Rudranil Ghosh had indeed proved his talent in Vinci da. Yet most directors usually took him in side-roles that hardly had much of an importance. Rudranil Ghosh himself had expected more probably from Tollywood. However, he has now been picked up by Bollywood and that
Veteran actor and our all time favourite Soumitro Chatterjee had been admitted to Ruby General Hospital this morning with severe respiratory distress. Doctors said he is suffering from pneumonia and had to be kept in the ICU. A medical board has been made with four well
When Rabindranath Tagore turned 50, his friends and family at Joransanko Thakurbari, celebrated it in a big way. Hemendrakumar Tagore’s daughter, Pragya Devi had cooked ‘kobishombordhona barfi,’ a special sweet for welcoming Tagore. Pragya Devi loved experimenting with recipes and even brought in Bengali menu
• How are you feeling at this huge success of your movie Season’s Greetings being the first feature film to get a collaboration from UN? This is definitely a huge step for any Indian cinema to get an official support from an internationally acclaimed organisation like
Imagine a small tribal hamlet of Bengal that has turned into an art village with all mud houses painted in tribal art. Well, this is not a fairytale land but Khwaabgaon of Jhargram. This is a village dominated by the Shabar community and Chalchitra Academy
Bengali film Runanubandha (The HE without HIM) has won the Best Editing award at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival 2019 of Canada. The film, that was edited by director Amartya Bhattacharyya was part of the ‘Courageous Cinema’ section. This film had earlier premiered
Srijit Mukherjee’s Ek Je Chhilo Raja won the Best Bengali Film Award this year, while Indraadip Dasgupta’s Kedara won the special Jury Award. Dasgupta was ecstatic with the win. He is also happy as Arijit Singh won the Best Male Playback singer award for Binte
Three tea addicts from different parts of Bengal have come together to set up a dream tea bar and boutique in one of the oldest corners of Kolkata. Nostalgia of Beadon Street comes alive at Chameli - The TEAlicious bar. Anindita and Mou from Siliguri and
Remember the opening scene of French cult filmmaker Jean Renoir’s The River, filmed in 1950 at Barrackpore? That intricate drawing on the ground created by women huddled on a courtyard creating an alpona. Their hands move swiftly and elegantly and each deft finger-stroke etch out
In today’s era of glamorous cafeterias, the cabin nostalgia has still not perished. The cabin restaurants which date back to almost the time of the British Raj, came into existence to promote the concept of urban dining. The Indian society was way more orthodox and