Satrajit Sarkar

Contemporary Bengali cinema is shifting from traditional narratives to explore complex themes in relationships. Films like 'Ei Raat Tomar Amar', 'Once Upon A Time in Calcutta', and 'Adim' tackle topics such as marital intimacy, bereavement, and personal freedom, showcasing nuanced portrayals of love and life beyond conventional storyline formats.

Debutante director Prosenjit Choudhury's film Dakbaksho, a psychological thriller, revolves around an abandoned dakbaksho (mail box), in which someone suddenly starts posting suspicious letters.

Soon we will have a Bengali film on the infamous online game ‘Blue Whale’. Director Anirban Guha is all set to show us how this suicide game is destroying the young generation and its social impact.

satrajit sarkar, who plays Ritwik Ghatak in Bratyajan's Ruddhasangeet, tells TOI that poll results could determine whether his play gets banned in Bengal or not

Sreelekha Mitra is on cloud nine and why not? The versatile actress has been nominated for the Best Female Actor award at the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival 2022 for her stellar performance in Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s critically acclaimed ‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’. Sengupta’s third feature, after ‘Asha Jaoar Majhe’ and ‘Jonaki’, features Bratya Basu, Anirban Chakraborty and satrajit sarkar alongside Sreelekha.

A mob clashed with police at Dum Dum Metro station on Monday evening after an RPF constable allegedly beat up a passenger for not paying the correct fare. Police had to lathicharge the protesters.

Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s critically acclaimed film ‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’ won the prestigious Circle Award at the Washington DC International Film Festival 2022. It was the only Indian film in the Filmfest DC lineup. The film, inspired by true events, the film follows the life of a bereaved mother trying to desperately find a new identity, love and independence, but soon realises that she is not the only scavenger in a city brimming with hunger.

The 13-minute film directed by Anirban Guha and Avi Bandyopadhyay has been selected for the Cannes Short Film Corner that will be held between May 8 -19.

Twenty-one years after Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s ‘Uttara’ won the special director’s award at the Venice Film Festival, National Award winner Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Bengali film, ‘Once Upon A Time In Calcutta’ (OUATIC), is in competition at the coveted festival. It will be competing in the Orizzonti section and is the only Indian film at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Sengupta’s film, starring Sreelekha Mitra and Bratya Basu, among others, will have its world premiere at the festival held from September 1-11.