Subhashree Ganguly - Latest Bengali Film Industry Sensation

Subhashree with Dev in Bajimat

Subhashree Ganguly (born 3 November 1989 ) is a leading Bengali actress in Kolkata based Bengali Cinema at Tollywood. She hails from Burdwan. She has been getting accolades for her Oriya Films also. She was a winner of Fairever Anandalok Nayikar Khonje. She made her Debut in oriya films with movie Mate Ta Love Helare opposite Anubhab Mohanty and Debut in Bengali Films with movie Pitri Bhumi as sister of Jeet. She also won a best debut award in popular Bengali Awards Anandalok for her role in Bajimat opposite Dev. Her latest film Challenge released in 2009 is again opposite Dev.

List of Subhashree's films: -

2007 - Pitribhumi - sister of Jeet

2008 - Mate Ta Love Helare - Anubhav Mohanty

2008 - Bajimat - Dev

2009 - Challenge - Dev

Subhashree is also my latest crush.

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Raja and Gaja - Raja Gaja Bindaas Moja - A Tribute

A milestone for Bengali Serial is what the serial Raja and Goja is. They are awsome. They can be compared to Hada & Bhoda, Nontey & Phontey, Gupi & Bagha and so on. They are one of the iconic duos of Bengalis among the many duoes that are imaginery and had been created by great people. 

For people who do not know, Raja & Goja is aired on Zee Bangla at 6.30pm and repeat telecast at 11.00pm on the same day. It is aired 6 days a week  from Monday to Saturday except Sunday. 

“Lick kore debo”, “Break-fail kore debo”, “puro Kelo hoye galo”, “Ami beshi kotha bola pochondo korina”, “Thik aacheeeeey?”,  “bhai”,  “Pepe diye chepe” , “Ki bisri bepar…”, “Kabadi Kabadi Khop”, “Babba”, “Maa re”, “Tak phatabo”, “Dhi-uty is Dhi-uty”, “Pit ta ektu chuke debe?”  are some of the common phrases one would hear at “Raja & Gaja”, the famous comedy serial at Zee Bangla Channel.  Raja & Gaja are first cousins. Gaja when asked to introduce himself says , “Ami Gaja, Gajandra Chowdhury, care of Panchanan Chowdhury, Gachabajar, Murshidabad,  Pati Hoite Sotir Kole”.  Yes, Gaja is the son of Panchanan Chowdhury from Gachabajar, Murshidabad. Raja is Rajendra Chowdhury, the son of the dead brother of Panchanan Chowdhury. Both Raj a& Gaja are very good friends in spite of being first-cousins. In Bengali we call such a duo “Manik-Jor” which means no one is complete without the other. Both of them are partners in every deeds and share equal responsibilities.

Their mother is “Shabitri” or “Shabu” as Panchanan Chowdhury calls her. Raja & Gaja’s most obedient domestic help who always stays with them, wherever they go is “Madan” who always combs his hair with a comb after each word. Their maternal grandfather is “Gobardhan Ganguly” of “Lichubajar”. Gobardhan-babu’s obedient domestic help is “Hampu” who always does jogging to keep fit on his master’s command.

Initially Raja and Gaja escapes from Panchanan Chowdhury to Kolkata as he wanted to get Gaja married off and get huge dowry through money, jewellery and land in return. But Gaja being a follower of “Hunuman-ji” whom he calls “Hunu-da” persuades Raja and both elope to Kolkata.

In Kolkata, Raja and Gaja gets chance to stay at a paying guest accommodation called “Chirakkhan” at Kachipara Road, which is named after the their long dead owner called “Chirakkhan Bhaduri” whose ghost can be only seen by his magician (who believes in science more than magic) son called “Pashupati Bhaduri” and only Gaja who calls him “Chira-dadu”. Pashu-dadu has 3 other sisters but he never meets them. He stays in his room at Chirakkhan busy with his experiments. The 3 sisters are Hashi, Tushi and Khushi. The 3 sisters never miss a chance to fight and quarrel with each other.

The younger sister Khushi ‘s husband is “Nishikanto Halder” whose favourite word is “puro Kelo hoye galo”. The elder sister Hashi’s husband is “Ramakanto Majumder” who has the abit of uttering the word "ko" after every sentence like "hoyni-ko", "jayni-ko". In Chirakkhan, Raja & Gaja share their room with “Subho and Bhombol (also known as Taw-Bhambal, because of his pronunciation of any word with ‘Taw’) . Madan also stays with them. Hashi has a baby boy while Tushi whose favourite word is "Lick kore debo" has a daughter whose favourite word is “Maa-re”. This daughter is married to “Deb Kumar”  the son of the famous Film Producer “Phool Kumar Lang” but his film, “Pepe diye chepe” never gets shooted as his son “Deb Kumar” on the direction floor always asks his co actors and director, “Pit ta ektu chuke debe?” and “Babba”.

On the other hand the famous villain of Raja & Gaja is “Janardan Jana”, who is the wicked yet funny councilor of Ward No 420 of Kolkata Corporation (Janardan Jana was played by the famous actor Kunal Mitra (44), who died on 21^st January, 2009 from a severe heart attack).  His wife’s name in the serial is Sashibala Jana who is the Chairman of a Mahila Samiti who always has fights with Jona Jana. Janardan Jana cannot pronounce the letter “S”. Instead he uses the letter “Ch”. Like if he says “Saare Jahan Se Accha”, he would pronounce it as “Chare Jahan Che Achcha”. It makes him more funny. People hate this character as Janardan Jana is against Raja & Gaja who has always made his wicked plans go unsuccessful. So Janardan Jana has always tried to put Raja and Gaja into danger.

