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WB CM assures help to Bengali film industry

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Six top cine personalities met West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on Wednesday and requested the Government to intervene so that movie-making becomes more viable in the state.

At Wednesday’s meeting, the Tolly brigade comprising Goutam Ghose, Prosenjit, Dev , Jisshu Sengupta, Srijit Mukherji and Raj Chakraborty expressed concern over rampant closure of theatres in Bengal. The number of releases is increasing every week but there are not enough theatres to screen them. This is leaving little breathing space for movie-makers to earn revenue. The film industry will suffer unless something is done about it, the Chief Minister was informed.

The need for Government intervention to restore old halls by offering incentives was also discusses. It was requested about possibilities if the Government can provide incentives to hall owners.

The meeting drew attention to the immediate need for Government to offer incentives to hall owners who are on the brink of downing their shutters.

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.