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3rd Filmfare Awards East
3rd Filmfare Awards East ceremony, presented by the Filmfare, Filmfare Magazine, honored the best Bengali language, Bengali language Indian films of 2017. The ceremony was held on 17 February 2018 and was co-hosted by Parambrata Chatterjee and Abir Chatterjee. Films that were notably recognized were ''Bishorjan'', which won six awards including Best Film and Best Director; ''Projapoti Biskut'', which won six awards; and ''Mayurakshi'', which won four awards, including Best Film (Critics' Choice). Winners and nominees Main Awards The nominees for the 3rd Filmfare Awards East were announced on 13 February 2018. Critics' awards Technical Awards Special awards Multiple Nominations * ''Bishorjan'' - 14 * ''Maacher Jhol'' - 13 * ''Colours of Innocence, Sahaj Paather Gappo'' - 12 * ''Bibaho Diaries'' - 10 * ''Mayurakshi'' - 10 * ''Projapoti Biskut'' - 10 * ''Posto (film), Posto'' - 9 * ''Samantaral'' - 8 * ''Meghnad Badh Rahasya'' - 8 * ''Doob (film), Doob'' - 5 * ''Durga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Awards Bangla
Filmfare Awards Bangla is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially recognized achievements only in the Hindi cinema. In 1964 the awards were extended to Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil cinema, Tamil, Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Marathi cinema, Marathi languages. But the Bengali segment was discontinued after 1985 for unknown reasons. After being discontinued for almost 3 decades, the award ceremony was restarted in 2014 and renamed as the Filmfare Awards East. The first installment of the awards were held collectively for Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Cinema of Assam, Assamese and Cinema of Odisha, Odia films as Filmfare Awards East, in a ceremony on 29 March 2014. The award ceremony was discontinued again for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanu Ghosh
Atanu Ghosh Ghosh is a National-Award-winning Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, author and teacher. His Bengali film '' Mayurakshi'' (2017) was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. His film Shesh Pata, Angshumaner Chhobi, Mayurakshi, Binisutoy, Abby Sen and Rupkatha Noy, bagged multiple awards.Atanu started his career as a scriptwriter and director for documentary films in 1996. For his work in Aar Ek Bampi, he received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's Telefilm. Biography After completing post-graduation in journalism from the University of Calcutta, Ghosh started his career in 1996 as scriptwriter and director of documentary films. Thereafter, he branched out to fictional serials and telefilms. He received the Doordarshan National Award for Best Children's telefilm ''Aar ek Bampi'' in 2002.''Megh Brishti Rodh'' fetched him the coveted RAPA Award for Best screenplay. He was awarded the prestigious Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta; 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter, who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films alongside a few Kannada films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, ''Mahaprabhu'' (1998) where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the role gained him much recognition. Subsequently, he made his film debut with ''Priyojon'' (1999), which became a debacle at the box office. In 2002, he played Rabindranath Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture ''Chelebela'' alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared in a spate of critically and commercially unsuccessful projects. He made his Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal's National Award winning film '' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' (2004). A turning point came in his career when he collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the latter's '' Abohomaan'', which earned him critical acclaim. His subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaamp
''Chaamp'' is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language sports action drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Conceptualized and produced by Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures, the film is loosely based on Moti Nandi's famous novels ''Shiba'' and ''Shibar Phire Asha''. It stars Dev himself in the titular role, alongside an ensemble cast of Rukmini Maitra in her debut, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Priyanka Sarkar, Laboni Sarkar, Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee and Supriyo Dutta. It revolves around the rise and fall of an aspiring boxer Shibaji, who makes a comeback to sports due to the circumstances. The film was officially announced in September 2016 under the tentative title'','' ''Dev 29'' as it is Dev's 29th film and the official title was announced in November 2016. Principal photography commenced in December 2016. It was predominantly shot in Kolkata, with a minor schedule in Delhi, and wrapped by mid-April. The film has music composed by Jeet Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev (Bengali Actor)
Deepak Adhikari (born 25 December 1982), known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and screenwriter, known for his works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema and more recently, a politician. He has also been a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency, Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2014, as a candidate from the All India Trinamool Congress party. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures. Born in Keshpur, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film ''Dev filmography, Agnishapath'' opposite Rachna Banerjee. Dev faced flak after the film was released, and it turned out to be a critical and commercial Box office flop, flop. His starring role in ''I Love You (2007 Bengali film), I Love You'' (2007) opposite Payal Sarkar was his breakthrough. Directed by Ravi Kinagi, the film was critically unsuccessful, but was commercially successful and was quick to resurrect hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Rule
