Kolkata

West Bengal·politics

Salam Das Gupta speaks about the countings of election polls of Kolkata municipal election, he says, "The existing strength in Kolkata municipal corporation was Left on 100, Congress 39 and BJP on 2 total 141 but the now, after the election…

West Bengal·sport

Shah Rukh Khan at Kolkata Knight Riders premiere: Bollywood - Cricket nexus: "This team is not only about cricket, but a way of life.

West Bengal

Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen speaks about Aurora film studios, he says, "I was shooting Kharij that was in 1982 there were still some left here on this side, so many of my friends came to attend the Filmotsav.

West Bengal·ceremony · school

Basu was born to a Bengali family in Delhi, where she lived till the age of eight in Pampoosh Enclave, Nehru Place and studied at Apeejay High School. Her family then moved to Kolkata.

West Bengal

Bengali film actor Rudra Sen Gupta speaks about the theatre audience in Kolkata, he says, "Earlier, almost every theatre show in Kolkata was Housefull, residents of Kolkata used to love watching theatre they travel from one corner of the ci…

West Bengal·river

Devi Dutt: "I started in 1956 as an apprentice. I joined because I had failed in high school and was not doing well in my studies. My brother, Guru Dutt, forced me to join his company and earn money. He gave me a salary of 75 rupees.

West Bengal·politics

Indian politician Abhishek Banerjee speaks to media on election results in Kolkata, West Bengal. His followers celebrate on the streets of Kolkata.

West Bengal

For those who live in Calcutta, the creative tradition is focused and shaped to some extent by the Adda an informal get together. Groups discussing ostensibly serious gossip or even light chatter.

West Bengal

Actress, model Gauhar Khan wears Sabyasachi's dress at Luxury Style fest in India. Sabyasachi Mukherjee is an Indian fashion designer from Kolkata. Since 1999, he has sold designer merchandise using the label 'Sabyasachi'.

West Bengal·dance

Shovana Narayan speaks about her childhood and interest in dancing. She says, "I was born in Kolkata because my father was posted there at the time of my birth.

West Bengal

Sharad Kapoor says "My family is in Calcutta, my mother, my father, my two brothers and my brother's wife and kids they all are based in Calcutta. I am very close to my family and not that close to my relatives.

West Bengal

Sharad Kapoor says "There is a friend of mine in Kolkata, his name is Jyoti Pandey and he gave us the impression to open a restaurant.

West Bengal

For Calcutta based gramophone company of India Ltd., the big day was the release of its first venture into feature film production under the banner of Gram Co FIlms.

West Bengal

Rituparno Ghosh talks about his upcoming film 'Dahan' or 'Crossfire' - "It is based on a novel by Suchitra Bhattacharya which in turn is based on a real-life incident which happened in Calcutta sometime in June 1992, obvious literary novel…

West Bengal·music

Pritam: I come from a middle-class family based in Kolkata, my father is a music teacher but he never wanted me to be in music so I had a dream in college that I would make an album.

West Bengal

Goutam Ghose says "Well about my latest film, the Bengali title is 'Dekha', it is going to be released on the 16th of February in Calcutta and the suburbs. Well, I have really enjoyed making this film, a small budget Bengali film.

West Bengal·sport

Leander Paes speaks about winning Junior Wimbledon medal. He says, "To be honest I didn't know what to expect when I won junior Wimbledon and I came back I had a big reception in Calcutta on winning this medal I really didn't know as to how…

West Bengal·ceremony

Actresses Neha Dhupia, Amrita Arora and Aarti Chhabria pose for the media during a public appearance. Neha talks about performing in Kolkata, saying she is excited about the show and appreciates the city and its people.

West Bengal·politics

Indian filmmaker Mrinal Sen speaks about staying in Calcutta, he says, "I must tell you that by birth I am not a Calcutian, I came to Calcutta when I was 15 years old and the very day I came to Calcutta I fell in love with Calcutta for very…

West Bengal

Kolkata poet and novelist, Gangopadhyay speaks about Kolkata's riot, famine, Rashid Ali Khan, mass protest by Muslims and Hindus, Congress and other parties in early 40s.

West Bengal

Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor speaks about his character in film 'Khushi'. He says, "My character's name is Karan who belongs to Kolkata.