ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA

By Romuz Uddin

Director Ruhul Amin and Actress Raima Sen at shooting location for Hason Raja

Three Bengali films have been selected to be screened at 2nd Washington DC South Asian Film Festival (DCSAFF) 2013: Shunno Anko (Act Zero) directed by Gautam Ghose, Udhao (Runaway) directed by Amit Ashraf and Meherjaan directed by Rubaiyat Hossain. After a very successful  debut DCSAFF last year, Cesar Production’s Manoj and Geeta Singh are hosting the Second Annual DCSAFF from May 10-12, 2013, at the Intercontinental Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3 Research Court, Rockville, MD 20850. The film festival will start on May 10, 2013 with a red carpet, reception, and opening ceremony and film attended by acclaimed film artists from India. Tickets, venue, showtimes and festival details.

Shyamal Uncle Turns off the Lights continues earning accolades from audiences and critics all over the world. It was screened at the ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto where it won the award for Outstanding International Feature, a rare feat for a Bengali film. Titled "Shyamal Kaku, Corporationer Baati, Ebong…" in Bengali, the movie continues to generate interest in the festival circuit with upcoming shows this month at the Green Film Festival in Seoul, next month at the Freiburger Film Forum in Germany, and in July at the Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. It is also slated for a show at the Smithsonian in Washington DC in August.

Leading Bollywood film actor and producer Saif Ali Khan flew into London earlier this week to promote his latest production Go Goa Gone - a zombie comedy.

Directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, Go Goa Gone is produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under their banner Illuminati Films along with Sunil Lulla of Eros International. The film stars Saif Ali Khan along with Kunal Khemu, Vir Das, Anand Tiwari and Puja Gupta.

The Cocktail actor sat down with Bollywood reporter Sunny Malik and spoke about the film and his forthcoming projects.

Germantown, Maryland, Jan 29, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Continuing it's pioneering world leadership in online Bengali radio and entertainment services, Washington Bangla Radio USA has announced the public release of the initial version of WBRi Washington Bangla Radio Online Channel on the popular ROKU Internet Video Player device.

The new ROKU channel enables Bengali music lovers, non-resident Indians (NRI) and expatriate Bengalees who own ROKU internet video players to tune into Washington Bangla Radio and listen to internet broadcast of top Bangla songs from Kolkata on their connected television sets or hi-fi music equipment.

(Picture: Debabrata Das)

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ROKU owners can add Washington Bangla Radio for free to their ROKU channel line-up by visiting the ROKU Website using the internet web address https://owner.roku.com/add/MUQXX or by entering the WBRi free Bengali ROKU channel key code MUQXX to add WBRi after logging into their ROKU account.

The realism shown in the film must also be praised. Many parents often feel that the main protagonist simply eats a Laddoo and becomes strong enough to slay demons single handedly. This has an adverse effect on many children. However in the film, Bheem does not get everything so easily. He has to fight his way and had to succumb to injuries too. This is a healthy dose of realism that has been introduced in this Chota Bheem film.

Mumbai, May 7, 2013 (Washington Bangla Radio): Aanand L Rai is a film maker who started his journey with television. He would still  love to go back to T.V directing whenever television requires him. Aanand made his feature film directorial debut with the 2011 medium-budget money spinner Tanu Weds Manu starring R. Madhavan and Kangana Ranaut. He is extremely excited about his upcoming Hindi film Raanjhanaa that will see South-Indian movie star Dhanush debut in Bollywood. The film maker goes into a straight candid talk with Faisal Saif.

How do you look at the period from Tanu Weds Manu to Raanjhanaa?

Mithoon composed the music for 3 songs in the film - Tum Hi Ho, Meri Aashiqui and a Theme song. These are some of the few highlights from the conversation with Mithoon.