NANDAN, WEST BENGAL FILM CENTRE, 1/1 A.J.C. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA -7000020

- BulletinN A N D A N

JUNE, 2019 A monthly publication of the West Bengal Film Centre

INFORMATION & CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTGOVT. OF WEST BENGAL

Kolkata International Film Festival(Accreditated by FIAPF)

8th-15th November 2019

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Ÿ The lm which has not been theatrically released in India and lms must be an Indian Premiere.

Ÿ Films must be completed between 1st October 2018 and 15th September 2019.

Ÿ National Award Winning Indian Films which are arranged for Special screening organised by Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India are eligible for submission.

International Competition Regulations:Ÿ Films must be ction-feature lms. Duration must be not less than 60 Minutes.

Deadline: 31st August 2019

NANDAN, WEST BENGAL FILM CENTER, 1/1, AJC BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA-700020, INDIA

THE DIRECTOR, KOLKATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Please Sign Up / Sign In for submission of Online Application in www.kff.in

Contact :

TEL: 91-33-2223-1655/1210 FAX : 91-33-2223-5744 Website : www.kff.in Email: ofce@kff.in/info@kff.in

Call for Fiction- Feature Film Entries

Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre was opened on 2nd September, 1985 under the aegis of the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal for promotion of lm and lm culture. In the words of Late Satyajit Ray, the eminent lm maker from Bengal and the rst Chairman of Nandan; “the Centre would concern itself with all aspects of cinema”.

Objective : Nandan concentrates on cinema as a subject of study and as a cultural movement and endeavours to preserve cinema of signicance in its archives. Its library is constantly being enriched with collection of books and periodicals on cinema which is open to all lm lovers.

Functions : As an art house for release of quality lms and organising lm festivals, retrospectives, children's lm shows, documentaries etc. to serve the requirements of Film clubs/ Societies for their screenings and other programmes and regular screenings of movies at Nandan I & II auditoriums.

Nandan is a State Government funded lm promotion centre and runs under the policy direction and supervision of an Advisory Committee.

About Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF)

In its earlier editions, the festival has been graced by the presence of legendary

lmmakers like Miguel Littin (Chile), Fernando Solanos (Argentina), E. Subriela

(Argentina), Ali Ozgentruk (Turkey), Amos Gitai (Israel), Krzysztof Zanussi

(Poland), Catherine Breillat (France), Jeon Soo-ill (Korea), Gus Van Sant (USA),

Jafar Panahi (Iran), Tahmina Milani (Iran), Tsai Ming-liang (Malaysia) Nury Bilge

Cylan (Turkey), Michael Winterbottom(UK) Philip Noyce(Australia), Simon

Baker(Australia), Marion Hansel(Belgium), Majid Majidi(Iran) among others.

KIFF's journey began in 1995 when the rst independent international lm festival

was inaugurated at Nandan - West Bengal Film Centre. India has one of the most

thriving of cinematic traditions. Kolkata in West Bengal is the nerve center for

appreciation of performing arts and also hosts an independent international lm

festival – The Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) accredited by FIAPF.

It was essentially the culmination of a sincere Film Society Movement that had its

roots in the works of Kolkata's celluloid masters such as Satyajit Ray and Ritwik

Ghatak etc..

The KIFF Ofcial Sections :International Competition – Innovations in Moving Images

Birth CentenaryTribute/Special Tribute/Homage, RetrospectiveFocus & Special FocusNew Horizon

National Competition– Indian Languages

Asian Select(Netpac Award)–Competition for Asian Feature Films

-Promising and dynamic lmmakers

Films on Literature, Music and SportsSpecial ScreeningChildren ScreeningShorts & Documentary CompetitionFilm Market, Master Class, Seminars etc.

