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.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
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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