For the past eight years there has been no credible body in West Bengal, to honour and award the work …
Kiriti Roy
Like Byomkesh Bakshi created by Saradindu Bandopadhyay, Kiriti Roy is a noted detective created by Nihar Ranjan Gupta, a dermatologist …
Haripada Bandwala
Haripada Bandwala is a remake of 2014 Punjabi comedy film Disco Singh, which itself was loosely based on the 2009 Bollywood film Do Knot Disturb which in turn was …
Benche Thakar Gaan
Benche Thakar Gaan was the inaugural film at the recently concluded 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival, the first ever Bengali …
PC Barua
Pramathesh Chandra Barua was the man who played perhaps the most important role in the rising fortunes of c\Calcutta based …
Rabi Ghosh
Rabi Ghosh was one of the most versatile and talented actors in Bengali cinema who, because of his petite frame, …
Banchha Elo Phire
It needs great guts to make a directorial debut with what claims to be a ‘sequel’ to Tapan Sinha’s classic …
Sabitri Chatterjee
Sabitri Chatterjee easily ranks among the most gifted actors in the annals of Bengali cinema. Neither a classic beauty in …
The Bard In Bengali Films
William Shakespeare’s representation on Indian film has mainly focussed on the Pan-Indian identity of his works on celluloid. Not many …
Gangster
“Smoking is injurious to health. It causes cancer.” Gangster, a doomed love story triggered and filled with a lot of …