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 also the Executive Secretary of "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum". He has been a recipient of numerous awards including Tele Cine Awards, Anandalok Puraskar for the Best Actor and Kalakar Awards (2014) for "King of Tollywood" and many others. He is one of the few actors known for doing commercial action films in Tollywood.
Manik is a Bengali action drama film released in 2005. It was 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.
Raja Sen is an Indian film and television director and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the father of Subhasree Sen and Sreyoshri Sen.
Le Chakka is a 2010 Indian Bengali-language sports action drama 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.
Abir Chatterjee is an Indian actor who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the son of theatre personalities Phalguni Chatterjee and Rumki Chatterjee. He started his career with Bengali television and made his debut in Bengali cinema in 2009 as a lead with Cross Connection. He is well known for appearing as famous Detective Byomkesh Bakshi in a separate movie series.
Dui Prithibi is a 2010 Bengali road 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 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.
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 and Dubai. It is a remake of the 2011 Telugu film Dookudu, directed by Srinu Vaitla and starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.
Meghe Dhaka Tara is a 2013 Indian Bengali film directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee and made under Shree Venkatesh Films banners. The film is inspired from the life and works of Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak. The entire film is in black and white except the last scene which has been shot in colour. In this film Saswata Chatterjee plays the character of Nilkantha Bagchi and Ananya Chatterjee plays the role of Durga, Nilkantha's wife. The film was released on 14 June 2013. Besides giving an account of Ghatak's life, the film also depicts the socio-political environment of contemporary West Bengal during the Tebhaga and Naxalite movements.
Chandan Sen is an Indian Bengali-language stage, television and film actor, playwright and director.
Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films.
Badshahi Angti is a 2014 Indian Bengali-language thriller film directed by Sandip Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Satyajit Ray, starring Abir Chatterjee and Sourav Das as Feluda and Topse respectively. The film was released on 19 December 2014. It is the first film which stars Abir Chatterjee as Feluda. This was going to be a reboot to previous Feluda film series after Royal Bengal Rahashya. But in 2016 Sandip Ray cancelled the reboot series because Abir Chatterjee started a new version of film series based on Byomkesh Bakshi franchise under Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films. The other reason was the new Feluda movie Sandip Ray intended to make under a Mumbai-based production house Eros International, but Abir has a strict contract with Shree Venkatesh Films and Surinder Films.
Byomkesh Bakshi a Bengali detective thriller film on Bengali fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi, released on 16 October 2015. The film is directed by Anjan Dutt. This is the fourth installment of Byomkesh series by Anjan Dutt. The film is based on Kohen Kobi Kalidas by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. Unlike the previous three installments, Jisshu Sengupta portrayed the character Bakshi in this one replacing Abir Chatterjee.
Abby Sen is a 2015 Bengali science fiction comedy film directed by Atanu Ghosh and produced by Firdausul Hassan and Probal Halder. It features Abir Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Bratya Basu, and Priyanka Sarkar in lead roles, with Neel Mukherjee, Biswanath Basu, and Bhaswar Chatterjee in supporting roles. The music is composed by Joy Sarkar. It is Atanu Ghosh's fifth feature film after Angshumaner Chhobi, Takhan Teish, Rupkatha Noy, Ek Phaali Rodh and was released 30 October 2015.
Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana is 2016 Indian Thriller film on Bengali fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. The role of Byomkesh Bakshi is portrayed by Jisshu Sengupta. The film is directed by Anjan Dutt. This is the fifth installment of Byomkesh series by Anjan Dutt, serving as a sequel to Byomkesh Bakshi. The film is based on Chiriyakhana by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
Hemanta is a 2016 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Anjan Dutt. It stars Parambrata Chatterjee in the role of the titular protagonist, with Jisshu Sengupta, Payel Sarkar, Gargi Roychowdhury, Saswata Chatterjee and Shantilal Mukherjee in other pivotal roles. The film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, from a West Bengal production house.
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.
Panther: Hindustan Meri Jaan is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film directed by debutant Anshuman Pratyush while story, screenplay and dialogues were written by Anshuman Pratyush and Prameet and co-written by Jeet. The film features Jeet and Shraddha Das in the lead roles.
Ek Akasher Niche is a Family Drama Bengali television serial, which aired on Alpha Bangla. It was produced under the banner of Ravi Ojha Productions. The story is about a middle-class family that deals with various challenges and complications on a daily basis and fights all odds to stay united. With over a thousand episodes that aired in early 2000's the serial was a mega-blockbuster hit in Bengal and other Bengali language dominant parts of the world.
