Tollywood Industry: Sneak Peak.. !! ..

The Kolkatan Tollywood film industry dates back to the 1890s.A long history has been traversed since then, with stalwarts such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak and others having earned international acclaim and securing their place in the movie history.The film industry has produced classics such as Nagarik, The Apu Trilogy, Jalsaghar, Ajantrik, Neel Akasher Neechey, Devdas, Devi, Meghe Dhaka Tara, The Calcutta Trilogies, etc. The inputs on the commercial front was largely contributed by The Eternal Pair Uttam Kumar-Suchitra Sen in the early 1950s. Another notable actor Soumitra Chatterjee, having acted in several Satyajit Ray films, and considered as a rival to Uttam Kumar in the 1960s. Atol Joler Ahoban, Deep Jele Jai, Ekhane Pinjor are some classics in the Uttam Kumar era. At that era, the famous playback singers in Bengali film music were Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay and Kishore Kumar.
In the 1980s, however, the Bengal film industry went through a period of turmoil, with a shift from its traditional artistic and emotional inclinations to an approach more imitating the increasingly more popular Hindi films, along with a decline in the audience and critical appreciation, with notable exceptions of the works of directors like Gautam Ghose. However, even at this time, a number of actors and actresses enjoyed popularity, including Tapas Paul, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Chiranjit, Rituparna Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee and others. However, toward the end of the 90s, with the a number of directors coming increasingly into prominence, including Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Rituparno Ghosh, Gautam Ghose, Aparna Sen, Sandip Ray among others, a number of popular and critically acclaimed movies have come out of the Bengali film industry in recent years. These include, Unishe April, Titli, Dahan, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Bombaiyer Bombete, etc. and signal a resurgence of the Bengali film industry.
Now after 2000 there has been a great rise in the industry with flourishing new talents taking the center-stage both at commercial and art fileds. A group of actors like Jeet Madnani, Dev Adhikari, Hiran Chatterjee, Soham Chakraborty, Ankush Hazra, Joy Mukherjee, Rahul Banerjee, etc. besides actresses like Koyel Mallick, Srabanti Biswas, Payel Sarkar, Subhashree Ganguly, Nusrat Jahan, Sayantika Banerjee, Priyanka Sarkar , etc. curved success on the commercial front whereas the set of actors like Indraneil Sengupta, Jishu Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee, Sayan Munshi, Priyanshu Chatterjee, etc. besides actresses like Raima Sen, Paoli Dam, Swastika Mukherjee, Parno Mittra, Ananya Chatterjee, etc. smiled their glory in the art house cinema. Off beat directors likes Shekhar Das, Aniruddha Roychodhury, Atanu Ghosh, Srijit Mukherjee, Avik Mukhopadhyay, Subrata Sen, Bappadityo Bandhopadyay, etc. co-existed with commercial flick directors like Raj Chakroborty, Rajib Biswas, Ringo Banerjee, Sujit Mondal, Raja Chandra, Soumik Chattopadhyay, Sankariya, etc. This era also witnessed some great musicians on the block like Jeet Ganguly, Indradeep Dasgupta, Samidh-Rishi, etc. on the mainstream scenario and their art house counterparts were Shantanu Moitra, Debojyoti Mishra, Neel