Cinema International– Contemporary World Cinema

KONTTHO

Director : Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy Release Date : 10th May 2019

Period of screening : 3 weeks (running) Distributer : Windows Production House

Synopsis : It is a lm which revolves around the life of a successful RJ Arjun Mallik whose life suddenly screeches a break when he gets diagnosed by Laryngeal Cancer. The whole world around him comes crashing down in front of him. The rst hindrance was his profession. His wife, Pritha, played by Paoli Dam is herself a voice artist. Depression takes over Arjun when he can see his wife performing and his own career crashing down in front of him. In the meantime, Romilla- A speech therapist, played by Jaya Ahsan starts training Arjun to speak with Esophageal voice and soon after that Arjun's life takes a positive turn

Occupancy : 98% (21 Days in May, 19)

Cast : Jaya Ahsan, Paoli Dam, Koneenica Banerjee, Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Chitra Sen

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NANDAN – I

FILM SCREENED DURING MAY, 2019

JYESTHOPUTRO

Director : Kaushik Ganguly Release Date : 26th April 2019

Period of screening : 5 weeks (running) Distributer : Surindar Films

Cast : Ritwick Chakraborty, Prasenjit Chatterjee,Gargi Roychowdhury, Sudipta Chaktaborty, Sreya Bhattacharya

Synopsis : Indrajit the famous superstar receives the news of the death of his father and rushes to his native place Ballabhpur. Indrajit has come to Ballabhpur after ten long years. It seems to him that his native place, his village of Ballabhpur has gone through a tremendous change because of which he is unable to relate to the people and places as he used to. He gets nostalgic and can almost see how these ten years has brought out a change not only in his surroundings, but also in himself. The story unveils with the journey of Indrajit the eldest son (JYESTHOPUTRO) endeavouring to nd his own self.

Occupancy : 68% (29 Days in May, 19)

VINCI DA

Director : Srijit Mukherjee Release Date : 12th April 2019

Period of screening : 7 weeks (running) Distributer : SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Cast : Rudranil Ghosh, Ritwick Chakraborty,Sohini Sarkar, Anirban Bhattacharya.

Occupancy : 73% (29 Days in May, 19)

Synopsis : The story weaves around a prosthetic makeup artist Vinci da whose life becomes hell when Adi Bose enters into his life to seek help for getting the prosthetic makeup of those criminals who get relief from the court for not having any proof of their criminal activities. Adi Bose used that prosthetic makeup of those criminals and commits the same crime like them for which they have been accused. In between these incidents, somehow Vincida`s & his love interest Jaya`s life also get affected by those incidents and he gradually comes out from the criminal shadow of Adi Bose.

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NANDAN – II

BASU PORIBAR

Director : Suman Ghosh Release Date : 5th April 2019

Period of screening : 5 weeks Distributer : Piyali Films

Cast : Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Jishu Sengupta, Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Sreenanda Shankar

Synopsis : While a retired barrister and his wife resolve to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, with their children and family members arriving from various corners of the world to make the occasion memorable. As all of them gather under one roof, unresolved issues from their past resurface leading to unforeseen consequences.

Occupancy : 96% (14 Days in May, 19)

FILM SCREENED DURING MAY, 2019

SAKHHI

Period of screening : 1 week (running) Distributer : Dayal Production

Synopsis : Sakhhi is a story based on odd jobs. Sikha, a poor village girl, was heinously raped by Jagat – the brother of a corrupted inuential personality Bhai Da. Sikha, then concentrated on survival rather than ghting for her justice when the court dismissed the case. As time moves on, Shyamal develops feelings for Sikha and want to marry Sikha to start a life together but life has something else planned for him.

Occupancy : 65% (8 Days in May, 19)

Director : Shouvick Sarkar Release Date : 24th May 2019

Cast : Sayoni Ghosh, Arjun Chakraborty, Debshankar Halder, Shanntilal Mukherjee, Locket Chatterjee

Cast : Rituparna Sengupta, Saayoni Ghosh, Subhasish Mukherjee, KrishnoKishor Mukherjee,

Period of screening : 2 weeks (running) Distributer : Artage Media Pvt. Ltd

Synopsis : Two youngsters suffering from memory loss following an accident are admitted to a renowned mental health rehabilitation center. Startling secrets from their past are revealed as the doctors slowly nurse them back to normality.

