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Anik Dutta death: Bengali cinema mourns loss of 'sharpest, most uncompromising filmmaker'
May 27, 2026 8:34 pm
Anik Dutta death: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, among others, mourn the loss of Bhooter Bhabishyat director.
Filmmaker Anik Dutta dies, cops probe cicrumstances into death
May 28, 2026 2:58 am
Anik Dutta died on Wednesday after allegedly falling from the terrace of his multi-storey residence in South Kolkata.
Rahul Arunoday Banerjee death: Swastika Mukherjee slams Sourav Ganguly's remarks on the actor’s drowning, says ‘he works on an AC floor’
April 08, 2026 10:34 am
Certain remarks by Sourav Ganguly regarding Rahul Arunoday Banerjee's death did not sit well with the public. Now actor Swastika Mukherjee has condemned them.
Rahul Arunoday Banerjee death: Bengali entertainment industry to go on indefinite strike; artistes demand stricter security measures for cast and crew
April 06, 2026 9:55 pm
Rahul Arunoday Banerjee death: Senior actors like Santilal Mukherjee, Rituparna Sengupta, and Prosenjit Chatterjee have stepped forward demanding justice for their colleague and his family.
Amid US-Israel strikes on Iran, Subhashree Ganguly, son stranded in Dubai; husband expresses concern: 'They are inside a hotel...'
March 01, 2026 6:21 pm
Subhashree Ganguly and her son were on holiday in Dubai when tensions escalated. Her husband, Raj Chakraborty, shared the family's concerns regarding their safety.
Beyond Chowringhee: Remembering Mani Shankar Mukherjee – Sankar – the man who gave voice to a working city
February 23, 2026 5:28 pm
The novelist Sankar, who passed away in Kolkata at the age of 92, built a literary legacy that gave voice to the city's workers, dreamers, and forgotten corners
'Fail as a father': Hiran Chatterjee's daughter breaks down after actor's 'illegal' second marriage to model Ritika Giri
January 23, 2026 1:28 pm
Niyasa Chatterjee, daughter of Hiran and Anindita Chatterjee, revealed that she learned about her father’s second marriage to Ritika Giri through social media. He has not been in touch with his first family.
Hiraan Chatterjee marries again, first wife Anindita calls it 'illegal'; 2nd wife Ritika Giri says, 'Go to cops'
January 22, 2026 6:11 pm
Hiraan Chatterjee’s wedding photos with model Ritika Giri recently went viral, as first wife Anindita and their daughter claimed they are yet to get divorced. Ritika, meanwhile, has claimed they have been married for the past five years.
70 years on, what makes ‘Pather Panchali’ endure — across cultures and time
August 27, 2025 4:59 pm
It is a living text that continues to question us: What stories are we telling today, and to whom? Are we still willing to look at ordinary lives with dignity?
To be a ‘Bangali’, one need not speak ‘Bengali’
August 15, 2025 7:10 pm
Mamata Banerjee government’s recent order to show a Bengali film on prime time across multiplexes represents Bhadralok hegemony
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