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Alinangarer Golokdhanda review: Rich content loses its thrill in cinematic flaws
If only the director had paid more attention to the pacing and twists of the plot than to unnecessary cinematographic and musical effects.
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Dev Entertainment Ventures takes big step to widen horizon of Bengali cinema
Now, Bengali films will not only reach the UK, USA and the European countries, but also Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
Article Bengali
Tritiyo Adhyay poster: All is not well in this love story
While most of the poster is black and white, it has red in all the significant places, depicting both love and blood.
Article Bengali Telugu
Never wanted to be a model, says Bengali cinema's rising star Darshana Banik
In a candid chat, Banik speaks of her fears in her initial days in show business and how she is still learning to deal with the popularity.
Article Hindi Iranian
Majid Majidi's next Indian film to be set in Bengal
The internationally acclaimed director was seen enjoying his visit to the city of joy as he relished Bengali cuisine in the company of director and actor Goutam Ghose.
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Evan Leversage's mother Nicole Wellwood to watch Srijit Mukherji’s Uma in Kolkata
Based on Leversage's story, Uma is based on a girl who suffers from a terminal disease and wishes to travel to Kolkata, for the last time, to see Durga Puja.
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Kabir review: Dev Adhikari's terror drama means well but lacks content
The strenuous efforts of shooting the film at the real locations could have resulted in a successful venture if the makers had focused on the content more, rather than on offering visual treats.
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Aami Ashbo Phirey review: When music comes to the rescue of a crumbling modern world
Aami Ashbo Phirey is about a journey from darkness to light, but, for most parts, the plot remains quite grim.
Article Bengali Hindi
Happy I celebrated winning National Award at work, says Riddhi Sen
Post the Best Actor win for his performance in Kaushik Ganguly's Nagar Kirtan, the 19-year-old actor spoke to Cinestaan.com about his happiness and the need for such films to get recognized.
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Parambrata Chatterjee’s Shonar Pahar takes fairytale route
The film also features Soumitra Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Gargee Roy Chowdhury, Arunima Ghosh and the director himself.
Article Hindi
Remembering master screenwriter Sachin Bhowmick – Death anniversary special
On his seventh death anniversary (he died on 12 April 2011), a look at Bhowmick's journey from Kolkata to becoming one of the top screenwriters in Hindi cinema.
Article Bengali Hindi
KL Saigal introduced ‘recitative’ mode in film song and performance: Madhuja Mukherjee
On Kundanlal Saigal's 114th birth anniversary, Mukherjee, associate professor of film studies at Jadavpur University, clears the air on the singer-actor's contribution to Bengali cinema.
Article Bengali
Drishtikone team to participate in eye donation awareness rally
Drishtikone, which can be translated as perspective, deals with the issue of cornea transplant in the story that revolves around a complex love triangle.
Article Bengali Hindi
Shakti Samanta was brave, never wanted to compromise: Filmmaker Prabhat Roy
The noted Bengali filmmaker remembers his mentor Shakti Samanta on the latter's 9th death anniversary (he passed away on 9 April 2009).
Article Bengali
Haami trailer: A closer look into the effects of child sexual abuse in schools
Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy’s film deals with the recently reported cases of sexual abuse in some of the noted schools in Kolkata.
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Director and lead actor Shiboprasad Mukherjee wraps up shooting for Konttho
Konttho, based on the story of laryngeal cancer survivor Bibhuti Chakraborty, features Joya Ahsan and Paoli Dam in important roles.
Article Bengali
Hit pair Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee to return in Abhimanyu Mukherjee’s Piya Re
They were last seen in Birsa Dasgupta’s Shudhu Tomari Jonyo (2015).
Article Bengali Hindi
10 iconic roles of Suchitra Sen – Birth anniversary special
No actress in Bengal has yet scaled the heights of stardom that screen legend Suchitra Sen, born on 6 April 1931, did.
Article Bengali
Kaushik Ganguly's Bisorjon sequel may be titled Bijoya
The overwhelming response the film, a love story across the Indo-Bangladesh border, has already instigated hopes for a sequel.
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As long as film is communicable to people, it is commercial: Riddhi Sen
In a candid chat with Cinestaan.com, the rising talent talks about his next projects Nagarkirtan and Eela with noted directors Kaushik Ganguly and Pradeep Sarkar, respectively.