Bengali

You can always amp up your fashion quotient by adding a pop of colour to your hair and it seems Parno Mittra has taken it quite seriously. The dusky beauty has stunned everyone with her latest hair colour. She coloured her hair red for a photoshoot ahead of Durga Puja and since then people have loved her new look. It impressed the actress so much that she decided to continue with the new hair colour.Her laughter can light up a room and her energy is infectious and that’s how Parno sets our hearts racing. The ‘Urojahaj’ actress says it’s like red alert with her hair these days and it’s making heads turn. The versatile actress took to her Instagram handle to share a stunning seaside picture in which you can see her facing the sea and enjoying the scenic beauty. What grabbed our attention the most is her hair colour and it looks absolutely stunning in red. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Queen P (@parnomittra) something nice and different. She is taking extra care of her hair post colouring. She goes to the salon for hair spa twice a month and washes her hair with colour-guard shampoo every alternate day. Also, Parno didn’t colour her hair from the roots, so that’s also a plus point for her. A glimpse of Parno’s Instagram timeline will give you enough reason to get inspired by her always happy and positive nature. She […]

The wait is finally over. Raj Chakraborty’s much-anticipated socio-political drama ‘Dharmajuddho’ has locked its release date. The film will hit the big screens on January 21 next year ahead of the Republic Day weekend. With an ensemble casting of Swatilekha Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty, Subhashree Ganguly, Parno Mittra, and Soham, ‘Dharmajuddho’ revolves around a small town of Ismailpur, which suffers an apocalyptic night as the town descends to anarchy as a sudden communal riot breaks out. Four victims, rivals to each other, take shelter in an old woman’s home, who awaits her son’s arrival. Conflicts break out within the four members as the outside anxiety grips all of them, with the old woman playing the role of a pacifier throughout the fateful night. As dawn cracks, the four members are met with conscience as the old woman’s crestfallen truth unravels upon them; thus bringing upon the realisation that humanity is the foremost religion. Meanwhile, Raj has another film in the pipeline waiting for release. The social drama, ‘Habji Gabji’ starring Parambrata Chatterjee and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead for the first time will address a socially relevant issue like the young generation is obsessed with mobile and internet gaming. In fact, the title has been derived from a hugely popular mobile game PUBG. In the film, Parambrata and Subhashree play working parents who can’t give enough time to their kid and the kid is getting lost more and more in the virtual […]

Ritabhari Chakraborty is on cloud nine after having represented Bengal at the inaugural ceremony of IFFI this year. “I truly believe Bengal deserves to be at the centre of limelight. I performed on a national stage to a set that featured all Bengali songs – I think that is a powerful statement in itself. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ritabhari Chakraborty (@ritabhari_chakraborty) I am extremely grateful to have shared the stage with bigwigs of the industry such as Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, Shraddha Kapoor, Genelia D’Souza, Riteish Deshmukh, Mouni Roy and others,” said the elated actress. Out of all the experiences, one that Ritabhari says will stay with her forever is the brush with Salman. “The red carpet will always remain very special because I got to meet Salman Khan during the photoshoot. Such a gentleman he is! I vacated the photoshoot floor for him and he thanked me for it after he wrapped up. I also wanted to take a photo with him and he patiently waited till my manager clicked one on her phone. I was awestruck by his humility – he is so grounded despite being a superstar. His performance was electrifying too,” said Ritabhari.

Amid all those gossip and rumours surrounding them, Nusrat Jahan and Yash Dasgupta are pairing up for their third film together in Shieladitya Moulik’s next political drama. Titled ‘Mastermoshai Apni Kichu Dekhenni’, the film will see another male lead but it hasn’t been decided who will play the role. The Shubh Muhurat is already done and now, if everything goes according to plan, the shooting will start in December. Shieladitya doesn’t want to divulge much about the storyline right now but he’s super excited about the project, “In the film mastermoshai witnesses the murder of his favourite student who was killed by someone who is not only a student of the teacher but also the boyfriend of his own daughter. Through this killing, we will see the student politics scenario of West Bengal taking a roller coaster ride.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shieladitya Moulik (@shieladitya_official) He further adds this is a tribute to iconic filmmaker Tapan Sinha as well, “The title of the film will surely grab attention. This is our tribute to the legendary Tapan Sinha. We all are aware of the famous dialogue from his film, Atanka. Our film’s backdrop is quite similar to Tapan Sinha’s film. It focuses on student politics. However, over the years so many things and we will highlight these changes and the transition.” This will be interesting to see how Shieladitya handles such a serious topic like students politics in ‘Mastermoshai Apni Kichu […]

