Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

The legendary magician of India Sr. P C Sorcar (23 February 1913 - 6 January 1971) toured many countries. Once he was in London, BBC was telecasting his live show of dissection of human body, but be stopped his show keeping the viewers in tension about the dissection because it was the time of BBC News. So, BBC had to continue the show for 2 months instead of one day on public demand. Next 23 February is the centennial birthday of Sr P C Sorcar. Hence, his son, magician P C Sarkar and his family organising an exhibition at Gorky Sadan (6 November 2012 - 8 November 2012) where hundreds of his rare photos, posters, tickets, paper-cuttings will be showed in the exhibition. When Netaji Subhas was in Japan to organise Azad Hind Fouz, Sr P C Sorcar was then busy with his shows in Japan also and handed over the money from selling of tickets to Netaji. These documents are also being shown in the exhibition. We are proud of him. He was s Bengalee from Kolkata, but won the heart

International Kolkata Film Festival would be inaugurated by Amitabh Bachchan on 10 November in Kolkata. Shah Rukh Khan - the Brand Ambassador of West Bengal would also present on the occasion. Moreover, Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma etc would also present here. And the actors of Tollygunge would also present on the occasion. Hence, it would be a glamorous and star-studded programme. -- A. B.

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The main theme of the film is women trafficking. The first day shooting was held in a house of Bhim Ghosh Lane of North Kolkata. A girl from Nepal, Lakhsmi ( Niar Saikia), came to Kolkata and taken by women trafficking group. Bimala is a key character of the film, being played by Tilottama Shome, who acted earlier in the films 'Monsoon Wedding', 'Shadows Of Time' and the recent 'Shanghai'. Moreover, Seema Biswas and Parambrata Chattopadhyay also being played in this film. Next shooting of the film would be held at Kumortuli, Kashi Mitra Ghat, Uma Gallery and Nonapukur Tram Depot. The pics: 1. On the lane of North Kolkata, Lakhsmi with Bimala on a rickshaw. 2. Bimala walked with costume before phuchka wala. 3. The director Jeffrey D Brown describing the scene to Bimala. 4. The director is describing the scene before the co-artists of the film. -- A. B.

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After Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru. Mumbai - the princes of dreams - Cinderella, Snow White and Rapangel charmed Kolkata. 360 little champs of 4 to 14 performed brilliantly at the show, the captured the show. It was the biggest event of this kind for the first time. The show is for the Disney fans, with the Disney fans. -- A. B.

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