Bengali Cinema
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Bengali film ‘Jhilli’ provides a scorching view of life in the dumps
Ishaan Ghose’s award-winning first feature follows characters who eke out a living at a garbage disposal site.
Nandini Ramnath
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Sarat Chandra classic is now a film set in the present: ‘Drifters like Srikanto are still alive’
Starring Ritwick Chakraborty, Jyotika Jyoti and Rahul, ‘Rajlokhi o Srikanto’ is based on the four-part novel ‘Srikanto’.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Gold rush: What’s with all these Bengalis hunting for treasure in the movies?
The May 24 release ‘Durgeshgorer Guptodhon’ is the latest Bengali treasure hunt film.
Devarsi Ghosh
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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‘A key moment in the history of Bangla’: Prosenjit Chatterjee on the world of ‘Mahalaya’
Prosenjit Chatterjee’s production ‘Mahalaya’, directed by Soumik Sen, will be out on March 1.
Devarsi Ghosh
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‘All Bengali middle-class crises occur indoors’: Mainak Bhaumik on ‘Crisscross’
Mainak Bhaumik has adapted Smaranjit Chakraborty’s bestseller ‘Crisscross’ for director Birsa Dasgupta.
Devarsi Ghosh
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‘Some films are more personal than others’: Parambrata Chatterjee on ‘Sonar Pahar’
Tanuja plays the neglected matriarch who befriends a young boy in the upcoming Bengali movie.
Chandrima Pal
Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Seven Bengali films in a single week: The no-win game of Durga puja releases
Boon or bane? Filmmakers and producers believe that the Bengali box office cannot sustain multiple releases.
Devarsi Ghosh
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The secret of Bengali cinema’s most powerful producers: ‘Keep making mistakes, keep making flops’
The story of how Shree Venkatesh Films, set up by cousins Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni, emerged as one of the powerhouse producers in Kolkata.
Chandrima Pal
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Petition filed against film on Dhananjoy Chatterjee hanging
Anil Kumar Singh has alleged that the film indulges in character assassination of the victim.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Dhananjoy Chatterjee, hanged for rape in Kolkata 13 years ago, gets a retrial through a movie
Arindam Sil’s ‘Dhananjoy’ reopens the case file of the security guard, who was hanged on charges of raping and murdering Hetal Parekh in 1990.
Chandrima Pal
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Why the Bengali films of Nandita Roy and Shiboprosad Mukherjee are always on the money
Behind the uninterrupted run of the hugely successful directing duo, tight budgets, middle class values and aspirations, and a lack of frills.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Hit pair behind ‘Belaseshe’ and ‘Praktan’ score again with ‘Posto’
Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy prove that they know what Bengali audiences pay to watch.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time