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Calcutta, March 7, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Composed by Shankar, Ehsaan Loy as a groovy club number, the talented trio of musicians speak about their new composition 'Mehki Mehki' from Bollywood Hindi Movie 'Game'.

Sarah Jane also speaks about her experience while shooting this song. Watch it exclusively via Washington Bangla Radio.

Germantown, Maryland, March 6, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Tollywood actor Samadarshi Dutta talks to Arijit Chakraborty on WBRi in this informal and candid audio interview.

The emergence of Samadarshi as an actor is not a coincidence - Samadarshi has always been passionate about acting. Pursuing his keen interest and passion early on, Samadarshi played a nuymber of roles on stage in theater productions, as well as Television shows for a couple of months. Soon, he appeared in a hugely competitve selection test for an acting course at the renowned Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. This course was shut down in 1976 but was revived in 2004, and Samadarshi is glad he was selected.

Michigan, USA, March 6, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Mayukh Chatterjee's organization, Purple Motion Pictures, is the producer of the Bengali film ‘Streetlight’ - he is a managing partner of Purple Music Company and Purple Motion Pictures in Kolkata. He spoke to WBRi about their recent films, about his company’s future projects and about the current music industry.

His company Purple Music, one of the leading music companies in Kolkata, has acquired the audio rights of 52 Bengali films in the year 2009-10.This lead the partners of the music company to think of venturing into production of films. In 2010 they decided to go for their first film project and the announcement of this was made on 24th of July 2010.

Michigan, March 5, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio): Deepa Patial is a known name today in the fashion world. Her own designer creations 'Dhaani' is a hot favorite among today's youngster's who prefer to look chic and wear trendy yet traditional dresses. Deepa spoke to WBRi about herself and her creations.

Michigan, USA, March 4, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) For over 25 years Arjun Chakraborty has been a bright star in the skies of Cinema (both Hindi & Bengali), Rabindrasangeet, theater and direction.  He has worked with quite a few renowned and respected film makers in the industry, K Balachander, Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha just to name a few  and today he is also a known name in the world of Rabindrasangeet. Arjun-da talks to Bidisha on WBRi and shares some of his experiences and his thoughts on his forthcoming Bengali movies STREET LIGHT and ALBUM with our listeners and readers.

About his childhood /teenage days and entry into films:

"I was born in a remote village of Rajasthan; my father was a doctor who was keen on social service and had moved to this part of the country to serve the people and his country. I grew up with nature, amid fields, sands, horse and camel rides. Kites and water from the wells was a part of life….it was a very different kind of childhood from all other Bengali boys of my age. When I was ready for college, I wanted to study science and took admission in Maharana Bhopal College of Udaipur. The projection room of the college was a big draw for all the students where films were screened. When a few 18 year olds met, the debate on films would reach its height. A friend had challenged me to make a film myself and then prove my arguments ...

Listen to Arjun-da chat informally with Bidisha about his illustrious career in films and music, his current movies STREET LIGHT and ALBUM and his forthcoming projects exclusively on Washington Bangla Radio.