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Raghava Lawrence will begin work on a new film in his Muni franchise soon
Guru Somasundaram will team up with Chandini for a new film
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Ajith fans recently made a 57 kg idly to celebrate the release of Vivegam
Rest In Peace
Country’s oldest cinematographer Ramanda Sengupta, who worked with legends like Jean Renoir, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen, died in Kolkata on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a statement.
Sengupta, 101, left behind his son.
Born on May 8, 1916 in Dhaka, Sengupta studied in Santiniketan in his formative years and got his first break in 1938 when he joined Film Corporation of India in Kolkata (then Calcutta) as an assistant cameraman.
His first film as a full-time cinematographer was in Purbaraag directed by Ardhendu Mukherjee in 1946.
Two years later, French Adirector Jean Renoir came to Kolkata to shoot The River (Le Fleuve, released in 1951), and Sengupta joined him initially as a clapper boy, but ended up as the operating cameraman while the auteur’s nephew Claude Renoir was director of photography.
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Actors Aditi Sharma, Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Singers Himani Kapoor, Vaishali will all turn a year older today!