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Film Review - CHA-E-CHUTI (2009) Bengali Movie - Tollywood Opens Up To Sex, Kisses and Lesbianism On Film

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:22:34 PST

Kissing and intimate adult scenes are still cause of "news" in the Indian media, and worse, used to the hilt by Internet keyword spamming web-sites whose only goal is to get traffic to click on their PPC ads to make money. Though such postings are not much more than irresponsible journalism, such noise does tend to drown what should be much bigger news in experimental cinema by new Bengali directors. While "Lip-Lock with Locket Chatterjee" is a great page title to get search engines to the post, it does not convey the nuances and context of the film or the director's intent of expression on film. Of course, this is assuming the director set out to make a meaningful film in the first place, and not a soft-porn movie.

Film Review - BISH (2009) Bengali Movie by Q

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:46:33 PST

After five long years of detachment, three college friends meet at a cafe in Calcutta. The ladies are in their late twenties. They fumble, as they should, meeting with each other after such a long time. However, they soon found that they all share some similarities in common. They wants to be rich and need money and they all have problems in their life. They also share another greatness - harted for men. They started siscussing old days and soon end up shouting and at the spur of the moment they decided to play a game. A game of sex and seduction. There will be one simple rule. Make the maximum money by sleeping with as many men as possible for that night. They all have to meet next morning. Whoever earned the highest money, would be winner.

Film Review - Shankar Ray's Saptasur (2009) Bengali Movie | True Eastern Movies Production

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:04:54 PST

With music directed by the great Indian Disco music composer Bappi Lahiri, Bangla film Saptosur (2009) was released on Christmas day 2009. Lyrics are penned by Joyprakash Sarkar.

Shaptosur is directed by Shankar Ray, and the credited star cast includes veterans Soumitra Chatterjee, Santu Mukherjee with a newer generation of Tollywood actors Nabin, Barsha, Subrat Dutt, Anuradha Ray, Sandip Ghosh, Mohan Aagashe and others.

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Arrest Of Global Warming - Seminar and Cultural program - Dec 27-30, 2009, Kolkata

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:09:19 PST

Cultural Programmes

6:15 PM Onwards, Dec 28 - 30, 2009
St. Pauls's Cathedral Ground, near Birla Planetarium, Calcutta

Dec 27

Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Nair, Rokeya Roy, Utpalendu Chowdhury, Uttara Chowdhury, Kolkata Bangla Band TITAS
MC: Tamali

Dec 28

Sreekumar Chattopadhyay, Bratati Bandopadhyay, Subhalakshmi, Sounak Chattopadhyay, Sharmishtha Chatterjee
MC: Rini

Dec 29

Sobhan Sundar Bose, Sutapa Roychowdhury, Bangla Band UJANIA
MC: Mukta Dhara

Dec 30

Aishwaria Basu, Sahaj Maa, Utpal Fakir, P C Sorkar
MC: Mukta Dhara

Toh Baat Pakki (2010) Hindi Movie | Tabu - Sharman Joshi - Vatsal Seth - Yuvika Choudhary

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:19:32 PST

Rajeshwari (Tabu) exemplifies the quintessential Indian middle class woman with the aspiration and ambitions to reach the next higher social stature in her society. The film is based in a B-town centre of India and carries the mentalities and the true essence of the “Great Indian middle class”.

Rajeshwari is married to Vinay (Ayub Khan) a bank cashier for the last 7 years. She has two adorable children Geet and Suraj 6 and 4 respectively. She has always been the driving force in the family and her dream is to get her sister Nisha married to the most suitable boy within their Saxena community. Rajeshwari is against the dowry system and therefore the propositions to find a suitable match within the given scenario is not very promising but she is determined to do so.

DIRECTOR: Kedarh Shinde
LYRICS: Sayeed Quadri, Mayur Puri, Shabbir Ahmed
MUSIC: Pritam
PRODUCER: Ramesh. S. Taurani

Star Cast: Tabu, Sharman Joshi, Vatsal Seth, Yuvika Choudhary, Ayub Khan

Yuvika Chowdhary is a beautiful Indian Bollywood actress who has played roles in the movies Om Shanti Om and Summer 2000. This is her 3rd movie.

Watch an interview video of Yuvika Chowdhary talking about her role in To Baat Pakki online.

A R Rahman Show in Sydney Australia - $100 VIP tickets

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:14:35 PST

Oscar winner A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) is charging $100 (USD) per person for a “VIP Experience” at his “free” concert in Australia on January 16.

“Sydney Festival”, organizer of Rahman concert, however, is advertising this event as “free”, describing it as “free outdoor spectacular”.

