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Bhootpori
''Bhootpori'' is a Bengali language Indian horror fantasy film written and directed by Soukarya Ghosal, starring Jaya Ahsan, Ritwick Chakraborty, Shantilal Mukherjee, Sudipta Chakraborty and introducing Bishantak Mukherjee. The story revolves around a lonely ghost who is waiting for her emancipation with a belief that humans become ghosts to transform into fairies. Bhootpori is based on the idea of reincarnation which is very much celebrated in Indian popular culture and spiritual texts. The film depicts death not as an end of a life cycle but an intermediate stage of becoming an angel from the mortal of human life. The film was an official selection for Indian Panorama at the 55th International Film Festival of India in Goa 2024. Plot The story is based on the life and afterlife of Bonolata who was killed by a priest before she turned into Bhootpori. During the days of her mortal life Bonolata accidentally gets to know about the secret of child sacrifice which Kalothakur, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soukarya Ghosal
Soukarya Ghosal (; born 7 June 1986) is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, illustrator and music composer. He is widely considered for his work in Rainbow Jelly, a food fantasy film for the children in Bengali Cinema. His film Bhootpori starring Jaya Ahsan, was an official selection for Indian Panorama at International Film Festival of India, Goa which also received the Best Screenplay award at 14 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival in 2024. His first feature film Pendulum bagged three awards in the 4th Radio Mirchi Music Awards Bangla in 2014. Ghosal made His second film ''Load Shedding'' in 2015 which he wrote and directed for Zee Bangla Cinema Originals, was a teenage love story set in the 90's. His film Rainbow Jelly, a food fantasy film about an autistic orphan received Hiralal Sen Award and Rituparno Ghosh Memorial Award for Most Promising Director from West Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. His upcoming films are ''OCD'' and ''Kalantar''. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaya Ahsan
Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), popularly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model, producer and playback singer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a film actress, she works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali films. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress six times for her performances in the films ''Guerrilla'' (2011), '' Chorabali'' (2012), '' Zero Degree'' (2015), '' Debi'' (2018), '' Alatchakra'' (2021), and ''Beauty Circus'' (2022). She also earned four Filmfare Awards East, Zee Cine Awards, and Meril-Prothom Alo Awards. Early life Ahsan was born to A. S. Maswood (d. 2012) and Rehana Maswood in Bangladesh. She has a younger sister and brother. Along with her formal education, she took a diploma course in Rabindra Sangeet and training in classical music. She first appeared on television when she performed in the teledrama ''Panchami''. She modeled for a calendar which caught the eye of Afzal Hossain, who later offered her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surinder Films
Surinder Films is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi .... It mainly produces and distributes Bengali films. The production house was created by Surinder Singh in 1970 as a film distribution company. In 1995, it was taken over by his son Nispal Singh. The company has produced more than 70 films, 20 television shows, 50 web series and short films. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali films, Surinder Films is also in the business of Television content production. The other division of the company includes digital content production for OTT platforms. In 2023, Surinder Films acquired the first Bengali OTT platform of India, Addatimes. Films Television References {{reflist Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritwick Chakraborty
Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagal Premi in 2007. Career Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passionate about acting. After his initial struggle in the Bengali film industry he worked in a few television serials and telefilms. He debuted in the film ''Pagol Premi''. After which, he appeared in Anjan Dutt's cult film '' Chalo Let's Go'', alongside in 2008, followed by '' Cross Connection'' with Rimjhim Mitra, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar, and Raj Chakraborty's ''Le Chakka'', playing the second lead alongside Dev in 2010. He appeared in six films in 2013, and for '' Shabdo'' he won the Filmfare East Best Actor's award in 2014. Chakraborty also produced a 2021 Bengali web series named ''Birohi''. Filmography Films Television and web *''Josh'' *'' Kanakanjali'' *''Ek Paloke Ektu Dekha'' *''Kuheli'' *''Neer Bhanga Jhor'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shantilal Mukherjee
Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik examination. He passed Higher Secondary Examination from New Alipore Multipurpose High School. He graduated from the Asutosh College, a University of Calcutta affiliate. Mukherjee is mainly knowns as a stage actor. Ramaprasad Banik and Chandan Sen taught him acting.He is currently the General Secretary of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" since 2022. His son is Rwitobroto Mukherjee who is also an actor, working primarily in films, web series and stage. Filmography * '' Bandhan'' (2004) as Priyo Da, Rohit's friend * '' Badsha the King'' (2004) as Kartik, Shaktinath's PA * ''Antarmahal'' (2005) voice actor * '' Shikar'' (2006) * '' MLA Fatakeshto'' (2006) as Haridas, Ranodeb Pal's PA * '' Anuranan'' (2006) * ''Kaalbela'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudipta Chakraborty
Sudipta Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress who mostly works in Bengali cinema. She received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Bariwali''. Chakraborty made her debut in Television in 1989. She gained wider recognition for her portrayal of Tista in Ravi Ojha's long-running soap opera ''Khela''. Chakraborty had participated as contestant in the first season of ''Bigg Boss Bangla'' (2013), in which she was the top four finalist. She is also an anchor, talk show host, casting director, and an acting coach. She completed her school leaving examination from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William. She graduated with an Honours degree in English. Her elder sisters Bidipta Chakraborty and Bidisha Chakraborty are also popular actresses. Sudipta made her debut in the film ''Sanghaat''. Work Films * Sanghaat (Debut Film) (1997) * Bariwali (2000) * Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) * Robibaar Bikelbela (2004) * Kalpurush (2005) * Sangshoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabarun Bose
Nabarun Bose (; born 30 December 1988) is an Indian Keyboard instrument, keyboard player, composer and music producer from Kolkata, West Bengal. He made his debut as a music director in 2018 with the feature film ''Rainbow Jelly''. Previously, he had directed music for the television film ''Loadshedding'' in 2015, and had scored the background music for many films and webseries including the short film ''Ahalya (2015 film), Ahalya'', ''Sharate Aaj'', ''Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha, Kaali season 1 & season 2'', ''Feluda (series), Feluda'', ''Bhalobashar Shohor'', ''Mafia (Indian web series), Mafia'' and many others. He has been acclaimed for his work as a music director in the films Tangra Blues and Mukhosh (2021). As a music producer, his career spans over nine years. He is known for arranging and programming music for Anupam Roy in films like ''Piku'', ''Chotushkone'', Highway (2014 Bengali film), ''Highway'', Pink (2016 film), ''Pink'' and many others. He is also an intrinsic par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55th International Film Festival Of India
The 55th International Film Festival of India took place from 20 to 28 November 2024 at Panaji, Goa. The theme of this year's festival is 'Young Filmmakers – The Future is Now', so this year a new section and award category 'Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film' has been introduced in the festival to encourage young blood. The award is a certificate and cash prize of lakh in recognition of young directorial talent from India. The festival screened over 180 international films from 81 countries, including 15 world premieres. On 11 November it was announced that Ashutosh Gowariker an Indian filmmaker served as the chairperson of the international jury, and Phillip Noyce, an Australian film and television director was the recipient of IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award. 15 films competed for Golden Peacock award in main competition. Australia was designated as the 'Country of Focus' at the festival, with seven Australian ... [...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] |
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] |
2024 Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anandabazar Patrika
''Anandabazar Patrika'' is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. Its main competitors are ''Bartaman'', '' Ei Samay'', '' Sangbad Pratidin'', " Aajkal", " Jago Bangla", " ganashakti" and " dainik Statesman". History A Bengali newspaper was published in 1876 in a small village of Magura at Jessore District in British India (now Bangladesh) by Sisir Kumar Ghosh, the father of Tushar Kanti Ghosh. He named it ''Ananda Bazar'' after Tusharkanti's grandmother's sister Anandomayee. However, soon the newspaper died. In 1886, Ghosh published another newspaper, named after his grandmother Amritamoyee: '' Amrita Bazar Patrika''. Later in 1922, the ''Anandabazar Patrika'' was relaunched by proprietor Suresh Chandra Majumdar and editor Prafulla Kumar Sarkar. It was first printed on 13 March 1922 under their ownership and was against British rule. In 1922 it first published as a four-page evening daily. After the death of Prafulla Kumar sarkar, his son Asho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
