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India.com
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Grandmother created history in Bollywood, mother gave many superhits, sisters failed to impress, one gave 12 flops in 8 years, her name is...
There is a long list of star kids like Arjun Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, and Twinkle Khanna who followed in their parents' footsteps and entered the film industry but could not taste success. This list also includes the names of two sisters who failed to make an impact on the silver screen like their mother and grandmother. These two sisters inherited acting from their mother and grandmother. Their grandmother is known as the Mahanayika of Hindi cinema, and she was the first Indian actress to win an international award. After their grandmother, the mother of these two star kids, proved her mettle in films. Today we are talking about Riya Sen and Raima Sen who flopped in the film world. Riya and Raima are the granddaughters of the great actress Suchitra Sen. Suchitra Sen had made an incomparable contribution to films. She won an award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1963 and became the first Indian actress to win any international award. Suchitra Sen distanced herself from films at the peak of her career due to the ups and downs in her personal life and she remained lost in the darkness of obscurity for 36 years. But no one has been able to forget the actress' contribution to cinema till date. Suchitra Sen was awarded Padma Shri and Bangabibhushan. Munmun Sen, daughter of veteran actress Suchitra Sen, carried forward her legacy in the world of films. Munmun Sen worked in 60 films and 40 television series in the 80s. She appeared in Hindi as well as Bengali, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. Taking forward the family legacy, Riya Sen and Raima Sen also tried their luck in the world of acting, but the fate of both the sisters was the same. They could not make their mark among the people through acting. The career of these two sisters belonging to the royal family of Tripura was a flop. Riya Sen made her Bollywood debut in the year 2001 with the comedy film 'Style'. Riya Sen has done dozens of films in her Bollywood career, but most of the films were unsuccessful at the box office. According to the report of Box Office India, after the film 'Apna Sapna Money Money' released in 2006, 12 consecutive films of the actress were flops. After giving 12 back-to-back flop films, Riya Sen distanced herself from the film industry and got married. In 2017, the actress married Shivam Tiwari. Before marriage, the actress had also made a lot of headlines with her relationship. Riya Sen's sister Raima Sen also tried her luck in Bollywood. She appeared in the Daman and Bengali film Chokher Bali. She appeared in films like Parineeta, Das, and Antar Mahal. Raima Sen has been a well-known name in Bengali films.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
From NE to int'l acclaim: Kurbah's ‘Ha Lyngkha Bneng' shines at Moscow film fest
Kolkata: 's Khasi film ' Ha Lyngkha Bneng ' ('The Elysian Field') won the Best Film and Best Director award at the recent 47th Moscow International Film Festival . It also received the NETPAC Award for the Best Asian Film. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The festival had 13 films from 13 countries participating in the main competition. Spanish filmmaker Luis Miñarro gave out the Golden Saint George and said the film's title can be interpreted "as a place where superior souls meet." The film is co-written by Paulami Dutta with sound design and mixing engineering by Saptak Sarkar and Sayantan Ghosh. Cornel Gheorghita, one of the jury members said, "This is a very important film, which took me to a new level in world cinema when Sokurov, Kurosawa and Beckett came together." Aleksey German Jr, another jury member said, "It is an incredibly bold film by a courageous, smart, subtle and perfectly humane director who did exactly what one shouldn't do to win at a festival — he removed all powerful narratives and themes and took people's feelings and emotions instead." The 123-minute-long film was awarded for its philosophical expression of life and death through a "brilliant poetic visual language" enriched with "satire and humour," said Premendra Mazumder, the president of NETPAC jury. "It is a cinematic gem from India," he added. Kurbah, a self-taught director, said, "This is a small step forward for Indian independent cinema, which keeps trying to tell stories from the heart, even if they are not part of the mainstream. For films from the Northeast, it's a quiet but proud moment to see that even small, personal stories from our region can find their place and be accepted by audiences across the world." Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Kurbah's film is set in the Khasi Hills in 2047, also the year when India celebrates its centenary of independence. Six characters live in a village. "It has seen mass migration to cities and is not well connected by a motorable road, and faces intermittent power cuts. The geographical space amplifies their loneliness and loss, but the characters look for joy and embrace solitude. While one of them tries to get electricity to the village, another has found a family in a goat, and another decides to choose laughter at every place she has cried before," said writer Dutta. Kurbah and Dutta devoted four years intermittently to finalise the first draft. The film was written during the pandemic when both were stuck in Bengaluru.
United News of India
25-04-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Odisha establishes 46 new Civil Judge Courts
States » East Bhubaneswar , Apr 26 (UNI )The Odisha Government had established 46 new Civil Judge Courts (Junior Division) in the state. These courts were established at various places in Balasore,Sambalpur,Rayagada,Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur,Sundargarh,Sonepur, Cuttack, Bargarh, Khurdha,Jharsuguda ,Jajpur,Kendrapara, Bhadrakk, Dhenkanal,Bolangir and Ganjam district. The state government has constituted these courts in consultation with the Odisha High Court. The notification has been issued after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved the proposed amendment. UNI DP SJC More News Meghalaya filmmaker Kurbah wins big at Moscow International Film Festival 25 Apr 2025 | 4:43 PM Shillong, Apr 25 (UNI) Two-time National Film Award (India) winner and self-taught filmmaker, Pradip Kurbah from Meghalaya, won two major honours at the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) 2025 for his Khasi film 'Ha Lyngkha Bneng.' Kurbah's film 'Ha Lyngkha Bneng', or 'The Elysian Field' in English, tells the story of a secluded village in Meghalaya gradually being deserted due to urban migration. It explores themes of loneliness, resilience, and the strength of human connections through the lens of friendship and survival. see more.. 25 Apr 2025 | 4:42 PM Bhubaneswar , Apr 26 (UNI )The Odisha Government had established 46 new Civil Judge Courts (Junior Division) in the state. see more.. AIIMS Bhubaneswar conducts robotic knee replacement surgery 25 Apr 2025 | 4:34 PM Bhubaneswar, Apr 25 (UNI) AIIMS Bhubaneswar has achieved a significant milestone with the introduction of its state-of-the-art Robotic Knee Replacement facility. see more.. 25 Apr 2025 | 4:03 PM Kolkata, Apr 25 (UNI) Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday assured the family members of a BSF jawan, detained by the Pakistani Ranger after accidentally crossing the border on Wednesday, that every effort was being taken to get his release at the earliest. see more.. Police evacuate stranded tourists after mud-slides block roads in North Sikkim 25 Apr 2025 | 3:17 PM Gangtok, Apr 25 (UNI) Over 1400 stranded tourists, mostly from West Bengal, were on Thursday evacuated after they got stuck following heavy mudslides and rockfall, triggered by downpour in North Sikkim's upper region of Lachen and lachung, about 110 km from Gangtok, official sources said. see more..
