I had seen the people in real life I portray on screen: Paran

Nov 04, 2016, at 05:06 pm

Kolkata, Nov 4 (IBNS): With his critically acclaimed role of a solitary, single screen owner fighting against the digital onslaught in IFFI award winner Cinemawala (2016) still getting rave reviews, veteran actor Paran Bandyopadhyay said he was confident about essaying any role offered to him with panache if briefed properly.

Suhel Seth debuts in Bengali cinema in gangster film 'Senapati'

Nov 04, 2016, at 04:59 pm

Kolkata, Nov 4 (IBNS): Not having seen any Bengali film excepting the ones by Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray, columnist-author-socialite Suhel Seth says his debut Bengali film Senapati has happened by chance.

Paroma Neotia’s debut short-film ‘Aatish’ launched this Diwali

Nov 01, 2016, at 04:48 am

Kolkata,Oct 31 (IBNS): ‘Aatish’, a soul stirring story of finding hope in life, directed by Paroma Neotia, was released online this Diwali.

Starmark, in association with Amara Muzik, hosts the music album launch of the film Kuheli

Oct 24, 2016, at 06:47 pm

Kolkata, Oct 24 (IBNS): Starmark, in association with Amara Muzik, hosted the music album launch of the film Kuheli, recently at its South City Mall outlet in Kolkata.

Deepa Mehta’s film ‘ Anatomy of Violence’ features Kolkata-based celebrated actor Ramanjit Kaur

Oct 22, 2016, at 02:38 am

Award winning theatre and film actor/director, Ramanjit Kaur, speaks about her experience of working with the internationally renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta in 'Anatomy of Violence' in an exclusive interview with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh.

Zulfiqar makes me reach out to mainstream audience first time : Kaushik Sen

Oct 21, 2016, at 11:59 pm

Kolkata, Oct 21 (IBNS) Despite some possible flaws in Shakespearean adaptation in Zulfiqar, it serves one purpose, bringing the Bard's name and work to the mainstream audience, actor Kaushik Sen says.

Tollywood film Amazon Obhijaan will hit cinemas on Durga Puja 2017

Oct 18, 2016, at 04:08 am

Kolkata, oct 17 (IBNS): Production House Shree Venkatesh Films on Monday announced that 'Amazon Obhijaan', the much-awaited sequel of 'Chander Pahar', featuring Dev will hit the screens next Durga Puja in 2017.

The industry is more important for me and not criticism: Dev

Oct 13, 2016, at 03:43 am

Tollywood superstar Dev, while inaugurating the 'Dhak Utsav' organised by a puja committee in Kolkata, gave an exclusive interview to IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh about his film Zulfiqar.

Audiences will rush to see both new Bengali releases and theme puja pandals,feels Prosenjt

Oct 10, 2016, at 04:40 pm

Kolkata, Oct 10 (IBNS) Happy over the audience response to his latest released movie Zulfiqar, where he essayed the title role of a betrayed patriarch on the lines of Julius Caesar, Bengal film icon Prosenjit Chatterjee says he believes audiences flock to see content-rich Bengali films during a festival like Durga Puja as much as they flock to theme-puja pandals.

Happy films are not hero-centric any more: Subhasree

Oct 05, 2016, at 09:09 pm

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS): Bengali actress Subhasree is happy with the way the mainstream genre film is now coming out of the hero-centric content and the female lead is often getting more space.

Want to do non-masala type characters as well : Jeet

Oct 05, 2016, at 07:53 pm

Kolkata, Oct 5 (IBNS) Discounting any similarity with the 70s' hit Abhimaan starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri, Tollywood megastar Jeet says the upcoming Bengali film has no similarities with the Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic.

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.