Balraj Sahani was a great actor.

Balraj Sahani was a great actor. If the Bollywood films of 1950s and 1960s are seen, it will be known that it was dominated by Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar. While Raj Kapoor gave blockbusters like Awaara, Shree 420, Anari, Sangam and other films, Dilip Kumar gave blockbusters like Madhumati, Mughal-I –Azam, Ganga Jumna, Ram Aur Shyam and other films. Balraj Sahani acted in realistic films and maintained and same class in his films in that era. He was not considered to be romantic actor. But his character acting created life in classic films. He was brilliant in the film Do Bigha Zameen in 1953, where he played the character of a farmer who had sold the land and came to the city of Kolkata. He displayed the hardship of a rickshaw-puller in Kolkata. In Seema he played an important role of moulding the character of Nutan, who faced many hardhips in life. He was sublime in Hemen Gupta’s film Kabuliwala. It was written by Rabindranath Tagore. Bimal Roy produced the film. It was released in 1961. He was brilliant in the film Bhabhi released in 1957. He showed the sacrifice of an elder brother of a middle-class family. His wife Pandari Bai sacrificed her life for the wellbeing of the family. He was brilliant in the film Bhabhi Ki Chudiya opposite Meena Kumari. There also both Balraj Sahani and Meena Kumari showed the sacrifice for middle-class family. He played the character of an honest doctor in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Anuradha in 1960. He could not do justice to the singing talent of his wife Leela Naidu in the film. But she also never left her. The film received National Award for best film. Balraj Sahani had acted opposite all the best actresses of silver screen including Vaijayantimala in Katputli, Nargis in Lajwanti, Meena Kumari in Satta Bazaar, Nutan in Seema, to name a few. Whenever he played any character, he kept his mark. He had acting experience of working in Indian People’s Theatre, (IPTA). It never looked that he was acting. His performances were very realistic. There were no mannerisms. He also gave lips in landmark songs of Bollywood films. Some of the brilliant songs included “kahan ja rahe ho’ sung by Mohammad Rafi in the film Seema, “aye mere zohrazabi” sung by Manna Dey in the film Waqt, “aye mere pyare watan” sung by Manna Dey in the film Kabuliwala, to name a few. His films and works should be preserved and restored.

Saswati Guhathakurta, Chaitali Dasgupta and others stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 Program.

Saswati Guhathakurta, Chaitali Dasgupta stormed Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 Program.

On 28th January, 2014, Deboshree Roy, the anchor of Zee Bangla Didi No. 1 Program called the news readers of popular Bengali channels. The celebrities who participated in the program included Saswati Guhathakurta, Chaitali Dasgupta, Indrani Bhattacharya and others. In the program Deboshree Roy asked Saswati Guhathakurta about her experience in anchoring different programs in Bengali Doordarshan from 1975, 76 onwards. She said it was a great experience. She said she herself and Chaitali Dasgupta used to anchor the programs during mid-70s and the viewers used to think that they were sisters. She said that she was interested in music also but due to news reading, anchoring the programs in Doordarshan bangla, her skill of music was left alone. She started acting in tele-serials from 1995. She also acted in the successful serial Kanakanjali in the role of the wife of Dulal Lahiri. Chaitali Dasgupta married renowned Bengali director Raja Dasgupta. Deboshree Roy asked her to share the experience of meeting Raja Dasgupta and how they married. She said that she knew dancing also. During childhood she was shy. Later on she had to do anchoring and she enjoyed the job. From 1995 onwards she started acting in television serials. Indrani Bhattacharya also disclosed her history of entering into Television programs. She stayed in Paris for 2 years. She learned music and sang well. In the second round Shymal Mitra’s son Saikat Mitra was invited to sing songs and ask the celebrities to sing songs on specific subjects. All the celebrities did a great job. Deboshree Roy anchored the program very well.

Superstar Jeet stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Jeet stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Bengali superstar Jeet stormed Sourav Ganguly’s Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program on 28th January, 2014. The entire team of the Bengali film Royal Bengal Tiger had been invited by Sourav Ganguly in the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Jeet and Abir Chatterjee are the best actors in the film. The film is directed by Rajesh Ganguly and is scheduled to be released on 31st January, 2014. The film is produced by Neeraj Pandey. He came in the show. Sourav Ganguly asked him how was his experience of working in the film A Wednesday? He said it was great to work with two stalwarts Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in the film. The film won many awards. The film had launched a new actress Shraddha Das. She came in the show. Abir Chatterjee and Jeet told the story of the film. In the film, Abir Chatterjee played the role of a middle-class person. He was a simple person who never reacted to the menaces in the society. Once he met Jeet his old friend, and from that time he learned to fight against evil. The rest of the film was related to the courage that he gained from Jeet. That is the reason why the film is named Royal Bengal Tiger. Sourav Ganguly asked Abir Chatterjee about his experience of working with Sandip Ray to play the character of Feluda. He said it was a great experience. The shooting will begin in February. Sourav Ganguly asked a question, how is Royal Bengal tiger different from other tigers. The answer was the black stripes on the body. Each of them are different from the others. Jeet spoke about his film background. He was involved in family business of selling building materials. After that he went to Mumbai. He came back to Kolkata, acted in the film Saathi, and the rest was history. Jeet answered the maximum number of answers and scored the fastest fifty. He also won the competition at the end by answering maximum number of questions in the slog over round. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program with style.