Paoli Dam, who will be seen in Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case is still haunted by the sudden passing away of the maverick filmmaker and says they were planning to do another film together. "It was absolutely fantastic to work with him in Shob Charitro Kalponik. It still haunts me to think that he is no more. The past few days have been really low for me. I was supposed to meet him as we were discussing a film together. I remember before we commenced shoot, Ritu da asked me to drape a saree and himself did my make-up ..."

Panchamukhee presents Melodious Nineties By Spondon (accompanied by the Finest Bollywood Musicians - THE 5.1.5 CREW)  & Magic Show By Kabir Khan the world renowned magician from Malaysia.

Kolkata, June 6 (Washington Bangla Radio): The music release of one of the most awaited films of 2013 took place at the Music World. "Mrs. Sen" the fourth movie from the kitty of director Agnidev Chatterjee and deals with the sensitive issue of infidelity. The story brings together an interesting mix of casting. It stars Rituparna Sengupta, Rohit Roy and Hrishita Bhatt in the lead.

At the very beginning of the event Agnidev Chatterjee was spotted chit-chatting, sharing a laugh and his words with people approaching him. WBRI caught up with the director who was looking relaxed in a white t-shirt, and his confidence about the movie was quite clear. “This movie is different from the others ones that I have made, entirely different storyline. The response has even been very good so far. I am expecting it to do very well”, said When Agnidev Chatterjee was asked about his reaction to the kind of response the film is getting from the promos. He sure has reasons as the film promos do give the impression of a very mature movie with an extremely high quality production.

Hollywood screen legend Al Pacino lit up the London Palladium stage as he thrilled a captivated audience with his critically acclaimed one-man show ‘An Evening With Pacino’ on the 2nd June 2013. The Oscar-winning actor brought his celebrated show for its European premiere to the iconic world-famous London Palladium. The one-off performance provided a special opportunity for fans of the silver screen legend to see and interact with their hero up close.

"Aalor Smriti Tumi" is a Bengali poem (Bangla Kobita) by Rasel Raju in unicode Bangla font published in WBRi Bengali Online Magazine section. You can send your creative writing to submissions@washingtonbanglaradio.com for consideration towards publication.

Rasel Raju is a student of English Literature at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Born at Juri in Moulvibazar, Rasel describes himself as a very simple person coming from a poverty-striken family - the youngest child of aged parents. Before SUST, Rasel studied at Hossain Ali High School in his village and later at Taiabun Nessa Khanam Academy Degree College. Rasel likes to write poems both in Bengali and English. He also writes essay and stories, and would like to write novel. Rasel Raju can be reached at rajurasels [at] gmail [dot] com.

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আলোর স্মৃতি তুমি

রাসেল রাজু

পূবাল হাওয়ার মাদল স্পর্শে কাঁপবে যবে তমাল তরু
কিংবা যবে গগন জুড়ে কালো মেঘের ওড়াওড়ি শুরু
নতুবা সাঁজের বেলায় বকেরা সব ফিরবে যখন নীড়ে
দেখবে নাতো তুমি থাকব আমি এদের ভিড়ে ...

Dr. G C Bhattacharya is a teacher at BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India and has been writing for over 15 years. His writings have been published in Ichchhamoti, Joydhak, Diyala, A-Padartha and other Bengali magazines. Besides Bengali, he writes in Hindi and English (UK short fiction) too. His published books includes Badal Kotha in Hindi. Dr. Bhattacharya can be reached at dbhattacharya9 [at] gmail [dot] com.

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কি মুশ্কিল!

অধ্যাপক(ডঃ) জি০সি০ভট্টাচার্য্য, বারাণসী, উত্তর প্রদেশ

কাল্লুজীর নাম তো এখন আপনারা অনেকেই জানেন। পরিচয় না দিলে ও চলবে।

তা সেই কাল্লুজীর ফোন পেয়ে আমাকে হঠাৎ যেতে হয়েছিল গৌহাটিতে ...

Kalpita Basu is a home-maker living in Kolkata for over 25 years. Now that her children have grown up, Kalpita has time once again to pursue that she has always enjoyed most - creative writing.

As a young student, Kalpita had contributed to magazines. A versatile writer, her writings include fiction, poems, translations, travelogs and more.

Her Bengali Poem (Bangla Kobita) Tumi Ananya is published in unicode Bangla font in our online magazine section. Kalpita can be reached at basukalpita at gmail.

You can send in your creative writings to submissions@washingtonbanglaradio.com for consideration towards publication in this section.

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তুমি অনন্যা

কল্পিতা বসু

তুমি মোহময়ী, তুমি রহস্যময়ী, তুমি অনন্যা ৷
তুমি কবির কল্পনা,তুমি শিল্পীর প্রেরণা ৷
তুমি কবিতার ছন্দ, তুমি সুরের মূর্ছনা ৷
"কুঁচ বরণ কন্যা,তোমার মেঘ বরণ কেশ ৷"
তুমি রূপেতে রূপসী, তুমি গরিমায় শ্রেয়সী ...

"Ashukher Sukh" by Sukdeb Chatterjee of Rahara in unicode Bangla font published in WBRi Bengali Online Magazine section. You can send your creative writing to submissions@washingtonbanglaradio.com for consideration towards publication.

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অসুখের সুখ

শুকদেব চট্টোপাধ্যায়, রহড়া

নবপ্ললির নন্দ মিত্তিরকে অনেকেই চেনে। চেনার কারণটা অবশ্য ভাল কিছু নয়। আসলে অমন কিপ্টে আর দুর্মুখ চট করে দেখা যায় না। পাড়ার কোন চাঁদা হোক বা অন্য কোন রকম সাহায্য, নন্দর কাছ থেকে টাকা পাওয়া গেছে এমন ঘটনা খুব কমই ঘটেছে। প্রতিশোধের বশে পাড়ার ছেলেরা বাড়ির সামনে মরা কুকুর বেড়াল ফেলেছে, কখনও বা প্রাতঃকৃত্য সেরছে , তবু নন্দকে বাগে আনা যায়নি। গাল পাড়তে পাড়তে নিজেই সেগুলো পরিষ্কার করেছে। আড়াল আবডাল থেকে ভেসে আসা ব্যাঙ্গ বিদ্রূপকে কোন রকম পাত্তাই দেয়নি ...