Kolkata/IBNS: Chander Pahar, the iconic Bengali adventure film, gets a re-release on September 20, as a tribute to the 130th birth anniversary of the legendary Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.
Kolkata/IBNS: Some of them kept defeaning silent for days. Some were partly vocal. Some belong to the ruling political dispensation. Some are without any official political affiliation. But as a people's protest break out with a historic night gathering scheduled around midnight to demand justice, leading Bengali film personalities have joined the chorus for the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week.
Kolkata/IBNS: Several Tollywood personalities have mourned the demise of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who passed away at the age of 80 following prolonged illness on Thursday.
Dev's 'Commando' co-producer Selim Khan, his son Shanto Khan killed in violence-hit Bangladesh
Kolkata/Dhaka/IBNS: Tollywood superstar Dev's co-producer from his unreleased film Commando, Selim Khan and his son, actor Shanto Khan, have been killed in Bangladesh, which is reeling under violence following the fall of Sheikh Hasina government, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali directors called off their indefinite strike in Kolkata's entertainment industry following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention on Tuesday.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bengali entertainment industry's shutdown after the directors and producers called a strike over tussle with the film federation is likely to see an end with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood leading stars Dev, Jeet, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan were among the Bengali film personalities who cast their votes in their respective constituencies in Kolkata, which went to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.
Team 'Pradhan' celebrates completion of 100 days in box office
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood superstar Dev, veteran actress Mamata Shankar and others celebrated the 100-day run of Avijit Sen's Pradhan, which was released in December last year.
Debutant Sreeja Dutta, an Engineering student, was selected through an audition by filmmaker Arun Roy and superstar-producer Dev for Bagha Jatin, a mega Durga Puja release which is based on Indian revolutionary Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin. While Dev plays the titular role, Sreeja joins the team as Bagha Jatin's onscreen wife Indubala. In an interaction with IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh, Sreeja shares her journey to the film industry...
Dev's 'in disguise' look from 'Bagha Jatin' out now. See it
Kolkata/IBNS: Makers have dropped a new look of Tollywood superstar-producer Dev from his upcoming film 'Bagha Jatin', which is based on Indian revolutionary Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin.
'Bagha Jatin': 'Indians should know about Bengali revolutionaries,' says Dev at teaser launch
Kolkata/IBNS: After taking the challenge of featuring as onscreen Bengali sleuth Byomkesh in his last film 'Byomkesh o Durgo Rahasya', Tollywood superstar-producer Dev is gearing up for the release of his next, 'Bagha Jatin'.
Srijit Mukherji and his 'Byomkesh' team grace trailer launch of Dev's 'Byomkesh o Durgo Rahosyo'
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bengali film industry is witnessing a clash of two projects based on Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's novel 'Durgo Rahasya' across different media.
'This is my first and last Byomkesh unless...,' says Dev at 'Byomkesh o Durgo Rahosyo' teaser launch
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood superstar Dev, who started off his journey as a producer years ago, received one of the biggest criticisms when he plunged into playing famous Bengali sleuth Byomkesh for the first time in his 17-year career.
Byomkesh - Durgo Rahoshyo: Rukmini Maitra's first look as Satyabati revealed on actress' birthday
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood actress Rukmini Maitra's first look as Satyabati in Dev Entertainment Ventures' upcoming film 'Byomkesh - Durgo Rahoshyo' was revealed by the makers on Tuesday.
Dev's 'Bagha Jatin' to get Bengali and Hindi theatrical releases on Oct 20
Kolkata/IBNS: Dev Entertainment Ventures on Friday announced that their much awaited upcoming Bengali movie Bagha Jatin will also be simultaneously released in Hindi in the pan India market.