Adhikari, etc. Some of the film like Mahulbanir Sereng, Kalbela, Bong Connection, Bow Barracks Forever, Madly Bangali, Kalpurush, Antaheen, Sob Choritro Kalpanik, Ekti Tarar Khoje, Janala, Abohoman, Gorosthane Sabdhan, Bomkesh Bakshi, Autograph, Japanese Wife, Moner Manush, Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona, Noukadubi, Iti Mrinalini, Royal Bengal Rahasya, etc. did extremely well in the non commercial base. This era also took a marked leap in films at commercial level with films like Subhodrishti, Premer Kahani, Bhalobasha Bhalobasha, Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, Mon Maane Na, Love, Jackpot, Challenge, Saat Pake Bandha, Poran Jay Joliya Rey, Neel Akasher Chandni, Prem Amar, Bor Ashbe Akhoni, Bolona Tumi Amar, Wanted, Amanush, Ley Chakka, Target, Josh, Dui Prithibi, Mon Je Kore Uru Uru, Kellafateh, Shedin Dakha Hoyechilo, Fighter, Paglu, Shatru, Phande Poriya Boga Kandhe Re, Ley Halua Ley, Khokababu, Romeo, Idiot, Bastab, Paglu 2, etc. doing great at the box offices equally over urban and rural sectors. These films cannot be restricted to rural platform but have succeeded to curve an urban niche with their scripting and in totality. This is due to the massive multiplex releases of all the good Bong movies motivating the urban audiences besides their rural counterparts. Bengali mainstream films have even now flown to beautiful locations of Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Bangkok, Pattaya, Carribean Islands, Austria, Dubai, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Italy, Switzerland, Istanbul, etc. which in a way raised the overall standards of the generation next cinema.
Scriptwriters like Salil Naskar are contributing on a larger and global level which again in turn creating a better buzz for the survival of the films' fate. Noted singers like Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Zubeen Garg, Mohit Chauhan, Javed Ali, Mika Singh, Timir, etc. leading the male bandwagon along with female counterparts like Alka Yagnik, June Banerjee, Shreya Ghosal, Monali Thakur, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Gayatri Iyer, Akriti Kakkar, Kalpana Patowary, Aditi, etc. This is not the limit we can also find stalwarts like Skinney Allley-ian Amyt Dutta, Hip Pocket-ian Nondon Bagchi and HFT-ian Lew Hilt alongside aces like Anjan Dutta and Kabir Suman contributing to the music of the recent films like that of in Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona. Also it can be learned that Bangla Band biggies like Surojit Chatterjee, Anindyo Chatterjee, Siddhartha Ray, Rupam Islam, Subhajit Mukherjee, Anindyo Bose, etc. also turning to playback these days and thus taking films' music to another greater heights. Another help that eventually counter-progressed the popularity of Tollywood Industry getting globalised is the enormous contribution of the production houses like that of Shree Venkatesh Films, Surinder Films, Eskay Movies, Prince Entertainment, Rose Valley Productions, Srijan Arts, etc.  These profit-making business houses are far more focussed and smart at marketting and packeging in the perfect order with right timing. The films' budgetting have also accelerated in the recent times that also helped in ample qualitative growth. Thus, the cine lovers can happily enjoy this happening new modern era of Tollywood and keep on getting the right fodder from the industry. :)

