Bajimaat
''Bajimaat'' () is a 2008 Bengali film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. This marked the debut of Soham Chakraborty in a lead role. Synopsis Suvra is a lower middle class young boy, who dreams of becoming a big singer. His girlfriend Jhilik also dreams of becoming a singer. Suvra and Jhilik are both trapped by a company of a reality show organisation. Suvra loses a lakh of rupees, which is actually his college admission fee for computer engineering. But his father cannot bear this shock and suffers from a massive heart attack. To save his family, Suvra gives up his dream and starts working for a TV Channel. The CEO of this TV channel, Sanjay Sen supports Suvra. On the other hand, Jhilik is also exploited by Rohit, son of the reality show organiser. Rohit separates Suvra and Jhilik. But ultimately, with the sponsorship of Sanjay Sen and the sacrifice of Jhilik, Suvra becomes the Singer of Bengal. Suvra and Jhilik are reunited as lovers. Cast * Soham as Suvra * Subhashree as Jhi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Subhashree Ganguly
Subhashree Ganguly (born 3 November 1990), also credited mononymously as Subhashree, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bengali movies. One of the highest paid and leading actresses of Bengali cinema, Ganguly made her acting debut in 2008 with the Odia comedy-drama film '' Mate Ta Love Helare'' and subsequently made her debut in Bengali films with ''Pitribhumi'' She got her first lead role in a Bengali film with ''Bajimaat''. After this she had worked in numerous commercially successful Bengali films like '' Challenge'', ''Paran Jai Jaliya Re'' (2009), ''Romeo'', ''Khokababu'' (2012), ''Khoka 420'' (2013), ''Boss'', ''Game'', ''Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay'' (2014), '' Abhimaan'' (2016), '' Boss 2: Back to Rule'' (2017), '' Nabab'' (2017), '' Chalbaaz'' (2018) and critically successful films like '' Parineeta'' (2019), '' Dharmajuddha'', ''Bismillah'' and ''Boudi Canteen'' (2022). Early life and background Subhashree Ganguly was born at Bardhaman, West Bengal, India ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soham Chakraborty
Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984) is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, including Uttam Kumar Awards, BFJA Awards and Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards. Chakraborty has a significant following in West Bengal, Assam and other adjacent states in India and Bangladesh. He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He contested 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Borjora Constituency. He won the General election 2021 from Chandipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency, Chandipur constituency by a margin of 14000 votes. He was sworn in as Member of Legislative Assembly on 2 May 2021. Acting career Soham Chakraborty made his Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Tollywood debut in 1988 as a child artist with the popular Bengali film ''Choto Bou''. Early in his career, Chakraborty was recog ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Soumili Biswas
Soumili Biswas is a Bengali language, Bengali film and television actress, model, TV anchor, and classical dancer. Early life She was born in Barisha/Behala, in south Kolkata, as the youngest of two siblings. She has an elder brother, named Sujoy. She went to the Bidya Bharati Girls' School in Behala, Kolkata, and graduated in economics (honours) from the Jogamaya Devi College, a women's college of the University of Calcutta. She started training in Bharatnatyam from about the age of three, and received training under Thankamani Kutty and in ballet from Mamata Shankar. She regularly performs in dance dramas and in solo and group classical performances in Kolkata and elsewhere. She has received the Sangeet Ratna and the Sangeet Bibhakar awards in Bharatnatyam. Professional career Her first feature film, ''Alo (film), Alo'', was released in 2003, where she plays a supporting role. She started as the anchor of non-fiction, student-based show in Tara Bangla named ''Syllabus-e n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Santu Mukhopadhyay
Santu Mukherjee (13 January 1951 – 11 March 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali cinema. He was the father of actress Swastika Mukherjee. His younger brother, Sumanta Mukherjee, is also an actor. Early life and biography Santu Mukherjee was born on 13 January 1951 in Kolkata. He attended the Mitra Institution at Bhowanipore at a primary level and later, joined the Padmapukur Institution at Sarat Bose Road, from where he passed his Higher Secondary Examination. He soon dropped out from studies and took dance lessons from Gopal Bhattacharya. He also learned Rabindra Sangeet. He went to renowned director Tapan Sinha, seeking a role in Bengali films. In 1975, Sinha launched him as an actor in the film ''Raja''. Subsequent to his cinematic breakthrough, he working in theater and films. His last film was '' Sanjhbati''. Mukherjee died on 11 March 2020 from cardiac arrest at his South Kolkata residence; he had been suffering from cancer for a long time. Filmograph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ranjit Mallick
Ranjit Mallick (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. Though he has starred in parallel films like ''Interview'', '' Calcutta 71'', '' Shakha Proshakha'' and romantic comedy like '' Mouchak''; he is particularly known for appearing in action films such as '' Shatru'', '' Guru Dakshina'', '' Jibon Niye Khela'' etc. In later years, he has further received praise for playing supporting roles in '' Sathi'', '' Nater Guru'', '' Gyarakal'', '' Chander Bari'' and '' Bajimaat''. He was also the Sheriff of Kolkata for the year 2014. Early life Ranjit was born on 28 September 1944 in Calcutta, West Bengal, into the Mallick ''Bari'' of Bhowanipore He is the grandson of Bengali scientist Indumadhab Mallick. His nickname is Ranju. He studied at the Asutosh College and later at the Syamaprasad College of the University of Calcutta. Career Ranjit started his career with Bengali director Mrinal Sen's film ''Interview'' (1971). He received the Inte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rajatava Dutta
Rajatava Dutta (b. 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Hindi cinema, Hindi and English-language Indian films, English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. In a career spanning over three decades, on one hand he has received popularity for playing negative characters in commercially successful films like ''MLA Fatakeshto'','' Challenge (2009 film), Challenge'', ''Paglu'', ''Boss: Born to Rule'' etc. and on the other hand he has gained critical praise for his versatile acting performances in critically acclaimed films like ''Paromitar Ekdin'', ''Open Tee Bioscope'', ''Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo'' etc. and in the web-series ''Byadh''. He has been a judge on the Zee Bangla reality show ''Mirakkel''. Early life From Ballygunge Government High School Rajatava passed Madhyamik in 1983, passed Higher Secondary from Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration in 198 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pijush Saha
Pijush Saha is an Indian film director, producer and writer from Kolkata. The first feature he directed was ''Satrur Mukabela'' (2002), which was followed by ''Kartabya'' (2003) ''Tulkalam'' (2007) ''Bajimat'' (2008) ''Neel Akasher Chandni'' (2009) ''Kellafate''(2010) and ''Beparoyaa'' (2016). Filmography As a director, writer and producer, Pijush Saha worked in the following Bengali films: Awards *Hero Honda 68th BFJA Awards for best clean & entertaining film Gerakal in 2005 *Kalakar Awards in Best Bengali Film category for the film ''Kellafate'' in 2010 *Kalakar Awards in Best Bengali Film category for the film ''Neel Akasher Chandni'' on 17 January 2010 * References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saha, Pijush Film directors from Kolkata Film producers from Kolkata 1970 births Living people Bengali film producers Bengali film directors 21st-century Indian people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aparajita Auddy
Aparajita Adhya (born ) is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali film and television industry.She achieved popularity after starring in the film Praktan. She has been an actress for many years. In 1997 she met her husband, Atanu Hazra, who was assisting at a shoot. They married despite her family's disapproval. She has been nominated for an acting award and she stars in the TV show '' Lokkhi Kakima Superstar''. She is a Vice President of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" along with fellow actors Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Kaushik Sen, Bharat Kaul and Sumanta Mukherjee. Filmography Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Auddy, Aparajita Actresses in Bengali cinema Living people Bengali television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Kolkata 1978 births Filmfare Awards East winners Filmfare Awards Bangla winners 21st-century Indian actresses ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Biswanath Basu
Biswanath Basu (or sometimes Biswanath Bose) is an Indian actor and comedian, who predominantly works in the Bengali film industry. In a career spanning over two decades, he has acted in over 80 films and is known for his comic roles. Filmography ;Key ;Films Television Serial Television Programme # Bhyabachaka as Anchor # Ghore Ghore Zee Bangla as Anchor References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basu, Biswanath Living people Male actors in Bengali cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Bengali male actors Scottish Church College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from North 24 Parganas district ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rajesh Sharma (actor)
Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor who acts in Hindi and Bengali films. Early life He was born in Ludhiana, India and worked in Kolkata. There, he started acting in a theatre group named 'Rangakarmi' in Kolkata. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama, New Delhi. Rajesh Sharma married Sudipta Chakraborty, a Bengali actress, and they later got divorced; he has been married to Sangeeta Sharma since 2011. Career Rajesh Sharma made his Bollywood debut with the 1996 Hindi movie '' Maachis''. After this, he started acting in Bengali films from the early 2000s. In ''Maachis'', Rajesh Sharma co-starred with Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Raj Zutshi, Tabu and Om Puri. In 2000, he made a comeback in Bengali-film titled '' Paromitar Ek Din''. It was written and directed by Aparna Sen. After acting in a few more Bengali films, he came back to Bollywood in 2005 with the film ''Parineeta''. It was Vidya Balan's debut movie, where she acted against Saif Ali Khan. Rajesh S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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]   |