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Birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam being observed with due honour across Bengal

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Today is the birth anniversary of ‘Bidrohi Kobi’ Kazi Nazrul Islam. The occasion is being celebrated across Bengal with due honour.

The State Department of Information and Culture is going to organise a cultural programme on the occasion today at Nazrul Tirtha at 5 PM. Various awards and honours of different boards, academies and centres will be given away during the programme.

Cultural programmes will also be held from 27-29 May at Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Ektara Muktamancha and Bangla Akademi auditorium daily at 5 PM. New and veteran artistes will perform at these programmes.

Kazi Nazrul Islam given due recognition by Maa, Mati, Manush Government

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Like every year, West Bengal Government is celebrating the the birth anniversary of the Rebel Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in a befitting manner all across the State.

In the past seven years, the government has taken several initiatives to preserve the legacy of the great poet. From renovating his house at Churulia to setting up ‘Nazrul Tirtha’ – the ‘Bidrohi Kobi’ has been given due recognition by the Maa, Mati, Manush Government.

Some initiatives of the Bengal Government to preserve the legacy of Kazi Nazrul Islam:

  • Under the Trinamool Government, the state-of-art cultural complex Nazrul Tirtha has been set up at Rajarhat New Town.
  • A digital library on Kazi Nazrul Islam at Nazrul Tirtha was inaugurated in December, 2017. The digital library is the first-of-its-kind in Bengal. All the books of Nazrul that have become out-of-print and are lying in different libraries in Kolkata have been digitised in the first phase.
  • Kazi Nazrul University has been set up in Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman.
  • The first Greenfield Airport of India at Andal has been named after Kazi Nazrul Islam.
  • The State Government has dedicated a chair to Kazi Nazrul Islam at Calcutta University.
  • Nazrul Academy was set up in 2012.
  • Nazrul Mancha, the Open Air Theatre at Rabindra Sarobar, was renovated into a state-of-art auditorium.
  • The West Bengal government took up repair and maintenance work of Kazi Nazrul Islam’s ancestral house at Churulia in Bardhaman district.
  • An archive on Kazi Nazrul Islam at Grace Cottage, a single-storey building in Nadia’s Krishnagar where the poet had lived between 1926 and 1928, is in the offing.
  • Since 2011, the Government has been celebrating the birth and death anniversaries of the Rebel Poet in a befitting manner.

 

Bengal CM gives away Tele Samman awards

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitated personalities from the Bengali television world today. The Tele Samman awards ceremony hold at Nazrul Mancha.

The Tele Samman awards are given by the West Bengal Tele Academy since 2014. Personalities from the Bengali television industry are awarded for their exceptional performances throughout the year. Distinguished personalities-actors, directors, producers and technicians of Bengali television are awarded through this programme.

After the award ceremony a colourful cultural programme was performed by the television artistes.

 

টেলি সম্মান পুরস্কার প্রদান করলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী

বাংলা টেলিভিশন জগতের কলাকুশলীদের আজ সম্মানজ্ঞাপন করেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়।

নজরুল মঞ্চে এক বর্ণাঢ্য অনুষ্ঠানে আজ তিনি টেলি সম্মান পুরস্কার দেন। সারা বছরে অসাধারণ কাজের স্বীকৃতি স্বরূপ দেওয়া হয় এই পুরস্কার। অভিনেতা, পরিচালক, প্রযোজক, টেকনিশিয়ানদের দেওয়া হল সম্মান।

পুরস্কার প্রদানের পর একটি সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানেরও আয়োজন করেন বিভিন্ন তারকারা।

Uttam Kumar will continue to reside in our hearts: Mamata Banerjee

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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today gave away Mahanayak Samman Awards at a ceremony held at Nazrul Mancha.

Veteran actress Shakuntala Barua was conferred ‘Mahanayika Samman’ by the CM. This is the sixth edition of the awards, which were constituted by the Chief Minister to honour the best contributors to the Bengali film industry.

July 24 is the 37th death anniversary of ‘Mahanayak’ – or ‘superstar’ – Uttam Kumar. Tributes were paid to him through a cultural function.

List of winners:

Best Film: Bishorjon
Best Director: Arindam Sil
Best Actor: Prosenjit Chatterjee
Best Actress: Nusrat
Best Cinematographer: Soumik Halder
Best Screenplay: Padmanabha Dasgupta
Best Music: Bickram Ghosh

Excerpts of the Chief Minister’s speech:

My heartfelt homage to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar. My best wishes to his family members present here. I extend my greetings to all film artistes and technicians present here.

I believe ‘Bangla hobe Biswa Sera’. We have proved it with Kanyashree. Our films will also make Bengal the best in the world. This is my firm belief.

Uttam Kumar was always the best. He will continue to reside in our hearts.

We are proud to have been able to honoured Shakuntala Barua with ‘Mahanayika Samman’. Better late than never.

We have formed a committee for television industry as well as the film industry. Sabitri Di (Chatterjee) has been made the Chairperson of the International Kolkata Film Festival Committee. The work for film city will be completed soon. A new studio will be set up for the shooting of telefilms.
We have to attract filmmakers from outside to come to Bengal to make films. Bengal will also have to win Bollywood and Hollywood.

We organise Jatra Utsav, Sangeet Utsav, Kobita Utsav. I believe a civilisation cannot progress without artistes. Without them, life would resemble a desert. As long as artistes are there, culture and harmony will prosper.

We will register 80,000 additional folk artistes under Lok Prasar Prakalpa, taking the total number of beneficiaries to 1.8 lakh.

We feel honoured to be able to honour artistes and technicians with Mahanayak Samman awards. Keep up the good work.

 

উত্তম কুমার চিরকাল আমাদের মনের মণিকোঠায় থাকবেনঃ মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

আজ নজরুল মঞ্চে অনুষ্ঠিত এক অনুষ্ঠানে ‘মহানায়ক সম্মাননা’ প্রদান করেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়।

প্রবীণ অভিনেত্রী শকুন্তলা বড়ুয়া’কে ‘মহানায়িকা’ সম্মান প্রদান করা হয়। এই নিয়ে ষষ্ঠ বছর এই সম্মান প্রদান করা হল। মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর একান্ত উদ্যোগেই এই সম্মান প্রদান শুরু করা হয়।

২৪শে জুলাই ‘মহানায়ক’ উত্তম কুমারের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী। একটি সাংস্কৃতিক অনুষ্ঠানের মাধ্যমে তাঁর প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা জ্ঞাপন করা হয়।

পুরস্কার প্রাপকদের তালিকা

শ্রেষ্ঠ চলচ্চিত্রঃ বিসর্জন
সেরা পরিচালকঃ অরিন্দম শীল
সেরা অভিনেতাঃ প্রসেনজিৎ
বর্ষসেরা অভিনেত্রীঃ নুসরৎ
বর্ষসেরা চিত্রগ্রাহক হলেনঃ সৌমিক হালদার
সেরা চিত্র নাট্যকারঃ পদ্মনাভ দাশগুপ্ত
সংগীতে সেরাঃ বিক্রম ঘোষ

মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর বক্তব্যের কিছু অংশ:

মহানায়ক উত্তমকুমারকে আমার শদ্ধার্ঘ্য। তাঁর পরিবারের সকল সদস্য যারা আজ এখানে উপস্থিত হয়েছেন তাদের আমার শুভেচ্ছা। সব চলচ্চিত্র শিল্পী ও কলা-কুশলীদের আমার শুভেচ্ছা।

আমি বিশ্বাস করি বাংলা হবে বিশ্ব সেরা। কন্যাশ্রী দিয়ে আমরা প্রমাণ করেছি। আগামী দিন আমরা চলচ্চিত্র দিয়ে প্রমাণ করব – এটা আমার স্বপ্ন, আমার বিশ্বাস।

উত্তম কুমার সবার ওপরে ছিলেন। তিনি সবসময় আমাদের মনের মণিকোঠায় থাকবেন।

শকুন্তলা বড়ুয়াকে আজ আমরা মহানায়িকা সম্মানে সম্মানিত করতে পেরে গর্বিত।

টেলিভিশন আক্যাডেমির জন্য আমরা একটা কমিটি গঠন করেছি। আন্তর্জাতিক কলকাতা চলচ্চিত্র উৎসবের চেয়ারপার্সন হয়েছেন সাবিত্রী চট্টোপাধ্যায়। ফিল্ম সিটির কাজ খুব শীঘ্রই সম্পন্ন হবে। টেলিফিল্ম শুটিং এর জন্য আমরা একটি নতুন স্টুডিও তৈরি করা হবে।

বাংলার চলচ্চিত্রের প্রতিভা বিশ্বজুড়ে বন্দিত। বাংলার বাইরে সকলকে এখানে সিনেমা করার জন্য আকৃষ্ট করতে হবে। বাংলাকেও বলিউড, হলিউড জয় করতে হবে।

