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Anandalok - The Only Bangla Filmy Magazine!

Well, There are so much to write about Anandalok.

Anandalok

  1. My parents never allowed to read Anandalok when I was small due to “adult (?) ” content!
  2. Still Anandalok got some cool raveling pictures of actresses that are not acceptable to many “middle class” families! (However “Choli Ke Piche Kya Hai” dance scene is acceptable in Televisions).
  3. I am now reading the magazine for quite some time.
  4. It is time to say something!

Well, I like Anandalok. First of all just because it is the ONLY bangla magazine that has some information about Tollywood. Anandalok also publish lots of great interviews! I just read the cool interviews with Manna Dey. Well, I get some latest movie release information in Kolkata too along with good bangla movie reviews.

Once in a while it features Mithunda or Jeet! I now know Prosenjit is known by his nick “Bumba”. I now know Chiranjet is coming back to movies and Koyel Mullick should smile less and all that.

All is good but I still have one big complain about Anandalok!

70-80% of Anandalok content is from “Bollywood” movies and actors and actresses. 5-10% about “Hollywood” gossips and only 10-20% about Tollywood movie industry. I really love to see a different ratio there. I get all the Bollywood and Tollywood movie news online. Also there are numerous other magazines about Bollywood and Hollywood movie industry. But there is none about BANGLA CINEMA in KOLKATA.

So, I believe, Anandalok needs one competitor. To raise the quality and content we need one more bangla filmy magazine.

What do you all think? Tell us guys!

Also, if you have read the Latest Anandalok, let me know what do you think about the content!

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Robibar Bikelbela (2004) - Bangla Cinema by Amit Dutta

Robibar Bikelbela (2004) - Bangla Cinema by Amit Dutta
Direction: Amit Dutta
Playback Singers: Sabina Yasmin, Kumar Sanu, Shibaji Chatterjee, Shakti Thakur, Kanu Bhattacharya, Swapan Basu, Sumanta Mukherjee,
Cast: Sudipta Chakraborty, Bhaswar Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Mou Bhattacharya, Rumki Chatterjee, Gita Dey, Arun Mukherjee

Robibar Bikelbela


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Storyline
The story is set in 1977, the aftermath of the Naxal movement in Bengal. Shaon, a former naxalite and now a fugitive abroad, comes back to India after his mothers death and accidentally gets introduced to the daughter of the very man he had assassinated. He finds out about her grinding poverty and that she was forced into prostitution. Yet, there is something fatally attractive about her and he can neither confess to her nor stay away. The story of ‘Robibar Bikalbela’ is the story of the Dilemma of Shaon….

Small Review:
Robibar Bikalbela is a gentle film. Its gentle in its treatment of the main theme, its gentle in its critical look at the human price of political activity and above all its gentle because it does not take ethical positions. Its tells a tale and leaves you to judge for yourself.

Yet it is this gentleness that mires the film in mediocrity. The storyline had immense possibilities. There was human drama, there was the psychological aspect of an assassin returning to the scene of his crime. There was the futility of political action that is implied but never explored. Yet the film does not take an in-depth look at any of this. It focuses on the dilemma of the hero, but even here thetreatment is somewhat superficial.

Then there is a distressing lack of concern for detail. It is not the Calcutta of 1977 that we see here. its the Kolkata of the 1990’s. The street signs, the posters, the dresses are all wrong. It takes away much of the charm of an otherwise enjoyable movie.

If anything lifts the film it is the acting of Sudipta Chakrabarty as the young daughter of Shaon’s victim who is also a sex-worker. She portrays every emotion brilliantly. It is understated action - each idea is conveyed by a glance or a smile or a gesture and is done with such naturalness that one can’t help empathise withthe character. Sudipta portrays the cynicism of the sex worker beautifully, but equally projects the vulnerability and the emotional response of the young woman. Bhaswar Chatterjee as Shaon is nowhere as believable.

The film has some beautiful pieces of music. i particularly liked the rendering of Ave Maria by Robin Alicatore. Cinematography by Siumitra Haldar is outstanding.
But to sum it up, at the end of the film, you are left with a sense of lingering sadness at the futility of it all. You wonder why so many lives were wasted and what came of it. That perhaps is the director’s greatest achievement.

Overall its a film worth watching.

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Sajani Go Sajani (1991)- Tarun Majumdar Classic-Online Bangla Cinema


Sajani Go Sajani (1991)- Tarun Majumdar Classic-Online Bangla Cinema
Direction: Tarun Majumdar
Story and Script: Tarun Majumdar
Music Direction: V.Balsara, Ajay Das, Mrinal Banerjee, Kanu Bhattacharya, Kuchil Mukherhee
Lyric: Pulak Banerjee, Kuchil Mukherjee, Tarun Majumdar
Playback Singers: Sabina Yasmin, Kumar Sanu, Shibaji Chatterjee, Shakti Thakur, Kanu Bhattacharya, Swapan Basu, Sumanta Mukherjee,
Cast: Sanjib Dasgupta, Mahesweta Roy, Utpal Dutta, Anup Kumar, Joy Sengupta, Shriman Rintu, Aloka Ganguly, Shakti Thakur, Bhaskar Banerjee,

Sajani Go Sajani is another good direction by Tarun Majumdar. This time we see Sanjob Dasgupta and Mahesweta Roy playing the leading roles. Anup Kumar and Utpal Dutta are at their best. We also have great music composition by V. Valsara and awsome playback voice by Sabina Yasmin, Kumar Sanu, Sibaji Banerjee and so on.

You should enjoy the movie a lot.

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Parashmani- Tarun Majumdar Classic-Online Bangla Cinema

Parashmani- Tarun Majumdar Classic-Online Bangla Cinema
Direction: Tarun Majumdar
Story and Script: Tarun Majumdar
Music Direction: Rabin Chatterjee
Lyric: Gouri Prasanna Majumdar
Playback Singers: Sandhya Mukherjee, Nirmala Mishra, Shyamal Mitra
Cast: Tapas Pal, Sukhen Das, Shatabdi Roy, Sandha Roy, Kali Banerjee,

Parashmani is one of the good melodramatic movies made in Bengali movie industry. Tapas Pal was somewhat slim and performed well in the film. You also have melodrama gurus like Kali Banerjee and Sukhen Das in this film. I love all Tarun Majumdar movies so I would recommend all to watch the film.

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admin 27 May 2008 Kali Banerjee, Online Bengali Movies, Sandhya Roy, Shatabdi Roy, Sukhen Das, Tapas pal , , , , , , 2 Comments

Fera (2008) Tollowood Bangla Movie!

Fera (2008) Tollowood Bangla Movie!
Directed by: Partha Sarathi Joardar
Casts: Rituparna Sengupta, Shilajeet

Fera

Fera leseaded just about a week back in Calcutta and running in many movie halls including “Minar, Bijali, Chhabighar“. Rituparna Sengupta is back in another bengali film with this release with Shilajeet! Shilajeet is doing many roles scatteredly apart from singing in albums and in live programs. I have not yet seen the movie so don’t have any great idea about it. If you have watched the movie, please write a review for our users.

In the mean time you can watch some old Rituparna Sengupta Movies such as:

  1. Shwet Pathorer Thala
  2. Debi Pakksha
  3. Alo
  4. Utsab
  5. Dahan
  6. Paromitar Ek Din
  7. Atmiya Swajan
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