At a panel discussion titled ‘Ghatak at 100: New Interventions’, writer Maitreyee Bhattacharyya Chowdhury looks at Ritwik Ghatak beyond Kolkata—'He is Northeast’s jamai’.
Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s Lokkhikantopur Local marked a shift in how domestic workers are shown in films. But not long ago, Bengali cinema portrayed them as the epitome of timidity.
As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.
The movie will be headlined by Siddharth Randeria, known for his plays and live performances. Hitu Kanodia of ‘Vash’ fame will also be a part of the project.
New narratives, clever marketing, and government push promise a superhit 2025 and a fitting reply to Anurag Kashyap, who called Bengali cinema 'ghatiya'.
For the Bengali audience, seeing Dev Adhikari and Subhashree Ganguly together on stage was as heartening as spotting Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan at IIFA 2025.
Before ‘Bohurupi’, Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy’s 2023 film ‘Raktabeej’ had impressed audiences by capturing the beauty of the Bengali countryside.
The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'
Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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