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Kali Banerjee
Kaliprasad Banerjee (20 November 1921 – 5 July 1993), professionally known as Kali Banerjee was an Indian actor, who worked in the 1950s–1970s in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is best known for his work with film directors like Satyajit Ray in ''Parash Pathar'' (1958) and Ritwik Ghatak in ''Nagarik'' (1952) and ''Ajantrik'' (1958). Career Starring in many commercial ventures in the 1960s, his association with the serious film-makers is what has given the actor an imperishable place in the history of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He starred first in the movie named '''Tatinir Bichar''' and Barmar Pathe''' (on the way to Burma). Further he brought out a convincing portrayal of a young Chinese people, Chinese vendor Lu Wang in the street of Kolkata in time of India's freedom struggle in Mrinal Sen's ''Neel Akasher Neechey'' (1959). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kali S
Kali (; , ), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas, a group of goddesses who provide liberating knowledge. Of the numerous Hindu goddesses, Kali is held as the most famous. She is the preeminent deity in the Hindu tantric and the Kalikula worship traditions, and is a central figure in the goddess-centric sects of Hinduism as well as in Shaivism. Kali is chiefly worshipped as the Divine Mother, Mother of the Universe, and Divine feminine energy. The origins of Kali can be traced to the pre-Vedic and Vedic era goddess worship traditions in the Indian subcontinent. Etymologically, the term ''Kali'' refers to one who governs time or is black. The first major appearance of Kali in the Sanskrit literature was in the sixth-century CE text '' Devi Mahatmya''. Kali appears in many stories, with the most popular one be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as one of the finest Indian filmmakers, along with his contemporaries Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Tapan Sinha, Sen played a major role in India's parallel cinema movement, which offered a realistic, socially aware counterpoint to splashy Bollywood films, as well as in the country's New Wave cinema. He also served as the President of Film and Television Institute of India, FTII from 1984 to 1986. Sen received various national and international honors including eighteen Indian National Film Awards. The Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan, and the Government of France honored him with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, while Russian Government honored him with the Order of Friendship. Sen was also awarded the Dadasaheb Phal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabar Upare
''Sabar Uparey'' (; ''English: Beyond All'') is a 1955 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film produced by M.P Production Private Ltd and directed by Agradoot, based on A.J. Cronin's 1953 novel, '' Beyond This Place''. It stars Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen in leading roles. Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal and Nitish Mukherjee also play important roles in the movie. The music was composed by Robin Chatterjee. The movie was remade in Hindi as '' Kala Pani'' in 1958. Plot Prashanta Chatterjee (Chhabi Biswas) is sentenced to life imprisonment after the alleged murder of Hemangini, a lady based in Krishnanagar whom he is accused of loving and then dumping and murdering heinously. Twelve years later, his only son Shankar (Uttam Kumar), who lives with his mother (Sobha Sen) in Patna, comes to Krishnanagar to prove his father's innocence and bring the actual perpetrators to justice. There he falls in love with Rita (Suchitra Sen), a girl who too had a life history of injustice. Togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankush (1954 Film)
Ankush may refer to: * Ankusha, term for the elephant goad in India * ''Ankush'' (1986 film), an Indian Hindi-language action drama film * Ankush (2023 film), an Indian Marathi-language action drama film * Ankush (given name), an Indian male given name * Ankush (kabaddi) Ankush Rathee, known mononymously as Ankush, (born 30 June 2003) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player who plays as a defender in the Pro Kabaddi League for Jaipur Pink Panthers. He was the best defender in the Pro Kabaddi League Season-9. H ..., an Indian kabbadi player See also * Ankushapur (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabin Jatra
''Nabin Jatra'' was a Bengali drama film directed by Subodh Mitra. This film was released on 11 September 1953 under the banner of New Theatres. Pankaj Mullick was the music director of the movie. Plot Cast * Uttam Kumar * Maya Mukherjee * Tulsi Chakraborty * Basanta Choudhury * Kali Banerjee * Molina Devi Molina Devi (1917 — 13 August 1977), also known as Molina Debi and Malina Debi, was an Indian Bengali actress of Bengali and Hindi film and theatre. As an actress, she played a wide variety of parts, later frequently playing matronly parts, es ... * Harimohan Bose * Debabala * Samar Kumar * Parijat Bose * Naresh Bose * Rekha Chattopadhyay References External links * 1953 films Bengali-language Indian films Indian drama films 1950s Bengali-language films 1953 drama films {{1950s-Bengali-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pathik
