Sep 17, 2024, at 04:35 pm
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.
Aug 15, 2024, at 12:40 am
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.
Aug 08, 2024, at 09:19 pm
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
Aug 06, 2024, at 05:25 pm
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.
Jul 31, 2024, at 04:28 am
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.
Jul 31, 2024, at 01:03 am
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.
Jun 02, 2024, at 05:17 am
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
Apr 02, 2024, at 07:52 pm
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.
Oct 11, 2023, at 02:42 am
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
Sep 22, 2023, at 06:07 am
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
Sep 12, 2023, at 02:41 am
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'
Jul 28, 2023, at 04:50 pm
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
Jul 15, 2023, at 07:56 pm
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
Jun 27, 2023, at 09:09 pm
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
Jun 23, 2023, at 09:29 pm
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.
Dev-Rukmini Maitra say goodbye to Maldives with this romantic post. See it
Apr 01, 2023, at 07:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood superstar-producer Dev and his actor girlfriend Rukmini Maitra left a romantic picture on social media on Saturday as they headed back to their home after a dreamy vacation in Maldives.
Rukmini Maitra as Binodini in Ram Kamal Mukherjee's film: Makers unveil first look
Feb 14, 2023, at 03:30 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali actor Rukmini Maitra will be essaying legendary 19th century theatre artist from Bengal, Binodini Dasi, in filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee's upcoming film Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan.
Ram Kamal Mukherjee's Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan: Know the full cast here
Feb 05, 2023, at 03:12 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Ending all speculations, filmmaker Ram Kamal Mukherjee on Saturday unveiled the entire star cast of his upcoming Bengali film Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan.
Tollywood superstar Dev to now play Byomkesh on big screen
Jan 29, 2023, at 06:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: As Dev completed 17 years in the industry, the Tollywood heartthrob has announced his next venture, where he will be seen playing one of Bengal's most celebrated fictional character-Byomkesh Bakshi.
Dev shares Bagha Jatin casting backstory, says 'team worked for eight months...'
Jan 22, 2023, at 03:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Tollywood superstar-producer Dev will be essaying the character of India's independence activist Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin in his upcoming Bengali film Bagha Jatin.
'I want to thank the audience because...,' says Dev basking in Projapati success
Jan 13, 2023, at 05:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali film actor-producer Dev has produced yet another hit in the box office with the Avijit Sen directorial Projapati, where he starred alongside veteran Mithun Chakraborty.
No Nandan show for Dev-Mithun Chakraborty starrer Projapati, triggers row
Dec 25, 2022, at 06:00 am
Kolkata/IBNS: No screen time has been allotted at Nandan for at least a week to Bengali actor-producer Dev and veteran Mithun Chakraborty starrer Projapati, which released on Friday, fuelling fears of a fresh row over selective availability of the state-run film screening venue.
Stars speak as Dev, Mithun Chakraborty featured Bengali film Projapati releases
Dec 24, 2022, at 07:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A year after the massive success of his venture Tonic, leading Bengali actor-producer Dev paired with filmmaker Avijit Sen for Projapati, which was released on the big screens on Friday.
My off-screen chemistry with Mithun Chakraborty reflects in Projapati: Dev
Dec 03, 2022, at 11:11 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty and Tollywood superstar-producer Dev will feature as the father-son duo in the upcoming Bengali film Projapati, which is directed by Avijit Sen.
Nov 28, 2022, at 03:39 pm
Panaji: An authoritative and over-possessive son who tries to impose restrictions on his senior citizen father, thinking that what he is doing is best for his father.
Tonic: Dev makes red carpet appearance at IFFI
Nov 27, 2022, at 12:18 am
Panaji: Bengali movie superstar Dev appeared on the red carpet of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
Usha Uthup's new single Mon Manchhe Na Aar launched in Kolkata's Trincas
Oct 29, 2022, at 08:05 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Pop icon Usha Uthup's Bengali single, titled Mon Manchhe Na Aar, was launched this week in collaboration with INRECO and Hindustan Record at Trincas, the go-to restaurant and bar of yesteryear in Park Street where the singer started her career in late 60s.
No Projapati promotion if people don't love its first song: Dev unveiling film poster
Oct 28, 2022, at 07:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After Tonic, Tollywood superstar-producer Dev has once again teamed up with filmmaker Avijit Sen whose upcoming project Projapati is releasing this December.
Tollywood couple Dev-Rukmini chosen brand ambassadors for Style Baazar retail chain
Aug 28, 2022, at 02:41 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Style Baazar, one of India’s largest retail chains offering budget friendly choices, has recently brought on board Tollywood star couple Dev Adhikari and Rukmini Maitra as their Brand Ambassadors for the upcoming year.
'Golondaaj' actor Alexx O'Nell likely to be back in Bengali films soon
Feb 23, 2022, at 12:36 am
Kolkata/IBNS: India-based American actor-musician Alexx O'Nell, who played the negative role in Dev starrer Bengali sports drama Golondaaj, is likely to feature in a film from the region soon, IBNS has learnt.