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West Bengal Government Mandates Daily Prime Time Screenings Of Bengali Films "In Every Cinema"
This directive comes into effect immediately
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Bengal Schools Closed, 50% Staff Limit Applies To Offices
Bengal Covid Curbs: Bengal's Covid restrictions include closing of all schools and colleges, as well as cinema halls, gyms and swimming pools, and beauty salons. Attendance at government and private offices will be capped at 50 per cent.
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Bengal Relaxes Covid Curbs, Cinemas Get Nod To Open
Further relaxing the curbs put in place during the second wave of the Covid pandemic, the West Bengal government gave a go-ahead to cinema halls to open up from Saturday. For now, the cinema halls can host guests up to 50 per cent capacity.
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Renowned Bengali Filmmaker-Poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta Dies At 77
"Through his works, he infused lyricism into the language of cinema," wrote Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Buddhadeb Dasgupta
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Mithun Chakraborty Missing From BJP's Final List For Bengal Polls
The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...
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Educational Institutes In West Bengal To Remain Closed Till November 30
The West Bengal government on Monday said educational institutes will continue to remain closed till November 30 with all campus activities suspended, while cinema halls outside containment zones can keep screening films with 50 per cent occupancy.
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Kolkata Cinema Owners Awaits Centre, State Orders To Resume Functioning From October 1
Owners of many single-screen movie theatres in Kolkata said on Sunday that they are awaiting notifications from the Centre and the state government before deciding on reopening cinema halls which had been closed for over six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cinema Halls To Reopen In Bengal From October 1, Says Mamata Banerjee
Cinema halls and open air theatres will be allowed to operate in West Bengal from October 1 with limited number of participants, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.
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Bengal Actor-MPs Urge Centre To Reopen Cinema Halls With Covid Protocols
Four actors of the Bengali film industry, three of them ruling TMC MPs, have urged the Centre to consider re-opening movie theatres with necessary COVID-19 protocols in place, underscoring that cinema hall owners and employees are under severe financial duress.
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Halls, Multiplexes In Bengal Asked To Screen Bengali Film On Prime Time
Cinema halls and multiplexes in West Bengal will now have to mandatorily screen one Bengali film for a minimum of 120 days in a year, a state government notification said on Saturday.
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Kolkata's Priya Cinema Asked To Halt Screenings Until Fire Probe Is Over
Fire brigade officials on Monday asked the authorities of Priya Cinema to stop screening films till an investigation into the last night's fire was completed.
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"Bengal Has Best Talent Pool, Will Win Bollywood 1 Day": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Bengal had the best talent pool to come on top of the entertainment industry despite financial constraints in the fields of publicity and marketing.
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Actors, Players, Retired Soldier In Fray In West Bengal Assembly Polls
As the six-phase Assembly poll begins in West Bengal on Monday, political greenhorns from various fields, including cinema, cricket, football, inverstment banking enter into fray.
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Mamata Banerjee's star-studded list: Glamour versus the comrades
If there was ever a star studded candidates' list, then Mamata Banerjee has pulled it off. From film stars to footballers to singers and even a high profile professor from Harvard! Finally, Mamata has also thrown in a bit of dynasty.
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Actress Suchitra Sen cremated, given gun salute
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen's last rites have been conducted Kolkata's Keoratola crematorium. She was given a gun salute by the West Bengal government, as announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee earlier today. The actress, one of the leading lights of the golden age of Bengali cinema, died of a heart attack in Kolkata's Belle Vue Clinic toda...
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West Bengal Government Mandates Daily Prime Time Screenings Of Bengali Films "In Every Cinema"
This directive comes into effect immediately
-
Bengal Schools Closed, 50% Staff Limit Applies To Offices
Bengal Covid Curbs: Bengal's Covid restrictions include closing of all schools and colleges, as well as cinema halls, gyms and swimming pools, and beauty salons. Attendance at government and private offices will be capped at 50 per cent.
-
Bengal Relaxes Covid Curbs, Cinemas Get Nod To Open
Further relaxing the curbs put in place during the second wave of the Covid pandemic, the West Bengal government gave a go-ahead to cinema halls to open up from Saturday. For now, the cinema halls can host guests up to 50 per cent capacity.
-
Renowned Bengali Filmmaker-Poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta Dies At 77
"Through his works, he infused lyricism into the language of cinema," wrote Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Buddhadeb Dasgupta
-
Mithun Chakraborty Missing From BJP's Final List For Bengal Polls
The West Bengal BJP on Tuesday released what could be its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls. It has 13 names - but no Mithun Chakraborty. From Rashbbehari, the seat many believed was reserved for the 'Dada' of Bengali cinema, the party has fielded retired Lieutenant General Subrata Saha, who was in charge of Kashmir during cr...
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Educational Institutes In West Bengal To Remain Closed Till November 30
The West Bengal government on Monday said educational institutes will continue to remain closed till November 30 with all campus activities suspended, while cinema halls outside containment zones can keep screening films with 50 per cent occupancy.
-
Kolkata Cinema Owners Awaits Centre, State Orders To Resume Functioning From October 1
Owners of many single-screen movie theatres in Kolkata said on Sunday that they are awaiting notifications from the Centre and the state government before deciding on reopening cinema halls which had been closed for over six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cinema Halls To Reopen In Bengal From October 1, Says Mamata Banerjee
Cinema halls and open air theatres will be allowed to operate in West Bengal from October 1 with limited number of participants, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.
-
Bengal Actor-MPs Urge Centre To Reopen Cinema Halls With Covid Protocols
Four actors of the Bengali film industry, three of them ruling TMC MPs, have urged the Centre to consider re-opening movie theatres with necessary COVID-19 protocols in place, underscoring that cinema hall owners and employees are under severe financial duress.
-
Halls, Multiplexes In Bengal Asked To Screen Bengali Film On Prime Time
Cinema halls and multiplexes in West Bengal will now have to mandatorily screen one Bengali film for a minimum of 120 days in a year, a state government notification said on Saturday.
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Kolkata's Priya Cinema Asked To Halt Screenings Until Fire Probe Is Over
Fire brigade officials on Monday asked the authorities of Priya Cinema to stop screening films till an investigation into the last night's fire was completed.
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"Bengal Has Best Talent Pool, Will Win Bollywood 1 Day": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said Bengal had the best talent pool to come on top of the entertainment industry despite financial constraints in the fields of publicity and marketing.
-
Actors, Players, Retired Soldier In Fray In West Bengal Assembly Polls
As the six-phase Assembly poll begins in West Bengal on Monday, political greenhorns from various fields, including cinema, cricket, football, inverstment banking enter into fray.
-
Mamata Banerjee's star-studded list: Glamour versus the comrades
If there was ever a star studded candidates' list, then Mamata Banerjee has pulled it off. From film stars to footballers to singers and even a high profile professor from Harvard! Finally, Mamata has also thrown in a bit of dynasty.
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Actress Suchitra Sen cremated, given gun salute
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen's last rites have been conducted Kolkata's Keoratola crematorium. She was given a gun salute by the West Bengal government, as announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee earlier today. The actress, one of the leading lights of the golden age of Bengali cinema, died of a heart attack in Kolkata's Belle Vue Clinic toda...