Jeet and Koyel at Italy
on the sets of " Dui Prithibi "

Dev and Subhashree at Lankawi Islands
on the sets of "Poran Jay Joliya Rey"

Soham and Srabanti at Maritius
on the sets of " Amanush "

Hiran and Koyel at Dubai
on the sets of " Mon Je Kore Uru Uru"

Ankush and Rupashree at Carribean Islands
on the sets of " Kellafateh"

Jishu and Malobika at Malaysia
on the sets of "Kokhono Biday Bolona"

Sujoy and Tanushree at Bangkok
on the sets of "Bondhu Esho Tumi"

Dev and Srabanti at Switzerland
on the sets of "Shedin Dakha Hoyechilo"

Dev and Payel at Sri Lanka
on the sets of "Ley Chakka"

Jeet and Nusrat at Istanbul
on the sets of "Shatru"

Wednesday : The 22nd.. !!

While recalling the day 22nd of June of 2011's qualitative happenings, i should make some real parent referrings of two phone calls that i received in the last two weeks before this mentioned happening..
The first phone call came on 10th of June from Mrs Ghosh who was mother to a Masters' degree friend of mine called Arunima!
22nd was the day when the reception ceremony of Abhijeet Da, elder brother of my bestie Arunima, was supposed to take place.. I was hearing this extremely delightful news of marriage from 2010 itself and normal rulewise i almost eye marked the date and was waiting eagerly for the occuring as we all witnessed how much we missed our Masters degree friends from the last year onwards after we finished off the course!
I spoke to Kakima (Arunima's mother) on various topics and then she mentioned me with the invitation while Arunima promised to text me the address pretty soon!
Came the day 20th of June i started getting calls from the morning for an innumerable times from an unknown server! Being the terrifying day of the week, monday always kick starts for me with a JU'ian act with an amount of ignorance towards receiving calls.. That definite call kept pouring down whole day round.. Nonetheless, i could not avoid its last sessions and consiously picked up one! It was another Kakima for me and this time it was Sneha's mother..Now let me tell you Sneha is another bestie of mine from school...And this phone call was the second turnover for me !!
Kakima's (Sneha's mother) call was claimed for a definite visit to her house on Sneha's birthday eventually that fell on 22nd itself! I was trans-fixed what to say and what not to say to Kakima as she highly insisted me on my presence as this time around it was a surprise party on the floors! Keeping on the highest form of doubts i gave a nod to the words!
Next morning i was positively confimed by Sneha's mother on the occurings! Meanwhile it was Arunima who provided me with a detailed text informations! I was under extreme pressure what to do exactly on the next day as i could not leave out anyone because both Sneha and Arunima are my bestest buddies ever!
On 22nd morning, i woke up with a fresh mind to cover up all the two important ocassions very tactfullly yet evenly! I reluctantly informed both the places about the news of my two invitations so that they genuinely co-opearte with me on this day..Post lunch i started readying myself with a perfect mood of visting a marriage reception.. The place was near to my residence thereby i managed to reach there by 8pm! Among the invitees it was Debarupa Nag, Shibakar Karmarkar, Sourav Sarkar, Sumit Bhattacharya and Dev Biswas turned up on a positive note while Lipika Das, Aniruddha Banerjee, Arjun Dutta and Susanta Baidya was terribly missed. Lipika had a water-logged situation with Aniruddha being stuck at his terrifying office work whereas Arjun was under improper state of health.., now those were some serious points and is totally understandable as it could have had happen with us even..
With some great clickings and completing other major activities i wrapped up this part by 9pm and then moved towards my apartment! Reached home and changed myself and took necessary belongings and then headed for my next destination now it was for Sneha and it was destined at Behala while switching on to my party mood!
While i reached there it was 15 past 10 and the cake cutting ceremony got completed! This time the invitee list consisted of Soumi Das, Arnab Roy, Nabendu Das and Avishek Dey with some close relatives.. Only Avishek failed to turn up as he was under pressure with an immense project work which he had to submit by the then, now that is truely an acceptable one! Photo sessions kept continuing all the while.. Fiinishing off our dinners we had plans of overnight stay! While Arnab and Nabendu went back, i and Soumi started preparing for the sleep though we were conscious that no sleep is all giong to show up! We literally chatted the whole night, spoke to common friends over the internet and performed all the well-assumed interesting activties.. We actually slept at 5am in the morning now that again for quite sometime! Sneha had her office that morning while i myself was occupied with Jadavpur University classes! So we woke up and got freshed and headed towards our respective homes within 12 Noon! I gave a small nap after lunch in between!
The day turned out to be extremely nice!
It was both hectic also a totally enjoyable experience for me and all the above meeting all my bestest buddies within a short span of time was a treat for my eyes itself! The almighty helped me to perform my duties with the day ending on such a pleasant note giving me all the positive breathings!
I was indeed touched and happy the way i am loved by others! Thank you so much buddies for being such lovely souls :)
Thank you to Sneha and Arunima for considering me so appropriate for being such close to your hearts and really thank you both for calling me that day :)
Thank you to my readers for reading, hoping that you will enjoy reading like the way i enjoyed writing this one!  :)

Mirakkel 6 Coming Soon!

Mirakkel is returning to TV! Come July 1st, the laughter comedy show, in its 6th season, will air on Zee Bangla. It will be great to see Mir back who is known to strike up an instant camaraderie with the contestants. It's not just Mir and the contestants which make the show so special, the judges are a favorite with the audience as well! Let's take a look at this video, one of those golden moments from Mirakkel Akkel Challenger when the show truly reached amazing heights!



