Soumik Halder

Bengali films at international festivals increasingly rely on non-local technicians due to financial constraints and busy schedules of local professionals. Directors often hire Mumbai-based or foreign crews to achieve diverse visual goals, despite criticism from local technicians.

Bengali comedy-drama ‘Abar Bibaho Obhijaan’ is ready to have its digital premiere on a leading OTT platform. The movie, which was released in May this year, has an ensemble star cast that includes some of the most popular faces of Tollywood. The movie features actors Ankush Hazra, Nusraat Faria, Anirban Bhattacharya, Rudranil Ghosh, Priyanka Sarkar and Sohini Sarkar.

A video has gone viral on social media which shows Kili Paul and his sister Nema Paul dancing to the title track of the upcoming Bengali film 'Abar Bibaho Obhojaan'. The video already has over 2 lakh views.

The second song from the upcoming film ‘Abar Bibaho Obhijaan’, a grooving party song ‘Mon Bajare’, is already out and it's a hit among all. The comedy film will release in theatres on June 25.

Nusraat Faria has joined hands with British rapper Mumzy Stranger for her next song ‘Bujhina Toh Tai’ which is already being called the dance anthem of the season. the peppy dance track, choreographed by Baba Yadav, will release on April 21 during Eid.

Team ‘Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan’ had a blast as they celebrated the wrap up with a fun-filled party on Tuesday night. Don't miss the exclusive inside pictures from the party.

The wait is finally over. Now we know when the much-anticipated comedy caper ‘Abar Bibaho Obhijan’ will release and it’s surely exciting news for fans. The sequel to Birsa Dasgupta’s 2019 comedy flick is set to hit the big screens on April 13 ahead of the Bengali New Year. ‘Bibaho Obhijaan’ had all those entertainment elements you would expect in commercial potboilers. We already know the sequel to the comedy caper has been directed by Tollywood’s renowned DOP soumik halder. Jeet Gannguli has composed the music of ‘Abar Bibaho Obhijan’.

This time the cast will be the same as we saw in ‘Bibaho Obhijaan’ and that means Anirban Bhattacharya, Ankush, Rudranil Ghosh, Nusraat Faria and Sohini Sarkar will again start a laugh riot in the sequel. Adding to these star cast, Sourav Das is the latest edition. The shoot has mostly been done in Thailand. Just like the previous film, Rudranil Ghosh has penned the story of the sequel.

The cast will be the same as we saw in ‘Bibaho Obhijaan’ and that means Anirban Bhattacharya, Ankush, Rudranil Ghosh, Nusraat Faria and Sohini Sarkar will again start a laugh riot in the sequel. Adding to these stars, there will be two new faces. The shoot will mostly be done in Thailand and a small portion will be done in Kolkata. Camera will start rolling on November 8. Just like the previous film, Rudranil Ghosh has penned the story of the sequel as well.

‘Ballabhpurer Roopkotha’ which is a quirky horror-comedy revolving around the eccentric story of Ballabhpur Rajbari’s last descendant has already made fans excited. To keep the surprise element intact, there has been no announcement regarding the film’s cast so far. The first teaser is coming out on September 17 and ahead of it the makers dropped the first-look poster of film and it has created quite a lot of buzz among cine buffs.

Anirban Bhattacharya, who floored everyone with his directorial debut, the super hit web series 'Mandaar', is now ready to try his hands in feature films. On Tuesday, the versatile actor kick-started the shoot of his first film as a director 'Ballavpurer Roopkatha' which is a quirky horror-comedy revolving around the eccentric story of Ballavpur Rajbari’s last descendant.

A drunk biker crashed into a film set on New Town Main Arterial Road and injured two actors late on Friday night when the shooting was on for a Hoichoi web series. Actor Priyanka Sarkar fractured her right tibia in the accident while her co-star Arjun Chakrabarty was also injured. They were shooting for the first season of cinematographer-turned-director soumik halder’s ‘Mahabaharat Murders’.

Filmmaker Pratim D Gupta has pulled a casting coup of sorts by roping in Anjan Dutt, Mamata Shankar and Adil Hussain for his new film, Ahare Mon.

Arindam Sil will soon start canning his next, Balighawr — an Indo-Bangla project.

On the sets of Ek Je Chilo Raja of course, yet not so much there.

After Maacher Jhol, a mish-mash of romance, filmmaker Pratim D Gupta is slow-cooking his next film.

Filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly, actor Parambrata Chatterjee, DoP soumik halder and veteran actress Alokananda Ray shoot for Cinemawala at a city studio on Monday morning.