Tarun Majumdar was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Awards, five Filmfare Awards and an Anandalok Award. In 1990, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award. He is recognized as one of the greatest influential filmmakers of India. His few movies were restored and digitized by the National Film Archive of India, along with his Contemporaries Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, Goutam Ghose. He is Legendary filmmaker for Ganadevata in 1978, Nimantran in 1971,Palatak in 1963.
Ranjit Mallick is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. Though he has starred in parallel films like Interview, Calcutta 71, Shakha Proshakha and romantic comedy like Mouchak; he is particularly known for appearing in action films such as Shatru, Guru Dakshina, Jibon Niye Khela etc. In later years, he has further received praise for playing supporting roles in Sathi, Nater Guru, Gyarakal, Chander Bari and Bajimaat. He was also the Sheriff of Kolkata for the year 2014.
Anandalok Puraskar or Anandalok Awards ceremony is an award ceremony for Bengali film in India. The Anandalok, only film magazine in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and Ananda Bazar Patrika presents this award (Puraskar). The magazine was started on 25 January 1975 and the awards ceremony was started in 1998.
Mahakaal is a 2008 Indian Bengali film directed by Swapan Ghosal.
Manik is a Bengali action drama film released in 2005. It was written and directed by Probhat Roy and chief assistant director was Madhuchhanda Sengupta, the movie featured Jeet, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick. This film was shot at Kalimpong Golf Course.
Yuddho is a 2005 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Ravi Kinnagi. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, it stars Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet, two biggest superstars of Bengal for the first time together, along with Debashree Roy, Koel Mallick and Rajatava Dutta in lead roles, while Bharat Kaul, Kaushik Banerjee, Sumit Ganguly, Sanjib Dasgupta and N. K. Salil play another pivotal roles. The story revolves around a police officer who is falsely accused of murdering his wife and imprisoned as he has been investigating a rape case that involves the younger brother of a powerful MLA. The officer then manages to evade the prison and get his revenge.
Le Chakka is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language sports romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shyam Aggarwal under the banner of Srijan Arts, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Abhimanyu Mukherjee. It stars Dev, Ritwick Chakraborty and Payel Sarkar in lead roles, while Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Dipankar De, Supriyo Dutta, Laboni Sarkar, Biswanath Basu, Parthasarathi Chakraborty, Pradip Dhar, Prasun Gain and Anindya Banerjee play another pivotal roles. The soundtrack and background score was composed by Indraadip Das Gupta.
Dui Prithibi is a 2010 Bengali road drama movie directed by Raj Chakraborty and stars Jeet, Dev, Koel Mallick and Barkha Bisht Sengupta in the lead roles. It was the highest grossing Bengali film of 2010. A remake of the Telugu film Gamyam, Dui Prithibi brought two of the biggest stars of Bengali cinema, Jeet and Dev, together for the only time on the celluloid.
Sasurbari Zindabad is a 2000 Indian Bengali-language masala film co-written and directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta and under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles, while Ranjit Mallick, Anamika Saha, Subhashish Mukherjee and Tota Roy Chowdhury play another pivotal roles. The film revolves around a rich girl, Rupa, escaping from her house with the help of her father to avoid being forcefully married by her mother; on the run she falls in love with a motor mechanic Shomu, who then takes her on a number of adventures and tries to impress his mother in-law.
Shubhodrishti is a 2005 Bengali romance film directed by Prabhat Roy and Chief assistant director was Madhuchhanda Sengupta. The film was produced under the banner of Rajshri Productions & Shree Venkatesh Films. The film features popular Bengali actors Jeet and Koel Mallick in the lead roles. Jeet Gannguli composed the music for the film. It was the fifth consecutive film of Jeet and Koel Mallick together. This film attracted huge positive responses from the audiences around West Bengal. The film became a superhit at box office as it clearly portrayed Bengali culture and traditions and given a lucid image how Bengali weddings take place. The film was immensely popular during its release with chartbuster songs.
Badsha the King is a 2004 Bengali film directed by Saurav Chakraborty and produced by Suman Kumar Das under the banner of Burima Chitram. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Koel Mallick in the lead roles. The film was scored by Ashok Bhadra and Snehasish Chakraborty.
Pratibad is a 2001 Indian Bengali-language neo-noir action thriller film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film were written by Anjan Choudhury, which itself was based on the political violence that rocked Bengal during the late 90s. It stars Ranjit Mallick, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Arpita Pal in lead roles; while Dipankar De, Laboni Sarkar, Debesh Roy Chowdhury, Arun Mukherjee, Nirmal Kumar, Anamika Saha, Sreela Majumdar and Rajesh Sharma play another pivotal roles.
Jamaibabu Jindabad is a 2001 Bengali film directed by Ratan Adhikari and produced by Surinder Singh under the banner of Surinder Film. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta in the lead roles. Music of the film has been composed by Babul Bose. The movie is a remake of 1986 Kannada hit movie Anuraga Aralithu.
Dada Thakur (2001) is a Bengali drama film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. It is based on a Telugu film named Sneham Kosam, which is itself a remake of the 1998 Tamil film Natpukkaga. It stars Ferdous Ahmed, Victor Banerjee and Arpita Pal in lead roles.
Goyenda Ginni was an Indian Bengali crime drama anthology television series that premiered on 7 September 2015 to 25 December 2016 and aired on Zee Bangla. It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films, it starred Indrani Haldar, Saheb Chatterjee, Aditi Chatterjee and Indrajeet Bose. It marks the comeback of Haldar into Bengali television. It replaced the show Raage Anuraage. It got back in March 2020 due to COVID-19 situation. This Show is 4th time repeat telecast on Zee Bangla on 13 May 2024. It fetched a highest trp of 8.0.
Aporajeyo is a 2023 Indian Bengali-language film directed by Nehal Dutta. The film stars Ranjit Mallick, Sabitri Chatterjee, and Laboni Sarkar. In this film Ranjit Mallick returned to the big screen by playing the character of Subhankar Sanyal.
Jagaddhatri is an Indian Bengali language Romantic Thriller Drama television series that premiered from 29 August 2022 on Zee Bangla. The show is produced by Snehasish Chakraborty of Blues Productions and stars Ankita Mallick and Soumyadeep Mukherjee in lead roles.Currently,it is one of the most successful show of Bengali Television.
Hitlist is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language thriller drama film. Screenplay, story, music composition and direction were by Sandip Ray and production by Mou Roychowdhury. The film stars Koel Mallick, Saheb Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee and Tota Roy Chowdhury in the lead roles. The film was released on 2009.
