On Halloween, afterlife of a ghost danceSatyajit Ray's 1969 film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne features a 'bhooter naach' or ghost dance. This six-minute sequence is a modern experiment i...
31 Oct, 2025, 07.14 PM IST
Bengal EC turns to 'Goopy Bagha' magic for voter awarenessWest Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer is launching a voter awareness campaign. Iconic characters Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne will be used. Th...
30 Oct, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
A summer afternoon, a shadow, and Satyajit Ray: A childhood memory of the masterSatyajit Ray remains an integral part of Bengali identity. His films, music, and stories shaped the cultural landscape. Despite internation...
03 May, 2025, 08.45 PM IST
Singer Anup Ghosal of 'Tujhse Naraz Nahi Zindagi' fame passes away at 78 following multi-organ failureHe had been hospitalised in south Kolkata for old age ailments and succumbed to multi-organ failure at 1.40 pm.
15 Dec, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
Time to say goodbye: Producer of 3 Satyajit Ray classics agrees to sell them to US distribution companyBased in the US, Janus is a film distribution company dedicated to promoting indie & art-house movies of various nations to the US audience...
28 Jul, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
#NAMESHAVEQUALITIES: Fictional characters whose name contain their qualitiesIf you can remember characters – from books or films or even songs -- do leave their name here, along with a line about the character, and ...
13 Jul, 2022, 05.49 PM IST
Restored classics may feature in film-maker Satyajit Ray centenary film festivalRay, who was born on this day in 1921 in Kolkata, died in 1992.
02 May, 2022, 08.58 PM IST
'It's terrifying and sad.' Actress Radhika Apte speaks up on scrutiny of online streaming platformsApte's 'Sacred Games', 'Ghoul' and 'Lust Stories' had released on the streaming service Netflix.
26 Mar, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
Braving low turnout during pandemic, city theatres to screen films in truncated mannerPriya cinema in south Kolkata, which had been planning to suspend screening from November 6 due to lack of content rich films and very litt...
06 Nov, 2020, 07.41 PM IST
Nemai Ghosh, who was Satyajit Ray's photographer for over 2 decades, passes away in KolkataThe lensman's association with Ray began in 1969 with 'Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'.
25 Mar, 2020, 03.45 PM IST
Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy passes away at 79Roy began his career in the 60s, going on to act in several hits like 'Basanta Bilap' and 'Charmurti'.
18 Mar, 2019, 09.25 AM IST
Election Commission borrows from Satyajit Ray to draw Kolkata votersIt will shoot 12 documentaries on Ray’s short stories to prod voters into doing better than the 66% turnout they recorded in the 2014 LS po...
12 Mar, 2019, 11.14 AM IST
International Children's Film Festival ends in HyderabadGerman film 'Das Pferd Auf Dem Balkon' (A horse on the Balcony) won the Golden Plaque for second-best film in the same section.
21 Nov, 2013, 12.37 AM IST
Is Indian animation finally moving beyond mythology?Made by a small team of 20 people, Goopi Gawaiyaa has been modestly produced compared to the massive scale on which international animation...
03 Nov, 2013, 10.45 AM IST
- Small-budget Tollywood film, Bhooter Bhobishyot, is the biggest hit in Tollygunge
The offbeat flick has crossed 100 days at in the theatrical circuit. Grossings are placed at Rs 3 crore-plus at the box office, according t...
28 Jun, 2012, 10.44 PM IST
- Tapen Chatterjee: The man to be remembered as Goopy
In a freewheeling chat with Ashoke Nag, film maker Sandip Ray goes down memory lane and reminisces about Goopy.
29 May, 2010, 11.54 PM IST
- Satyajit Ray films to get Big at home
Just weeks after stealing a Hollywood deal with Stephen Spielberg, the business tycoon is chasing India’s best ever filmmaker, Satyajit Ray.
16 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST