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Turmoil in Tollywood: Technicians boycott actor Anirban Bhattacharya's music video shoot
June 30, 2025 7:06 pm
In April this year, Anirban Bhattacharya and other filmmakers had moved the Calcutta High Court to “put a check” on the alleged interference of the federation of technicians in the work of directors.
Impasse ends in Bengali film and TV industry; directors’ body agrees to resume shooting from Monday
February 08, 2025 4:51 pm
Earlier in the month, director Srijit Roy had taken to Facebook Live to allege that certain individuals were intentionally hindering his production.
Bengali film directors call for strike in solidarity with Rahool Mukherjee following technicians' body's boycott of young filmmaker
July 29, 2024 4:55 pm
In a Facebook post, prominent filmmakers said despite the Directors Guild allowing Rahool Mukherjee to helm the shooting of an untitled film, the first-day shoot could not take place as the technicians stayed away.
West Bengal film directors strike over technicians not showing up for Rahool Mukherjee’s shoot
July 29, 2024 2:43 pm
Directors to 'not work' until technicians accept Mukherjee as the director of an upcoming SVF Entertainment movie, taking film production to a halt.
Veteran Bengali actor Anjana Bhowmick passes away at 79
February 17, 2024 3:37 pm
Anjana Bhowmick passed away on Saturday. She was 79.
Theatres shut down, mounting losses: How Bengali film industry lost the battle during pandemic
September 10, 2021 10:05 am
The Bengali film industry is reeling from the pandemic. While streaming services emerged as saviours elsewhere, even that revolution seems to have largely passed by Tollywood.
Gunday vs Gunday in Kolkata
February 27, 2014 11:57 pm
The Bengali film industry is up in arms against the dubbed version of Bollywood film Gunday
Remembering Rituparno Ghosh
July 07, 2013 1:00 am
Credited for bringing in a new wave of cinema in the Bengali film industry and Bollywood,with thought-provoking movies such as Unishe April and The Last Lear,fans of Rituparno Ghosh have a reason to cheer.
Chit clouds on Tollywood but some see silver lining
May 08, 2013 4:16 am
GLOOM has descended in Tollywood the Bengali film industry as the Saradha Group chit fund mess has led to several similar financial companies,which had invested in films,to stop makingfurther payments.
Wardrobe Non-function
March 24, 2011 3:57 am
With cotton kurtis,jeans and a jhola slung on her shoulders,Raima Sen in Sanjoy Nag's forthcoming film Memories in March epitomises the urban Kolkata chic. She could be a student of Presidency College or a young copywriter in an advertisement firm in Salt Lake.
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