A Kolkata court has ruled that the controversial wedding of Nikhil Jain and Nusrat Jahan is not valid. The court declared it wasn’t a legal wedding between the estranged couple. Earlier in June this year, actor-politician Nusrat Jahan had released a shocking statement claiming that her marriage with Nikhil Jain happened according to Turkish law and that’s why it isn’t valid in India. She also alleged that her family jewelry and some other assets were ‘illegally held back’ by Nikhil. She even claimed that her “funds were mishandled” from several accounts without her permission. Stating Nusrat Jahan and Nikhil Jain’s wedding as an invalid one, a Kolkata court on Wednesday said, “It is declared that the alleged marriage held on 19/06/2019 at Bodrum, Turkey in between the plaintiff and the defendant is not legally valid. The suit is, thus, disposed off on admission.” Incidentally, Nikhil Jain had already filed for an annulment. After Nusrat Jahan announced their marriage invalid in India, Nikhil had claimed that he repeatedly urged Nusrat to get the marriage registered, but she didn’t do it. Earlier, Nikhil had also revealed that have been separated since November last year. Nusrat Jahan got married to Nikhil Jain on June 19, 2019, after dating for some time. Their marriage was an intimate ceremony in Turkey and they later hosted a wedding reception in Kolkata. Right now, Nusrat is in a relationship with actor Yash Dasgupta. In August, Nusrat gave birth […]

After much delay due to the pandemic, director duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy’s ‘Belashuru’ is finally releasing in theatres. But, you will have to wait for next year as the film, conceived as a prequel to ‘Belaseshe’ (2015), will hit the big screens on May 20, 2022. It’s one of the last films of late Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Swatilekha Sengupta. ‘Belashuru’ will also have Rituparna Sengupta, Aparajita Adhya, Kharaj Mukherjee and Indrani Dutta reprising their roles that left us in awe 6 years ago. Not just ‘Belashuru’, Shiboprosad and Nandita are eagerly waiting for a few other releases which have been made under the banner of their home production. “It has been a tough time through the pandemic with theatres across the nation being shut for a long time. Now, as the screens reopen, we are glad to announce the much-awaited releases of four films that we shot and completed in the hiatus. ‘Lokkhichhele’ and ‘Baba Baby O’ are making great chatter across film festivals even before the release and now we can’t wait to present our hard work to the audience,” Shiboprosad shared while speaking about the upcoming releases they are looking forward to. ‘Belashuru’ is close to the director duo’s hearts since it will be a tribute to Soumitra and Swatilekha. They had worked with Soumitra Chattopadhyay in films like ‘Bela Sheshe’, ‘Praktan’ and ‘Posto’, while in ‘Bela Sheshe’ and ‘Posto’ the Soumitra-Swatilekha pair had delivered a supreme performance. So when ‘Belashuru’ releases it […]

Sayantani Ghosh, who is all set to tie the knot on December 5 with his longtime boyfriend Anugrah Tiwari, will land in Kolkata on December 2. Anugrah, who is associate with Kolkata’s fitness industry, will arrive in the city with his family on December 4. Speaking to us about the wedding, Sayantani said, “Our biyer logno is at 4.50 pm on December 5. Though the wedding will be a close-knit affair, we will do kanya daan, sindoor daan, mala bodol and saat phera. We will do the registry on the same day. In the morning, we’ll have gaye holud.” When asked about their relationship in an interview, the actress, who is currently busy shooting for Tera Yaar Hoon Main, said, “We met through a common friend more than eight years back. After being friends for seven-eight months, it turned into a romantic relationship. There was no dating phase as such; no one proposed to the other, as we could somehow figure out our feelings for each other. But I so wanted my man to go on his knees and propose to me!” The actress went on to add that they were planning to get married sooner. “We had to postpone it because of the pandemic. But now, since the situation is better, we finally decided to go ahead with it. And as Anugrah and I are busy with our work schedules, our families are taking care of all the […]

It has been 12 months since we lost Soumitra Chattopadhyay, the man who used to straddle Bengali cinema just like a colossus from 1959. Soumitra had entered the world of cinema with Satyajit Ray’s ‘Apur Sansar’ and their journey continued with 13 more films. However, many believe his stint with Ray films had actually overshadowed his equally brilliant works with other iconic filmmakers such as Tapan Sinha, Asit Sen, Ajoy Kar, Mrinal Sen and Tarun Mazumder to name a few. Interestingly, Soumitra Chattopadhyay had always believed that he became a household name because of the success of his works with other directors. Veteran actor Paran Bandopadhyay who knew the thespian closely feels the same. “His second film after ‘Apur Sansar’ was also a super hit. Soumitra Chattopadhyay worked with so many directors, like Tarun Mazumdar (‘Ektuku Basa’, ‘Sansar Simante’, ‘Ganadevata’), Harisadhan Dasgupta (‘Eki Onge Eto Rup’), Ajoy Kar (‘Saat Pake Bandha’, ‘Malyadan’), Nityananda Datta (‘Baksha Badal’), Mrinal Sen (‘Akash Kusum’ and ‘Mahaprithibi’), Inder Sen (‘Pratham Kadam Phul’), Salil Datta (‘Stree’ and ‘Aparichita’), Saroj Dey (‘Koni’), O C Ganguly (‘Kinu Goalar Goli’), Asit Sen (‘Swaralipi’) and Ashutosh Bandopadhyay (‘Teen Bhubaner Pare’) to name a few. The list is huge. I can’t mention each and every film. The fact is there were even some directors who had no problem with Soumitra prioritizing Ray’s films over theirs. I think if he wasn’t introduced to the world of Satyajit Ray films, Soumitra Chattopadhyay still will be a significant figure with his […]

