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Almost after four decades of his death, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar is going to make a comeback on big screen in Srijit Mukherji's upcoming film titled as Oti Uttam. This is going to happen because of an extra ordinary innovative story idea of Srijit Mukherji and a hardworking VFX team. Oti Uttam will be a romantic comedy where Uttam Kumar will play an important character in the story. This is the story of a guy played by Anindya Sengupta who is a die hard fan of Uttam Kumar and also doing a research on him. When he faces rejection from his lady love, he decides to connect with the spirit of his idol as he is so popular as a romantic hero on screen. With the help of the late actor's grandson Gourab Chatterjee he succeeds to connect with Mahanayak who helps him to succeed in his love life. Popular TV actress Roshni Bhattacharya will make her big screen debut as the on screen girlfriend of Anindya Sengupta. Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Abhijaan" Srijit Mukherji had made...

Everyone who loves and appreciates cinema will always be grateful to Parambrata Chatterjee for capturing and recreating some memorable moments from the life of the legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee in the form a biopic efficiently titled as Abhijaan.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Ei Ami Renu" The much awaited trailer of the film has been released now. In the trailer we can see Parambrata playing a character of a filmmaker who wants to make a biopic on Soumitra Chatterjee so he is trying to interact with the actor as much as possible to know more about him. It seems the on screen story is mostly similar to the real life equation between the late actor and the director. From the trailer it is very much clear that the film not only captures Soumitra Chatterjee's journey as an actor rather it will shed some lights on the other aspects of his life as well, like he as a person, as a poet, as an activist.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Anusandhan" In the t...

After taking a short break, production house Eskay Movies are making a comeback to film production with their upcoming film Anusandhan. This soon to be released film is a psychological thriller that has been directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. The production house has collaborated with him for the first time.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Ei Ami Renu" The biggest USP of the film is its ensemble cast that includes some really talented actors like Saswata Chatterjee, Churni Ganguly, Riddhi Sen, Paayel Sarkar, Priyanka Sarkar, Joydeep Mukherjee. Director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee has also played a key character in the film. He has also written the screenplay for the film which is inspired from a Swiss novel titled as A Dangerous Game that was written in 1956.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Flyover" Recently the trailer of the film has been released. In the trailer we can see the character of Saswata Chatterjee is in Birmingham for an work assignment. One night he...

This April 2nd, Surinder Films is going to release one of their long delayed film Flyover, featuring Koel Mallick in the lead role along with Gaurav Chakrabarty and Shantilal Mukherjee in other important characters. The film has been directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee who has also directed movies like Googly and Teko for the same production house. Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Ei Ami Renu" Recently the trailer of the film has been released. Although the production house has not made any official statement about it but from the trailer one can easily understand that it is the remake of the popular Tamil thriller U-Turn which was released in 2018. Doing a remake is not a bad idea if a film maker tells the same story in his own style but from the trailer of Flyover, it looks like it is a frame by frame copy of the original. By now most of the people have already seen the film either in original language or its Hindi dubbed version so it does not make much sense to remake the s...

Director Saumen Sur's upcoming film Ei Ami Renu is ready for release in theaters on this April 9th. It is a love triangle that features Sohini Sarkar, Soham Chakraborty and Gaurav Chakrabarty in the lead roles. The film is based on a novel written by Samaresh Mazumder. The story is set in the period of 1980 and 1990. It revolves around three central characters and the complex emotional connection between them. These three key players are a married woman Renu, her husband and her ex-lover played by Sohini Sarkar, Soham Chakraborty and Gaurav Chakrabarty respectively. Other than these three actors, Kaushik Ganguly is also playing an important character as a private investigator who is working for Renu's husband.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Flyover" Recently the trailer of the film has been released on different digital platforms. In the trailer we can see some glimpses of the storyline. It opens with a very interesting sequence that shows one marriage event with...

Production house Surinder Films have released the first official poster of their upcoming film Miss Call featuring Soham and Rittika Sen in the lead roles. The film has been directed by Ravi Kinagi and it is scheduled to release on February 26th. Director Ravi Kinagi is mostly associated with remakes but this time according to the makers this is not a remake rather the film is based on a true story. Story has been written by Shashank and N K Salil has written the screenplay and dialogues for the film. As the title suggests, a miss call will play an important part in the film. We have heard about many relationships those were started because of some miss call or cross connections, the film talks about one such relationship between the lead pair. Soham will be seen as a boy from a middle class family and Rittika will be seen as a college student. Earlier the two were paired together in the film Jio Pagla that was also made by the same director and producer combination. Also Watch : Trail...

  Actor Bratya Basu is making comeback as a director after almost a decade with his upcoming movie Dictionary, featuring Abir Chatterjee, Nusrat, Mosharraf Karim in the lead roles. The film is based on two short stories "Baba Howa" and "Swami Howa", both written by renowned author Buddhadeb Guha. Bratya Basu, along with his co-writer Ujjwal Chattopadhyay, has combined these two stories into one screenplay. In the recently released trailer we can see a glimpse of both the stories. The first story is about a married couple played by Abir Chatterjee and Nusrat Jahan. Their marriage is going through a bad phase as they are not compatible with each other. Also the husband is insecure about his marriage because of his wife's proximity with a younger guy played by Arna Mukhopadhyay. The other story is about the struggles of a father who is trying hard to secure a better future for his son. Mosharraf Karim is playing the father in this part. Poulami Basu will be seen as...

