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Kaushik Sen
Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film ''Aamar Bhuvan''. He was awarded Girish Purashkar 2023 by the Cultural Department of the Government of West Bengal for his extraordinary contributions to theatre. In 2024 he was awarded Telly Academy Best Actor Award for Godhuli Alap series. Personal life Kaushik Sen was born into a Baidya Brahmin family on 19 September 1968. He is the son of actress Chitra Mondal Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. He studied at the Julien Day School, and graduated from Scottish Church College, both in Kolkata. Sen is married to Reshmi Sen and has a son, Riddhi Sen. He is a Vice President of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" along with Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Aparajita Auddy, Bha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirakkel
''Mirakkel'' is an Indian television, Indian reality show on Zee Bangla hosted by Mir Afsar Ali and directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay. It is produced by Subhankar Chattopadhyay Productions. The show features stand-up comedians who are judged by Paran Bandyopadhyay, Sreelekha Mitra and Rajatava Dutta. The band Bandage (Indian band), Bandage, with musicians Dwaipayan Saha, Nitin Mani, Suman Sinha, Subhajit Sarkar, Koushik and Saurav Bhattacharya, is responsible for the music. ''The Times of India'' has called it "one of the most popular shows on Bengali television", and the ''The Daily Observer (Bangladesh), Daily Observer'' wrote that it "has garnered huge popularity in Bangladesh". In 2011, the sixth season of ''Mirakkel'', ''Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 6'', was broadcast. After it ended, the producers launched another sub-season of ''Mirakkel'' called ''Mirakkel Akkel Challenger Awesomesala'' which ran for a year. Seasons Season 1: ''Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 1'' (2006) The wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aparajita Auddy
Aparajita Adhya (born ) is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali film and television industry.She achieved popularity after starring in the film Praktan. She has been an actress for many years. In 1997 she met her husband, Atanu Hazra, who was assisting at a shoot. They married despite her family's disapproval. She has been nominated for an acting award and she stars in the TV show '' Lokkhi Kakima Superstar''. She is a Vice President of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" along with fellow actors Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Kaushik Sen, Bharat Kaul and Sumanta Mukherjee. Filmography Television Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Auddy, Aparajita Actresses in Bengali cinema Living people Bengali television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Kolkata 1978 births Filmfare Awards East winners Filmfare Awards Bangla winners 21st-century Indian actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desh (film)
''Desh'' () is a 2002 Bengali film directed by Raja Sen. The film is based on a story written by Prafulla Roy. It is written against the backdrop of arms trafficking in North Bengal. Cast *Jaya Bachchan as Suprabha Chowdhury, formerly a freedom fighter in Indian National Movement **Samata Das as young Suprabha Chowdhury *Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Sanjay Nandi *Subhendu Chatterjee as Pratul Haldar *Nayna Bandyopadhyay as Shila Chatterjee *Gyanesh Mukherjee as Ambika Singh *Monu Mukherjee as Sudhakanta Chatterjee, Shila's father *Dulal Lahiri as Mr. Sharma *Kaushik Sen as Akhil Som, an Indian revolutionary *George Baker (Indian actor), George Baker as Douglas *Rajesh Sharma (actor), Rajesh Sharma as Pulak *Sumit Ganguly as Bolte *Shankar Ghosh *Kalyani Mandal as Shanti *Abhishek Bachchan (Cameo) as Anjan Chowdhury, the son of Suprabha Chowdhury Notes References External links * 2002 films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language Indian films Films based on works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aamar Bhuban
''Aamar Bhuvan'' is a 2002 Bengali film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film portrays a community in India where people coexist peacefully and share love, despite the widespread hatred and violence affecting the rest of the country. Mrinal Sen received the Best Director Award at the Cairo Film Festival in 2002 for this film. The screenplay is adapted from the novel ''Dhanjyotsna'' by Afsar Amed. Plot The story revolves around Sakhina and Nur, who have divorced. Sakhina has since remarried Meher, a man who loves her but struggles to support her and their three children. Nur, who had moved to the Middle East, returns as a wealthy man and has also remarried. As cousins, Nur attempts to assist Meher and Sakhina by offering employment and financial support. However, tension arises when Nur returns a valuable nose-ring to Sakhina. The nose-ring, which Nur had given Sakhina during their marriage and which Meher had pawned for money, causes Sakhina to feel insulted and hurt. Cast * Nand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
''Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha'' () is a Bengali language fantasy comedy film directed by Tapan Sinha based on a novel ''Nabiganjer Daityo'' of Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay. This film was released in 1998 under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. This was the last complete movie made by director Tapan Sinha. Plot Birchandra, the king without a kingdom lives alone in his palace at Nabiganj village. He is least bothered about his kinghood and hidden royal treasure. Few villagers take undue advantage of his indifference. One unknown bodybuilder Kinkar comes to the village and loses his memory. Birchandra gives him shelter. Local teacher Dukkhoharan and an old priest of the village realises that some criminals may attack Birchandra for the king's treasure that is hidden below his palace. Cast * Soumitra Chatterjee as King Birchandra * Debashree Roy as Tiya * Manoj Mitra as Priest * Debesh Roy Chowdhury as Dukhoharan * Kaushik Sen as Thief * Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (b. 11 August 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopan
Sant Sopandeo was a sant of the Varkari and also the younger brother of Dnyaneshwar. Sopan(19 November 1277 A.D- 29 December 1296 A.D), attained samadhi at Saswad near Pune. He wrote a book, the ''Sopandevi'' based on the Marathi translation of the ''Bhagavad Gita'' along with 50 or so abhangs. Siblings # Nivruttinath: The eldest brother of Sopan, Nivrutti was an authority on the philosophy of the Nath. Gahininath, one of the nine Nath gurus, accepted Nivrutti as his disciple and initiated him into the Nath sect, instructing him to propagate devotion to Shri Krishna. Dnyaneshwar accepted his elder brother as his own guru. After the early samadhi of Dnyaneshwar, Nivrutti travelled with his sister Muktai on a pilgrimage along the Tapti River, where they were caught in a thunderstorm and Muktai was swept away. Nivrutti obtained samadhi at Tryambakeshwar. Around 375 abhangs are attributed to him but the authorship of many of them is disputed due to the difference in writing st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Of This Century
''Daughters of This Century'' is a 1995 Indian Hindi anthology film directed by Tapan Sinha. The film, comprising of six segments, has its fourth segment based on the Bengali novel ''Ei Daho'' (1961) by Gour Kishore Ghosh while rest of the segments are based on five Bengali short stories ⸺ '' Jibita o Mrita'' (1904) by Rabindranath Tagore, ''Abhagir Swarga'' (1918) by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, ''Satgharia'' (1976) by Prafulla Roy, ''Kaanch'' (1984) by Dibyendu Palit and the last one by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Each segment runs for 30 minutes. The film delves into the plight of Indian women in the 20th century. It stars Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Pallavi Joshi, Deepa Sahi, Nandita Das, Sulabha Deshpande, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Debashree Roy, Mamata Shankar, Pankaj Kapoor, Milind Gunaji, Kaushik Sen and Jeet. Despite an ensemble cast, the film was a critical and commercial failure. Most of the critics stated that Sinha failed to weave a strong screenplay. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidrohini
''Bidhrohini'' is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language action drama film directed and produced by Sandip Chowdhury. This film was released on 14 February 2020 under the banner of Mirage movies. This is the debut direction of Sandip Choodhury, son of director Anjan Choudhury. Plot Arunima, the daughter of Pranab and Radha of a middle-class family, live happily. One day Arunima was raped. Her elder sister Kiran is an IPS officer who fights alone for justice. She faced a serious problem when she came to know that her husband's family was involved in the crime. Cast * Rituparna Sengupta as Kiran * Jeetu Kamal as Rahul * Bidisha Chowdhury * Sonali Chowdhury Sonali Chowdhury Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian film and television actress. She is best remembered for her role as Aparna Debroy from '' Agnipariksha''. She has also appeared in Bengali TV series as '' Saat Bhai Champa'', '' Jol Nupur'' etc. Lif ... * Phalguni Mukherjee * Anindo Sarkar * Santana Basu * Arunima Sen * Soma Chakraborty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prajapati
Prajapati (, ) is a Vedas, Vedic deity of Hinduism. He is later identified with Brahma, the creator god. Prajapati is a form of the creator-god Brahma, but the name is also the name of many different gods, in many Hindu scriptures, ranging from the creator god Brahma to being the same as one of the following deities: Vishvakarma, Agni, Indra, Daksha, and many others, because of the diverse Hindu cosmology. In classical and medieval era literature, Prajapati is the metaphysical concept called Brahman as Prajapati-Brahman, and Brahman is the primordial matter that made Prajapati. Etymology Prajapati (Sanskrit: ) is a compound of "praja" (creation, procreative powers) and "pati" (lord, master). The term means "lord of creatures", or "lord of all born beings". In the later Vedic texts, Prajapati is a distinct Vedic deity, but whose significance diminishes. Later, the term is synonymous with other gods, particularly Brahma. Still later, the term evolves to mean any divine, semi-di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ek Din Pratidin
''Ek Din Pratidin'' ( Bengali: এক দিন প্রতিদিন, lit: "A Day Like Any Other," English title: "And Quiet Rolls the Dawn") is a 1979 Bengali drama film directed by Mrinal Sen, who also wrote the screenplay based on an Amalendu Chakraborty novel. Set in contemporary India, the film follows the trauma experienced by a family when the breadwinning daughter fails to return from work. The film spans the period of one evening and night. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali and the National Film Award for Best Direction. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. Plot A middle-class family of seven members, with a father (Satya Bandhyopadhyay), mother (Gita Sen), three sisters and two brothers, are economically dependent on the earnings of the sole breadwinner of the family, the oldest daughter, Chinu (Mamata Shankar). One evening, Chinu fails to return at the regular hour from her work office. At first members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films. Starting with his debut film, '' Apur Sansar'' (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of ''The Apu Trilogy'', as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including '' Abhijan'' (The Expedition, 1962), '' Charulata'' (1964), '' Kapurush'' (1965), '' Aranyer Din Ratri'' (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), '' Ashani Sanket'' (Distant Thunder, 1973), '' Sonar Kella'' (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and '' Joi Baba Felunath'' (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, '' Hirak Rajar Deshe'' (1980), '' Ghare Baire'' (The Home and The World, 1984), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and '' Ganashatru'' (Enemy of the Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
