Nimai Ghosh

A Bengali film is competing at a film festival in America that is awarding Will Smith and Nicole Kidman and screening films by Benedict Cumberbatch, Javier Bardem and Kristen Stewart.

The priceless find includes negatives of 100 hitherto unseen photos clicked by Satyajit Ray, over 1,000 unseen negatives of working stills from the sets of the master’s early movies, and letters and telegrams from stalwarts of cinema such as Frank Capra, Arthur C Clarke, Akira Kurosawa and Richard Attenborough.

Director Debaditya Bandopadhyay’s short film ‘2 Taka’ marks the return of former TMC MP and actor Tapas Pal as he plays the lead in this short film. ‘2 Taka’ explores the burning issues associated with financial fraud in recent times.

The 'Only Satyajit' exhibition in Kolkata, supported by The Bengal and others, will be inaugurated by filmmaker Sandip Ray. Curated by Chandranath Chatterjee, it will showcase materials related to Satyajit Ray, including contributions from Debayanee Ray.

A Bengali feature film — ‘Manikbabur Megh’ (MM) — has been selected to compete at the Firebird award of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). This is one of Asia’s oldest international film festivals and was founded in 1976.

Among the many critical patients that doctors at MR Bangur Hospital have successfully treated in this pandemic is a 53-year-old who was admitted with acute respiratory distress on July 22. However, doctors encountered a strange problem while treating Subrata Roy. Even though his oxygen saturation level improved, he feared he would suffocate if taken off oxygen support. Ultimately, his friends — one of them a Covid doctor at a different government hospital — helped wean him off supplemental oxygen.

The director, who wrapped up the shoot of Shivaratri recently, has already begun his next — ShobBahika

The find includes negatives of 100 unseen photos clicked by Satyajit Ray, over 1,000 unseen negatives of working stills from film sets and letters and telegrams from stalwarts of cinema

The two-time Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul, who had wanted to seek refuge in acting after being released on bail in February, is finally staging a comeback. On Sunday, Paul will begin shooting for Debaditya Bandopadhyay’s short film titled “Du Taka” starring Krishnakishore Mukherjee, nimai ghosh and Soma Chakraborty.

Nadia police found the body of a youth from Bahadurpur forest under Dhubulia police station in Nadia district on Sunday morning.

A pride corner was carved out in the Nandan complex on Monday, in the form of an exhibition with the focus on Bengal's 100 years in Indian Cinema.

History is created, written and sometimes, half-written.And as far as the contribution of Bengali filmmakers to Indian cinema is concerned, the history is surely half-written.

An assistant sub-inspector and a police driver have been suspended for breaking service rules during the accident on BT Road on Thursday afternoon. Both are from the wireless branch of Kolkata Police. Joint CP (headquarters) Jawed Shamim has confirmed the suspension.

Trinamool Youth Congress Burdwan district president Bikash Choudhury has claimed that Durjodhan Sar, CPM's Katwa zonal secretary, had planned the murder. Choudhury is absconding at present.

Nineteen years after Satyajit Ray breathed his last in 1992 at the age of 70, cine buffs in the city continue to mourn the passing away of the legendary director.

Monographs on Raja Paranjpe, Himanshu Rai, nimai ghosh and Hiralal Sen will finally be published after a wait of over 15 years.