''Boss 2: Back to Rule'' is a 2017 India-Bangladesh joint production Bengali action thriller film directed by Baba Yadav and story written by Jeet. It is a sequel to his 2013 film, '' Boss: Born to Rule'' and the second installment of the Boss film series. The film features Jeet, Subhashree Ganguly and Bangladeshi actress Nusraat Faria in the leading roles. Jeet Gannguli composed the music for the film. The film was released in West Bengal on 23 June and in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017, and in the rest of India on 30 June 2017. It is the sixth highest grossing Bengali film of all time. Plot The story continues 4 years after the incidents of Boss: Born to Rule that took place in 2013. In 2017, Surya, a public figure, is now hated by the people due to the disappearance of their money (worth ₹35000 crores) kept in the Business bank headquarters, a bank built by Surya for his people. Surya's loved person, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Gopinath Shivalkar, who was previously ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeet (actor)
Jeetendra Madnani (born 30 November 1978), mononymously known as Jeet, is an Indian actor, film producer and television presenter who is primarily known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He owns the production houses Grassroot Entertainment and Jeetz Filmworks. Since 2022, he is the executive president of West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum. His first acting assignment was opposite Sudipta Chakraborty in Bishnu Palchoudhuri's Hindi TV series ''Vish Briksha'' (1994) which was based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's celebrated Bengali novel ''Bishabriksha''. After a string of roles in television, he made his big screen debut with ''Chandu (2001 film), Chandu'' (2001) which was a commercial failure. He was catapulted to stardom after he portrayed the lead in ''Sathi (2002 film), Sathi'' (2002) which became one of the List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films, highest grossing Bengali films of all time. In a career spanning over two decades, he has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeti Obhijaan
''Yeti Abhijan'' () is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language action-adventure film co-written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film is based on the 1980 novel '' Paharchuraye Aatanka'' by Sunil Gangopadyay. It serves as the direct sequel to '' Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' (2013), as well as the second installment in Mukherji's own ''Kakababu'' franchise. It stars Prosenjit Chatterjee as Kakababu and Aryann Bhowmik as Shontu, alongside Jisshu Sengupta, Ferdous Ahmed, Bidya Sinha Saha Mim and Alexx O'Nell in lead roles. The narrative follows Kakababu and Shontu uncovering the sightings of the mythical beast Yeti. The film was officially announced in November 2016, marking Mukherji's sixth collaboration with Chatterjee. Principal photography commenced in January 2017 and ended in July 2017. Major parts of the film were shot in Switzerland with a sporadic schedule, while the original story was plotted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the son of Bollywood actor Biswajit Chatterjee. He entered the film industry as a child artist in ''Chotto Jigyasa'' (1968). He made his debut as a lead hero in ''Duti Pata'' (1983). His breakthrough role came in ''Amar Sangi'' (1987). He went on to work on several hit films — Amar Prem (1989 film), ''Amar Prem'' (1989), ''Shraddhanjali'' (1993), ''Unishe April'' (1994), ''Bhai Amar Bhai'' (1996), ''Sasurbari Zindabad'' (2000), Deva (2002 film), ''Deva'' (2002), Chokher Bali (2003 film), ''Chokher Bali'' (2003), ''Dosar'' (2006), ''Shob Charitro Kalponik'' (2009), Autograph (2010 film), ''Autograph'' (2010), ''Jaatishwar'' (2014), ''Khawto'' (2016), ''Praktan'' (2016), Traffic (2016 film), ''Traffic'' (2016), ''Shankhachil (''2016'')'', ''Zulfiqar (film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posto (film)
''Posto'' (Here, a name for the child character of film. Meaning: Poppy Seeds) is a 2017 Bengali Family drama film directed by Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The film features Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta and Mimi Chakraborty. The film was released on 12 May 2017 in 100 theatres across West Bengal, India and overseas (United States, Canada, Japan, Dubai, United Kingdom, Netherlands) on the same day. The film received critical acclaim as it portrayed the relationships in a very subtle way. The film was remade in Hindi language by the same director-duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee named '' Shastry Virudh Shastry'' (2023) which was released on 3 November 2023. Plot Arko, affectionately called Posto (Arghya Basu Roy), is a little boy raised by his grandparents—Dinen Lahiri (Soumitra Chatterjee) and Gouri Lahiri ( Lily Chakraborty)—in Santiniketan. His parents, Arnab Lahiri ( Jisshu Sengupta) and Sushmita Lahiri ( Mimi Chakraborty), are both settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandita Roy
Nandita Roy (born April 3, 1955) is an Indian filmmaker, Editor and Screenwriter. She made her directorial debut with the film '' Icche'' (2011) along with her co-director Shiboprosad Mukherjee. The two have also directed ''Accident'', '' Muktodhara'', '' Alik Sukh'', '' Ramdhanu'', '' Bela Seshe'', '' Haami'', '' Praktan'' , '' Posto (film), Konntho, Gotro''. She has been a part of several projects and has worked with many renowned directors. Early life Nandita Roy was born on April 3, 1955, in Mumbai. She attended high school at St. Joseph's Convent High School in the suburb of Vile Parle, and is an economics graduate of Parle College. She began work as a primary schoolteacher in St. Joseph's Convent. She later studied for her postgrad in economics from University of Mumbai, Kalina. She married Nitish Roy in 1977. Currently she lives in Kolkata, India with her family. Career Roy began her professional career in 1978, as a glove-puppet operator and co-director on ''Agad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiboprosad Mukherjee
Shiboprosad Mukherjee (, Bengali: ; born 20 May 1974) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. With Nandita Roy as his co-director, he made his directorial debut with the film '' Icche'', which garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. The director duo is known for making socially relevant films. They have also directed new age Bengali films like '' Praktan'', '' Bela Seshe'', '' Muktodhara'', ''Accident'', ''Alik Sukh'' and '' Ramdhanu'', '' Haami'', '' Konntho'', '' Gotro'' which were critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial success. He also serves as a partner at Windows Production. His film Praktan, bagged multiple National Awards and ''Alik Sukh'' was premiered at the Marche du Film section in Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His film '' Konttho'' was selected as the Indian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards but did not final Submission from India. Early life and education Shiboprosad Mukherjee was born on 20 May 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
