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Alo (film)
''Alo'' () is a 2003 Bengali language, Bengali family drama film directed by Tarun Majumder and starring Rituparna Sengupta. The story is based on a short story ''Kinnardal'' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The film was nominated for a National Film Awards, National Award in the category "Best Film Providing Wholesome Family Entertainment". It was Third highest grossing Bengali movie in 2003. Translated into French by Anita Basu Mallick. Plot ''Alo'' is an educated Kolkata based woman who comes to her husband's ancestral village after marriage. Her husband Shuvo is a teacher who works in Kolkata. Alo starts living with the poverty stricken villagers. Alo enlightens their lifestyle, morally as well as culturally. She becomes an idol of adoration. Alo gets devastated on learning about Pintu's death. She also dies while giving birth to her daughter but literally stands up to the meaning of her name Alo, which is light or ray of hope. The women of the village take the responsibility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarun Majumder
Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandalok Award. In 1990, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award. He is recognized as one of the greatest influential filmmakers of India. His few movies were restored and digitized by the National Film Archive of India, along with his Contemporaries Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Ghose. He is Legendary filmmaker for Ganadevata in 1978, Nimantran in 1971, Palatak in 1963. He alongside Sachin Mukherji and Dilip Mukherji made his directorial debut, under the screen name Yatrik, with the 1959 Bengali film '' Chaowa Pawa'' starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar as the leads. He received his first National Award for the 1962 Bengali film ''Kancher Swarga''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasi Sinha
Manasi Sinha is an Indian actress and director in Bengali language film and television. She is the daughter of Manideepa Roy, a noted actress of Bengali theatre. Filmography As a director As an actor Television * ''Checkmate (Indian TV series)'' * '' Maa'' * '' Saat Pake Bandha (later replaced by Namita Chakraborty)'' * '' Bodhu Kon Alo Laaglo Chokhe'' * '' Agnipariksha'' * ''Bhasha'' * '' Raage Anuraage'' * '' Goyenda Ginni'' * '' Potol Kumar Gaanwala'' * ''Bhootu'' * '' I Laugh U'' *'' Jai Kali Kalkattawali'' *'' Ei Poth Jodi Na Sesh Hoy'' * ''Kanyadaan'' (later replaced by Swagata Mukherjee) * ''Ranga Bou'' *'' Mittir Bari'' (later replaced by Soma Banerjee Soma Banerjee is an Indian film and television actress, who predominantly works in Bengali language, Bengali cinema and serials. She made her debut in DD Bangla's serial Janmobhumi and became popular with the role of Heera Amma in Star Jalsha's ...) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Indian Novels
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Tarun Majumdar
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Indian Films
Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the 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 sixth most spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the official, 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 language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also the second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Bengali-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is a Bengali film festival in the city of Hyderabad and is being organized annually since 2014. The venue of the festival is the Prasad Film Preview Labs, Hyderabad (adjacent to L V Prasad Eye Institute). The first edition of the film festival was held in the year 2014. It is the only curated Bengali film festival in India. The festival is organized by a Hyderabad-based registered Bengali group- Bengalis in Hyderabad (popularly known as BiH). The fourth edition of the HBFF was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017. The fourth edition of the festival screened eight Bengali movies, along with two Telugu movies. All the seasons of the festival were attended by the directors, casts and crews of the movies which were screened, and there are several panel discussions and Q&A sessions with directors organized. History of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) 5th Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2018 The fifth edition of Hydera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism and film industry. Overview Members of the association are drawn from the film section of the entire press of West Bengal composed of dailies, periodicals and film journals in various languages published from Kolkata. Film correspondents and critics working for any newspaper or periodicals published outside Bengal having their base in Kolkata were also eligible to be members of this association. The association was the first to institute awards in an endeavor to promote and encourage the production of better films, when in 1938, a year after its inception, the 1st Motion Picture Congress was held in Faridpur (now in Bangladesh). Representatives of the association played a vital role in its deliberations. In 1952 when India staged the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandalok Puraskar
Anandalok Puraskar or Anandalok Awards ceremony is an award ceremony for Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali film in India. The ''Anandalok'', only film magazine in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and ''Ananda Bazar Patrika'' presents this award (Puraskar). The magazine was started on 25 January 1975 and the awards ceremony was started in 1998. Awards *Anandalok Best Films Award, Best Films *Best Director *Anandalok Best Actor Award, Best Actor *Anandalok Best Actress Award, Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Art Director *Best Editor *Best Music Director *Best Lyricist *Anandalok Best Male Playback Award, Best Male Playback *Anandalok Best Female Playback Award, Best Female Playback *Best Make Up Man *Most Promising Director *Most Promising Actor *Most Promising Actress *Best Action Hero Special awards Hindi section *Anandalok Award for Best Actor (Hindi) *Anandalok Award for Best Actress (Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Dutta Chakraborty
Rita Dutta Chakraborty is a Bengali film and television actress. She has acted in movies like Krantikaal, Alo. She played the role of ''Aarati'' in Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily broadcasts family dramas, comedies, reality shows and films. It launched ...'s popular serial ''Maa''. Rita is also a Bengali reciter. Filmography Television Awards See also * Laboni Sarkar * Churni Ganguly References Actresses in Bengali cinema Bengali television actresses Actresses from Kolkata Indian film actresses Indian television actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Indian spoken word artists Living people 1956 births {{India-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharati Devi
Bharati or Bharathi may refer to: Hinduism * Bharati, an epithet of the Hindu goddess of knowledge and music Saraswati * Bharati, consort of Hindu wind god, Vayu Given name * Bharathi (Tamil actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress * Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 1950), Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Kannada languages * Bharathiraja (born 1941), South Indian filmmaker * Bharati Braille, a family of braille alphabets used in South Asia Surname * Agehananda Bharati (1923–1991), Austrian academic and Hindu monk * Gopalakrishna Bharati (1811–1896), Tamil poet and composer * Subramania Bharati (1882–1921), Indian Nationalist poet and revolutionary, also referred to as Bharathi Other uses * ''Bharathi'' (1948 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''Barati'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian Hindi film * ''Bharathi'' (2000 film), a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sayaji Shinde and Devayani * ''Bharati'' (2006 film), a 2006 Indian Telugu children's film * Bharati (re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angana Roy (Bengali Actress)
Angana Roy is an Indian actress who primarily works in the Bengali and Hindi film industry. In 2003, she made her Bengali debut with the film ''Alo''. She has also played roles in Bengali web series such as '' Shei Je Holud Pakhi'', ''Paap'', '' Tansener Tanpura'', and '' Mohomaya''. Career At the age of five, in 2003, Roy started her career with movie Alo, directed by Tarun Majumdar. After a long break, in 2018 she came back with the webseries Shei Je Holud Pakhi. After that she acted in a web series, Paap. In 2020, she played the character of Rohini in the webseries Tansener Tanpura. She is best known for her portrayal in the series. In 2022, she played the role of Rajlokkhi in the webseries Srikanto. She is going to be seen as a lead actress in the movie Lukochuri. Other than these, she has also acted in movies and webseries like Homecoming, Mrs. Undercover, Mohomaya and others. She has recently done a music video named Ga Chhunye Bolchhi with Anupam Roy. Filmography Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
