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Agantuker Pore
''Agantuker Pore'' (, lit. "After The Stranger") is a 2016 Bengali drama film directed by Orko Sinha and produced by Dag Creative Media. The film is a stand-alone sequel to Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...'s last film '' Agantuk''. Mamata Shankar, Deepankar De and Dhritiman Chatterjee reprised their roles from the previous film. Actor Abir Chatterjee played the role of adult Satyaki. Payel Sarkar and Tridha Chowdhury are seen in important roles. Cast * Abir Chatterjee as Satyaki * Payel Sarkar * Mamata Shankar * Deepankar De * Dhritiman Chatterjee as Prithwish Sen Gupta *Tridha Chowdhury References Films set in Kolkata Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films {{2010s-Bengali-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orko Sinha
Arka Sinha/Orko Sinha (born 12 May 1987) is an Indian film maker, actor, writer, lyricist, singer, composer, producer and a former computer science engineer from the movie industry of West Bengal, Kolkata. He marked his debut with Aamar Aami in December 2013. The script-screenplay-lyrics-dialogues and direction of the film were all by Orko. Early life Orko completed his schooling from Sibpur Bengal Engineering College Model School and then, went on to complete his graduation in computer science and engineering from the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. After getting placed in a MNC, he left the job to join the film industry. Career During his school and college days, Orko was actively involved in many professional cultural activities. He was the first assistant director in Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s '' Janala'' (The Window) and was an observer in Goutam Ghose’s '' Moner Manush''. Then he worked as script writer and floor director for a documentary feature – ''Insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abir Chatterjee
Abir Chatterjee (born 18 November 1980) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theatre personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut in Bengali cinema in 2009 as a lead with '' Cross Connection''. He is well known for appearing as famous detective Byomkesh Bakshi in a separate movie series. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian Bengali cinema. He won Best Villain Award for '' Kanamachi'' at Zee Bangla Gaurav Awards 2014 and Best Romantic Hero of the Year for ''Alaap'' at the Tele Cine Awards 2024. His performances in the critically acclaimed films like '' Shah Jahan Regency'', '' Bishorjan'' and '' Tritiya Adhyay'' have been praised. He has starred in National Award winning films like '' Bishorjan'' (2017) as well as in commercially successful films including '' Durgeshgorer Guptodhon'' (2019) and '' Bohurupi'' (2024), which are among the highest grossing Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payel Sarkar
Payel Sarkar is an Indian actress who has appeared in Bengali films and Hindi television. On 25 February 2021, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career Sarkar joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2021 and contested in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Behala Purba constituency but lost. Filmography Television * '' Ekdin Pratidin'' as Diya 005–2007 * '' Love Story'' as Shruti opposite to Mishal Raheja 0 April 2007 – 17 January 2008ref> * '' Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya'' as Rudra (Protagonist; also Shamli in her previous birth who was killed by her husband Jayant) 4 April 2008 – 30 October 2008 * ''Shakuntala Shakuntala () is a heroine in ancient Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play '' Abhijnanashakuntalam'' (The Recognition of Shakuntala), written by the classical poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century AD ...'' as Rajkumari Gauri February 2009 – 15 May 2009 * '' Ladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tridha Chowdhury
Tridha Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali and Telugu films and series. She won the title, ''Clean & Clear Times of India Freshface 2011''. Her first movie was '' Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' in 2013, directed by Srijit Mukherji. She made her television debut in the StarPlus series '' Dahleez'' which was premiered on 14 March 2016. Her latest work being Bandish Bandits directed by Anand Tewari & Aashram by Prakash Jha. In 2020, she appeared on the Amazon Prime Video web series '' Bandish Bandits'' and the MX Player original web series '' Aashram''. Early life and education Choudhury was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. She studied in M. P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School and attended Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer. She was the niece of musician Pandit Ravi Shankar. Her brother, Ananda Shankar, was an Indo-Western fusion musician. In January 2025, Mamata Shankar was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India. Early life and education Mamata Shankar was born on 7 January 1955 to the dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar. She received her training in dance and choreography at the Uday Shankar India Culture Centre, Calcutta under Amala Shankar. Career Shankar made her film debut with '' Mrigayaa'' in 1976, directed by Mrinal Sen. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film for the year. Shankar is married, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepankar De
Dipankar Dey is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in movies as a hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Seemabaddha'' (''Company Limited, 1971''), '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1976), '' Ganashatru'' (''Enemy of the People'', 1990), '' Shakha Proshakha'' (''Branches of the Tree'', 1990) and '' Agantuk'' (''The Stranger'', 1991). He has acted in many art house and commercial films. Selected filmography TV shows Awards *1986 National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...: Best Supporting Actor: '' Parama'' References External links * Living people University of Calcutta alumni Bengali male actors Male actors in Bengali cinema Best Supporting Actor National Film Award winners India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Dhritiman Chatterjee is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's (''The Adversary''). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, among others and is noted for his acting skills. He has also worked in English films with well-known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion. Early life Dhritiman is his screen name. He is otherwise known as Sundar Chatterjee and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai. Born on 30 May 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics. Chatterjee went on to pursue a parallel career in advertising, social communications and documentary filmmaking. Career In 2019, Chatterjee lent his voice for narration in ''If Not for You'', a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh, India's West Bengal and Tripura) of South Asia. With over 242 million native speakers and another 43 million as second language speakers as of 2025, Bengali is the List of languages by number of native speakers, sixth most spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, seventh most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the Official language, official, National language, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. It is the second-most widely spoken scheduled languages of India, language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of West Bengal
Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bengali language widely spoken in the state of West Bengal. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Cinema of India, Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the National Film Awards, Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim. Ever since Satyajit Ray's ''Pather Panchali (film), Pather Panchali'' (1955) was awarded Best Human Document at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, Bengali films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema. He is celebrated for works including ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), Jalsaghar, ''The Music Room'' (1958), Mahanagar, ''The Big City'' (1963)'', Charulata'' (1964), and the ''Goopy–Bagha'' trilogy (1969–1992). Ray was born in Calcutta to author Sukumar Ray and Suprabha Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film, independent film-making after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealism, Italian neorealist film ''Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries, and short subject, shorts. Ray's first film, (1955), won eleven international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agantuk
''Agantuk'' (; known by its English title The Stranger) is a 1991 Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Notable for being Ray's last film, it was based on one of his own short stories, ''Atithi''. A joint Indo-French production, it received financial backing from companies such as Gérard Depardieu's DD Productions and Canal+.IMDb: Company credits for Agantuk Retrieved 2013-05-08 Plot summary Anila Bose, who lives in Calcutta, receives a letter from someone claiming to be her long lost uncle, Manomohan Mitra. He writes that he is visiting India after 35 years abroad and, as Anila is his only surviving relative, wants to meet her before he sets off again. Anila looks forward to it, but her husband, Sudhindra, is suspicious. The uncle arrives and stays. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
