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Calcutta, Feb 20, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Star Jalsa Bengali TV Channel of Kolkata will launch a path-breaking Bangla serial “BHASHA” on Feb 27 airing at the daily 6 PM slot.

Keeping up with the changing taste of its dedicated viewer base this is sure to make way into every household with its unique handling of human bonding.

Star Jalsha is a service of Star India, a company owned by Rupert Murdoch-lead News Corporation of USA.

Bhasha portrays a novel relationship between an 18 year old foul-mouthed girl from the slums who is endowed with the responsibility after her mothers demise of looking after an 80 year old man, the head of the Lahiri family who is not only bound to his room but is ill tempered, full of tantrums and prefers not to talk.

Two of the bitkel, kimbhut and odbhut ghosts of Chowdhury Palaca - Mumtaz Sorcar & Swastika Mukherjee

Calcutta, Feb 19, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) By now you probably know director Anik Dutta's (WBRi Interview) first full length Bengali feature film BHUTER BHOBISHYOT takes a shot at the rampant demolition of historic architecture of Kolkata at the behest of ruthless promoters who are bringing up multi-unit condominiums (called "flats" in Kolkata) in their place.

Anik's eagerly anticipated film takes the form of a satirical comedy in which he highlights the plight of soon-to-be-homeless ghosts and spirits who reside in old, often haunted, structures in all cities of the world.

The star cast of BHUTER BHOBISHHOT includes Parambrata Chatterjee (WBRi interview) as the ad-film director Ayan who meets not less than nine supernatural presences of multiple generations living in Chowdhury Palace, Samadarshi Dutta (WBRi Interview) as Pablo, Sreelekha Mitra (WBRi interview), Swastika Mukherjee (WBRi interview), Mumtaz Sorcar (WBRi Interview), Monami Ghosh, Bibhu Bhattacharya (interview), George Baker and more.

The producers have released the first promo video of BHOOTER BHOSHYOT in the form of an official sneak peek. Watch it online.

Mumbai, Feb 19, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / IBNS) Bipasha Basu and R Madhavan have joined hands to break up pairs in Ashwini Chaudhary’s latest Hindi flick Jodi Breakers. Sreya Basu chats up with the actors as they don’t stop praising each other

Now Bipasha and Madhavan are upto breaking jodis?

Madhavan: It’s not that we break jodis just for the sake for running our business. We break those jodis who we believe are very unhappy in life and want another chance.

Bipasha:  Sonali, my character in Jodi Breakers, is exactly like me who believes that two people are supposed to be together if there is love. If there is no love, life gives you another chance…go and get your love.

Do you think there should be jodi breakers in real life as well?

Bipasha: I think after this film jodi breaker will actually become a profession.

Madhavan: Ya…why not. If there can be agents for marriage, so I think there should be agents for divorce as well.

Bipasha, what do you like the best about Madhavan?

Bipasha: Jo Maddy (Madhavan) hai…not just an actor, but as a human being, he is a fabulous husband, a great co-star, he is a great friend to both men and women. He loves to live his life king-size…he is a foodie… he is into outdoor sports. He loves to travel…he is a very passionate man. So, everything about Maddy I love, except the fact that…

Madhavan: …that I eat and don’t exercise.

Bipasha: No, I will still defend you. He has injured his knees and so he is not able to do so. But he has promised me that he will look after his knees and he is going to work out.

Madhavan: Yes…promise.

Bipasha: He is going to hire me as his fitness trainer.

Madhavan: The main star cast of Jodi Breakers is fitness freak. Bipasha is fitness and I am freak. On the sets, if Bipasha, Milind (Soman), Dipannita (Sharma) and Mrinalini (Sharma) stand on one side, I alone am enough on the other side…the frame gets perfectly balanced.

Madhavan, are you doing something to lose weight?

Watch the trailer and check out Bips and Maddy chat about Jodi Breakers (2012) Hindi film on WBRi.

Nobel Chor Premiere at Priya Cinema Hall, Calcutta

Calcutta, Feb 17, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) The relatively well-defined line of demarcation that once existed between Bengali parallel / arthouse cinema and mainstream commercial flicks is fast disappearing in the contemporary Tollywood industry. Over the last few years, classy movies like ‘Antaheen’, ‘Kaalbela’ and ‘Iti Mrinalini’ have been successful in proving that, if a movie is truly well-made, it would definitely appeal to both the classes as well as the masses.

Read the complete Bengali film review at WBRi.

The five kids in Amra Paanch - Gairika, Prince, Somadrita, Raj and Dipayan

Kolkata, February 13, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) The website release of the Bengali film ‘Aamra Paanch’ produced by City Entertainment, turned out to be a wonderful experience for the ones who made their way to the Mark hotel at Marquis Street in Kolkata.

Written by Shankar Dasgupta and directed by Ashish Mitra, the Tollywood Kolkata Bengali movie explores the lives of four school children Nir, Jhelum, Arko and Rhu who go around extending help to ordinary people. The film relies on a simple plot structure. The school kids are mischievous and disliked by most teachers at their school. However, one of the teachers named Shakuntala realizes the potential in the students and encourages them to continue helping others.

Their friend Amal is struck with Thalassemia and, as advised by Dr.Sen, requires ‘O negative’ blood to survive. The friends set about the task of looking for possible donors.