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TMC's Nusrat Jahan Requests Centre to Grant Relief Package to Film Industry
On September 16, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan urged the Union government to provide a relief package to the entertainment industry. During the Zero Hour, she called attention to the trying times faced by several people in the industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She also zeroed in on the miserable condition of the West Bengal's film industry.
Tags: mp, Nusrat Jahan, Central Government, West Bengal, Indian Film Industry
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Awadh’s Last Ruler Nawab Wajid Ali Shah's Great-Grandson Passes Away
Mirza Kaukub Qadr, the great-grandson of the last ruler of Awadh Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and an ex-professor of the Aligarh Muslim University, died at 87 in Kolkata on September 13. He is survived by his wife from Lucknow’s Khandaan-e-Ijtehaad family, and six children. He will be buried at his family burial ground Gulshanabad in Kolkata. He had worked as a research consultant for Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Shatranj ke Khilari’.
Tags: Kolkata Knight Riders, Satyajit Ray, Indian Film Industry, research
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Indian Film ‘The Disciple’ Wins Big at the Venice Film Festival
Marathi film ‘The Disciple’, directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, has won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 77th Venice Film Festival. The movie has been hailed as a landmark moment in Indian cinema by celebrities including Swara Bhasker, Manoj Bajpayee, and director Anurag Kashyap. After 'Monsoon Wedding' in 2001, 'The Disciple' became the first Indian film … read-more
Tags: Bollywood celebrities, Bollywood filmmakers, Indian Film Industry, Venice Film Festival
Courtesy: The Indian Express