This is a guest post written by Nipon

Got skeptical and clarified

I've just checked out my blog's stats and it surprised me to the core b'cos it seems to have a higher page view than my any other sites which I update more frequently,well need to really thank my follower counterparts on that note !!

Hoping that I'll write frequent feeds & provide my followers with a good fodder more consistently.Although I’m an ardent heritage lover of Kolkata,everything on & of this city fascinates me whether its food,culture,attires,socialisms etc etc…The tollywood industry with the Bengali music industry alongside the Bengali literature quite attracts me to its roots.Hence,my beloved readers it is my earnest request to you is that you please don’t get bored with my repeations of words regarding Kolkata & its surrondings.

Take care & Keep commenting guys !!

Ciao !!  Buhbbye !!

TOLLYWOOD'S NEW ACTORS' FILMOGRAPHY

DEV(DEEPAK ADHIKARI)

1. Agnisapath(2006)- directed by Prabir Nandi with Rachana Banerjee

2. I love you(2007)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Payal Sarkar

3. Premer kahini(2008)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Koyel Mallick

4. Chirodini tumi je amar(2008) [Guest appearance in d song “Pant e taali”] - directed by Raj Chakraborty with Rahul Banerjee,Priyanka Sarkar

5. Mon maane na(2008)- directed by Sujit Guha with Koyel Mallick

6. Jackpot(2009) [Special appearance in d remade track “Jibone ki pabona”]- directed by Koushik Ganguly with Hiran Chatterjee,Koyel Mallick,Rahul Banerjee,Sohini Paul

7. Challenge(2009)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Subhashree Ganguly

8. Poran jay joliya re(2009)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Subhashree Ganguly

9. Dujone(2009)- directed by Rajib Kumar Biswas with Shrabanti Chatterjee Biswas

10. Bolo na tumi amar(2010)- directed by Sujit Mondal with Koyel Mallick

11. Le Chakka(2010)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Payal Sarkar

Upcoming movies:

12. Bastab(2010)- directed by Rajshekhar Bose with Shrabanti Chatterjee Biswas

13. Dui Prithibi(2010)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Jeet,Koyel Mallick

14. Ekti Tarar Khoje(2010) [Special appearance as “Dev” himself]- directed by Avik Mukhopadhyay with Shayan Munshi,Arpita Chatterjee

Wish to see with:

1) Priyanka Sarkar

2) Paoli Dam

3) Swarnakamal Dutta

4) Arpita Mukherjee

5) Sayantika Banerjee

SUBHASHREE GANGULY

1. Pitribhumi(2007)- directed by Sanjib Roy with Jeet,Swastika Mukherjee

2. Mate ta love helare(2008)- Oriya film directed by Ashok Pati with Anubhab Mohanty

3. Baajimaat(2008)- directed by Haranath Chakraborty with Soham Chakraborty

4. Challenge(2009)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Dev

5. Poran jay joliya re(2009)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Dev

Upcoming movies:

--

Wish to see with:

1) Jeet

2) Rahul Banerjee

3) Hiran Chatterjee

4) Jishu Sengupta

5) Indraneil Sengupta

RAHUL(ARUNADOY BANERJEE)

1. Aabar aashbo phire(2004)- directed by Ravi Ojha with Saswata Chatterjee,Koneenica Banerjee

2. Chirodini tumi je amar(2008)- directed by Raj Chakraborty with Priyanka Sarkar

3. Jackpot(2009)- directed by Koushik Ganguly with Sohini Paul,Hiran Chatterjee,Koyel Mallick

4. Bhalobasha zindabaad(2009)- directed by Reshmi Mitra with Priyanka Sarkar

5. Kano kichu kotha bolo na(2009)- directed by Swapan Saha with Priyanka Sarkar

6. Hangover(2009) [Guest appearance]- directed by Prabhat Roy with Prosenjit Chatterjee,Sayantika

7. Love circus(2010)- directed by Dulal Bhowmick with Priyanka Sarkar

Upcoming movies:

