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.
Deepak Adhikari, known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and film writer, known for his works in Bengali cinema and more recently, a politician. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures.
Subhashree Ganguly is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Anandalok Nayikar Khonje 2006. She is the highest paid actress of Bengali cinema.
Kalishankar or Kalisankar is a bilingual action drama film in Odia and Bengali language by director Prashanta Nanda in 2007. Kalishankar is quite similar to old Manmohan Desai films wherein brothers separated in childhood grow up to find themselves on two sides of the fence. Then, when they recognise their blood link through a birthmark or a talisman, they join forces to fight the enemy together. Kalishankar is a story of a pair of grandchildren and their grandfather's revenge on their wrongdoers. The film has much stick-wielding action.
Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali action romance film directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly. For few scenes and music-videos, shooting was done in Dubai. The film is a remake of Telugu movie Dil (2003).
Le Chakka is a 2010 Bengali-language sports comedy film written by Padmanava Dasgupta and directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film stars Payel Sarkar and Dev as the lead pair of the film withsupporting roles by Kharaj Mukherjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Biswajit Chakraborty, Aritra Dutta Banik, Deepankar De, Laboni Sarkar, Biswanath Basu, Debjani Chattopadhyay and Padmanava Dasgupta. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Indraadip Das Gupta. It is a remake of the Tamil movie Chennai 600028.
Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo is a 2010 Indian romantic Bengali film directed by Sujit Mondal. It's a Shree Venkatesh Films production. The film stars Dev and Srabanti Chatterjee in lead roles while Tapas Paul, Premjit, Kaushik Banerjee, Laboni Sarkar, Shakuntala Barua and many more in supporting role. The film is remake of 2008 Telugu movie Parugu. Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo brought the two stars of Bengali cinema Dev and Srabanti Chatterjee for the second time after Dujone.
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. In 2019, Jahan became actively involved in politics and was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basirhat constituency as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru.
Romeo is a 2011 Bengali romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sujit Mondol and starring Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in lead roles with Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Laboni Sarkar, Kaushik Banerjee in supporting roles, whilst the music was scored by critically acclaimed Jeet Ganguly. Third time where Dev and Subhashree Ganguly work together after the films, Challenge and Paran Jai Jaliya Re. The film was released on 4 November 2011. It is an official remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam. Romeo was a Mixed review.
Laboni Sarkar is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of three BFJA Awards. She began her acting career in a Bengali TV series by Jochon Dastidar. She made her Big screen debut in Aparna Sen's Sati (1989).
Challenge 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda starring Dev and Pooja Bose in lead roles. The film is a spiritual sequel to the 2009 Bengali film Challenge, but contains a very different storyline. Major parts of the movie were shot in Malaysia, Dubai and f 2011 Telugu film Dookudu, directed by Srinu Vaitla and starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The film was blockbuster at box office collection.
Khoka 420 is a Bengali romantic action comedy film directed by Rajib Biswas. The film stars Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Tapas Paul, Rajatava Dutta and others. The film is a remake of the 2010 Telugu film Brindavanam starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Kajal Agarwal. The film was dubbed into Hindi as "Mere Ustas 420".
Bachchan is a 2014 Bengali comedy thriller directed by Raja Chanda and produced and distributed under the banners of Reliance Entertainment and Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. The film feature actors Jeet, Aindrita Ray and Payel Sarkar in the lead roles. It is the official remake of the 2011 Kannada film Vishnuvardhana.
Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay is a 2014 Bengali-language action comedy film directed by Ashok Pati and Anonno Mamun and produced by Ashok Dhanuka under the banner of Eskay Movies. The film was co-produced by Action Cut Entertainment. The film features Bengali actors Ankush Hazra, Subhashree Ganguly and Vikram Chatterjee in the lead roles. A co-production of India and Bangladesh and it is an official remake of the 2009 Telugu-language film Arya 2. The music for the film was composed by Savvy Gupta, Hridoy Khan and Akassh.
Khokababu is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on May 9, 2016, and aired on Star Jalsha. Produced by Snehasish Chakraborty, it stars Pratik Sen and Trina Saha in lead role. The series ended on 29 July 2018.
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.
Dekh Kemon Lage is a Bengali language romantic comedy film directed by Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy. Produced by Greentouch Entertainment and Nideas Creations and conceptualised by Prosenjit Chatterjee, the film features Soham Chakraborty and Subhashree Ganguly in lead roles with Avik Chongdar, Mir Afsar Ali, Sujan Neel Mukherjee, Roopsha Dasguupta Ray, Rupsha Chakraborty, Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswanath Basu, Laboni Sarkar, Kanchan Mullick and Payel Mukherjee in other supporting roles.
Chalbaaz (transl. Trickster) is a 2018 Indian Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Joydip Mukherjee. The film stars Bangladeshi Superstar Shakib Khan and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles. The cast also includes Rajatabha Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Kazi Hayat, Syed Hasan Imam, Atul Sharma and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film is produced by Old Theatre Limited. The film is a remake of 2015 Telugu movie Subramanyam for Sale. The film is released in India on 20 April 2018. And Released in Bangladesh on 27 April 2018. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. It topped the box office in its opening week.
Rosogolla is a 2018 Indian Bengali historical drama film directed and written by Pavel. Rosogolla marks the big screen debut of Ujaan Ganguly and Abantika Biswas. It is a fictionalized biopic of Nobin Chandra Das, a sweet maker from Kolkata, the inventor of Rosogolla.
