May the fourth be with Bengal, Tamil N, and new choicesAssembly polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu delivered surprising verdicts. In West Bengal, voters ended the status quo, bringing change. T...
04 May, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee bets big on Bengali pride before 2026 pollsThe West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, has mandated that multiplexes and movie halls screen Bengali films during prime time, t...
14 Aug, 2025, 12.48 AM IST
A giant is waking: A plethora of problems persists even as intelligent Bengali cinema is starting to break its decades-long shacklesBengali cinema is witnessing a resurgence with films like 'Mandaar,' 'Nagarkirtan,' and 'Bohurupi' gaining recognition. Despite cultural an...
26 Jan, 2025, 01.23 PM IST
West Bengal ban on 'The Kerala Story': SC agrees to hear plea by producers tomorrowThe Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 a plea by the producers of controversial multilingual film 'The Kerala Story' again...
11 May, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
West Bengal's new governor Ananda Bose calls Mamata Banerjee as "the artistic CM of a poetic state”During his speech at the inaugural function of the event, referring to Mamata Banerjee, Bose also said, “the artistic chief minister of a p...
15 Dec, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 26th KIFF, allows full occupancy of Bengal theatresWest Bengal Chief Minister, while delivering her inaugural address from state secretariat Nabanna, asked the cinema hall owners to maintain...
08 Jan, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Chatterjee's death colossal loss to world of cinema, cultural life of West Bengal and India: Modi"Shri Soumitra Chatterjee's death is a colossal loss to the world of cinema, cultural life of West Bengal and India. Through his works, he ...
15 Nov, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
PVR, Inox jump 8% each as West Bengal allows operations from Oct 1West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said musical, dance and magic shows would be permitted in the state from next month.
28 Sep, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Cinema halls to reopen in West Bengal from October 1: Mamata Banerjee"To return to normalcy, Jatras, Plays, OATs, Cinemas & all musical, dance, recital & magic shows shall be allowed to function with 50 parti...
26 Sep, 2020, 10.34 PM IST
Complete lockdown in West Bengal on September 7, 11 and 12, says Chief SecretaryHowever, in addition to the relaxations permitted outside the containment zones, operations of Metro Rail in a graded manner from September...
31 Aug, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
GST should not be rolled out with 'jugaad', says Amit MitraMitra said Bengal has been the "pioneer" in seeking GST implementation, but the regime should be such that common man and small traders ben...
11 Jun, 2017, 09.01 PM IST
RSS plans short film fest to bring back ‘Indianness’The film festival has been titled as ‘Manush Chai’ in Bengal and the subject will be ‘patriotism and Hindutva’.
01 Mar, 2017, 02.02 AM IST
TMC will be wiped out after poll results: Adhir Ranjan ChowdhuryAdhir said a 'Pariborton' (change) is needed for West Bengal as in the last five years "nothing happened except making of false claims, tal...
01 May, 2016, 07.32 PM IST
21st Kolkata International Film Festival inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee & Amitabh BachchanThe film festival presents a comprehensive history of Indian cinema from the age of silent films to the present day.
15 Nov, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Tollywood cries out for tax breather as single screen theatres gather dustMore than 200 single-screen cinemas in West Bengal downed their shutters over the past three years as hardly any Bengali film crossed Rs 2 ...
14 Sep, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
- Bengal's entertainment industry harbours a lot of potential: Amit Mitra
West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra has said that Bengal's entertainment industry harbours a lot of potential.
21 Dec, 2012, 06.50 PM IST
- Inox Leisure
Inox Leisure’s followed up its recent acquisition of a 1000-seater multiplex in Rajasthan with two multiplexes in West Bengal.
27 Jun, 2006, 12.20 AM IST