Familiarising Delhiites with Bengal's culture

Since last six decades, Bengal Association has been able to establish itself as prominent organisation for the dissemination of Bangla language and culture through Bangla Prochar and Prosar. With the aim to introduce and make Delhiites familiar with the present day Bangla language and culture through latest Bangla Cinema, Bengal Association, New Delhi is all set to organise 12th Bangla Cine Utsab 2019 from September 13-15, 2019, at Muktadhara Auditorium.

National Award Winner and renowned Bangla actor Rituparna Sengupta will be inaugurating the event as Chief Guest on September 13, at 6 pm. The three-day festival, in which Bangla Cine Directors, Producers, actors such as Rituparna Sengupta, Chiranjit Chakraborty, Sudeshna Roy, Indrashish Acharya, Abir Chatterjee, Barun Chanda, and others will be participating, will showcase eleven latest full length feature films and seven short films.

Latest Bangla films like Kolkatay Kohinoor, Lime Light, Aha Re, Bijoya, Mati, Samsara, Abyekto, Mukherjeedar Bou, Tarikh, Shravoner Dhara, Ami Joy Chatterjee will be screened during the festival.

Tapan Sengupta, General Secretary, Bengal Association said that all members of the association are working very hard to make the Bangla Cine Utsab successful. Dr Tushar Roy, Festival Chairman overseeing the arrangements expressed satisfaction about the progress.

The festival will conclude on September 15, with a ceremony in which Abir Chatterjee along with other Bangla cine luminaries will be present.