The cute couple Ankush and Oindrila are here with an out an out romantic track Mon Anmone from their upcoming movie Magic. Mon Anmone is a soft romantic song that has been nicely written by Rajiv Dutta and well composed by Dabbu. The sweet voices of Santanu Dey Sarkar and Antara Mitra have synced very well with the sweet melody of the song.  Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Magic" With due credit to the people involved with the audio track the best part about this song is the cute on screen chemistry between Ankush and Oindrila. The whole song has been shot inside a studio still it is looking visually appealing. Besides the actors on screen, director Raja Chanda also deserves credit along with his cinematographer and choreographer for visualizing the song this way that makes it look simple yet charming. Also Watch : "Hok Na Magic" song from the movie "Magic" The soothing melody in the audio and the cute chemistry of the lead pair on screen makes it pleas...

Much loved song Jawl Phoring from Hemlock Society has made a comeback with renewed energy as Jawl Phoring 2.0 in the movie Prem Tame. Reusing the remix version of popular old songs is a very popular trend now in Bollywood but Jawl Phoring 2.0 is very different from that trend. U nlike those remix songs this is not a forceful addition to the movie just to add a hit song in the music album, rather the song has been included in the film very organically as part of a college fest. Anupam Roy singing his own popular tracks in a college fest is a realistic scenario that many of us have witnessed in real life. The makers deserve credit for including  the song in the film in such a organic way. Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Prem Tame" Anupam Roy who had also written and composed the original song has not changed much in this song except for some additional lyrics and some musical arrangement changes considering this is a college fest performance. Even after long eight years we s...

Hok Na Magic from the movie Magic is a soothing melodious track written by Raja Chanda, composed by Dabbu and sung by Anupam Roy. Also Watch : Trailer of the movie "Magic" This is a romantic melody that features the magical chemistry between the lead pair Ankush and Oindrila. But despite that magical chemistry the main highlight of the song is the lyrics written by director Raja Chanda. Earlier also we have seen him writing songs but those were mostly a rephrased versions of similar lines every time that we used to hear regularly in mainstream Bengali movies. But this time he has written very refreshing lines that sounds good. Dabbu's composition is just okay for most of the part but the signature line is very catchy and that works quite well for the song. It remains in mind for sometime even after the song is over. When Anupam Roy sings for other composers it sounds refreshing and breaks the monotony of him singing to his own tunes. He should try this quite often.

Almost after a decade actor Bratya Basu is making a comeback as a director with his new film Dictionary. Recently the first official poster of the film has been released. Last time Bratya Basu had directed the movie Tara in 2010. His new film Dictionary has been produced by the production house Friends Communication who were associated with much acclaimed movies like Mayurakshi, Abby Sen, Natoker Mato, Saheb Bibi Golaam and many more. After Asur, once gain Abir Chatterjee and Nusrat Jahan will be seen together in the film. They will be joined by Bratya Basu's wife Poulami Basu, Bangladeshi actor Mosharraf Karim and Arna Mukhopadhyay in other important characters. Also Read : Trailer of the movie "Magic" The film will be based on two short stories "Baba Howa" and "Swami Howa", both written by renowned author Buddhadeb Guha. Bratya Basu has co-written the screenplay based on these two stories, along with Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. The film will have two parts...

Much loved real life pair Ankush and Oindrila are all set to appear together on big screen for the first time in the upcoming movie Magic. It has been directed by Raja Chanda and produced by SSG Entertainment Pvt Ltd. The movie also features Paayel Sarkar, Debshankar Halder, Bidipta Chakraborty and Pean Sarkar in important characters. Recently the trailer of the film has been released and one must say this looks very promising. It will be too early to predict about the film by just watching the trailer but it seems story writer Arnab Bhaumik has tried some new concept for this film. It is very encouraging to see film makers are trying to experiment with new concepts in mainstream Bengali cinema coming out of the closets of remakes. The trailer is smartly edited that generates curiosity without divulging much details about the plot and characters. One can get a rough idea that the story is about a magician with a tragic backstory and now he is planning for some revenge.  The fresh p...

This Valentines Day, get ready to watch a refreshing love story titled as Prem Tame, directed by Anindya Chattopadhyay and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. The film is based on Anindya’s own novel Bocklosh that he had written for a puja special magazine. It revolves around the love life of three young adults Pablo, Arshi and Raji played by new comers Soumya Mukherjee, Sweta Mishra and Susmita Chatterjee respectively. Recently the trailer of the film has been released. The trailer has a charming quality that makes you eager to watch the film. Through a voice over done by the director himself we get introduced with the three main leads. Apparently it seems like a story of a young man who is confused between two girls in his life who are poles apart in their nature. But this is not an ordinary love triangle there is an interesting fourth member also who is playing a vital part in the story. He is Khogen, a pet dog who is the show stealer for sure. One must give credit to the makers for ...