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Washington, DC, May 6, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Informally put together in 2008 by like-minded folks in the Greater Washington Metro area, the Tagore Music Group of Greater Washington DC is a cultural organization which strives to promote the music, drama, writings and philosophy of Nobel-laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore.

It consists of approximately twenty families with Bharati Mitra as the team lead. Each year the group stages at least one drama, dance drama or musical making sure the presentation is “live”…reminiscent of Santiniketan.

Read all about the troupe and their latest production Chhobi - A Musical along with date, time, venue and ticket details of the performance.

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Parno Mitra

Mumtaz Sorcar

Kolkata May 14, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) The official press meet of Bangla film ‘Koyekti Meyer Galpo’ produced by Daag Creative Media and Algos Entertainment took place at the Princeton Club in Kolkata on the 11th of May, 2012. Members of the cast and crew were present at the event and spoke at length about the film.

The film is a take on contemporary society and boasts of well-known faces in the largely female cast including Raima Sen, Locket Chatterjee, Parno Mitra, Tanushree Chakraborty, Mumtaz Sorcar and others. The film also features the debut of actress Nimisha Dey Sarkar (Interview). At the press conference, the cast and crew spoke of the many experiences during the making and elaborated on the underlying theme of the film.

WBRi caught up with director Subrata Sen [Interview] and a candid exchange of words and ideas ensued. ‘Koyekti Meyer Golpo’ narrates the experiences and travails of escort girls who frequent the high society of Kolkata. The nature of the subject demanded artistic liberation for a total exploration and the director was somewhat pleased that the film managed to pass the Censor Board with a minimum of cuts.

Bengali Actress Sudipta Gon Chowdhury

Samrat Mukherjee

Kolkata, May 12, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) Jeet Goswami’s ‘Abar hobe to dekha’, which premiered in Nandan theaters in Kolkata, rides upon a socially relevant theme upon which numerous movies have already been made – HIV. Although the induction of the dreaded disease was welcomed with alarm and panic, the world is now in a position to accept the reality and work out ways in which the disease could be arrested.

Los Angeles, CA, May 13, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Screenwriters are the foundation of any film, yet they seldom get noticed for their work. It's even rarer for an Indian living overseas to get recognition as a screenwriter. Today we bring you an interview with Amanda Sodhi who recently won her first international Award for the 'Best Screenplay' for the internationally acclaimed, feature-film Life! Camera Action... at the 28th Goldie Film Awards 2012 where the film was bestowed with top 9 most popular and special board of directors award.  Produced & Directed by Rohit Gupta, the film is "both powerfully moving and rigorously intelligent" (Bollywood Trade) and has won enormous recognition around the world.

Screenwriter, director, lyricist, vocalist, model, journalist, copywriter, Amanda is a woman of many talents, as you will soon find out in the interview.

Kolkata, May 12, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) Not many directors deal with environmental concerns and interlinked problems of marriage and ecological depredation which the world is increasingly witnessing. The director of The Forest, Ashwin Kumar, has tried to draw an analogy between these two disparate issues plaguing our society.

The incongruent relation between Nandana Sen as Radha and Ankur Vikal as Pritam has turned their marriage into a powder keg. Taking recourse in the secluded forest away from the hustle bustle of the daily life, the couple hoped to rekindle their lost passion.

Kolkata May 12, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) Yash Raj Films' latest Bollywood Hindi movie Ishaqzaade starring the debutant Arjun Kapoor (Bonny Kapoors son and Anil Kapoors nephew) and promising newcomer Parineeti Chopra (Priyanka Chopra's cousin) is definitely a watchable flick of this weekend. The movie is stylized along the contour of a quite violent love story but in a different milieu.

Hridoye Lekho Nam (2012) Bengali Movie Opens at Bijoli Cinema in Kolkata

Kolkata May 12, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) When filmmaker Dayal Acharya announced that his new film, ‘Hridaye Lekho Naam’ would have new faces as its leading couple, cinegoers, in unison, hoped that the film would turn out to be a nice, enjoyable watch. Acharya was also looking to make his mark in the top league of directors in the Bengali film industry after his debut venture, ‘Lojja’, had sunk without a trace. Adding to the attractions of the new movie was the fact that, Bollywood beauty Monica Bedi would be making her Tollywood debut in this film, that too in a sizzling item number.

‘Hriday Lekho Nam’ starts off with the formulaic boy-meets-girl story, with the young and dashing ‘Pritam’ (Trambak) cavorting with a lady draped in a red saree who tries her best, but fails, to showcase her sensuality. Just when viewers may be led to thinking ‘Pritam’ is an essentially flirtatious guy, the song ends and it is revealed that he is nothing of the sort. In fact, he is shown to be a man who is fully aware of his responsibilities, at least as far as being the protector of all ladies of his locality from the lustful eyes of baddies is concerned. Oh, and ‘Pritam’ is academically brilliant too, topping the charts in his Higher Secondary examination and big things being expected of him during his graduation.