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Everything the desk has filed on Bengali Cinema.
The film opens with a crash—literally. A past chase on hilly terrain ends in disaster, leaving Kakababu with a limp. Cut to present-day Kolkata, where he single-handedly disarms terrorists in a museum. ‘This is Kakababu’s Kolkata,’ he declares. The tone is set: this is not just a quest for a diamond called the Hen’s Egg. It’s a personal reckoning.
Sandeep Kumar Paul’s About an Intimate Matter, a Bengali film about two women whose secret romance is exposed, is set to premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The film, produced by Apoorva Bakshi, Monisha Thyagarajan, Neeraj Churi, and Abid Aziz Merchant, is described as a quiet, deeply human story rooted in West Bengal. It stars Sreya Bhattacharya, Sanjita Das, and Shimilli Basu. '
Koel Mallick, once a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, is now a BJP nominee—another high-profile actor entering the corridors of power after the party's fall in West Bengal.
Veteran Bengali actress Mithu Mukherjee, known for hits like Marjina Abdulla and Hindi films Dillagi and Khaan Dost, passed away at 71 after a cancer battle, ending a celebrated two‑decade career.