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Nagarkirtan
''Nagarkirtan'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Sani Ghose Ray. The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute player from the Kirtaniya town of Nabadwip. At the 65th National Film Awards the film won four Awards including, Special Jury Award (Feature Film) and National Film Award for Best Actor for Riddhi Sen. Plot The movie starts with ''Puti'', born ''Parimal'' an intersex woman from the ghetto of eunuchs eloping with ''Madhu da'', a delivery boy of a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a flautist in kirtans. The flashbacks give us an insight of Puti's childhood where her father is strictly against her dressing. She grows up to have a relationship with her private tutor ''Subhash da'' who knows of her gender orientation. Puti proposes eloping to America with him in hopes of living freely without hiding. Puti later finds out Subhash da is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaushik Ganguly
Kaushik Ganguly (born 4 August 1968) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Multiple National Film Awards winner Actor-Director, Kaushik Ganguly is known for making films that explore various aspects sexuality, like ''Ushnatar Janye'' (2003), which deals with a lesbian relationship, and ''Arekti Premer Golpo'' (2010), which examines transgender identity & ''Nagarkirtan'' (2017), an LGBTQ Movie. In 2019, ''Film Companion'' ranked Ridhi Sen's performance in ''Nagarkirtan'' which was directed by Ganguly, among ''100 Greatest Performances of the decade.'' Life Ganguly was born in Kolkata on 4 August 1968. His father was guitarist Sunil Ganguly (musician), Sunil Ganguly. He attended Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur and later Jadavpur University where he worked on a degree in Bengali literature. While at university, he started a theatre troupe with his future wife actress Churni Ganguly and Suman Mukhopadhyay (who woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films along with a few Hindi films. He is the youngest actor in India to receive the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ''Nagarkirtan''. He is also known for his work in several other film productions. In 2019, ''Film Companion'' ranked Sen's performance in ''Nagarkirtan'' among ''100 Greatest Performances of the decade.'' Early life Born in Kolkata, Riddhi Sen is the son of Bengalis, Bengali stage and film actor Kaushik Sen and dancer Reshmi Sen, and grandson of actress Chitra Sen and actor Shyamal Sen. Sen has acted on stage from an early age, with his grandmother saying "From a very tender age he is performing at ‘Prachya’, I remember carrying him through the crowds at the age of 3." He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani and is an alumnus of South Point school, Kolkata. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his school for his achievements i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65th National Film Awards
The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Cinema of India, Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. The award ceremony was held on 3 May 2018. Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 2 March 2018. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. * For the Featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sani Ghose Ray
Sani Ghose Ray is an Indian Film director and producer based out of Kolkata. He is also one of the founder members of the production house Acropoliis Entertainment along with a line production company Greyscale Entertainment. The movie Nagarkirtan produced by Sani Ghose Ray has won Special Jury Award at National Film Awards in 2017. Film career Ghose Ray began his career by assisting directors such as Rituparno Ghosh, Sudeshna Roy, and Abhijit Guha. He worked as an Executive Producer / Line Producer / Associate Director on films such as Abohomaan, Sunglass, Khela, Sob Charitra Kalponik, Noukadubi by Rituparno Ghosh, Raavan by Mani Ratnam, Tamasha by Imtiaz Ali, and others, as well as nonfiction TV shows such as "Ghosh & Co.", anchored by Rituparno Ghosh. As producer In 2006, Ghose Ray started Acropoliis Entertainment, a film production company based in Kolkata, along with Snigdha Sumit Basu, Sumit Tinkari Basu and Rajnish Jaichandra Hedao. Ghose Ray started his entrep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritwick Chakraborty
Ritwick Chakraborty is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. He made his debut with Pagal Premi in 2007. Career Chakraborty was associated with Bengali theatre from a very early age. As he grew older he became passionate about acting. After his initial struggle in the Bengali film industry he worked in a few television serials and telefilms. He debuted in the film ''Pagol Premi''. After which, he appeared in Anjan Dutt's cult film '' Chalo Let's Go'', alongside in 2008, followed by '' Cross Connection'' with Rimjhim Mitra, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar, and Raj Chakraborty's ''Le Chakka'', playing the second lead alongside Dev in 2010. He appeared in six films in 2013, and for '' Shabdo'' he won the Filmfare East Best Actor's award in 2014. Chakraborty also produced a 2021 Bengali web series named ''Birohi''. Filmography Films Television and web *''Josh'' *'' Kanakanjali'' *''Ek Paloke Ektu Dekha'' *''Kuheli'' *''Neer Bhanga Jhor'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prabuddha Banerjee