Role play: I loved playing Pakhi in Baba Yadav’s yet-untitled film, starring Ankush and Subhashree. Though Pakhi is a ghost, she is just like me in real life. She loves to play games, listen to music, pull pranks on others and loves her family. Both of us are avid pet lovers too. Acting is my passion and I love being in front of the camera. I’ll continue to balance my studies and acting. Studies matter: My parents have taught me that there can’t be any alternative to studies and hence, I take it very seriously. I plan my shooting schedule in a way that doesn’t require me to miss my classes. I attend my online classes between the shots. My favourite subject is mathematics. Health is priority: This pandemic has taught us that health is wealth. So, I make sure to eat healthily and maintain a good lifestyle. I have a balanced diet, drink lots of water and sleep for at least eight hours daily. I carry homemade food to the sets to avoid eating outside and daily exercise is a must for me.

Srijit Mukherji has finally wrapped up the shoot of his second Hindi film ‘Shabaash Mithu’, the biopic of Indian cricketer Mithali Raj. In the film, Taapsee Pannu plays the role of the Indian women’s cricket team captain. On Tuesday, Srijit took to his social media handle to announce the wrap-up news. Sharing a post-wrap-up picture with the cast of the film he wrote, “The saga finally ends…it’s a wrap for Shabaash Mithu!” Srijit was roped in to direct the sports biopic after filmmaker Rahul Dholakia had to quit the project because of the change in schedule. The film went on floors in Mumbai in April, but the shoot was put on hold because of the second wave of COVID-19. ‘Shabaash Mithu’ has also been shot at the iconic Lord’s cricket ground and it was a dream come true moment for Srijit. Now, after wrapping up the Taapsee Pannu- starrer sports biopic, Srijit is ready with his next Hindi project. Titled ‘Sherdil’, the film will see Pankaj Tripathi in the lead alongside Neeraj Kabi and Sayani Gupta. If all goes according to plan, the shooting will start from November 18. According to the latest reports, the critically acclaimed director recently did a recce in North Bengal’s Gorumara National Park and ‘Sherdil’ is likely to be shot there. Srijit’s film ‘Sherdil’ was announced in 2019 and the shooting was supposed to start in 2020 but due to the pandemic it got stalled. The plot focuses […]

Chiranjeet Chakraborty and Kamaleswar Mukherjee are teaming up for an upcoming psychological thriller ‘Mrityur Rong Dhushor’ which will be directed by young filmmaker Vikram Aditya Arjun. Besides the two senior actors, the film also has a bunch of young talented actors including Ranojoy Bishnu, Oindrila Bosu, Kinjal Nanda, Soumita among others. The story starts with a series of murders as the mystery intensified after some young girls and boys get killed. However, the local police fail to solve the mystery and a special investigation team from Lalbazar takes over the case to find the killer. But, these special investigation officers, too, are clueless about the murders. Soon it’s revealed that a psycho killer is behind all these. Will the police be able to catch the killer? What’s the killer’s motive? All these questions will be answered in the gripping murder mystery. The thriller will be shot in and around Kolkata from November 21 while the makers are eyeing a next year release for the film. Chiranjeet will be seen as the man leading the special investigation team from Lalbazar. “In this thriller I play the chief of crime department of Lalbazar. I get so many offers these days but I have always accepted roles that are part of a good script. The moment I saw the script I was really impressed. The story is quite smart and that’s why I said yes. I am not doing any other film or web […]

It’s finally a wrap for Arindam Sil’s next film in the Shabor franchise, ‘Tirandaj Shabor’. The thriller was shot in Maithon, Kolkata and Asansol for 19 days in two phases. The director is quite happy that Saswata Chatterjee, who reprises the role of Shabor Dasgupta in the film, has already lost weight and is now into fitness. Saswata, too, is quite excited to reprise his all-time favourite character since detective Shabor Dasgupta has huge popularity among cine buffs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Arindam Sil (@arindamsil) Speaking about the cast of ‘Tirandaj Shabor’, the ‘Mayakumari’ director had earlier said: “Saswata Chatterjee, Subhrajit, Devlina Kumar, Padmanabha Dasgupta, Joydip Kundu, Anirban Chakraborti, Shankar Chakraborty, Debjani Chatterjee and many more are in this film. There will be a really special actor in a crucial character which remains a surprise. I will also introduce Rammani who is a brilliant dancer and she plays one of the important characters.” Interestingly, Nigel Akkara will be seen in an important role of a taxi driver in the film. This is the first time the talented actor is working with Arindam.