8. Lipstick(2010)- directed by Pritam Jalan with Priyanka Sarkar

9. Aalive khela shuru(2010)- directed by Sudipto Ghatak,Ajay Singh with Priyanka Sarkar,Sohini Paul,Paoli Dam

10. Suchona(2010)- directed by Arun Roy with Priyanka Sarkar,Jishu Sengupta

11. Bhalobasa.com- directed by Prabhat Roy with Priyanka Sarkar

12. Jiyo kaka(2010)- directed by Parambrata Chatterjee with Rituparna Sengupta

13. Ke jane ka ghonta(2010)- directed by __ with Priyanka Sarkar

14. Prayoshchitto(2010)- directed by Anup Sengupta with Priyanka Sarkar,Prosenjit Chatterjee

15. Raj Nandini(2010)- directed by Piya Sengupta with Priyanka Sarkar

16. Pratidwandi(2010)- directed by Anup Sengupta with Priyanka Sarkar

17. Bor Bou Khela(2010)- directed by Jagannath Guha with Priyanka Sarkar

18. Shono mon boli tomay(2010)- directed by Pradip Saha with Priyanka Sarkar

19. Kagojer bou- directed by Bappaditya Bandhyopadyay with Priyanka Sarkar,Rimjhim Gupta,Paoli Dam,Joy Sengupta

Wish to see with:

1) Koyel Mallick

2) Shrabanti Chatterjee Biswas

3) Payal Sarkar

4) Subhashree Ganguly

5) Paoli Dam

6) Swarnakamal Dutta

7) Arpita Mukherjee

8) Sayantika Banerjee

PRIYANKA SARKAR

1. Chirodini tumi je amar(2008)- directed by Raj Chakraborty with Rahul Banerjee

2. Ei prithibi tomar amar(2009)- directed by Swapan Saha with Abhiraaj

3. Bhalobasha zindabaad(2009)- directed by Reshmi Mitra with Rahul Banerjee

4. Kano kichu kotha bolo na(2009)- directed by Swapan Saha with Rahul Banerjee

5. Risk(2009)- directed by Ringo with Hiran Chatterjee,Rituparna Sengupta

6. Love circus(2010)- directed by Dulal Bhowmick with Rahul Banerjee

7. Jodi Akdin(2010)- directed by Ringo with Indraneil Sengupta

Upcoming movies:

8. Lipstick(2010)- directed by Pritam Jalan with Rahul Banerjee

9. Aalive khela shuru(2010)- directed by Sudipto Ghatak,Ajay Singh with Rahul Banerjee,Sohini Paul,Paoli Dam

10. Suchona(2010)- directed by Arun Roy with Rahul Banerjee,Jishu Sengupta

11. Bhalobasa.com- directed by Prabhat Roy with Rahul Banerjee

12. Ke jane ka ghonta(2010)- directed by __ with Rahul Banerjee

13. Prayoshchitto(2010)- directed by Anup Sengupta with Rahul Banerjee,Prosenjit Chatterjee

14. Raj Nandini(2010)- directed by Piya Sengupta with Rahul Banerjee

15. Pratidwandi(2010)- directed by Anup Sengupta with Rahul Banerjee

16. Bor Bou Khela(2010)- directed by Jagannath Guha with Rahul Banerjee

17. Shono mon boli tomay(2010)- directed by Pradip Saha with Rahul Banerjee

18. Kagojer bou- directed by Bappaditya Bandhyopadyay with Rahul Banerjee,Rimjhim Gupta,Paoli Dam,Joy Sengupta

Wish to see with:

1) Dev

2) Soham Chakraborty

3) Jeet

4) Jishu Sengupta

HIRAN(HIRANMOY CHATTERJEE)

