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Indo-Bangla Joint Production
This article describes movies made jointly by cinema production houses of India, typically West Bengal ( Tollywood Bengali cinema), and Bangladesh (Dhallywood Bengali cinema), sometimes Maharashtra (Bollywood Hindi cinema) History In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a significant number of Indo-Bangladesh joint production films. However, after 2004–2005, the number of Indo-Bangla joint production films decreased. However, in the 2010s, Indo-Bangladeshi joint ventures began gaining more popularity and have become more common, often produced by Eskay Movies of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh. However, after different controversies regarding the joint venture films in 2017, the government of Bangladesh have temporarily stopped all joint ventures until a new policy is put in place. The controversy is mainly about the production house Jaaz Multimedia and the films they have produced, which commonly feature more Indian cast and crew than Bangladeshis. In an article by Prothom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh; born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer who works primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2012, the Government of West Bengal honored him with the Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement. Acknowledging his contributions to film, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006. Early life Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, India to Santana and Prof. Himangshu Kumar Ghose. His kindergarten days began at the St John's Diocesan School (now an all-girls school). He studied there till class 4 and then moved to the neighboring Cathedral Missionary Boys' School. He graduated from the University of Calcutta. Career He started making documentaries in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in Calcutta. Also dedicated some time as a Photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manasantha Nuvve
''Manasantha Nuvve'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. N. Aditya. This film stars Uday Kiran and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The film was written and produced by M. S. Raju and had music composed by R. P. Patnaik. The film released on 19 October 2001 and was a success like Uday Kiran's previous films '' Chitram'' (2000) and ''Nuvvu Nenu'' (2001). It was one of the biggest hits of 2001 in Telugu cinema. The film is inspired by the Hindi film '' Anmol Ghadi'' (1946). The film's success led to remakes in Kannada as ''Manasella Neene'' (2002), in Hindi as '' Jeena Sirf Merre Liye'' (2002) and in Tamil as '' Thithikudhe'' (2003), as well as in Bangladeshi Bengali as '' Moner Majhe Tumi'' (2002). Plot The film begins with two childhood friends living in a village at Araku Valley. Anu is the daughter of a wealthy government officer. Chanti, son of a widowed mother, lives in a small hut beside their house. Anu is attracted to the kindness of Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impress Telefilm Ltd
Impress Telefilm Limited is a media production house in Bangladesh, formed in 2003. The company produces film, drama, and drama serials, music videos, variety shows, magazine programmes, musical programmes, and documentaries as well as TV commercials. It was founded by Faridur Reza Sagar. From Bangladesh, 9 different films of Impress Telefilm has got Bangladeshi submissions for the Oscar for Foreign Language Film Competition 9 times. All Film & Telefilm List List of the films distributed and produced by Impress Telefilm See also * Cinema of Bangladesh The Cinema of Bangladesh, locally known as Bangla cinema, is a diverse and vibrant entity, consisting of films produced across various regions in Bangladesh, each contributing its unique linguistic and cultural perspective. Beyond the dominan ... References External links * {{Official website, http://www.impress-telefilm.com/ IMDb profile Television in Bangladesh Film production companies of Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purnima (Bangladeshi Actress)
Dilara Hanif Rita (born 1981), known by her stage name Purnima, is a Bangladeshi film actress. Her notable films are ''Moner Majhe Tumi'' (2003), ''Megher Pore Megh'' (2004), ''Shuva'' (2005), ''Hridoyer Kotha'' (2006), ''Akash Chonya Valobasha'' (2008) etc. She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in 2010. She continued to act in films as a lead actress after her debut. Initially her career was not not successful as many of her films were flop such as ''Modhu Purnima'', ''Seyana Pagol'','' Tumi Je Amar '' ,'' Jibon Chabi'', . Her career finally surged with successful movie '' Mastaner Upor Mastan'' which is became the highest grosser of 2000's until 2008 , and National Award winning film ''Meghla Akash''. With the movie '' Moner Majhe Tumi'', Purnima rapidly became a successful leading actress of Dhallywood and her success continued with her most prominent movie partner Riaz. Her other notable films include ''Ajker Somaj'', ''Ajker Dapot'', ''Bhalobashar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaz (actor)
Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique (, ; born 26 October 1974), popularly known as Riaz, is a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, and television presenter who has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films in genres ranging from romance to action to comedies. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including three National Film Awards (Bangladesh), National Film Awards and seven Meril Prothom Alo Awards. He portrayed the famous literary character, Shuvro, created by Humayun Ahmed, in Daruchini Dip. His ability to play wide range of characters whether it was a man who is mad lover and ruins his life to finally win his darling girlfriend, a man who takes law into hand to punish evil people who killed his loved ones or harmed them, a innocent man who gets falsely accused in a crime as a punishment for loving the lady whose father does not approve of love, a comedy man gets into different disputes with his mother in law or his girlfriend and a recognizable person in the society, a kind man who bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jisshu Sengupta
