Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Presentation of a colourful cultural programme by the Tollywood stars - marked the closing ceremony of Kolkata Film Festival at Nandan a gorgeous entertaining evening. It was a tribute to the Bengalee stars of silver screen like Ashoke Kumar, Kanan Debi, Debaki Kumar Basu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Mithun Chakraborty, Uttam Kumar etc. through dance and songs. A massive crowd of cine-goers of Kolkata enjoyed the weeklong film festival. -- A. B.

Today, on the occasion of Kishore Kumar's birthday, an aesthetic park on his name was inaugurated at Tollywood alongwith a resting place for the technicians and junior artists. Here, in this park, one can listen songs of Kishore Kumar all the time. It is indeed a great tribute to the legend as well as helpful for the persons of Bengal film industry who can take rest here. -- A. B.