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Haranath Chakraborty
Haranath Chakraborty ( bn, হরনাথ চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian Bengali film director. He made his directorial debut with "Mangaldeep" (1989). Many of his movies have been critically acclaimed and enjoyed commercial success. Early life and career He was Born on 1 January 1959 in West Bengal. He was assistant director of Anjan Choudhury Anjan Choudhury (25 November 1944 – 21 February 2007) was an Indian film director, writer, and screenplay writer who worked in the Bengali cinema of West Bengal. He was survived by his wife Jaysree Choudhury and two daughters, namely Chumk ... Group. His directorial debut film ''Mangaldeep'' was released in 1989. Awards Chakraborty's film, ''Ganrakal'' (2004) won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Clean & Entertainment Film Award. Filmography References External links * 1959 births Living people 20th-century Indian film directors Bengali film directors 21st-century Indian film di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45 lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41 crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Mallick
Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Proshakha'', '' Guru Dakshina'', ''Amader Songsar'', ''Indrajit'', ''Jiban Niye Khela'', ''Nabab'', '' Sathi'', '' Nater Guru'', ''Gyarakal'', '' Chander Bari'' and '' Bajimaat''. He was also the Sheriff of Kolkata for the year 2014. He is one of the most anticipated actors of Bengali cinema and has been a part of more than 100 films as of now. Early life Ranjit was born on 28 September 1944 in Calcutta, West Bengal, into the Mallick ''Bari'' of Bhowanipore (a family belonging to the Vaidya ( Baidya) community, which is closely associated with Kolkata's Barat and Gupta families), known for its Durga Puja. His nickname is Ranju. He studied at the Asutosh College and later at the Syamaprasad College of the University of Calcutta. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chumki Chowdhury
Chumki Choudhury is an Indian actress who works in Bengali cinema. Family and Career Chumki Choudhury was born in Kolkata. She is the daughter of famous director Anjan Choudhury and Smt. Joysree Choudhury. She passed her Madhyamik from Joysree Siksha Niketan and completed her Higher Secondary and B.A. from New Alipore College New Alipore College, established in 1963, is an undergraduate college in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. The college campus is free from posters and plastic. The college is the seat of higher stu .... Chumki Choudhury made her acting debut under the direction of her father called Hirak Jayanti as a lead actress. The film was released in 1990. After doing several films of her father, she could not earn her reputation in the Bengali film industry. In 1991, the people started knowing her after acting in Babloo Samaddar’s film called ‘Abhagini’. Chumki Chaudhury took her primary lessons in dance and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Montazur Rahman Akbar and Ram Gopal Varma. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Ghare Baire''. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 by the Indian Government in the field of art. Early life and education Banerjee was born in a Zamindari Bengali Hindu family. He is a descendant of the Raja Bahadur of Chanchal ( Malda District) and the Raja of Uttarpara. Banerjee completed his schooling from St. Edmund's School, Shillong. He did his graduation in English literature from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta; and completed his post graduation in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University. He turned down a scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahan (1996 Film)
Mahan or Mahaan may refer to: * Mahan (name) * Mahan confederacy, chiefdoms in ancient Korea * Mahan, Iran, a city in Kerman Province * Mahan District, an administrative subdivision of Kerman Province * Mahan Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Kerman Province * Mahan, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran * Mahan, Missouri, a community in the United States * Mahan Air, an airline based in Kerman province * Mahan Island, the conjoined Lanzarote and Fuerteventura in Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ... prehistory * Master Mahan, a title of uncertain meaning, applied to Cain and his descendant Lamech in the Book of Moses * Mahan (horse) * ''Mahaan'' (1983 film), an Indian Hindi-language film * ''Mahaan'' (2022 film), an Indian T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manoj Mitra
Manoj Mitra (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh. Initially he used to study at home because his father Ashok Kumar Mitra, who had a transferable job. Mitra was attracted to the Jatras and plays that used to be held in their courtyard during the Durga Pujas but was forbidden by senior family members to participate in any way. His school life began after the Partition at a school (Dandirhat N.K.U.S. Niketan) near Basirhaat. Later he joined the Scottish Church College with honours in philosophy and graduated in 1958. He used to write short stories and many of them appeared in various magazines. It was at Scottish Church that he got initiated to theatre. There were regular shows at the college where the likes of Badal Sarkar, Rudraprasad Sengupta and others were students.Interview with Manoj Mitra in ''Scottish Church Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laboni Sarkar
Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She initiated her acting career as a child artist with roles in Bengali films. Filmography * ''Aporajeyo'' (2022) * '' Oti Uttam'' (2022) * ''Kolkatar Harry'' (2021) * ''Parineeta'' (2019) * '' Hiralal'' (2018) * '' Maati'' (2018) * '' Boxer'' (2018) * '' Shrestha Bangali'' (2017) * '' Amazon Obhijaan'' (2017) as Shankar's mother * '' Chaamp'' (2017) as Shibaji's Mother * ''Tomake Chai'' (2017) * '' Haripad Bandwala'' (2016) as Nandalal's Wife * '' Jomer Raja Dilo Bor'' (2015) * ''Hriday Haran'' (2015) * '' Obhishopto Nighty'' (2014) * ''Bangali Babu English Mem'' (2014) * '' Chander Pahar'' (2013) as Shankar's mother * '' Khiladi'' (2013) * '' Khoka 420'' (2013) as Krrish's Mother * ''Chupi Chupi'' (2013) * '' Dekha, Na-Dekhay'' (2013) * '' Challenge 2'' (2012) as Pooja's Mother * '' Khokababu'' (2012) as Khoka 420 aka Khoka's Mother * ''Romeo'' (20 ... [...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 in modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Bengali cinema . He is the son of veteran Bollywood actor Biswajit Chatterjee. He began his acting career as a child actor in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's '' Chotto Jigyasa'', for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Outstanding Work of the Year Award. Following this he appeared in other films as a child actor. His first leading role came through Bimal Roy's ''Duti Pata''. Prosenjit's breakthrough role came opposite Vijeta Pandit in '' Amar Sangi'' (1987), a highly successful romantic drama directed by Sujit Guha. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with David Dhawan directed '' Aandhiyan'' (1990). Apart from appearing in a series of masala films, he started doing middle-of-the-road cinema with '' Chokher Bali'' which starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her debut Bengali fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhya Roy
Sandhya Roy is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of BFJA Award for three times, and one Filmfare Awards East best actress for '' Ganadevata''. Roy made her cinematic debut with Rajen Tarafdar's ''Antariksha'' (1957). Political career In 2014, she contested a seat in the Lok Sabha election for the All India Trinamool Congress and won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Medinipur constituency and became a member of the Parliament of India. Filmography * '' Ganga'' (1960) * '' Maya Mriga'' (1960) * '' Kathin Maya'' (1961) * '' Arghya'' a.k.a. '' Offering to the Gods'' (1961) * ''Subha Dristi'' a.k.a. '' Holy Meeting of Eyes'' (1962) * '' Rakta Palash'' (1962) * '' Nav Diganta'' a.k.a. '' New Horizon'' (1962) * '' Dhoop Chhaya'' a.k.a. ''Sunlight and Shade'' (1962) * '' Bandhan'' (1962) * '' Asli-Naqli'' (1962) * '' Palatak'' (1963) * ''Bhrantibilas'' (1963) * '' Pooja Ke Phool'' (1964) * '' Surya Tapa'' a.k.a. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utpal Dutta
Utpal Dutta () (29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949. This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as ''Kallol'' (1965), ''Manusher Adhikar'', ''Louha Manob'' (1964), ''Tiner Toloar'' and ''Maha-Bidroha''. He also acted in over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in a career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films such as Mrinal Sen’s ''Bhuvan Shome'' (1969), Satyajit Ray’s '' Agantuk'' (1991), Gautam Ghose’s '' Padma Nadir Majhi'' (1993) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy Hindi comedies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabab
''Nabab'' is an Indo-Bangladesh 2017 film directed by Joydip Mukherjee and produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies. The film features Bangladeshi star Shakib Khan as an intelligence agent from Bangladesh tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India and Subhashree Ganguly as a crime news reporter, Nabab's love interest. And features Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Amit Hasan, Aparajita Adhya, Kharaj Mukherjee and Arindam Saha in supporting roles. The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Savvy Gupta and Akassh. The film was released on 26 June 2017 on the occasion of Eid in Bangladesh and released in India on 28 July 2017. The film marks the second collaboration of Shakib Khan with Joydip Mukherjee after success of '' Shikari'' (2016). Plot A group of people travelling in a bus, later the bus stops for a tea break and the hooligans arrive at the same time when suddenly a pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soham Chakraborty
Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 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. Acting career Soham Chakraborty made his Tollywood debut in 1988 with the popular Bengali film '' Choto Bou''. Early in his career, Chakraborty was recognised as Master Bittu featured in several films as a child artist including '' Mangal Deep'' in 1989, '' Nayan Moni'' in 1989, ''Jowar Bhata'' in 1990, Satyajit Ray directed '' Shakha Proshakha '' in 1990, '' Bhagya Debata '' in 1997, starring Mithun Chakraborty and seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