Manoj Mitra, Biswanath Basu

ATITHI

Occupancy : 99% (14 Days in May, 19)

Director : Sujit Paul Release Date : 17th May 2019

Director : Ranjan Ghosh Release Date : 22 February 2019

AHAA RE

Period of screening : 10 weeks Distributer : Bhavna Aaj O Kal

Cast : Arn Shuvo, Rituparna Sengupta, Amrita Chattopadhyay, Paran Bandyopadhyay,Dipankar Dey

Synopsis : The lm centres around a rich Muslim chef from Dhaka and a middle-class Hindu home cook from Kolkata. She specializes in traditional Bengali cuisine while Aren is a master of Bangladeshi dishes. The duo meets and discovers love through their shared passion for food and cooking. The lm is as much about love as it is about life's struggles and explores why and how our religious identities get blurred when there are so many inspiring stories around us.

Occupancy : 55% (8 Days in May, 19)

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NANDAN – II

FILM SCREENED DURING MAY, 2019

Occupancy : 95% (8 Days in May, 19)

Synopsis : Googly delves into the lives of Dali and Arjun, a couple suffering from a stammering problem. Their lives take an eventful turn after the birth of their son Googly, and what happens next forms the crux of the story.

Period of screening : 1 week (running) Distributer : Surinder Films Pvt. Ltd.

Director : Abhimanyu Mukherjee Release Date : 24th May 2019

GOOGLY

Cast : Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee, Kanchan Mullick, Manasi Sinha

Occupancy : 80% (21 Days in May, 19)

TARIKH

Synopsis : TARIKH explores the mundane, yet exquisite nature of human bonds, through the everyday lives of three friends, and shows how social media affects their lives. Anirban, a professor and an idealist, teaches his students to protest by debating, not vandalizing, and uses social media to inspire. Ira, his wife, is a conformist addicted to social media. Rudrangshu, their old friend, is a sanguine realist, and plays the role of a friend to them. When Anirban dies suddenly, Ira tries to keep him alive by talking to him through messages on facebook. She goes through his facebook posts, and touches a side of Anirban that she had made no effort to understand when he was alive.

Director : Churni Ganguly Release Date : 12th April'19

Cast : Swasta Chatterjee , Raima Sen ,Ritwick Chakraborty

Period of screening : 5 weeks (running) Distributer : Opera Movies.

Director : Shieladitya Moulik Release Date : 29th March'19

Period of screening : 7 weeks (running) Distributer : PSS Entertainment

Cast : Ishaa Saha, Anuradha Mukherjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Sourav Das, June Malia, Sreelekha Mitra

Occupancy : 98% (14 Days in May, 19)

Synopsis : Tuku has always believed that she is an unremarkable girl lacking any special talent. Her father wants to get her married, but her unassuming nature leads to a lot of rejections. Eventually, a respected family from Kolkata agree to an arrangement, but upon one strange condition: the would-be bride should know how to knit a sweater. Tuku is sent to a relative's house to learn knitting, but here, she undergoes a transformation courtesy,the interesting friends she makes and Shammo, the impressionist she falls in love with. Will a reformed Tuku be condent enough to stand up for herself? Well, we have to wait till the end of the lm.

SWEATER

NANDAN -BULLETIN | June 2019

NANDAN – III

2nd May'19

I) Observance of Birthday of Satyajit Ray

Organiser : Cinematheque – Kolkata

9th – 11th May'19

Sweet Smell of Spring

Visit

ii) Tunisian Film Festival (Screening of six lms)

Whispering Sands

Organiser : Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI)

Shattered Waves

Porto Farina,

Mostfa Z

Organiser : Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI)

Director & Producer: Kankana Chakraborty

18th May'19

iii) Screening of 'ANURUP’

Organiser : AGNIVEENA

29th May'19

iv) Discussion on Kazi Nazrul Islam

Nazrul Charcha Kendra

Organiser: ADDA Ebong

17th May'19

Kobita Path & Adda

Organiser: Photography Charcha

24th – 26th May'19

Photography Exhibition on Art

Nandan - IV

Organiser : Kabita Connection

2nd May'19

Album Release

Published by : CEO, NANDAN, Information & Cultural Affairs Department, Govt. of W.B.