আমরা যাত্রা উৎসব করি, সঙ্গীত উৎসব করি, কবিতা উৎসব করি। আমি বিশ্বাস করি শিল্পীরা না থাকলে শিল্প কখনো গড়ে ওঠে না। শিল্পীরা না থাকলে মানুষের জীবন মরুভুমি হয়ে যেত। শিল্পীরাই সজীবতার প্রাণ, তারাই প্রাণ সঞ্চয় করে, তারাই আমাদের স্পন্দন।

লোক প্রসার প্রকল্পের আওতায় ৮০ হাজার শিল্পীর নাম নথিভুক্ত আছে, আরও ১ লক্ষকে সংযুক্ত করা হবে। মোট সংখ্যা হবে ১ লক্ষ ৮০ হাজার।

মহানায়ক সম্মান অনুষ্ঠান আমরা এই সব শিল্পীদের দিয়ে করাই। ভালো কাজ করুন, এগিয়ে যান। এগিয়ে যাওয়ার নামই জীবন।

 

 

Best of Bengali television world honoured at Tele Academy Awards

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The Tele-Academy 2015-16 organised by the West Bengal Tele Academy of the State Government was organised today Nazrul Mancha at 5 PM.

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee felicitated actors and technicians working in the television industry for their outstanding performances through their career as well as in the last year.

“We are really honoured and blessed to be able to felicitate the talent of TV industry. Very talented people are being honoured here today for their performances,” she said.

“There was a time when TV was called an idiot box. But now it is a huge industry, generating livelihood for people,” the CM added.

The West Bengal Tele Academy Awards 2016 covers the entire gamut of Film and TV, rewarding excellence in production, programming, photography and technology, among others. The awards have been constituted as a token of respect and gratitude to the entire Film and TV industry in West Bengal.

In 2014, the inaugural year of the Tele Akademi Awards, actors Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Monoj Mitra, Sabitri Chattopadhyay and Madhabi Mukhopadhyay were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

The Trinamool Government had introduced Banga Sammanana in the year 2011 for notable contribution to the state; the Government has also been honouring distinguished artists from the field of music with Sangeet Samman, and those associated with sports with the Khel Samman.

“We believe “Telly”wood is as glamorous as Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood,” WB CM said while wishing the members of the Bengali television fraternity.

WB CM felicitates cine artists with Mahanayak Samman

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today gave away the annual Mahanayak Samman awards at Nazrul Mancha to felicitate the actors and technicians of the Bengali film industry.

“It is our honour to felicitate the veterans. We instituted Banga Bibhushan awards, Sangeet Samman, Tele Samman to felicitate our cultural icons,” WB CM said.

The awards were instituted in the year 2012, on the initiative of the Chief, in the memory of the legendary actor Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.

Veteran actors Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Rituparna Sengupta were conferred Mahanayak and Mahanayika Samman. Lifetime achievement awards were conferred on veterans Paran Bandyopadhyay, Anjan Dutta, Sandhya Roy, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, director Utpalendu Chakraborty.

Special awards were given to actors Debalina Roy, Rajatabha Dutta, Dulal Sarkar, Dulal Lahiri, Rahul Bandyopadhyay, Abhishek Chatterjee, Tanushree Chakraborty, Sreelekha Mitra, Biswanath Basu.

Composer Shantanu Moitra was conferred a special award along with director Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay, cinematographers Gopi Bhagat and Sudip Chattopadhyay. Art director Indranil Ghosh was also felicitated on the occasion.

Calling Uttam Kumar a nostalgia, WB CM prided the fact that Bengal is the cultural capital of the world. “Culture unites everyone. No one can create a rift in the world of art,” she said.

WB CM said she was confident one day Tollywood will give tough competition to Hollywood.

 

Bengal Govt celebrates ‘Basanta Sandhya’

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee was present at Basanta Sandhya today – a cultural evening dedicated to the spirits of Holi, the festival of colours.

Held at Nazrul Mancha, the programme was organized by Kolkata Improvement Trust and Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority in association with the I&CA Department, West Bengal Government.

The cultural programme featured performances by Ustad Rashid Khan, Pundit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pundit Bikram Ghosh, Indranil Sen, Subhamita and Rituparna Sengupta.

Incidentally, the West Bengal Chief Minister also inaugurated the Jai Hind Bhavan, a community hall set up by the KMC, at Bhowanipore.