Utpal Dutt was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theater, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theater, when he founded the 'Little…
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own Eng…
William Peter Blatty was an American writer and filmmaker. He wrote the novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version for which he won an Academy Award. Born and raised in New York C…
1. My new book 'Jezebel: the untold story of the bible's harlot queen' is just out (Doubleday). Yes, she was framed. No, she was no harlot. Yes, she was magnificent.
Buddhadeva Bose (also spelt Buddhadeb Bosu) (Bengali: বুদ্ধদেব বসু) was a major Bengali writer of the 20th century. Frequently referred to as a poet, he was a versatile writer who wrote novels, sh…
Manik Bandopadhyay (Bengali: মানিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian Bengali novelist and is considered one of the leading lights of modern Bangla fiction. During a short lifespan of forty-eight years, p…
Abanindranath Tagore (bn: অবণীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর), was the principal artist of the Bengal school and the first major exponent of swadeshi values in Indian art. He was also a noted writer. He was popularly…
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Bengali: বঙ্কিম চন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়) ('Chattopadhyay' in the original Bengali; 'Chatterjee' as spelt by the British) was a Bengali poet, novelist, essayist and journalis…
Samaresh Majumdar (Bangla: সমরেশ মজুমদার) was a well-known Bengali writer. He spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Duars, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri …
Zahir Raihan (Bangla: জহির রায়হান) was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Satyajit Ray (Bengali: সত্যজিৎ রায়) was an Indian filmmaker and author of Bengali fiction and regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of world cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Beng…
Humayun Ahmed (Bengali: হুমায়ূন আহমেদ; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. He was the most famous and popular author, dramati…
Shankar's real name is Mani Shankar Mukherjee. Sankar is a very popular writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal, India. Shankar's father died while Shankar was stil…
শ্রীপান্থের জন্ম ১৯৩২ সালে, ময়মনসিংহের গৌরীপুরে | লেখাপড়া ময়মনসিংহ এবং কলকাতায় | শ্রীপান্থ তরুণ বয়স থেকেই পেশায় সাংবাদিক | আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকার সম্পাদকীয় বিভাগের সঙ্গে যুক্ত | সাংবাদিকতার পাশাপা…
জন্ম ১৯৭৩, ডােমার, নীলফামারী। বিচিত্র বিষয়ে লেখালেখি করলেও প্রধান ঝোঁক গল্প-উপন্যাসে। বিজ্ঞান-কল্পকাহিনি ও রহস্যকাহিনি লিখতে স্বাচ্ছন্দ্য বােধ করেন। সাংবাদিকতা পেশায় যুক্ত।
চলচ্চিত্র বিষয়ে অধ্যাপনা, তথ্যচিত্র নির্মাণ, ফিল্ম, টেলিভিশন ধারাবাহিক ও ওয়েব সিরিজের চিত্রনাট্য রচনা এবং তার ফাঁকে ফাঁকে নিজের ব্লগে নানা স্বাদের লেখালেখি-এইসব নিয়েই কল্লোল লাহিড়ী। প্রকাশিত উপন্যাস গ…
