Mrinal Sen
98th Birthday wishes to a very accomplished director and film maker. MRINAL SEN. (মৃণাল সেন)(14 May 1923 -30 Dec 2018) Mrinal Sen never stopped experimenting with his medium. In his later films he tried to move away from the narrative structure and worked with very thin story lines. After a long gap of eight years, […]
Katharine Hepburn
Remembering the 4 time golden age Oscar willing film and stage actress with 12 Oscar nominations, on her 114th birth anniversary KATHARINE HEPBURN(May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) Her screen career lasted for over sixty years and was based on a persona whose essentials included energy, grace, determination and beauty. She was perfectly cast […]
Upendra Kishore Raychowdhury
Remembering the author, painter, violin player and composer, technologist, entrepreneur and the publisher of the first Bengali children’s magazine “Sandesh” , on his158th birth anniversary. UPENDRA KISHORE RAYCHOWDHURY(উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী)(12 May 1863 – 20 December 1915) Upendrakishore introduced the idea of half tone block making and was also the pioneer of Bengali printing industry. Later, he […]
Gary Cooper
Remembering the golden age Oscar winning actor on his 120th birth anniversary. GARY COOPER( May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) Starting from the silent era, his career spanned more than thirty years, from 1925 to 1960, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. His range of performances included roles in most major movie […]
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
For Western music lovers: Remembering the classical Russian composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber music, on his 181st birth anniversary. PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY(May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) Between 1871 and 1876 he produced a series of great works, including Swan Lake (1876) and the First Piano Concerto (1875), which established him […]