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Michigan, USA, Feb 4, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Databazaar Media would be releasing Aparajita Tumi, online on 15th February 2012. WBRi caught up with one of the main actresses of the film Kamalinee Mukherjee for a casual chat on a Saturday morning.When asked how and what she thinks about the film, especially her character ‘Ushashi’, she said, it is a very sensitive film and deals with a topic which is most of the time avoided by us. It is a very honest film and has been dealt with very delicately. And ‘Ushashi’ is the soft part in the film, not necessarily the grey. It is a very complex character and she really enjoyed playing it.

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Calcutta, Feb 4, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) Action-adventure has always been a favourite genre among Hollywood filmmakers. While movies like ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Lord Of The Rings (trilogy)’ were path-breaking action-adventure flicks from the ‘90s and the early 2000s, directors went on (successfully!) churning out immensely entertaining and high-quality movies of this genre during the latter half of the last decade too (think ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘Inception’). The advent of 3D technology enhanced the popularity of this genre of movies further, with directors now being able to add that extra bit of realism and glitz in their films. Not all such action-adventure flicks were uniformly good, however. The Eric Brevig-directed 2008 flick, ‘Journey To The Center Of The Earth’ is a prime example of a rather disappointing movie that belongs to this genre. Brad Peyton (of ‘Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore’ fame) now returns with ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Land’, a sequel to the rather ho-hum earlier movie. While Peyton manages to show off his directorial skills quite effectively in this film, ‘Journey 2’, on the whole, is a relatively drab affair.

The movie opens with young ‘Sean Anderson’ (Josh Hutcherson) trying to escape from the police after a botched up attempt at accessing a remote signal from a satellite research center. ‘Sean’, however, does not manage to avoid the authorities and is duly handed over to his step-father ‘Hank Parsons’ (Dwayne Johnson). However, ‘Sean’s troubles had not entirely gone to waste. He had managed to get hold of a satellite transmission code, which sounds like a mix-and-match of several disjointed and incomprehensible words. In a bid to bond with ‘Sean’, ‘Hank’ (whose relations with his stepson had always been rather strained) solves the code, which seemingly gives the directions to a certain strange island (from ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, ‘Treasure Island’ and Jules Verne’s ‘The Mysterious Island’ novels). ‘Sean’ is convinced that it is his long-lost grandfather, ‘Alexander Anderson’ (Michael Caine), who is sending out the signals, in an attempt to let his family know that the so-called ‘Mysterious Island’ has finally been discovered.

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Calcutta, Feb 4, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) Films belonging to the comedy genre are rare commodities in the contemporary Bengali movie industry. It indeed requires a great deal of finesse and tactical acumen on the part of filmmakers to pack in just the right combination of humorous gags, so that their movies are actually able to tickle the funny bones of the viewers.

Given the relatively tricky nature of the task of making a genuinely funny movie, it is hardly surprising that many of the modern day Tollywood film directors have stayed away from this genre. Director Aniket Chattopadhyay (interview) is one of the very few among the current crop of moviemakers who actually have a successful track record in making enjoyable and sophisticated films with a distinct comic flavour. The director’s first two movies (‘Chha-E-Chhuti’ and ‘Bye Bye Bangkok’) were well-made and found favour among critics and cinegoers alike. Chattopadhyay now returns with his third directorial venture, ‘Goray Gondogol.’ With an ensemble cast that comprised of a nice mix of seasoned performers and fresh faces, all seemed set for the director to achieve his hattrick of hits.

‘Goray Gondogol’, in essence, is a love story that runs into troubled waters due to external circumstances and a team of rigid (and often, eccentric!) relatives. He is ‘Rik’ (Rahul - interview), a young and successful software professional, who earns a decent buck and is eminently eligible for marriage. She is ‘Paula’ (Sampurna Lahiri - interview), a pretty young lady who dreams of a happy life but is somewhat cowered by her dominating father (Dipankar De - interview). The two meet, fall in love and decide to hitch up together soon. Little did the lovebirds (and the audience!) realize that ‘gondogol’ was just lurking round the corner!

Trailer - Goray Gondogol

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Mumbai, Feb 4, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Team Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu has released the ninth and last of the video Blogs today, on their official Dharma YouTube Channel. The video blogs have been shot by Imran have shot on the sets of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu. Watch it via WBRi.

Agent Vinod HQ Poster

Mumbai, Feb 3, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) EROS international have released this exclusive video song promo from Saif Ali Khan's Bollywood movie Agent Vinod.

The audio song "I’ll do the talking" is sung by Neeraj Sridhar while the music has been composed by Pritam.

Agent Vinod stars Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead.

Watch the Agent Vinod music video exclusively via EROS Intl. on WBRi.