Gunanand Dangwal (1914 or 1915 – 2000), better known by his nom de plume Pathik was an Indian freedom fighter who played a leading role in the Tehri uprising. He is known for his translation of Ramayana to ''Garhwali Ramayana'' (called ''Garh Bhasha Lila Ramayan''), making it easier to be used in plays (''Ramlila'') in Garhwal region and compositions of folk and patriotic folk songs. Poet Manglesh Dabral has written in his poems about Pathik being a Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ..., who was present at Communist rallies and made some of his revolutionary songs on folk tunes. Pathik died in 2000, at the age of 85 and is survived by his wife, Manorama, two sons and two daughters References People from New Tehri People from Tehri Garhwal distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rani Bhabani
Rani Bhabani () (c. 1716–1803), also known as ''Ardhabangeshwari''(অর্ধবঙ্গেশ্বরী) and ''Natorer Rani'' or the Queen of Natore, was a Hindu zamindar during the British colonial era in what is now Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. She became the zamindar after the death of her husband Raja Ramkanta Moitra (Ray), 'Zamindar' of Natore Rajbari, Natore estate. She fought against the last independent Nawabs of Bengal, Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah The Rajshahi Raj or Natore estate was the largest zamindari which occupied a vast position of Bengal. The Natore Rajbari, Natore estate had an area of nearly and included not only much of North Bengal but also large parts of the areas later comprising the administrative districts of Murshidabad, Nadia, Jessore, Birbhum and Burdwan. After the death of her husband, Rani Bhabani of Natore Rajbari, expanded both the estate and the palace. Biography Born in 1716 in a Brahmin family of Chhatimgram village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putul Nacher Itikatha
Putul Nacher Itikatha (eng ''The puppet's tale'') is the third novel and the fourth printed book written by Bengali writer Manik Bandyopadhyay published in book form in 1936. It is one of the outstanding works of Manik Bandopadhyay. In one of his letters he wrote that this novel was a humble protest against those who tend to play with the lives of humans as if they were puppets. It introduces writer 's socialist mentality. History The novel was published continuously in Bharatvarsha Patrika from Poush 1341 BS to Agrahayan 1342 BS. It was later published in book form in 1936. Summary The central character of the novel is village doctor Shashi. He has no faith in God. The story and setting of the novel is based on the complex social relationships that exist between the other characters including Shashi, Shashi's father, and Kusum in the village background. Written on the premise of love, estrangement, envy and mutual sympathy of a decaying society, this novel is one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India. Renowned for his Social problem film, social films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art film, art cinema". He is known for a number of films, including ''Anari (1959 film), Anari'', ''Satyakam'', ''Chupke Chupke (film), Chupke Chupke'', ''Anupama (1966 film), Anupama'', ''Anand (1971 film), Anand'', , ''Guddi (1971 film), Guddi'', ''Gol Maal'', ''Majhli Didi'', ''Chaitali (film), Chaitali'', ''Aashirwad (film), Aashirwad'', ''Bawarchi'', ''Khubsoorat'', , and . He also remained the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawarchi
''Bawarchi'' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 7 July 1972, the film stars an ensemble cast of Rajesh Khanna, Jaya Bhaduri, Asrani, Harindranath Chattopadhyay, A.K. Hangal, Durga Khote, Manisha, Kali Banerjee, Usha Kiran and Raju Shrestha. The film was ranked the eight highest-grossing film of the year 1972. In an interview, Khanna quoted "In ''Bawarchi'', I did exactly the opposite of what Hrishida had made me do in '' Anand'' (1971). He allowed me to interpret the role and perform my way. I had done enough intense roles, and ''Bawarchi'' gave me the opportunity to interpret and perform the role the way I wanted. So I let myself go." Mukherjee's style here is typical, in that the film contains no violence, and focuses rather on "the milieu of the Indian middle-class who have larger-than-life foi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabuliwala (1957 Film)
''Kabuliwala'' is a 1957 Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha and based on the eponymous 1892 short story by the Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. Plot Rahmat (Chhabi Biswas), a middle-age fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise. He befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini (Oindrila Tagore aka Tinku Tagore) who reminds him of his daughter back in Afghanistan. He stays at a boarding house with his countrymen. One day, Rahmat receives a letter with news of his daughter's illness; he decides to leave for his country. Since he is short of money he sells his goods on credit to increase his business. Later, when he goes to collect his money, one of his customers abuses him. In the fight that ensues, Rahmat warns that he will not tolerate abuse and stabs the guy when he does not stop. In the court Rahmat's lawyer tries to obfuscate the facts but, in his characteristic and simple fashion, Rahmat states the truth in a matter-of-fact way. The judge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
