Prasenjit Bera has completed his Graduation in Graphic Design and Applied Art from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2012. Presently, he is the Creative Su-pervisor at Ogilvy & Mather, Kolkata. The project- #Goviraltostopthevirus is an initiative to make people think positively about the
What was perfection for one of the best actors of Bollywood, Irrfan Khan? Learning Bengali for Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s movie, where the director wanted none other than Irrfan as he knew the movie could be pulled out in a mix of English and Bengali dialect
When Chris Hemsworth in the recent Netflix sensation Extraction suddenly spoke a few words in Bengali, the audience was taken aback. Streaming on Netflix on April 24, the movie that also starred Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda in a negative role, had many outstanding action sequences.
Gourab Jana has completed his Masters in Applied Art from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2018. Since then, he has been pursuing his career as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. At present, Gourab is working with a digital marketing agency. The project-
Mohan Singh always believed Rabindrasangeet should have the inner soul expressed in its rendition. For him the tune and the feeling with which the words are sung was of prime importance. In his lifetime, the singer had primarily chosen the lesser known songs of Tagore.
Born and brought up in Krishnagar, West Bengal, Biswarup Nath has been into the field of advertising for the past 13 years. He studied Bio Chemistry from Krishnanagar Government College but his childhood passion for painting and eagerness to look around for designs and its
Mohan Singh was not just a singer, he was also a great musician and loved playing instruments while singing, including Tanpura and Esraj. These two instruments incidentally were also a great favourite of Rabindranath Tagore himself. Mohan Singh’s two sons, Bikram and Abir, were also
Right at this moment, as the world is coming to a standstill with the COVID 19 pandemic with fear, uncertainty and dread grasping mankind, hundreds of artists are standing up as a part of an initiative called #GoViralToStopTheVirus to fight the atmosphere of paranoia and
She was just outstanding in the portrayal of an oppressed woman’s struggle against poverty, humiliation and desolation in Rudali. Well, we are not talking about Bollywood actress Dimple Kapadia, but one of Bengal’s most talented female theatre personality, Usha Ganguly, who played the role of
Existing in the world without having seen the sun and the moon That’s what legendary world-renowned film maker Akira Kurosawa had once said after watching the movie Pather Panchali and while discussing the film-making style of another legend, born and brought up in Bengal, Satyajit Ray.