Bangla Film Festival In London

Bengali film festival in London for the first time, at Harrow Arts
Centre from 18-20 May 2012. Bengali film personalities like Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rudraneel Ghosh, Paoli Dam, Swastika Mukherjee, Locket Chatterjee, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and Aneek Dutta will present on the stage.
The title, date & time (London time) of the films are:-

Balukabela.com : (world premier) Saturday 19 May at 1pm. direction: Partha Sen, *ing Bratya Basu, Parambrata, Shashwata, Locket, Rudraneel.

Egaro : Friday 18 May at 7:30pm. Direction:Arun Roy

Aparajita Tumi : Saturday 19 May at 4pm. Direction: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, *ing Prosenjit, Padmapriya, Kamalini.

Elar Char Adhyay : Saturday 19 May at 7pm. Direction: Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay, *ing Indraneel, Paoli Dam.

Royal Bengal Rahasya : Sunday 20 May at 12pm. Direction: Sandip Roy, *ing Sabyasachi Chakraborty,

Bhooter Bhobisyat : Sunday 20 May at 3pm. Direction: Aneek Dutta, *ing Parambrata, Swastika etc.

Nobel Chor : Sunday 20 May at 6pm. Direction: Suman Ghosh, *ing Mithun Chakraborty, Soumitra Chatterjee, Rupa Ganguly, Shashwata Chatterjee.

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A. B.

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