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  • Eros International & makers of Belaseshe unite to release Bengali film Praktan across India

    Eros International & makers of Belaseshe unite to release Bengali film Praktan across India

    Mumbai, May 12, 2016: Following the unprecedented success of Belaseshe, Eros International, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, joins hands with directors Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, the makers of Belaseshe, once again to release Bengali film Praktan (Former) starring the biggest stars of the Bengali film industry—Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta—across India on May 27. Praktan is the first Bengali film to be released nationally and internationally on same day.

    Directed by Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, the romantic drama that beautifully captures the importance of memories, will bring together Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta after 15 years. The film also stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anupam Roy, Anindya Chaterjee among others. The popular singer, lyricist and music director, Anupam Roy, of Piku fame, will be debuting as an actor in this film.

    Eros anticipates a universal appeal for this film among discerning audiences across India, therefore, apart from Bangalore, Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Pune, the company also plans to release Praktan in newer markets across India.

    Commenting on the vast pan India release, Nandu Ahuja, Senior VP, India Theatricals, Eros International said, “We want to open up markets for Bengali films across the country, enter untapped, newer territories such as Baroda, Patna, Indore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow and Chandigarh. We are happy to unite with Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy once again after the tremendous success of Belaseshe. With the biggest stars in the Bengali industry, hit music and an intriguing story, I am sure Praktan will woo audiences across India.”

    Director Shiboprasad Mukherjee added, “After Belaseshe, we are associating with Eros yet again and together for the first time we will bring Praktan, a Bengali film to the national and international audience on the same day as Kolkata. We are grateful to Eros for their support for Bengali cinema.”

  • Eros International & makers of Belaseshe unite to release Bengali film Praktan across India

    Eros International & makers of Belaseshe unite to release Bengali film Praktan across India

    Mumbai, May 12, 2016: Following the unprecedented success of Belaseshe, Eros International, a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, joins hands with directors Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, the makers of Belaseshe, once again to release Bengali film Praktan (Former) starring the biggest stars of the Bengali film industry—Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta—across India on May 27. Praktan is the first Bengali film to be released nationally and internationally on same day.

    Directed by Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, the romantic drama that beautifully captures the importance of memories, will bring together Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta after 15 years. The film also stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anupam Roy, Anindya Chaterjee among others. The popular singer, lyricist and music director, Anupam Roy, of Piku fame, will be debuting as an actor in this film.

    Eros anticipates a universal appeal for this film among discerning audiences across India, therefore, apart from Bangalore, Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Pune, the company also plans to release Praktan in newer markets across India.

    Commenting on the vast pan India release, Nandu Ahuja, Senior VP, India Theatricals, Eros International said, “We want to open up markets for Bengali films across the country, enter untapped, newer territories such as Baroda, Patna, Indore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Lucknow and Chandigarh. We are happy to unite with Shiboprasad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy once again after the tremendous success of Belaseshe. With the biggest stars in the Bengali industry, hit music and an intriguing story, I am sure Praktan will woo audiences across India.”

    Director Shiboprasad Mukherjee added, “After Belaseshe, we are associating with Eros yet again and together for the first time we will bring Praktan, a Bengali film to the national and international audience on the same day as Kolkata. We are grateful to Eros for their support for Bengali cinema.”

  • Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar to attend KLF’s inaugural ceremony

    Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar to attend KLF’s inaugural ceremony

    KOLKATA: Publishers and Book Sellers Guild announced the second edition of Kolkata Literature Festival (KLF) through a press conference in Kolkata. 

     

    President of Publishers and Book Sellers Guild Tridib Chatterjee said that Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar along with renowned actor Soumitra Chatterjee and author Shobha De will join the inaugural ceremony of KLF on 6 February.

     

    KLF will be held from 6 – 8 February at the KLF Auditorium (SBI Auditorium) inside the Milan Mela premises, where the International Kolkata Book Fair, one of the largest book fair in terms of footfall, has already begun from 28 January.

     

    “Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar will be present at the inaugural ceremony. Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen will be present on the closing day of the KLF,” Chatterjee informed.

     

    Bookworms and bibliophiles are expected to bask in the winter sun and meet literary writers.

     

    Renowned dancer Alokananda Roy is likely to showcase a dance performance on Tagore’s songs and on the life of Jesus Christ.

     

    Roy said that the prisoners from Dumdum correctional home, Presidency jail, Alipore women’s correctional home and Medinipore jail are also likely to perform in her dance programme.

  • Bengali filmmaker makes film based on Delhi gang rape

    Bengali filmmaker makes film based on Delhi gang rape

    NEW DELHI: While a private television channel had been refused permission to telecast a crime show based on this theme, a Bengali filmmaker inspired by the December protests over the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist in New Delhi is hoping his film would help change people‘s mindset.

    Milan Bhowmik says the message of his film is that anti-rape laws or street protests alone cannot stop a social menace, and the conscience of people needs to be changed.

    Bhowmik‘s film, titled "Nirbhoya" in Bengali, is based on media reports of the incident and his meeting with the victim‘s family, although the film would have fictional characters in West Bengal.