1. Nabab nandini(2007)- directed by Haranath Chakraborty with Koyel Mallick

2. Bhalobasha bhalobasha(2008)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Shrabanti Chatterjee Biswas

3. Chirosaathi(2008)- directed by Haranath Chakraborty with Koyel Mallick

4. Jackpot(2009)- directed by Koushik Ganguly with Koyel Mallick,Rahul Banerjee,Sohini Paul

5. Maa amar maa(2009)- directed by Haranath Chakraborty with Dipanwita Patra

6. Olot palot(2009)- directed by Swapan Saha with Shriya,Rishi,Sudipta

7. Risk(2009)- directed by Ringo with Priyanka Sarkar

Upcoming movies:

8. Jibon rong berong(2010)- directed by Sanghamitra Chowdhury with Chiranjit,Debashree Roy

9. Mon je kore uru uru(2010) directed by Sujit Guha with Koyel Mallick

Wish to see with:

1) Payal Sarkar

2) Subhashree Ganguly

3) Paoli Dam

4) Swarnakamal Dutta

5) Arpita Mukherjee

6) Sayantika Banerjee

SHRABANTI CHATTERJEE BISWAS

1. Mayar Badhon(1997)- directed by Swapan Saha with Prosenjit Chatterjee,Rituparna Sengupta

2. Champion(2003)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Jeet

3. Bhalobasha bhalobasha(2008)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Hiran Chatterjee

4. Dujone(2009)- directed by Rajib Kumar Biswas with Dev

5. Wanted(2010)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Jeet

6. Amanush(2010)- directed by Rajib Kumar Biswas with Soham Chakraborty

Upcoming movies:

--

Wish to see with:

1) Rahul Banerjee

2) Jishu Sengupta

3) Indraneil Sengupta

SOHAM CHAKRABORTY(BITTU)

1. Shakha prashakha(1992)- directed by Satyajit Ray with Soumitra Chatterjee,Ranjit Mallick

2. Ak tukro chaand- directed by __ with Sabyasachi Chakraborty

3. Chaander bari(2007)- directed by Tarun Majumdar with Soumitra Chatterjee,Rituparna Sengupta,Koyel Mallick

4. Bajimaat(2008)- directed by Haranath Chakraborty with Subhashree Ganguly

5. Prem amar(2009)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Payal Sarkar

6. Jeena(2009)- directed by Sanghamitra Chowdhury with Swarnakamal Dutta,Arpita Mukherjee

7. Rahasya(2009) directed by Sanghamitra Chowdhury with Chandni Dey,Debashree Roy

8. Kichu chaoya kichu paoya(2009)- directed by Shankar Ray with Swanakamal Dutta,Indrajit Chakraborty

9. Soldier(2010)- directed by Dulal Bhowmick with Prosenjit Chatterjee,Koyel Banerjee,Indrani Dutta,Shreelekha Mitra

10. Amanush(2010)- directed by Rajib Kumar Biswas with Shrabanti Chatterjee Biswas

Upcoming movies:

11. Baabarr(2010)- directed by Ashu Y Trikha with Mithun Chakraborty

Wish to see with:

1) Priyanka Sarkar

2) Paoli Dam

3) Sayantika Banerjee

PAYAL SARKAR

1. Shudhu tumi(2004)- directed by Abhijeet Guha,Sudeshna Roy with Prasenjit Chatterjee,Koyel Mallick

2. Bibar(2006)- directed by Subrata Sen with Subrata Dutta,Tannistha Chatterjee

3. I love you(2007)- directed by Ravi Kinnagi with Dev

4. Cross connection(2009)- directed by Abhijeet Guha,Sudeshna Roy with Ritwik Chakraborty,Abir Chatterjee,Rimjhim Mitra

5. Prem amar(2009)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Soham Chakraborty

6. Le Chakka(2010)- directed by Raj chakraborty with Dev

Upcoming movies:

7. Gole male gole male pirit karo na(2010)

Wish to see with:

1) Jeet

2) Rahul Banerjee

3) Hiran Chatterjee

4) Jishu Sengupta

5) Indraneil Sengupta