Koel Mallick is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick. She made her film debut with Nater Guru (2003) opposite Jeet, which was a box office-success. Some of her popular films are Shubhodrishti (2005), Mon Mane Na (2008), Premer Kahini (2008), Paglu (2011), Paglu 2 (2012), Rangbaaz (2013), Arundhati (2014) and Besh Korechi Prem Korechi (2015).
Jeetendra Madnani, mononymously known as Jeet, is an Indian actor, film producer, singer, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Bengali cinema. He owns the production houses "Grassroot Entertainment" and "Jeetz Filmworks". He is the Executive President of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" since 2022 and is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.
Deepak Chakraborty, is an Indian actor and director in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is the son of renowned cartoonist Shaila Chakraborty. He is also a politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Government of West Bengal. He was born on 2 November 1955 in Kolkata. He has been conferred upon the prestigious Mahanayak Samman by the Govt. of West Bengal in 2012.
Nater Guru(Bengali: নাটের গুরু ; English: The main culprit) is a 2003 Indian Bengali language action-comedy film directed by Haranath Chakraborty. Based on Samaresh Basu's famous novel of the same name, the film stars Ranjit Mallick, Jeet, Moushmi Chatterjee and Koel Mallick, making her cinematic debut. It was successful at the box office.Nater Guru revolves around four main leads—Shashi Bhushan, a bookie in Kolkata race course who always gets defeated in the challenges; Sulochona, Shashi's wife, who keeps herself mutually separated from her husband becoming bored of his involvement in race course; Manisha, their daughter who gets troubled when her mother wants to meet her love interest, Durgadas; and Rabi, a mechanic who is hired to be the false Durgadas in front of Sulochona, by the advice of Shashi's adviser.
Prabhat Roy is a former Indian director who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received several awards including two National Awards and BFJA Awards.
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.
Koushik Sen is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film Aamar Bhuvan. He was awarded Girish Purashkar 2023 by the Cultural Department of the Government of West Bengal for his extraordinary contributions to theatre. In 2024 he was awarded Telly Academy Best Actor Award for Godhuli Alap series.
Nawab Nandini is a 2007 Romantic Bengali film directed by Haranath Chakraborty, and the story written by Anjan Choudhury. The film stars Hiran, Koel Mallick, Ranjit Mallick, and Sandhya Roy. This movie was Hiran's debut.
Haradhan Bandopadhyay was a Bengali Indian actor of television and films. He made his debut in the 1948 Bengali film Devdut, directed by Atanu Bandopadhyay. He worked with some of the most prominent directors of Bengali cinema, like Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen.
Chander Bari is a 2007 Bengali film directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film centers on a middle class joint family. The film is based on a Bengali story written by Pracheta Gupta. Majumdar used some Rabindra Sangeets in this film.
Sujit Mondal is an Indian Popular film director and Screenplay writer in Bengali cinema.He is popular for Family Drama. From 2009, he started directing Bengali feature films with Saat Paake Bandha. His also directed Franchise of Paglu 2 (2012).Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo (2010), which became one of the highest-grossing film of the year. Koel Mallick was seen as a warrior queen for the first time in Bengali movie Arundhati which was one of the most expensive Bengali movies in 2014.He started his career as an assistant director of Vikram Bhatt.
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.
Aparajita Adhya is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Bengali film and television industry.
Ankush Hazra is an Indian actor, producer, dancer and television personality who primarily works in Bengali cinema. Having starred in over 26 films in his career, he has received several accolades including the Mahanayak Samman (2023), conferred upon by the Government of West Bengal.
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.
Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films.
Bharat Kaul is an Indian actor mainly known for villainous and antagonistic roles in Bengali films. He has also appeared in Hindi films. He is one of the Vice Presidents of the of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" along with Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Aparajita Auddy, Kaushik Sen and Sumanta Mukherjee.
Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip Mukherjee received critical acclaim for his acting in movies like Satyajit Ray's Jana Aranya, Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Dooratwa, and Rituparno Ghosh's Utsab.
Partho Mukherjee (Hindi: पार्थ मुखर्जी; Bengali: পার্থ মুখার্জী) was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali cinema. mainly as supporting actor. He has worked in movies like Dhanyee Meye, Agnishwar, Amar Prithivi, Bagh Bondi Khela. He is particularly known for his boy-next-door looks. He works with actors like Sabitri Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee etc. Beside acting on films, he is also a passionate singer.
Flyover is a 2021 Indian Bengali language supernatural thriller film directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee that stars Koel Mallick, Gaurav Chakrabarty, Ravi Shaw, Shantilal Mukherjee, Koushik Roy, Poulomi Das in the lead roles. The film is written by Abhimanyu Mukherjee and produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films. The film is an official remake of the 2016 Kannada film U Turn. It was released on 2 April 2021.
