KOLKATA: The mainstream entertainment industry of India and Bangladesh, which received a jolt after the August uprising, is now returning to normalcy. Two big-ticket productions, ‘Daagi’ and ‘Borbaad’ ...

Single-screen theatres in Bengal are facing challenges due to a shortage of Bengali films for prime-time slots, as mandated by the state government. Some theatres briefly suspended shows. Theatres ...

Bengali cinema's reliance on authentic dialects is waning, with many films now reducing regional speech to mere markers for domestic workers. Directors and actors once treated dialect as a core ...