Director Pratim D.Gupta’s Macher Jhol comes on your platter today. After Saheb Bibi Golaam, Pratim decided to explore various facets of Bangaliana, and what could be more fascinating and intriguing than to target a quintessential Bengali obsession revolving around maach (fish) and machher jhol (fish
With the Hilsa catch going up in the last few days and prices low, every Bengali household must be savoring their ultimate delicacy: A dish of their favourite Ilish, the queen of monsoon. Get Bengal brings you some lesser known recipes from different districts of
Tollywood heart-throb Dev is planning to seek permission to shoot a movie based on the lives and sacrifices of three freedom fighters at the iconic red bricked building of Writers’. The three prominent freedom fighters Benoy Basu, Badal Gupta and Dinesh Gupta had fought the
A six-minute film by an SRFTI student has made it to the short film festival in Los Angeles. The film named Cow made by student Ashok Moorthy, addresses the new trend in India of forcing food habits on people. Moorthy, a mechanical engineer who did his
Kolkata never had a dearth of talents when it comes to creativity. Young directors Bornila Chatterjee and Tanaji Dasgupta proved it again. Their modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's first tragedy 'Titus Andronicus' has been selected to be featured at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. Modern day
Again, a talented Bengali is crowned on the world stage. This year,SanatanDinda bagged the first prize in the coveted World Bodypainting Festival, two years in succession. In 2015, Dinda missed the first prize by a narrow margin but there was no looking back. In the
Its rightly said Bengal is the culture capital of India. Else who could have thought of getting to see paintings and murals of great artists Nandalal Bose and Jamini Roy on Metro pillars! Hidco has planned to carry replicas of some of Jamini Roy's famous
She has always lived her life on her own terms, defying society at times. National award-winning actor, Neena Gupta didn't just become a mother out of a wedlock, but also went on to raise her daughter Masaba without her father Viv Richards. She now wishes
Indrani Ghosh is a post-graduate in English from Visva Bharati University. Presently she is working as English teacher with Vidyanjali High School, Bhowanipore While watching Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha,one gets transported to 1963, the year when Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagarwas released. It was based on
