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Topic: Bengali cinema

Raktabeej & Pradhan to Bonbibi—are films playing political opposition in Bengal?

Bengali films are taking on hot-button issues as Lok Sabha elections approach, from hits like Raktabeej and Pradhan, both starring Trinamool Congress leaders, to the upcoming Bonbibi.

Anurag Kashyap is wrong, Bengali cinema isn’t ‘ghatiya’. But dubbed Pushpa, KGF are winning

Kashyap’s comment that Bengali cinema has become ‘ghatiya’ has triggered rage and self-loathing. But the real problem is that Tollywood has been reduced to a cottage industry.

Bengali cinema is in a Kolkata rut. Can Sundarbans goddess Bonbibi pull it out?

Bengali film ‘Bonbibi’, slated for release on 8 March, marks a departure from Kolkata-centric stories. Producer Rana Sarkar says it could be West Bengal’s answer to ‘Kantara’.

Bengali films facing identity crisis. Losing box office battle to Pathaans and RRRs

When movies do dive deep into Bengali essentialism, they tend to be unrelatable to a large audience, often indulging in esoteric plots.

Khufiya to Kadak Singh, India is warming up to Bangladeshi actors. ‘Talent is finally getting shared’

For many Bangladeshi actors, Bollywood is a natural progression from Tollywood, the film industry of West Bengal.

Parambrata Chatterjee is a ‘man written by a woman’. He is Bengali cinema’s Irrfan Khan

Parambrata avoids the commercial, and often toxic male hero. OTT offers him a chance to explore the other side of masculinity like Dr Sudip from Bulbul & Satyaki in Kahaani.

SVF is West Bengal’s own YRF. But this Tollywood kingmaker began with a rejection

Begun by two cousins in the 1990s, SVF has its fingers in many pies from film and TV to OTT platform Hoichoi. It has also constructed almost 20 theatres across West Bengal.

Bengali cinema has an addiction problem—Now, Byomkesh, Feluda detective-verse about to expand

When Dibakar Banerjee tried to contemporarise Byomkesh merging 3 stories to make the 2015 Hindi film starring Sushant Singh Rajput, it wasn’t stomached easily.

Price of failed ambition? Tough question for Bengal film world as 4 women found dead in 15 days

Pallavi Dey, Bidisha De Majumdar, Manjusha Neogi and Saraswati Das — four members of Bengali entertainment industry have been found dead within a fortnight.

Bollywood has miles to go before it can produce Kaala, Asuran, Karnan or even a Jai Bhim

Tamil film industry used to be like any other Indian film Industry about a decade ago. But then it delved into anti-caste movies that even Hindi and Bengali new wave films didn't.

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The Bengal Files has made sure Kolkata dusts history books to find out real Gopal Mukherjee

Whether it is due to the alleged unofficial ban on The Bengal Files or allegations by Gopal Mukherjee’s family against Agnihotri, everyone in the state wants to know more about Mukherjee.

Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?