Anandabazar Patrika is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. Its main competitors are Bartaman, Ei Samay, and Sangbad Pratidin.
Mirakkel is an Indian reality show on Zee Bangla hosted by Mir Afsar Ali and directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay. It is produced by Subhankar Chattopadhyay Productions. The show features stand-up comedians who are judged by Paran Bandyopadhyay, Sreelekha Mitra and Rajatava Dutta. The band Bandage, with musicians Dwaipayan Saha, Nitin Mani, Suman Sinha, Subhajit Sarkar, Koushik and Saurav Bhattacharya, is responsible for the music. The Times of India has called it "one of the most popular shows on Bengali television", and the Daily Observer wrote that it "has garnered huge popularity in Bangladesh".
Arunoday Banerjee, better known as Rahul Banerjee, is an Indian actor works in Bengali language films and television. He made his stage appearance at the age of three with his father's theatre troupe Bijoygarh Atmaprakash play entitled Raj Darshan. Since then, he has acted in almost 450 stage shows, with his father's troupe and with Theatron. He was married to co-actress Priyanka Sarkar. He was catapulted to stardom for his role opposite Priyanka Sarkar in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film was a massive box-office success. He has subsequently appeared in films including Love Circus, Shono Mon Boli Tomay and Poti Poromesshor. His television debut was in the series Tumi Asbe Bole. He has received a number of awards, such as the Anandalok Award for the Best Actor for his role in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.
Dance Bangla Dance is a Bengali reality show program, which airs in Zee Bangla. It was later remade in Hindi as Dance India Dance. It first started on 6 April 2007, following Dance India Dance by Mithun Chakraborty, who had been the show's host from the beginning.
Jabab Kinte Chai is a Bengali television quiz show. This show is aired on Sananda TV and hosted by Mir Afsar Ali. The planner and the mastermind of this show is quiz master Siddharth Basu.
Soham Chakraborty is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Bengali films, as child artist and as male lead. He earned numerous accolades, including Uttam Kumar Awards, BFJA Awards and Star Jalsha Entertainment Awards. Chakraborty has a significant following in West Bengal, Assam and other adjacent states in India and Bangladesh. He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He contested 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Borjora Constituency. He won the General election 2021 from Chandipur constituency by a margin of 14000 votes. He was sworn in as Member of Legislative Assembly on 2 May 2021.
Eagoler Chokh is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language crime thriller film directed by Arindam Sil. It is the sequel to 2015 film Ebar Shabor and the second installment of Goenda Shabor film series. The film is based on a story of same name, written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay.
Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd is an Indian movie production and distribution company based in Kolkata. The company was established by Dev and Gurupada Adhikari in 2017. In a short while, it became one of the leading Bengali movie production houses in Eastern India.
Anirban Bhattacharya is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. His first successful theatre production was Debi Sarpamasta, written by Manoj Mitra, directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay. His other notable works are Anthony Soudamini, Nagamandala, Jara Agun Lagay, Bisorjan, FM Mahanagar, Karu Basana, Awdyo Shesh Rajani, Athoi etc. In 2017, he got the Mahindra Excellence Theatre Awards (META) as Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Awdyo Shesh Rajani.
Soukarya Ghosal is an Indian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, illustrator and music composer. He is widely considered for his work in Rainbow Jelly, a food fantasy film for the children in Bengali Cinema. His film Bhootpori starring Jaya Ahsan, received the Best Screenplay award at 14 Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival in 2024.
Taranath Tantrik is a fictional character of Bengali literature created by the legendary Bengali novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and later by his son Taradas Bandyopadhyay.
Rawkto Rawhoshyo is a 2020 Indian Bengali-language investigative thriller film written and directed by Soukarya Ghosal. The film is produced by Surinder Films, and stars Koel Mallick with a supporting cast of Lily Chakravarty, Rwitobroto Mukherjee and Chandan Roy Sanyal in pivotal roles.
Tiyasha Lepcha is a Bengali Indian television actress. She is known for portraying the character of Shyama in the Bengali television series Krishnakoli.
Ambarish Bhattacharya is a Bengali actor and comedian. He started his career through performing at Bengali theatre and stage. He made his television debut in the 2007 playing the character Gaja in Raja & Gaja. He has acted in numerous TV soap operas and Bengali films.
Somraj Maity is an Indian actor who works in Bengali film and television industry. He is known for his portrayal as Abir in the TV serial Ei Chheleta Bhelbheleta, a romantic drama show which aired on Zee Bangla. He has also appeared in Piya Re, a romance drama film directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee.
Sourav Das is an Indian actor, presenter, comedian, and theater director in Bengali television, cinema and theatre. He is best known for Dum Dum Digha Digha, Bolo Dugga Maiki and for his roles in the web series "Montu Pilot", "Charitraheen - Seasons 1,2,3" and "Rahasya Romancha - Season 3".
Mirza: Part 1 – Joker is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Sumeet-Saahil. Produced by Ankush Hazra under the banner of his production house "Ankush Hazra Motion Pictures", the film marked his first venture as a producer. It stars Ankush Hazra, Oindrila Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, Rishi Kaushik, Priya Mondal and Shoaib Kabeer in the lead roles. The action sequences are directed by RP Yadav.
Tekka (transl. Ace) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film co-written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Gurupada Adhikari and Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures, the film stars Dev, Paran Bandyopadhyay, Swastika Mukherjee, Rukmini Maitra and Tota Roy Chowdhury in lead roles.
Athhoi is a 2024 Bengali language romantic tragedy thriller film directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay. The film stars Anirban Bhattacharya, Arna Mukhopadhyay and Sohini Sarkar in the lead roles. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Shrikant Mohta and Mahendra Soni under the banner of SVF and Jio Studios, the film is a contemporary retelling and modern adaptation of the epic Othello by William Shakespeare.
Kaantaye Kaantaye is Bengali suspense-thriller web-series directed by Joydeep Mukherjee and produced by Shyamsundar De. It is an adaptation of Narayan Sanyal's P. K. Basu series novel Sonar Kaanta, which is actually inspired by The Mousetrap of Agatha Christie. This is the second time P. K. Basu series has been adapted for the screen, the first time being in 1974 when Tarun Majumdar made Jadi Jantem featuring Uttam Kumar as the protagonist.
