Bengali Cinema

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18 Mar 2019

Kolkata: 'Basanta Bilap' actor Chinmoy Roy dies at 79

79-year-old veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy has died, family sources said today.

23 Feb 2019

Will definitely make a Bengali film one day: Shoojit Sircar

Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, who has directed several excellent movies like Piku, October, and Vicky Donor, said he is still learning to emulate the works of great Bengali directors and will definitely make a Bengali film one day.

01 Oct 2018

My age group is little tricky, says actor Riddhi Sen

Riddhi Sen, the youngest actor to win National Award, says he is lucky to have been offered different projects as he believes it is tough for artistes his age to find interesting roles.

18 Sep 2018

Durga Puja music video featuring Sourav Ganguly coming up soon

A Bengali music video on Durga Puja featuring cricket icon Sourav Ganguly along with popular film actresses will be launched soon.

06 Sep 2018

Telly actor found hanging in hotel room in West Bengal

Television actor Payal Chakraborty has been found hanging in a hotel room in Siliguri, North Bengal, under mysterious circumstances, police said.

08 Jul 2018

Kolkata: TV actor arrested for threatening female co-star

TV actor Sanjay Mukherjee, popular in Kolkata industry as Joy Mukherjee, has been arrested by police from Tollygunge police station area yesterday after actress Sayantika Banerjee lodged a complaint alleging that she was threatened by the actor and her car was stopped in the middle of the road.

17 Jun 2018

Success of contemporary films inspiring Tollywood to experiment with unexplored-subjects

The success of contemporary Bengali films in the recent times has inspired directors and actors of Tollywood industry to toy with diverse genres and unexplored subjects.

20 Sep 2017

Bengali actress Kanchana Moitra molested, bullied on road

Bengali actress Kanchana Moitra has alleged she was molested and bullied by a group of men when she was returning home from a shoot yesterday night in Kolkata.