    He admitted that it was the Delhi gang rape and the huge protest that rocked the nation which inspired the film but said the protests also provoked him to think if such an agitation alone can stop the crime.

    He also said incidents of rape had not shown a decline despite the protests and the change in law.

    Bhowmik said the film would have shots of the bus cruising through the streets of New Delhi and passing through several police checkpoints.

    While the filmmaker is little known outside West Bengal, the cast includes acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee.

    Bhowmik said filming for "Nirbhoya" is scheduled to finish next month and it would open in cinemas within a couple of months.

  • Weinstein Company acquires US distribution rights of YRF’s Grace of Monaco

    Weinstein Company acquires US distribution rights of YRF’s Grace of Monaco

    MUMBAI: The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired the US distribution rights of YRF Entertainment‘s upcoming international fare Grace Of Monaco produced by Uday Chopra.


    The film is directed by Olivier Dahan from a screenplay by Arash Amel. Pierre-Ange le Pogam of Stone Angels and Arash Amel are the co-producers.


    Commenting on the deal, Dahan said: “It has been a wonderful experience to be working with Nicole, Tim, Frank, and the whole group. I am very happy now to share the experience with Monsieur Weinstein and the whole team at TWC. This is exciting.”
     
    Grace Of Monaco is set to release on 27 December. Its release has been based on the model the company used for the Academy Award winning Iron Lady.


    “More than thirty years after her death, Grace Kelly‘s story continues to be one of insurmountable allure and we are so happy Olivier Dahan has brought it new life,” said TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein. “As always, Nicole Kidman‘s commanding performance is the perfect portrait of a woman who was not only royalty, but who also remains a legend of the silver screen and fashion icon,” he added.


    Grace Of Monaco tells the story of efforts by the late Princess Grace of Monaco to make peace between her adopted country and France. The 33-year old Grace, having just given up an acting career to become Monaco‘s First Lady, maneuvered through a political minefield to resolve the situation.


    The film stars Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman in the lead role as Grace Kelly and Tim Roth as her husband Prince Rainier III. The film also features Frank Langella, Paz Vega, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia and Derek Jacobi in supporting roles.


    Soumitra Chatterjee is ready; no for any shot of Sandip Roy. He is ready to face Abbey Lustgarten who is behind the camera. Do you know Abbey? This lady is in the charge of making special collections of Sayajit Ray‘s special 18 films. Soumitra is before Abbey to answer her questions about Apur Sanssar , Charulata and Kapurush O Mahapurush.


    Abbey is associated with Criterion Collection the role of which is to restore the classic films of Chap lion, Bergman, Kurosawa and others. If you are interested to view all these movies you can have the chance to visit them a new. Sandip Ray son of Satyajit Ray is overwhelmed while speaking about the American company. According to him the film would be digitally restored by the organisation.As a result the film will be morre dazzling and some shots that have not been viewed beforehand are to be viewed with the aid of their expertise.


    Besides these there are the dialogues of the persons who are associated with those films. It can be known from the page of the script what idea was tormenting the director at the very time.You can have the idea of costume, posters too. The added thing you are to get is the opinions of the specialists that will help you to make the film more comprehensible. Abbey Lustgarten informs.


    According to Sandip Ray the team of Abbey Lustgarten have come to India with perfect homework so it is not easy to dupe them by any means. Already the interview of Sharmila Tagore has been taken. In Kolkata Madhabi Mukhopadhyay, Ramesh Sen and Soumendu Roy have been contacted too from the part of the team.

  • Dadasaheb Phalke award for Soumitra Chatterjee

    Dadasaheb Phalke award for Soumitra Chatterjee

    MUMBAI: Bengali film actor Soumitra Chatterjee will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award on 3 May.

    Confirming the news to Indiantelevison.com, Chatterjee said he is happy since the Dada Saheb Phalke Award has not been tainted by petty politics or biases. He said he had been reminded of his senior Satyajit Ray and Tapan Sinha, who have also been honoured in the past.

    Ray had got the award for 1984 and Sinha for 2006.

    Born on 19 January 1935, Chatterjee is known for his frequent collaborations with Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with screen idol Uttam Kumar.

    His centrality to Ray‘s work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema – Mifune and Kurosawa, Mastroianni and Fellini, De Niro and Scorsese, DiCaprio and Scorsese, Max von Sydow and Ingmar Bergman and Jerzy Stuhr and Kielowski. He also worked with Sharmila Tagore in a number of Ray films.

    Chatterjee also featured as Feluda/Pradosh Chandra Mitter, the famous private investigator from Calcutta in Ray‘s Feluda series of books, in two films in the 1970s Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath.

    Ghare Baire, an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore‘s novel of the same name and one of Ray‘s major ventures of the 1980s, featured Chatterjee in a leading role in the character of a radical revolutionary in a love triangle with his friend‘s wife. These roles showcased Chatterjee‘s versatility in playing diverse characters, especially in an urban setting.