Prabuddha Banerjee is an Indian music director and film composer who primarily works in Bengali films. He collaborated with some well known directors like Kaushik Ganguly, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Indranil Roychowdhury, Srijit Mukherji and Bratya Basu. Discography Awards * National Film Award for Best Music Direction for ''Jyeshthoputro ''Jyeshthoputro'' (Elder son) is a 2019 Indian Bengali language film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and features Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Sudipta Chakraborty and Gargi Roychowdhury. The original story of the film was conceived by R ...'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Prabuddha Living people Indian music directors Indian film score composers Musicians from Kolkata Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirsha Ray
Sirsha Ray is an Indian cinematographer who works in Bengali, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He collaborated with Aparna Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, Srijit Mukherji, Sujoy Ghosh, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Churni Ganguly and Raj Chakraborty. Some of his notable works include ''A Death in the Gunj, Nirbashito, Arshinagar, Shabdo, Maati'' and '' Rocketry: The Nambi Effect.'' Filmography Films Web series Awards * Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for ''A Death in the Gunj ''A Death In The Gunj'' is a 2016 Indian English-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim S ...'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Sirsha Living people Indian cinematographers Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acropoliis Entertainment
Acropoliis Entertainment is an Indian Bengali-language television serial and film production company based in Kolkata, incorporated on 6 October 2006. Acropoliis Entertainment Private Limited has 4 creative directors/key management personnel- Snigdha Sumit Basu, Sumit Tinkari Basu, Rajnish Jaichandra Hedao and Sani Ghose Ray. They started off with shows like ''" Agnipariksha"'' and ''"Rashi"'', and went on to produce many more popular shows on Bengali Television, the most notable ones being- '' Bodhuboron'', ''Raaikishori'', '' Milon Tithi'', '' Aamar Durga'', '' Bokul Kotha'', '' Irabotir Chupkotha'', '' Sanjher Baati'', '' Mon Phagun'', and '' Gaatchora''. Film productions *'' Cross Connection'' (2009) *''Nagarkirtan ''Nagarkirtan'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Sani Ghose Ray. The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute pla ...'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swapnamoy Chakraborty
Swapnamoy Chakraborty (born 24 August 1951) is a Bengalis, Bengali novelist and essayist. Career Chakraborty was born in Kolkata. He worked in the Land Department under the Government of West Bengal and All India Radio, Akashvani Kolkata as an executive director. He started his writing career with short stories. His first short story was published in 1972 in Amrita magazine. Chakraborty's first book ''Bhumi Sutra'' was published in 1982. His book ''Abantinagar'' won the Bankim Puraskar in 2005. He received Ananda Puraskar in 2012 for ''Holde Golap'', a research based novel on LGBT communities. In February 2019, Chakraborty alleged that Kaushik Ganguly’s film ''Nagarkirtan'' was plagiarised from his novel titled Holde Golap but later he revised his views on the film. Works Books: Chatuspathi,Abantinagar,Holde Golap Awards * Bankim Puraskar (2005) * Ananda Puraskar (2015) * Sahitya Akademi Award (2023) References 1951 births Living people Bengali-language writers In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Make-up Artist
The National Film Award for Best Make-up is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 2006, at 54th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Make-up". Multiple Winners • 3 wins : Vikram Gaikwad Recipients Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNational Film Awards Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:National Film Award For Best Make-Up Artist Make-Up Artist A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Costume Design
The National Film Award for Best Costume Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Multiple Wins • 4 wins : Neeta Lulla • 2 wins : Bhanu Athaiya, P. Krishnamoorthy, Indrans Jayan, Dolly Ahluwalia Recipients Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Neeta Lulla has majority of wins in this category with four. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNational Film Awards Archives {{National Film Awards Costume design Costume design is the process of selecting or creating clothing for a performers. A costume may be desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Award For Best Actor
The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry. Called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older than the Directorate of Film Festivals. The State Awards instituted the individual award in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor"; in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor". As of 2024, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 64 "Best Actor" awards to 49 actors. Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus), certificate and a cash prize. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Actor in a Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
