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.
Challenge: Nibi na Saala or simply Challenge is a 2009 Indian Bengali-language action film written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. Produced by Shrikant Mohta under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Dev and Subhashree Ganguly in the lead roles, while Rajatava Dutta, Biswajit Chakraborty, Supriyo Dutta, Kharaj Mukherjee, Laboni Sarkar, Tulika Basu and Partha Sarathi Chakraborty play other pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and cinematography was by Somak Mukherjee. The screenplay and dialogues were written by Raj Chakraborty and N. K. Salil.
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi is an Indian actress and politician who predominantly works in Bengali cinema. Beside the acting career, from 2019 to 2024, Jahan has represented as the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basirhat constituency as a Trinamool Congress candidate. Jahan's screen debut was in Raj Chakraborty's Shotru.
Le Halua Le is a 2012 Indian Bengali-language action comedy film directed by Raja Chanda. Jointly produced by Shrikant Mohta and Nispal Singh under their respective banners of Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films, the screenplay and dialogues of the film were by N. K. Salil. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Soham Chakraborty, Paayel Sarkar, Hiran Chatterjee and Laboni Sarkar in lead roles. The movie is a remake of the Malayalam film Poochakkoru Mookkuthi directed by Priyadarshan.
Indrasish Roy is an Indian film and television actor. He played the role of Tintin in serial Gaaner Opare. Later he played the lead role of Chandrakiran Chowdhury, the male protagonist of serial Adwitiya. He debuted in films with Kaushik Ganguly's Rang Milanti. He also won hearts by playing the role of Lalon in Star Jalsha's Dhulokona.
Many films, television and comic book adaptation has been made with Sunil Gangopadhyay's Kakababu character. Here are the list of some other media adaptation.
Amanush 2 is a 2015 Bengali crime thriller film directed by Rajib Kumar Biswas. It is a sequel to Amanush with different storylines but the same background and synopsis. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Naan which starred Vijay Antony in the lead. The film is released on 14 April 2015.
Jamai 420 is a Bengali language comedy-drama film written and directed by Rabi Kinnagi, who was assisted by Pathikrit Basu. The film stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Soham Chakraborty, Hiran Chatterjee, Ankush Hazra, Payel Sarkar, Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan in lead roles while Kharaj Mukherjee, Biswanath Basu, Shantilal Mukherjee and Manasi Sinha appear in pivotal roles. The film is produced jointly by Shrikant Mohta, Mahendra Soni and Nispal Singh under Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films respectively. The film was released on 22 May 2015 with mostly negative reviews.
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is a Bengali film festival in the city of Hyderabad and is being organized annually since 2014. The venue of the festival is the Prasad Film Preview Labs, Hyderabad. The first edition of the film festival was held in the year 2014. It is the only curated Bengali film festival in India.
Amar Aponjon is a 2017 romantic drama film directed by Raja Chanda. The movie is a remake of the Tamil language film Autograph. The film stars Soham Chakraborty with Priyanka Sarkar as his school-life crush, Aindrita Ray as his college-life lover, and Subhashree Ganguly as his emotional anchor in professional life.
Biswajit Chakraborty, is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Bengali movies. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His debut movie was Sunya Theke Suru directed by Ashoke Viswanathan. He has acted in more than a 100 movies including Autograph, Bye Bye Bangkok, Bhooter Bhabishyat and Bollywood movie Kahaani 2.
Chhaya O Chhobi is an Indian Bengali language drama film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films. The film features Abir Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, Ritwick Chakraborty, Churni Ganguly and Priyanka Sarkar in lead roles. the film's story was written by director Kaushik Ganguly. This film marks the comeback of Koel Mullick after a 2 year hiatus.
Crisscross (2018) is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Birsa Dasgupta which is based on Smaranjit Chakraborty's 2013 novel of the same name. The film is produced by Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF Entertainment. It stars Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty, Bangladeshi actress Jaya Ahsan, Sohini Sarkar, Priyanka Sarkar.The film was released on 10 August 2018.
Manmoyee Girls' School is a 1935 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Jyotish Bannerjee under the banner of Radha Films Company. It is based on Rabindranath Maitra's 1932 play of the same name. The film stars Tulsi Chakraborty, Jahar Ganguly and Kanan Devi.
Dharmajuddha (transl. Crusade) is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language political drama film co-written and directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film is jointly produced by Raj Chakraborty and Shyam Agarwal under their banners of Raj Chakraborty Entertainment and Srijan Arts respectively. The film is set at the backdrop of a communal riot between Hindus and Muslims. The film stars Swatilekha Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty, Subhashree Ganguly, Soham Chakraborty and Parno Mittra in lead roles. This flim was OTT released 19 July 2024 on hoichoi.
Cholo Potol Tuly is a Bengali comedy drama film directed by Arindam Ganguly and produced by Shanoli Majumder. This film was released on 21 October 2020 under the banner of Pastel Entertainment. The film, inspired by a popular Bengali stage play, is based on eponymous story of Shibram Chakraborty, Ashwathama Hato Iti.
Ei Ami Renu is an Indian Bengali drama film which is directed by Saumen Sur. It stars Sohini Sarkar, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Soham Chakraborty, Koushik Ganguly, Anindya Chatterjee, and Alivia Sarkar. The film is produced by Aangsh Movies.The music & lyrics for the film were composed by Rana Mazumder. The film was released on 9 April 2021.
Honeymoon is a 2018 Indian Bengali language comedy drama film directed by Premendu Bikash Chaki and produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films. It stars Soham Chakraborty, Subhashree Ganguly, Ranjit Mullick and Rudranil Ghosh in a lead role. The film was released on 23 February 2018.
Bismillah is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language musical drama film directed by Indraadip Dasgupta. The film is produced by Samiran Das under the banner of Kaleidoscope. The film stars Riddhi Sen in the title role. The film depicts the traditions of a musical family and journey of young musician.
Abar Kanchanjungha is a 2022 Indian Bengali-language family drama film directed by Raajhorshee De. The screenplay was written by Padmanabha Dasgupta and Raajhorshee De. The film features an ensemble cast including Anindya Chatterjee, Rupankar Bagchi, Rahul Banerjee, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Bidipta Chakraborty, Tanushree Chakraborty, Arpita Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Padmanabha Dasgupta, Devlina Kumar, and Kaushik Sen. The film was produced by Akshatt K Pandey, and Shilpi A Pandey. It was released theatrically on 1 April 2022 and digitally on 26 May 2023 on ZEE5.