The “Store” on the official Rahman website is “exclusively” selling this “Jai Ho VIP Experience Package”, which includes: after-show meet & greet with Rahman, photo with Rahman (fan-provided camera), Rahman’s autograph, official event t-shirt (handshake of Indian and Australian flags on a black t-shirt). There is a limit of four tickets per order and portion of the proceeds will go to Rahman’s KM Music Academy. It tells customers: “Do not contact the Sydney Festival regarding packages”.

LIFT KARA DE Sony TV Reality Show - Karan Johar

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:08:59 PST

LIFT KARA DE is a Sony TV Reality show broadcast Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM starting Jan 1, 2010. It is hosted by film maker Karan Johar, and is a celebrity reality show with Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan, A R Rahman, Ranbir Kapoor and so on.

Watch live Indian TV shows online.

Dulha Mil Gaya (2010) - The Khan of Bollywood and the Queen of the Universe to shake Amritsar to America

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:31:47 PST

^{Dulha Mil Gaya (2010) - Poster}

The movie makes the profound observation that everyone, including President Bill Clinton, have had problems with their love lives, but there is no meaning to anything without love in one's life.

Bengali Recitation/ Bangla Abritti by Subhendu Dutta

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:31:29 PST

Subhendu Dutta is originally from Midnapore, West Bengal but presently resides in Kolkata, India. His recitation recordings also feature his wife Mrs. Mampi Dutta and son Arya Dutta.

Submit your recitation for airing on WBRi global live Radio Channel.

Roopa Ganguly - Interview | Award Winning Kolkata Bengali Movie Actress

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:03:04 PST

Ahsanul Huq, VOA Bangla Radio, talks to acclaimed award-winning Kolkata Bangla Movie and Bollywood actress Roopa Ganguly.

Rituparna Sengupta - Interview | Award Winning Kolkata Bangla Movie Actress

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:27:08 PST

Listen to Indian Tollywood queen and popular Bangla cinema heroine Rituparna Sengupta talk about her films, career, transformation in the Bengali movie industry and her role in Raj Basu's Piyalir Password.

DEV - Interview | Indian Kolkata Bengali Movie Actor - Deepak Adhikari is Tollywood's Hope For A Hero like Uttam Kumar (Audio)

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:20:25 PST

Dev Adhikari is an upcoming Bangla movie actor from Kolkata. Many of his movies are already big box-office hits.

In this interview, listen to Dev talk about his modeling career, background as work as an actor.

Himalaya Film Festival USA 2010 | Promo Video Released

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:16:39 PST

The land of the free hosts 75 films and documentaries on the world's highest mountain region.

The majestic natural beauty of the Himalayan mountain range has inspired awe and religious devotion around the world for millennia. With thirty snowy peaks above 7620 meters, the Himalaya dwarf all other mountains and sprawl 2700 kilometers across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan.

Deepika Padukone is Smokin' Hot in Karthik Calling Karthik (2010) Hindi Movie

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:11:24 PST

The film seems be extremely well-planned, with stuff to be released on a schedule that beats the detail in any milestone-deliverable software schedule us techies have ever seen, starting with Santa bringing us the poster.

Ringo's Jodi Ekdin (2010) Bengali Movie - Indranil-Priyanka

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:48:43 PST

Film-maker Ringo Banerjee's upcoming Jadi Ekdin (2010) Bengali movie has a lead star cast of Indraneil Sengupta and Priyanka Sarkar. The background score composition and music direction are by Joy Sarkar. and the lyrics are by Anindya Chatterjee and Chandril of Kolkata Bangla band Chandrabindoo.

Shayan Munshi - Interview | Upcoming Bengali and Bollywood Movie Actor

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:31:17 PST

Sayan Munshi is a fashion model and a rising Bangla and Indian Hindi Bollywood movie actor. Listen to Shayan talk about his modeling, Bollywood and Bengali film career, and stories about his roles in Jhankar Beats, Bong Connection.

SHAAN - Interview | Bengali and Hindi Film Songs Playback Singer

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:38:53 PST

Popular Bangla and Bollywood Hindi Film Songs playback singer Shaan talks about his career and the current scene of playback songs in Indian cinema.

Interview - Monideepa Bagchi - Dancer, Choreogrpaher and founder of Shrishti creative Dance troupe

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:05:41 PST

In this interview, Monideepa Bagchi talks about about her dance style, her company Shrishti and other issues.Manideepa Bagchi had her initial training in Bharatnayam and Manipuri styles. She started learning dance at the age of six from Naresh Kumar and completed a six year course on Bharatnyam from 'Prayag Sangit Prabhakar'. She received one year training in Odissi dance from Guru Murali Dhar Majhi. She also learnt khathakali from Guru Govindan Kutty. At the age of fifteen she made her debut on the television with a Rabindranath Tagore dance drama under the guidance of Naresh Kumar, her first guru. She also learnt Western contemporary dance, Martha Graham's created modern dance from different campus dancers like Nana Glesin,m Linda Davis and many other famous dancers who visited India at different times, She also learnt Uday Shankar style of dance which is not a mélange of different forms, but a unique style with strong Indian root, capable of expressing a wide range of subjects.

