A short film that chronicles Calcutta’s rapid transformation into a megalopolis after colonisation, through the unique lens of sex work
Singer Krishnakumar Kunnath who was fondly referred to by everyone as KK died in Kolkata late last night (May 31). He was just 53.
Popular singer KK died at the age of 53 in Kolkata. He died while performing at a concert on Nazrul Manch, Kolkata on May 31.
Bengali cinema is once again rising up to have filled theatres with a few recent releases doing well in the region. Filmmaker Anik Dutta's 'Aparajito' and late...
Popular Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee is slowly becoming a big name in the Hindi OTT space. The actress, who has come up with ‘Escaype Live’, speaks...
Filmmaker Anik Dutta's film ‘Aparajito’ is a tribute to the Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray, but it had not found any slot in the West Bengal...
'Aparajito’, which recently received acclaim at a Mumbai film festival, traces filmmaker Satyajit Ray's journey during the making of his cult classic film...
There have been numerous aspects of Nobel Laurette Rabindranath Tagore’s life discussed in literature and cinema. Finally, here is a movie about his...
Filmmaker Amartya Bhattacharyya, who won a National Film Award in 2016 for his fantasy documentary 'Benaras -- The Unexplored Attachments' is ready with...
Alliance Francaise, an organisation that aims to promote French culture around the world, as part of ‘Bonjour India’ has organised an open-air screening of...
National Film Award-winning veteran Bengali actress Madhabi Mukherjee has been rushed to a hospital in Kolkata over old-age related ailments. She is...
Actor Mohan Agashe speaks up at the Kolkata International Film Festival about how every film should be able to keep the audience seated till the time the...
Directed by Arindam Chakraborty, 'Ashare Goppo' stars actors Rudranil Ghosh, Abir Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar and is a comedy film which has been stuck for a...
Director Shoojit Sircar delivered a lecture at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival about how the works of filmmaker Satyajit Ray has inspired him...
Filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s centenary birth year is being celebrated with much fanfare at the ongoing Kolkata Film Festival. Filmmakers like Shoojit Sircar,...
A single judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha ordered that the case papers in the matter be handed to the central agency, which is already probing the...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Covid-19 cases were rising in Kolkata as it's a transit point for travellers. She also said pandemic...
CM Mamata Banerjee asked officials to take a stock of the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
Durga Puja was particularly praised for its all-inclusive approach cutting across barriers of religion, gender and economic strata.
It is precisely because of an experience that I had in 2011 while chasing the truth around another alleged piece of fake art that I learned a crucial lesson....
The nonsensical world of Ray looks closer to an Orwelian or Kafkaesque one as one reads him as a grown-up
A 10-time MLA, Mukherjee was the only one who served in the pre-Left Front era Congress government of 1972-77 and again in post-Left Front era TMC government...
This year, the country’s flagship puja organising forum has decided to not observe 'deepavali' (festival of lights) during Kali Puja.
The list of judges elevated as chief justices includes acting chief justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal. The list of transferred chief...
Along with former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, Goa Congress general secretaries Yatish Naik and Vijay Poi and Goa Congress secretaries Mario Pinto De...