actor cuts duet elocution-song album on Tagore, D L Roy
Jul 12, 2015, at 05:06 pm
Kolkata, July 12 (IBNS) Tollywood actor Biswajit Chakroborty, having carved a niche in both theatre and multiple genre of Bengali films, now turns to elocution cutting a duet album where he mouths the poems of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, poets Dwijendra Lal Ray and Atul Prasad Sen.
My first tryst with Goopy Gyne was in class two : Abir
Jul 07, 2015, at 05:11 pm
Kolkata, July 7 (IBNS) Having first been introduced to the 'Bhooter Raja Dilo Bar' timeless track when he was a student of class two, popular Tollywood actor Abir Chatterjee senses the same fantasy element in the track 'Jamer Raja Dilo Bar' in a new age romantic comedy where he is pitted with actors Payel Sarkar and Rajatava Dutta.
Rajatava Dutta now essays the role of 'Jom Raja' in romcom
Jul 06, 2015, at 04:48 pm
Kolkata, July 6 (IBNS) In the black and white costume of the 'King of Death', popularly known as 'Jom Raja' in the upcoming romcom 'Jomer Raja Dilo Bar', the 'Open Tee Bioscope actor Rajatava Dutta says no two films can be same.
Tollywood veteran Dipankar De roots for money-spinning entertainers
Jul 05, 2015, at 06:33 pm
Kolkata, July 5 (IBNS) Though he misses working in films made by late maestro Satyajit Ray and other stalwarts of yesteryear, veteran Tollywood actor Dipankar De, a favourite of critically acclaimed filmmakers like Goutam Ghosh, pitches for mass entertainers without which the film industry cannot sustain.
70s Bengali tracks are still more popular than contemporary songs: Haimanti Sukla
Jul 04, 2015, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata, July 4 (IBNS) Singer Haimanti Sukla feels the Bengali songs she and contemporary artistes had sung in the 70s and 80s still retain popularity while many present day tracks are just blowing over the audience's head.
No taboo in portraying a much older woman in Anubrata : Swastika
Jun 26, 2015, at 03:32 pm
Kolkata, June 26 (IBNS Tollywood actress Swastika Mukherjee, who stole the limelight in Dibakar Banerjee's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! as the stunning seductress Angoori Devi, doesn't have any taboos to essay roles much older than her age.
Jun 26, 2015, at 03:29 pm
Kolkata, June 26 (IBNS Actor Parambrata Chatterjee, appearing with Sen siblings Raima and Riya together for the first time in the role of a chef, says he finds the two granddaughters of late cine legend Suchitra Sen as perfect foil to each other in the Debaloy Bhattacharya's satirical film.
We need fresh story telling to woo cine-goers : Rachana Banerjee
Jun 23, 2015, at 11:33 pm
Kolkata, June 23 (IBNS) Holding that fresh treatment in story telling can bring audiences to the theatres, Tollywood actress Rachana Banerjee says she misses the heady days of the past when her films with Prosenjit Chatterjee would run for 100 days.
Indian audiences want to see wish fulfillment endings: Chironjeet
Jun 22, 2015, at 04:20 pm
Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS) On the 50th day screening of Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay-Nandita Roy directed superhit Bengali film 'Belaseshe', Tollywood actor-turned lawmaker Chiranjeet Chakroborty said the film's success augured well for the future of middle of the road cinema economically
Parno Mitra stars in thriller with Tollywood veteran
Jun 21, 2015, at 12:16 am
Kolkata, June 20 (IBNS) Years after pitted opposite Dipankar Dey in megasop Khela, 'Ranjana Ami Aar Asbona' actor Parno Mitra says she finds the heavyweight more friendly and chatty in 'Sesh Anka' their first feature film together where they are more equals as industry colleagues.