Avijatrik, the Bengali film which takes forward the story of Apu from Satyajit Ray’s critically acclaimed Apu Trilogy (1955-1959), premiered on Tuesday at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF).
The West Bengal government on Friday permitted 100% seating capacity in cinema halls and multiplexes across the state from now on.
MK Arjunan, the Malayalam music composer fondly known as Arjunan Master, died in April at 84. Arjunan Master made his debut in playback music composing through Karuthapournami (1968) and created his best work in the 1970s, when he composed numerous soulful melodies that have outlived the films they were featured in. When he won the Kerala State Film Award for music composition for Bhayanakam in 2018, many expressed disbelief that it was Master’s first state award in his career that spans five decades.
The film is based on the true incident of a stampede at at the tallest (88ft long) Durga Pandal in Kolkata in 2015, which injured 11 persons and forced the police to close the pandal in the middle of the festivities. The film, starring Jeet, Abir Chatterjee and Nusrat Jahan, revolves around eccentric genius artist Kigan Mandi (Jeet), who designs and constructs the tallest ever Durga idol with the help and encouragement of his college friend Aditi (Nusrat), much to the chagrin of her estranged, industrialist husband Bodhi (Abir).
Monu Mukherjee, the veteran Bengali actor, died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 90 on Sunday morning, reported Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika. The late actor was suffering from age-related ailments.
The trailer of upcoming Bengali web series Feluda Pherot: Chhinnomostar Obhishaap was released on streaming platform AddaTimes on Twitter on Saturday.
Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji unveiled the poster of his web series Feluda Pherot on Twitter on November 7. The series will stream on OTT platform Adda Times.
To mark the 100th birthday of auteur Satyajit Ray, production house Sree Venkatesh Films (SVF) on Wednesday announced a film which will bring together iconic literary characters Feluda and Shonku both created by Satyajit Ray.
Artistes and activists staged a protest in Kolkata yesterday after filmmaker Anik Dutta’s satire Bhobishyoter Bhoot was pulled out of theatres on Saturday. The police allegedly intervened for ‘public interest’, stating that the film’s content was ‘political’.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has issued a list of new members featuring a few prominent Indian film artistes. The Academy shared a tweet along with a video message by Steven Spielberg. As many as 928 new members, including 20 Indian film personalities, were invited in order to enhance diversity.
After garnering immense appreciation and a standing ovation for Anurag Kashyap’s sports-drama Mukkabaaz, Vineet Kumar Singh will be next seen in Adhar which will be produced by the National Award-winning Newton filmmaker Manish Mundra.
Actor-filmmaker Prabhudheva has choreographed Amitabh Bachchan for a song and the actor seems to have had a tough time shaking a leg at age 75.
Jaishankar earned the title of the ‘South Indian James Bond’ because of this film, which was loosely based on the classic French movie, Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117. Comedian Thengai Srinivasan played the detective’s assistant, Raju.Directed by duo Durai-Bhagavan, the franchise was so popular that similar films were made in other south Indian languages as well, with Prem Nazir (Malayalam), Krishna (Telugu) and Jaishankar (Tamil) playing CIDs.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) announced the official selections for its Indian Panorama segment for the year 2021 on Saturday. The list of films to be screened at the 52nd edition of the festival will include India’s entry to the 2022 Academy Awards, the Tamil movie Koozhangal.
Rahul Vohra, the actor and YouTuber, died of Covid-19-related complications on May 8 at the Rajeev Gandhi super speciality hospital in New Delhi, a few hours after seeking help on social media platforms for better treatment claiming lack of oxygen supply in the hospital.