Jisshu Sengupta (born Biswaroop Sengupta; 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter, who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films alongside a few Kannada films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, ''Mahaprabhu'' (1998) where he portrayed the role of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; the role gained him much recognition. Subsequently, he made his film debut with ''Priyojon'' (1999), which became a debacle at the box office. In 2002, he played Rabindranath Tagore in Sukanta Roy's ambitious venture ''Chelebela'' alongside Debashree Roy playing Kadambari Devi. following which he appeared in a spate of critically and commercially unsuccessful projects. He made his Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal's National Award winning film '' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' (2004). A turning point came in his career when he collaborated with Rituparno Ghosh for the latter's '' Abohomaan'', which earned him critical acclaim. His subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moner Majhe Tumi
''Moner Majhe Tumi'' () is a 2002 Bangladesh and India joint venture Bengali-language romantic drama film. It is an official remake of the 2001 Indian Telugu-language film ''Manasantha Nuvve''. It was the highest-grossing film in Bangladesh in 2002, and was selected for preservation at the Bangladesh Film Archive. Plot The story of this film revolves around the friendship of two teenagers, Chintu and Anu. They are very good friends. They enjoy playing together, chasing butterflies, getting wet in the rain, and singing songs to the various beauties of nature. Chintu, being the son of a poor family, is beaten by Anu's father for playing with Anu. Anu gets very feverish after getting wet in the rain and Chintu secretly takes Anu to a shrine. Standing at the shrine, the two promise that they will both come to this shrine every year on Anu's birthday. One day, in a series of events, the two of them get separated. Before leaving, Anu gifts Sintu a musical watch and tells her to st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee (born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, and Montazur Rahman Akbar. 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 for his huge contribution to cinema by the Indian Government in the field of art. Early life and education Banerjee was born in a Zamindari Bengali Hindu brahmin 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 completed his graduation in English literature from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta; When he wasn't hitting the books, Banerjee was spinning tracks as a Western Classical Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montazur Rahman Akbar
Montazur Rahman Akbar () is a Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter, producer, social activist and entrepreneur. He is known for his work in the Bengali-language film industry, which is centered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Akbar also fought in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. After directing multiple plays, Akbar worked as an assistant director on the films '' Chhutir Ghonta'' and '' Janata Express'' under directors Matin Rahman and Azizur Rahman, respectively. He worked as an assistant director from 1979 to 1990. Akbar became a director in 1991. He has worked with actor Manna on 22 films, writer Abdullah Zahir Babu on 46 films, actor Dipjol on 19 films and editor Amzad Hossain on 24 films. Akbar has written screenplays for some of his films. He founded the production companies Nayan-Apon Production and Star Plus, and he is co-founder of Panorama Movies. Akbar's films introduced various actors, including Dipjol, Popy, Keya, Riya Sen, Shakiba, Songita, Antara Biswas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Currents
''India Currents'' is, according to the ''San Jose Mercury News'', "the oldest and largest Indian-American magazine on the West Coast" of the United States. Overview Fully digital today, it earlier offered Northern California, Southern California, and Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ... editions, as well as online content. In 2011 it employed 6 full-time employees and distributed 32,000 free copies. In 2015, it reached 172,000 readers every month. It was launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in April 1987 by editor Arvind Kumar and publisher Ashok Jethanandani, with Vandana Kumar, who was editor in 2003. ''India Currents'' and its writers have received a variety of awards, including six awards at the 2014 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champa (actress)
Gulshan Ara Akter Champa (born 5 January 1965) is a Bangladeshi film and television actress. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress three times for the films ''Padma Nadir Majhi ''Padma Nadir Majhi'' is an Cinema of West Bengal, Indo-Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangladesh joint production feature Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Goutom Ghosh from the novel of the same name, Manik Bandopadhyay's ''Padma Nad ...'' (1992), Anya Jibon (1995) and Uttarer Khep (2000), and the Best Supporting Actress award for Shasti (2005) and Chandragrohon (2008). As of January 2019, she has acted over 200 films. Early life Champa's mother died when she was 10. Champa is the younger sister of actresses Babita and Shuchanda. Career Television Champa started her career in 1981 with the BTV drama ''Dub Satar'', directed by Abdullah Al Mamun. She soon received offers for other dramatic roles, and appeared in ''Sahabjadir Kalo Nekab'', ''Akash Bariye Dao'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
