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Anindita Acharya

Anindita Acharya

Anindita Acharya is deputy chief content producer of Hindustan Times. She has been covering the Bengali film industry for eight years. Apart from this, she also reports on lifestyle.

Articles by Anindita Acharya

Mother’s Day special: Five Bollywood songs that remind us of our mommy dearest

Sharmila Tagore in a still from Amar Prem.

Updated on May 14, 2017 07:42 IST

Between the reel and the real falls the shadow: the two facets of actor Tapas Paul’s life

Actor-MP Tapas Paul (in white), with West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee and others at a rally in 2010

Updated on Jan 3, 2017 11:49 IST

Parno Mittra and Irrfan bonded over food in Dhaka

Bengali actress Parno Mittra will be sharing screen space with Irrfan in Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s bilingual No Bed of Roses (Doob in Bengali).

Updated on Jan 3, 2017 08:28 IST

What made news in Bengali film industry in 2016

Satyajit Ray’s Nayak starring Uttam Kumar completed 50 years in 2016.

Updated on Dec 31, 2016 08:23 IST

Tapas Paul: Bengali movie star to hardened politico arrested in Rose Valley scam

Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul was arrested by CBI in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam, in Kolkata on December 30, 2016.

Updated on Dec 30, 2016 19:14 IST

Ankush’s Bengali release is a remake of Diljit Dosanjh’s Punjabi film Disco Singh

Ankush will be seen sharing screen space with actress Nusrat Jahan in Haripada Bandwala. The film marks the debut of director Pathkrit Basu.

Updated on Dec 27, 2016 08:43 IST

Despite Dangal craze, very few takers for women’s wrestling in Bengal

Women wrestlers practising at Panchanan Bayam Samiti, one of the few wrestling clubs for women in Bengal.

Updated on Dec 24, 2016 04:10 IST

Nothing political: Bengali director is first to make movie on demonetisation

A still from the film. It was shot in seven days flat in the coal belt of West Bengal.

Updated on Dec 22, 2016 07:33 IST

Bengal’s favourite sleuths in late rescue act in grim year

Double Feluda and Byomkesh Pawrbo are running to packed houses.

Updated on Dec 17, 2016 12:26 IST

Demonetisation woes: Abir keeps his fingers crossed for new Byomkesh Bakshi film

Abir Chatterjee is the only Bengali actor to have played both Feluda and Byomkesh Bakshi. In 2016, Abir was replaced by Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Felu Mitter in Sandip Ray’s films.

Updated on Dec 16, 2016 10:51 IST

Sandip Ray wants Sabyasachi Chakraborty to play Feluda again

Director Sandip Ray’s new Feluda film celebrates 50th anniversary of the iconic Bengali sleuth, a character created by Satyajit Ray.

Updated on Dec 15, 2016 11:17 IST

Singer Silajit donates money earned from selfie for charity

Bengali rock singer Silajit Majumder charges for clicking selfies with fans and accepting friend requests on Facebook, which he donates to charity.

Updated on Dec 12, 2016 09:50 IST

Sabyasachi Chakraborty will do another Feluda film if Sandip Ray insists

Sabyasachi Chakraborty will be seen playing Feluda on the big screen after a gap of five years. He plays the iconic Bengali sleuth in Sandip Ray’s upcoming film Double Feluda.

Updated on Dec 9, 2016 12:26 IST

Singapore-based scientist takes to Facebook to celebrate Bangaliana

Arpan Roy has been a resident of Singapore for than 10 years.

Updated on Dec 9, 2016 04:38 IST

Haranath Chakraborty isn’t in favour of multiple Bengali releases a week

Filmmaker Haranath Chakraborty is gearing up for the release of his new film, Amar Prem.

Updated on Nov 19, 2016 14:01 IST

Cash crisis a thumbs down for Bengali film releases

A still from Bengali film Teenawnko, starring Rituparna Sengupta, Bidita Bag and Mumtaz Sorcar. Director Bithin Das said compared to expectations, there’s a 35% dip in the sales on the first day of the release.

Updated on Nov 19, 2016 12:38 IST

Teenkahon director Bauddhayan Mukherji disappointed with the film distribution model in Bengal

Director Bauddhayan Mukherji was in Kolkata to attend the screening of his debut Hindi film, The Violin Player.

Updated on Nov 18, 2016 10:19 IST

Indian cinema doesn’t necessarily mean Bollywood: Dan Wolman

Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman at the 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival.

Updated on Nov 17, 2016 11:40 IST

Artistes cannot be banned, says Iranian filmmaker Nahid

Iranian filmmaker Nahid Hassanzadeh.

Updated on Nov 16, 2016 07:58 IST

I am a feminist at heart but not a militant, says French director Catherine Corsini

French filmmaker Catherine Corsini at a press conference of the 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival at Nandan.

Updated on Nov 16, 2016 07:46 IST

Just because money is available, it doesn’t mean someone should make films: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s first new digital film Pinneyum was screened in the Special Tribute section of the ongoing 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival.

Updated on Nov 14, 2016 13:15 IST

Exhibition on Mahanayak Uttam Kumar at Kolkata Film Festival

The exhibition, titled Nayak: The Hero, on Uttam Kumar, is one of the major attractions of the 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival.

Updated on Nov 14, 2016 07:47 IST

Don’t miss these films at Kolkata Film Festival

The 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival will showcase 156 films from 65 countries.

Updated on Nov 11, 2016 14:03 IST

Stuntmen in Bengali film industry rue their poor pay

Dev and Koel Mullick shot an action sequence in Thailand for Rangbazz.

Updated on Nov 11, 2016 13:52 IST

Are senior Bengali film actors a neglected lot?

Praran Bandopadhyay, Anamika Saha, Ardhendu Banerjee and Sohag Sen on the set on Benche Thakar Gaan.

Updated on Nov 11, 2016 08:03 IST

Shiboprosad and Nandita’s next Bengali film is on parenting

Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay and Nandita Roy, who had earlier directed Praktan, are currently working on their next which goes on floor in December.

Updated on Nov 11, 2016 06:50 IST

Hit actor-director pairs in Bengali cinema and their upcoming films

Kamaleswar Mukherjee directed Dev for the first time in Chander Pahar (2013). The hit actor-director pair is gearing up for their new film, Amazon Obhijaan.

Updated on Nov 10, 2016 08:43 IST

Kolkata artist to give shirish tree a makeover at Nandan

Sculptor Deep Saha’s tree sculpture at Nandan draws inspiration from musical instruments and films.

Updated on Nov 9, 2016 08:11 IST

Happy birthday Rituparna Sengupta: Here’s a dekko at the 8 different looks the actor sported

Rituparna played Begum Jaan in Srijit Mukherji’s Rajkahini.

Updated on Nov 7, 2016 07:05 IST

Big B, Kajol and Sanjay Dutt to grace Kolkata Film Festival inauguration

Filmmaker Goutam Ghose, Bengal sports minister Arup Biswas and information and cultural affairs secretary Atri Bhattacharya at the press conference of the 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival.

Updated on Nov 4, 2016 11:38 IST

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