Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Noted film-makar of Kolkata - Rituparno Ghosh passes away this morning at his residence. He died from a massive heart-attack while he was sleeping and the doctors confirmed his death at 7:30 am today. He was only 49 and was suffering from pancreatitis, for which he had to take various medicines daily. Fans of him thronged his residence in south Kolkata this morning including ministers of the State Government. Noted actor Soumitra Chatterjee said, it is unbelievable. We lost a skilled filmmaker. He has made 19 films, out of which 12 films bagged national film awards. His films acclaimed internationally too. Rituparno lamented that his films never been considered for Oscar nomination, which is regrettable. He was born on 31 August in the year 1963 in Kolkata and brought up here too. His parents were related to film industry. His father was a noted documentary filmmaker. Rituparno studied at South Point school and then graduated in Economics from Jadavpur University. He ma...

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Rabindranath Tagore lived here occasionally as the zamindar of Shilaidaho. He lived at the Kuthibari there. -- A. B.

Rabindranath Tagore also lived here at Sajadpur now in Bangladesh. He lived there as the zamindar. -- A. B.

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Even after 70 years of departure of Rabindranath, Jorasanko Thakur Bari has still some furniture of Tagore family and we feel thrilled to see it still. -- A. B.