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Kalkut
Samaresh Basu (; 11 December 1924 – 12 March 1988) was an Indian writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name Kalkut. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel, ''Shamba''. He won the 30th Filmfare Awards, 1983 Filmfare Awards for Filmfare Award for Best Story, Best Story for ''Namkeen''. Biography Basu was born on 11 December 1924 in Bikrampur, Dhaka (present day Bangladesh). He married Gauri Basu in 1942. In his early days, he worked at a factory at Ichapore, Ichapore, West Bengal. He was imprisoned between 1940 and 1950 for his involvement in trade unions and Communist party. It was in prison, he penned his first published novel, ''Uttaranga''. After release, he devoted his time entirely to writing, refusing his old job offer. He wrote over 200 short stories and 100 novels under the pen names, ''Kalkut'' and ''Bhrom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirjan Saikate
''Nirjan Saikate'' () (English subtitle: The Desolate Beach) is a Bengali language, Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. It was released in 1963. This movie is an adaptation of the novel by the same name from eminent Bengali writer Samaresh Basu, who wrote this travelogue under his pen name 'Kalkut'. The film won the IFFI_Best_Film_Award#Silver_Peacock_Award_winners_(Best_Feature_Film_-_Discontinued), Silver Peacock - Best Feature Film at the 3rd International Film Festival of India, 3rd IFFI. Plot The writer is himself the protagonist. He is on his way to Puri by train. In the course of the journey he gets acquainted with a group of 4 Bengali widows accompanying their niece, also going to Puri. The writer was going to just get out of his day to day Kolkata life whereas these ladies were actually going to calm down their niece who had just suffered a breakup with her lover. The rest of the story revolves around these people and their attraction and involvement with the writer. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
Calcutta 71
''Calcutta 71'' is a 1972 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. This film is considered to be the second film of Mrinal Sen's ''Calcutta'' trilogy, the other two being ''Interview'', and '' Padatik''. The film is a collection of stories depicting the 1970s. The Naxalite movement, starvation of common people, and social and political corruption are shown. There are four disjunct subplots shown in the film. Plot The prologue of the film follows after the plot of ''Interview''. The main protagonist Ranjit Mallick is brought to trial in a "metaphorical" courtroom, for he undressed a mannequin wearing a suit in a tailoring shop, because he was provoked by the "audience" for his failure to ace the interview as he couldn't manage to get a suit. What follows is a satirical courtroom session, which initially concludes, that the fault is imbued in the society itself; but finding it impossible to punish the society at large, he is executed instead. First Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piyush Basu
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Swarna Shikhor Prangane
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Salil Dutta
Salil Dutta (30 November 1931 – 20 September 2004) was an Indian Bengalis, Bengali director, screenwriter and actor. He is well known for his films Surya Sikha (1963), Stree (1972) and Seyi Chokh (1976). Career Dutta was born in 1931 in British India. He started his career as assistant director of ''Trijama'' in 1956 and ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'' in 1960. The first film directed by him is Surya Sikha (1963) starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Choudhury. He also acted in a number of films like ''Atithi (1965 film)'', ''Khelaghar'', ''Dhanyee Meye'' etc. Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career. He died on 20 September 2004 in Kolkata due to lung cancer. Filmography * ''Surya Sikha'' (1963) * ''Momer Alo'' (1964) * ''Prastar Swakkhor'' (1967) * ''Aparichita (1969 film), Aparichita'' (1969) * ''Kalankita Nayak'' (1970) * ''Khunje Berai'' (1971) * ''Stree (1972 film), Stree'' (1972) * ''Sesh Pristhay Dekhun'' (1973) * ''Asati'' (1974) * ''Sei Chokh'' (1976) * ''Babu Moshai'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparichita (1969 Film)
''Aparichita'' is a 1969 Indian Bengali-language thriller film co-written and directed by Salil Dutta. Produced by Debnath Roy and Geetali Dutta under the banner of R. D. Productions, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Samaresh Basu, which itself was actually inspired by ''The Idiot'' written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It stars Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, and Aparna Sen in the lead, while Utpal Dutt, Bikash Roy, Tarun Kumar, Dilip Roy and Haradhan Bandyopadhyay in another pivotal roles. Plot Politician Priyanath forces Sunita for prostitution. She is abducted by the gangster Ranjan but latter involves and falls in love with Sujit. Sujit, just recovered from mental breakdown also involves with Sunita. While Sunita is going to marry Sujit, Ranjan kills Sunita. Cast * Uttam Kumar as Ranjan * Soumitra Chatterjee as Sujitnath Dutta * Aparna Sen as Sunita * Sandhya Roy as Dola * Utpal Dutta * Tarun Kumar * Bikash Roy * Dilip Roy * Haradhan Banerjee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Bhubaner Pare
''Teen Bhubaner Paare'' (তিন ভুবনের পারে) is a Bengali movie, inspired by Samaresh Basu's novel, released in 1969. The songs "Hoyto Tomari Jonno"(হয়তো তোমারই জন্য) & "Jibone Ki Pabo Na"(জীবনে কি পাবো না) sung by Manna Dey are still very famous among Bengali youth. The film was a big hit of the Bengali Cinema. It became highest grossing Indian Bengali movie of 1969 Cast * Soumitra Chatterjee as Mantu * Tanuja as Sarasi Roy * Rabi Ghosh as Jayant: Mantu's friend * Chinmoy Roy as Mantu's friend * Tarun Kumar Chatterjee as Nand * Sumita Sanyal as Heena * Ashok Mitra as Veereshwar Roy: Sarasi's elder brother * Sulata Chowdhury Sulata Chowdhury (1945 – 16 September 1997) was a Bengalis, Bengali actress and theatre personality. Chowdhury made her film debut with ''Debarshi Narader Sansar'' (1960). As a leading actress her first film was Sudhir Mukherjee's ''Shesh Pa ... as Mrs. Roy: Veere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema, directing films like '' Kabuliwala'' (1957), ''Louha-Kapat'', '' Sagina Mahato'' (1970), '' Apanjan'' (1968), ''Kshudhita Pashan'' and children's film '' Safed Haathi'' (1978) and ''Aaj Ka Robinhood''. Sinha started his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with New Theatres film production house in Kolkata, then in 1950 left for England where he worked at Pinewood Studios for next two years, before returning home to start his six decade long career in Indian cinema, making films in Bengali, Hindi and Oriya languages, straddling genres from social realism, family drama, labor rights, to children's fantasy films. He was one of the acclaimed filmmakers of Parallel Cinema movement of India. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajen Tarafdar
Rajen Tarafdar (7 July 1917 – 23 November 1987) was an Indian film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was the recipient of two National Awards and two BFJA Awards. He graduated from the Government College of Art & Craft in Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ... in 1940 with a degree in popular arts. He was initially a graphic designer in an advertising agency before devoting himself to cinema. His directorial debut was ''Antariksha'' (1957). Awards Filmography References External links * \ 1917 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Indian male actors People from British India Bengali Hindus Bengali male actors Bengali writers Male actors in Bengali cinema Bengali film directors Indian male screenwriters Government College of Art & Craft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |