Bratya Basu on Hubba: My political orientation played no role in the film based on a Bengal gangster
Jan 18, 2024, at 11:52 pm
Actor-filmmaker-politician Bratya Basu's upcoming directorial Bengali film, Hubba, is based on the life of gangster Hubba Shyamal Das from West Bengal's Hooghly. Ahead of the film's release, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh catches up with Basu, who is also the state's education minister, on the film as well as Hubba Shyamal who has been portrayed by Bangladeshi actor Mosharraf Karim. Excerpts...
'Mayar Jonjal' speaks of people we all are aware of': Actor Ritwick Chakraborty
Feb 08, 2023, at 03:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali actor Ritwick Chakraborty teamed up with filmmaker Indranil Roychowdhury for the third film (including a short one) Mayar Jonjal, which is loosely based on two stories written by eminent Bengali author late Manik Bandyopadhyay.