Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
Bengal’s 700 single-screen halls have dwindled to 130 but south Kolkata’s Priya Cinema is still drawing housefulls. ‘We have marketed and positioned ourselves for decades.’
Reports this week alleged that Ray’s ancestral home in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh was being razed, sparking outcry. However, the demolition was also reportedly halted.
MEA’s statement comes in response to local reports that ancestral home of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Ray’s grandfather, is being demolished in Bangladesh after years of neglect.
Vignettes from 130 years of children’s literature came together in Becoming, an exhibition that resonated with adults too. It ran from 28 April to 6 May.
In ‘The State and New Cinema in Contemporary India’, Sudha Tiwari examines the setting up and roles of the Film Finance Corporation and the National Film Development Corporation.
West Bengal and Bangladesh desperately need a new fictional sleuth, and Aranya Chatterjee from ‘Aranyer Prachin Probad’ perfectly fits the bill. He’s a med student who loves cricket and reading.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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