A curtain raiser for the event was held at the Princeton Club on 26th October 2010 where the leading heartthrob from Tollywood DEV and his leading lady from Challenge and Paran Jai Jaliya Re the very glamorous Subhasree were present to lend a touch of glamour to the event where the nominations were announced by the host for the afternoon RJ Kaushik who also kept the members of the press entertained by engaging both the stars in some rapid fire questions as well as some entertaining talk.

Read the complete list of nominations and nominated films, movies, songs, actors, actresses, directors, music composers etc in this special and exclusive report from Washington Bangla Radio^TM correspondent Aditya Chakrabarty.

Matt Damon Welcomes Baby Girl In The Family

October 26, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): Matt Damon is one happy man, recently he and his wife Luciana welcomed their fourth child. A rep for the ‘Bourne Identity’ superstar confirmed that Matt has become a proud father for the third time. The representative also confirmed that both the mother and the child are doing fine.  The baby girl is a welcome addition to the Damon family and she will be named Stella Zavala Damon.

Hyderabad, India, Oct 25, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Bengalis In Hyderabad (BIH), an association of Bengali expatriates in Hyderabad, have released this year's annual Sharodiya Pujabarshiki issue of Bengali - English magazine KOLAJ ( কোলাজ ).

Sharadiya Kolaj is available in India for Rs.50 - click here to order online.

The immense effort of the creative editorial team to compile and present a wonderful read is commendable.

After the huge success of কোলাজ – পূজাবার্ষিকী (১৪১৬), BIH determined to give it another try to enthrall readers. The feedback received was so valuable, that they dropped the idea of publishing a বর্ষা সংখ্যা and worked for a year to give their best shot and come out with another edition of পুজাবার্ষিকী (১৪১৭). Rahul Basu of BIH says, "I can vouch on my team, who worked day in and day out inspite of their busy office schedules, to give us a wonderful read."

"কোলাজ ধিক্কার জানাচ্ছে তাদের, যারা ধর্মের মুখোশ পরে মানবিকতাকে উপেক্ষা করেছে প্রতি মুহুর্তে। " says editor Rajarshi Ghosh.

KOLAJ is surely going to make a difference in everyone's life. It is a new lease of hope.

Washington Bangla Radio congratulates the Kolkaj team for delivering a world-class icon associated with Durga Puja - their own Sharodiya Bengali Magazine publication.

Devipur Experiment--

the change becomes visible.

Germantown, Maryland, Oct 23, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio)  Little Angel is a master stroke of director Salil Sarkar who has directed a lot of telefilms and big screen movies for the popular TV channels and production houses. Little Angel is his recent effort. His last feature film was “Jhara Patar Bela” featuring Madhavi Mukherjee.

Little Angel tells us the tale of friendship between two little children, their captive lifestyles, dreams, and the reality of socioeconomic layers of the developing countries like India.

Read all about the film and watch the theatrical trailers online on Washington Bangla Radio^TM.

Calcutta, India, Oct 23, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio)  Banchbo Socio-Cultural Association is a Non Profit Non Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to the health care, education and uplift of the underprivileged and the weak. Based at Kolkata (Calcutta), they have activities spread across West Bengal, especially Sunderbans. Their endeavors are mainly targeted towards children and senior citizens of the society.

Banchbo organizes two very unique Durga Puja Sarod Samman awards in Kolkata. Washington Bangla Radio^TM is pleased to share with our global audience and visitors information about these two wonderful Durga Puja awards events organized by Banchbo.

The first event started in the year 2002, when Banchbo added a new dimension in Sharadotsav of Kolkata by rating Durga Puja by Street Children and Underpriviledged Children of Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Since then this unique Durga Puja rating & Ride is being organised succesfully with active support from all sectors of the society including corporations and specially with warm participation of several puja committees including many well known pujas of Kolkata. This year (2010) 45 children comprising of underpriviled children of Sunderbans, South 24 parganas and Kolkata participated in the puja ride & rating. As per their valuable judgement 3 puja committies were selected for BANCHBO SHARAD SAMMAN 2010 AWARDS .

Read all about BANCHBO SHARAD SAMMAN Kolkata Puja Awards on Washington Bangla Radio^TM.

Mel Gibson ousted by Liam Neeson for Hangover 2

October 24, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): Most of the Mel Gibson fans (if there still are any) thought that the actor will make his comeback with ‘Hangover 2’. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen anymore. Due to complaints from the cast and crew of the upcoming movie, Gibson was axed by the producers and replaced with Liam Neeson instead.

^{Calcutta Tollywood Film Actress Rimjhim Gupta}

^{ASHISH and TINA shooting at Naihati for Power (2011)}

^{Director of POWER (2011) Dr Nirab Raninga}
Images (C) Aditya Chakrabarty / WBRi

CALCUTTA, India, Sept 30, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) The shooting of a Bengali film Power is currently underway at several locations around the outskirts of the city.

Read all about the new movie on Washington Bangla Radio^TM.