Looking Back at 2008

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | TNZBlog | 4 Comments

I have found this article interesting. So I am sharing it with you all. Author- Chandi Mukherjee.

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2008 was the year of most released films of Bengali Cinema, the total number of released film is 69. Its a huge number for Bengali Cinema if compared with the last few years. Lets us take a look what are there in 2008.

Trend of Love Story

A major trend of this year films were love stories at least 8 films were made on love story and at least 3 more are now under production which will be released by the middle of the next year.

The films were Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, Bhalobasha Bhalobasha, Love, Love Story, Chirosathi, Tomar Jonyo, Premer Kahini, Mon Maane Na.

Veterans like Haranath Chakraborty and Sujit Guha made love stories like Chirosathi and Mon Maane Na parallel with the new comer like Nilanjan of Tomar Jonyo and Raj Chakraborty of Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.

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Tags: Aparna Sen, Atanu Ghosh, Bengali Cinema, Bhalobasha Bhalobasha, Birsha Dasgupta, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, Gautam Ghosh, Haranath Chakraborty, Highest Grosser, Mon Maane Na, Raj Chakraborty, Sujit Guha, Tapan Sinha, Tintorettor Jishu, Tollywood 2008

The Double Directors Cut

Friday, January 16th, 2009 | TNZBlog | 1 Comment

23rd Jan will bring two sensitive directors with successful ventures behind them face to face .

Antaheen & Jackpot ( both Mainstream ) belonging to different genre of bengali films are not competing but complementing each other and will create a much awaited reminder that times are chaging and so is Bengali Cinema .

Tollywood Highlights 2009

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | TNZBlog | 3 Comments

Jackpot
Starring- Hiran, Koel, Rahul, Sohini
Director- Kaushik Ganguly

Trishna
Starring- Rituparna, Angshuman, Arindam Sil
Director- Pritam Jalan

Challenge
Starring- Dev, Shubhashree, Rajatava
Director- Raj Chakraborty

Antaheen
Starring- Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, Rahul Bose
Director- Aniruddha RoyChowdhury

Shukno Lanka
Starring- Mithun Chakraborty, SabyaSachi Chakraborty, Roopa Ganguly
Director- Gaurav Pande

Bangal Ghoti PhataPhati
Starring- Koel, Jishu
Director- Prabir Nandy

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Tags: Aami Yasin O Amar Madhubala, Abohoman, Amitava Bhattacharya, Angshuman, Aniruddha RoyChowdhury, Anjan Dutt, Antaheen, Aparna Sen, Arindam Sil, Atul Kulkarni, Bangal Ghoti PhataPhati, BBD, Bibhu, Bipasha Basu, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Challenge, Crossroads, Dev, Gaurav Pande, Goutam Ghosh, Hiran, Hitlist, Jackpot, Jimmy Sheirgill, Jishu Sengupta, Joto Kando Kathmandute, Kaalbela, Kaushik Ganguly, Kay Kay Menon, Koel Mullick, Koushik Sen, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Noukadubi, Paoli Dam, Parambrata, Piyalir Password, Prabir Nandy, Pritam Jalan, Priyangshu Chaterjee, Prosenjit, Rahul, Rahul Bose, Raima Sen, Raj Basu, Raj Chakraborty, Rajatava, Rituparna Sengupta, Rituparno Ghosh, Riya Sen, Roopa Ganguly, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Sameera Reddy, Sandip Ray, Santu Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Shob Charitra Kalponik, Shubhashree, Shukno Lanka, Sohini Paul, Tota Roychowdhury, Trishna, Victor Banerjee

JACKPOT Poster

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | TNZBlog | 2 Comments

Tags: Hiran, Jackpot, Jeet Ganguly, Koel Mullick, Koushik Ganguly, Mainak Bhowmik, Rahul, Shree Venkatesh Films, Shreekant Mohta, Sohini Paul

Tollywood raises production budget

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | TNZBlog | No Comments

Tollywood is finally gearing up to add gloss to Bengali movies with around four movies slated for release by early next year being shot in foreign locales including Singapore, Berlin and Austria.

These movies have a budget between Rs 65 lakh and Rs 3 crore, with the scenes shot in foreign locales making up around 20 - 30 per cent of the overall production cost.

Production houses like Surinder Films, Moxie Entertainment, and Mumbai Mantra, the film production wing of Mahindra and Mahindra, are investing in youth-centric movies with a part of the shoot in foreign locales to add to the glamour quotient.

The Dev and Koel Mullick starrer Mon Maane Na has a budget of Rs 1.5 crore. The Singapore shoot investment worked out to Rs 20 lakh. The movie was shot in Jurong Bird Park, Orchard Road and Clarke Quay in Singapore.

Likewise, ‘Shukno Lanka’, a Mumbai Mantra production, will be shot in Berlin. The movie stars Mithun Chakraborty and Roopa Ganguly, who along with other crew members will be at Berlin in this November ahead of the Berlin International Film Festival. ‘Shukno Lanka’ has a budget of close to Rs 2.5 crore, and the shoot in Berlin will make up for 20 per cent of its overall production costs.

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Tags: Berlin Film Festival, Bhalobasa Bhalobasa, Dev, Koel Mullick, Lakshyaved, Mithun Chakraborty, Mon Maane Na, Moxie Entertainment, Mumbai Mantra, Roopa Ganguly, Shukno Lanka, Surinder Films, Tollywood Budget