Interview - Chitrita Banerjee - Author of the popular Bengali Recipe Books & Feluda Mystery Stories Translations

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:41:51 PST

Chitrita Banerji is well known for her excellent recipe books on Bengali cooking and dishes. Chitrita is from Kolkata, India and has a Master's Degree in English from Harvard University. An expert in food, culture and history, her popular books include Land of Milk and Honey: Travels in the History of Indian FoodBengali Cooking: Seasons and Festivals, Eating India: An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices, Eating India, The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Food, and Ritual in Bengal, Eating India: Exploring the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices and so on.

Chitrita Banerji has also contributed to well-acclaimed translations of Feluda mystery detective thriller stories by Satyajit Ray, likeComplete Adventures of Feluda, and Adventures of Feluda.

Listen to an interview with Chitrita Banerjee (VOA Bangla) Online.

Africa in focus at Goteborg festival 2010

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:19:39 PST

During Göteborg International Film Festival 2010 we will take a closer look at the African continent. Among the highlighted films is Soul Boy from Kenya, produced by Tom Tykwer.

Interview - Bibhu Bhattacharya - Kolkata Bangla Movie Actor Jatayu in Feluda movies by Sandip Ray

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:04:32 PST

Bibhu Bhattacharya was selected by Sandip Ray to play Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu) in Bengali Feluda movies based on the famous detective crime mystery series novels by Satyajit Ray. Bibhu Bhattacharya thus filled in the vacuum left by Santosh Datta after the two Feluda films made by Satyajit Ray.

Reportedly, after Santosh Dutta died, Satyajit Ray refused to make any more Feluda movies.

More than three decades later, Bibhu successfully in portrayed the character of Jatayu in his own style. The Bengali movie lover received him very well.

Listen to Bibhu Bhattacharya talk about his passion, hobby and career in acting.

Bhalo Theko - Tapan Sanyal | Bengali Recitation of the Poem by the Poet

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:22:12 PST

Poet, singer and songwriter Tapan Sanyal recites "Bhalo Theko" - a Bengali poem written by him. Tapan Sanyal is also a music composer and an accomplished Tabla player. He and his wife Tripti Sanyal (singer) are experimenting with classcial world fusion music.

Use the submission link on WBRi music

World Instrumental Fusion Music and Video Slideshow by TMuse

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:05:08 PST

Watch the video slideshow accompaniment to World Fusion Instrumental Music composed by Tapan Sanyal and performed byTripti Sanyal (vocals), Ayan Mukherjee (keyboards), Rohan Dasgupta (sitar) and Tapan Sanyal (tabla).

Sourabh Goho - The Young Expert of Indian Classical Instrumental Tabla

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:47:46 PST

SOURABH GOHO

Son of Renowned Harmonium Exponent PANDIT JYOTI GOHO, Sourabh was nurtured into Tabla Playing from a very tender age of 5.

He started Learning Under The Legendary Tabla Maestro, PANDIT SHANKAR GHOSH, from age 7, since 1998.

His First Performance was at the age Of 10, with his Guruji Pandit Shankar Ghosh's Orchestra in the year 2000.

In 2003,He got a Special Prize from Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, in an Instrumental Competition. After this, he was invited by Vistaar - An Organization for Promoting Indian Classical Music. This was his Debut Solo Performance in the year 2003. The next Day , his picture came out in Hindusthan Times (HT City) With Reviews appreciating his performance. This is a very rare achievement in a Debut Performance.

Major Singh's Secret | A Short Story by Dr Ratan Lal Basu | WBRi Kolkata Bangla Radio Online Magazine

info@washingtonbanglaradio.com (WashingtonBanglaRadio.com) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:07:11 PST

MAJOR SINGH'S SECRET
Short Story by Dr R L Basu

Everybody gathered around major Singh and started showering kudos. He had done a remarkable job, to drive away the terrorists from the jungles and difficult hill tracts to the foreign land and the borders have been sealed so that the area is now free from the long lasting menace. All the earlier missions had failed miserably and during the last few months, the terrorists had stepped up the intensity of their heinous activities murder of political men, looting, robbery, abduction of government officials, attacking the police stations, laying mines on the roads and similar anarchic activities terrorizing the inhabitants and causing headache to the administration. The terrain bordering a foreign country and infested with deep forest and inaccessible hilly tracts made the operations difficult. After several abortive police operations the authorities at last find no alternative but to resort to military action and Colonel Srinivasan was entrusted with the task of organizing the operation.