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).
Zee Bangla is an Indian Bengali-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
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 Secretary of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum" and is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.
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.
Bengali cinema, also known as Tollywood, is an Indian film industry of Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim.
Sreelekha Mitra is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. Winner of a BFJA Award and an Anandalok Award, Mitra is best known for her roles in films such as Hothat Brishti (1998), Kantatar (2006), Aschorjo Prodip (2013), Swade Ahlade (2015), Choukath (2015) and Rainbow Jelly (2018).
Deepak Adhikari, known by his stage name Dev, is an Indian actor, producer, singer and screenwriter, known for his works in Bengali cinema and more recently, a politician. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing Ghatal since 2014, as a candidate from the All India Trinamool Congress party. He owns the production house Dev Entertainment Ventures.
Srikanta Acharya is an Indian singer-songwriter and music director. Acharya primarily sings contemporary Bengali songs and is one of the most prominent exponents of Rabindra Sangeet.
Saat Paake Bandha is a 2009 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Sujit Mondal. The film starred Jeet and Koyel Mullick, who also featured in Ghatak in 2006. The movie is a remake of 1996 Telugu movie Pavitra Bandham.
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.
Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo(Bengali: সেদিন দেখা হয়েছিল ; English: We met that day) is a 2010 Indian Bengali language romantic action film directed by Sujit Mondal. Produced by Shrikant Mohta, under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films, the film stars Dev and Srabanti Chatterjee in lead roles while Tapas Paul, Laboni Sarkar, Prasun Gain, Kaushik Banerjee, Shakuntala Barua in supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Jeet Gannguli and Samidh-Rishi, while the screenplay and dialogues were written by N.K Salil. Initially the film name was Tule Niye Jabo Jokhon Bhalo Beshechi, but later changed as Sedin Dekha Hoyechilo.
Rajatava Dutta is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali, Hindi and English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. In a career spanning over three decades, on one hand he has received popularity for playing negative characters in commercially successful films like MLA Fatakeshto, Challenge, Paglu, Boss etc. and on the other hand he has gained critical praise for his versatile acting performances in critically acclaimed films like Paromitar Ekdin, Open Tee Bioscope, Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo etc and in the web-series Byadh. He has been a judge on the Zee Bangla reality show Mirakkel.
Paran Bandopadhyay is an Indian Bengali film, television and stage actor based in Kolkata. He has worked with Bengali film director Sandip Ray, the son of filmmaker and author Satyajit Ray.
Paglu 2 is a 2012 Indian Bengali romantic action comedy film directed by Sujit Mondal starring Dev and Koel Mallick in lead roles. This is the sequel to the Paglu series but storywise not a sequel of Paglu. A major portion of this movie has been shot in Dubai. This film is a remake of 2011 Telugu film Kandireega, directed by Santosh Srinivas and starring Ram and Hansika Motwani, which was remade in 2014 as Main Tera Hero starring Varun Dhawan, Ileana D'Cruz, Nargis Fakhri.
Anik Dutta is a Bengali film director who made his directorial debut in 2012 Bengali film Bhooter Bhabishyat. In 2012 he started working on a film on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's novel Aschorjo Prodip. Anik Dutta is grandson of Narendra Chandra Dutta, the founder of United Bank of India.
Rupankar Bagchi, also known mononymously Rupankar, is a Bengali singer-songwriter, playback singer and actor from Kolkata, India.
Bolo Na Tumi Aamar is a 2010 Indian Bengali language romantic action comedy film directed by Sujit Mondal. Produced by Nispal Singh under the banner of Surinder Films, it stars Dev and Koel Mallick in lead roles with Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Mousumi Saha and Tota Roy Chowdhury in supporting roles. Partially inspired from a Bengali drama, it had soundtrack composed by Jeet Gannguli.
Arundhati is a 2014 Indian Bengali horror thriller film directed by Sujit Mondal and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The film stars Koel Mallick as a warrior queen. It is the remake of the 2009 Telugu movie of the same name.
Jeet is an Indian Bengali actor, producer and television presenter. Jeet started his modeling career in 1993. His first acting assignment was Bishabriksha (1994–95), a Bengali TV series directed by Bishnu Palchaudhuri. He made his big screen debut with Chandu (2001), a Telugu film. His first success came in 2002, opposite Priyanka Trivedi, through Sathi, a highly successful romantic drama, directed by Haranath Chakraborty, for which he won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Most Promising Actor Award and Anandalok Awards for Best Actor. In the same year, he acted in the Bengali remake of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. This initial success was followed by other critical and commercial successes, including Nater Guru, Sangee, Bandhan and Yuddho. In 2005, he acted alongside Koel Mallick in Nater Guru, which was released to critical and commercial success and fetched him his second Anandalok Award for Best Actor. He also starred in some commercial failures, including Saathihara, Priyotoma and Ghatak, and in Jor, which was more successful.
Saat Paake Bandha is an India and Bengali-language television soap opera that premiered on 5 July 2010, and aired on Bengali Zee Bangla. The show starred Oindrila Sen and Vikram Chatterjee in lead roles.
