Saibal Mitra

Veteran actor Biplab Dasgupta, a versatile artist known for his intellectual approach to acting, passed away at 75. His career spanned theatre, television, and cinema, marked by precise performances and a deep understanding of language. Dasgupta, who also worked as a newsreader, leaves a rich legacy in Bengali arts.

While shooting for 'A Holy Conspiracy', legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah would often wait on the sets to give dialogue cues to his co-actor and icon Soumitra Chatterjee with whom he shared the screen for the first time.

Director saibal mitra who is relieved to see his film ‘A Holy Conspiracy’ finally releasing in theatres says it was a lifetime experience to direct legends like Naseeruddin Shah and the late Soumitra Chattopadhyay in his film which released in theatres on July 29. The camaraderie between the two stalwarts was also amazing since Soumitra would gush over Naseeruddin’s acting repertoire and his command over a scene in the film.

Two powerhouse performers, who have kept generations hooked to big screen, will soon be seen sharing the screen together. This is the first time thespian Soumitra Chatterjee and Bollywood icon Naseeruddin Shah are coming together for saibal mitra’s ‘Debotaar Grash’ (A Holy Conspiracy), an adaptation of the novel ‘Inherit the Wind’ by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee.

Only one Bengali film — ‘Aparajito’ — has made it to the top 10 Indian films of 2022 by the FIPRESCI-INDIA Grand-Prix from a list of 50 shortlisted films. While this selection has made admirers of Anik Dutta’s film jubilant, the absence of some important works like Naseeruddin Shah-Soumitra Chatterjee-starrer ‘A Holy Conspiracy’ from the list has raised eyebrows, too.

Sajarur Kanta completed a glorious 100 days at the box office and director saibal mitra along with his team threw a celebratory party at a city club recently.

Activist, writer, a role model for many. saibal mitra was remembered by his family and friends with the launch of ‘Phire Dekha’, a collection of articles by his admirers as well as some of his writings.

Last year when the shoot of saibal mitra’s ‘Debotaar Grash’ had ended the actors badly missed the experience of sharing the screen with two acting legends Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Naseeruddin Shah.

Subhrajit Dutta is waiting eagerly to shoot for saibal mitra’s film, Debotar Grash, which stars none other than Naseeruddin Shah and Soumitra Chatterjee.

Aparajita Ghosh Das believes in doing one film at a time.

Bengal���s favourite sleuth, Byomkesh Bakshi is set to hit the big screen again.

It was a star-studded evening at a city cinema hall, where several Tolly celebs converged to be part of a production house's party celebrating films scheduled for release in February .

The actress is currently re-reading the script

Some shoots are not to be forgotten in a hurry. For Biplab Dasgupta, saibal mitra’s Debotaar Grash had come as one such opportunity back in 2019 when he shot for the film.

Arpita is shooting for Aneek Dutta’s film today.

Director saibal mitra has roped in actors Aparajita Ghosh Das, Kaushik Sen and Arun Mukherjee for his yet-untitled next big screen project, which is based on Samaresh Basu���������s Hingsro.

A Bengali documentary on the journey of a Kolkata filmmaker to Karbala, a Hindi documentary on how a school dropout galvanised a drought-hit village into a voluntary force that changed the destiny of 58 Indian villages, a Gujarati short film on an adolescent boy coming to terms with his sexual identity while going for a swim, a personality sketch of singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan were among the 10 films that were awarded at the fourth South Asian Short Film Festival organized by the Federation of Film Societies of India (ER) at Nandan on Monday.

After waiting for almost two years ‘A Holy Conspiracy’ (Debotar Grash) will finally have its theatrical release. The film is set to hit the big screens on July 29. What’s interesting is the cast of this film. This is the first time we would get to see acting powerhouses Naseeruddin Shah and late Soumitra Chattopadhyay sharing the screen.

Paoli had a hearty lunch today and is planning to take an afternoon nap after it.

Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is all set to score for saibal mitra’s upcoming flick Shojarur Kanta. The film, an adaptation of Sharadindu Bandopadhyay’s thriller of the same name, will see veteran actor Dhritiman Chatterjee play Byomkesh, while Pradip Mukherjee will get under the skin of Ajit.

For actress Amrita Chattopadhyay, saibal mitra’s ‘Debotar Grash’ was a learning experience. The actress, who has worked with two acting legends – Naseeruddin Shah and Soumitra Chatterjee – in the film, says had the golden opportunity to learn a lot from them.

In saibal mitra’s ‘Debotaar Grash’ (A Holy Conspiracy), two powerhouse performers Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Naseeruddin Shah will share the screen space for the first time.

Along with Naseeruddin Shah and Soumitra Chatterjee, he will be playing one of the pivotal roles in saibal mitra’s Debotar Grash.