At Gachabajar Police Station the officer in charge was previously Radharani Pyne but later her junior Nathu Katal whose favourite word is “Dhi-uty is Dhi-uty”. Radharani Pyne is a cooking fanatic and keeps cooking queer items at the police station. She keeps a cow at the jail and keeps the prisoners with the cow. She tells each visitor to the police station to come and have her invented dishes.

“Kushumpur” is another place where dacoit queen like individual called “Kusumbala Devi” stays with her sister “Lati” and her two daughters “Full Boil” and “Half Boil”. In this village Kushumbala Devi rules and all the males act like females and vice versa. Full Boil is not that good looking while Half Boil is very good looking. So suitable grooms do not like Full Boil as their bride. So Kusumbala Devi and Lati mashi make the grooms see Half Boil and get the grooms to marry Full Boil. If they hesitate, they are buried on the fields of Kushumpur. "Taw-Bhombol", with Shubha and Madan went there to get married to Full Boil but had to suffer the same fate but luckily esacped the place.

There are other characters such as the police officer who always uses the words, “Thik aacheeeeey” after every sentence. He has a unique way of standing with his bums bulged and his body a bit bent towards the front. There is “Bolu Mittir” who claims to be disciple of “Felu Mittir or Feluda”. Bolu Mittir considers Gaja as his “Topshe” and calls him “Gaja Topshey” and Bolu-da claims to be related to each and every historical figure. There is also “Ghanasham Kabaddi” of “Hechkitola Gram” where Ghanasham babu is a Kabaddi fanatic and pronounces “Kabaddi” as “Kapadi” and uses the word “Kabapadi” after each word. His daughter is a mischievous girl and drives away Panchanan Chowdhury who came to fix her marriage with Raja. So Panchanan-babu of Gachabajar agrees to play Kabaddi match against Ghanasham Kabaddi of Hechkitola gram.

There are other funny characters in this serial that are very funny and can make anyone feel light hearted after a long day’s hard work. One thing that I have to say is “Long Live Raja & Gaja” for entertainng us like this and “May Janardan Jana’s soul rest in peace”.

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Mixed Reaction from various people

Last night, through Orkut, I had scrapped all my friends through the new feature of orkut where once can scrap all friends at one go.

The scrap read like this: -

Hi friend,

Please send me a scrap and tell me,what would you rate me on 10 as ur friend. Feel free to give me your marks as I will not mind even if it is 0 on 10 and vice versa. My friendship towards you will remain the same. So please give me a rank on 10 as ur friend.

Regards,

Vaijayanta.

On receiving this scrap from me, there wre mixed reactions from different people.

I am going to write then down here with my reply to them after they scrapped me back.

Alok Beel:- dude ...where are u workin nowadays?
Me:- in Kolkata......in a company cal DAL [:)]
Me in my mind:- dude, u never scrapped me for the last 3 years.......what was so special in my scrap that your heart cried to know about where I am working........ really strange...

Beno:- ok then .. 0/10
Me:- thanks dude........ [:)] ...... i liked it [:D]
Me in my mind:- that is like an honest reply from an honest friend.

Anujit:- dont send all these bakwaas scraps to me....in the future pls be careful before sending such crap...it really pisses me off....god knows wht u r trying to prove by all ths nonsense and meaningless surveys...ths is my scrapbook so just keep off it if u dnt hv anythng meaningful to share.....thanks in advance...
Me:- beshi aantel hoye gele ei oboshthai hoi....... (i couldnt stop myself from scrapping this)
Me in my mind: - if u r so much interested in receiving sweet meaningful scraps then u should leave orkut and join some community of sadhus and sanths who would never let u judge themselves and impose their craps on u......when people are busy increasing their scraps.....this Mr. is intrested in receiving......meaningful scraps.....only he knows what he means.........he is trying to be too much "bhalo manush" as if he does not know what is happening all around him..........i really dislike such people ......who have split personality.......the place called orkut is not for people like u......go get some life dude.... [:D]

Amarjyoti:- Tui ei gandu'mi gulo bondho korbi ?
Me:- beshi aantel hoye gele ei oboshthai hoi....... (i couldnt stop myself from scrapping this)
Me in my mind:- tui bara tor ei udgandumitao bondho kor.

Diganta:- bondhura bondhui thake sara jibon... tader kono rating hoye na..
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- that s a good way of talking to a friend...

No one can find:- 6.5
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- thats quite decent way of scrapping...

swapna:- i think i dont know u as much enough to judge u with marks............sorry for this and thanks for wishing me
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- i undrstand buddy.........no issues... [:)]

Swarup:- 9.9999999 dilam..kichu ta no katlam as room 4 improvement.
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- ive never scored so much in my exams at school or college or university....

Some Memories:- 10'e tumi 7pabe.........
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- thats like a good girl.... [:D]

Tirthankar:- 5
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- a good amount from a new pal.....bhalo bhalo.....

debasish:- i will give u a 8 ,.. reason is ur simplicity and ur sheer honesty
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- he has always had the charm in him.....to speak about my good side....

Subhadip:- My rating will be bit different Buddy. Nature/ Attitude - 7/10. Looks - 5/10.
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- he is like a big bro ...... u were always different in every aspect.....dude....

Rashmi:- 7
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- im really honoured... [:D]

]\/[anas..:- Since we met in orkut ..... i never had a face to face conservation with you...so I will rate you with 5 out of 10
Me:- good answer....... [:)]
Me in my mind:- if u had a face to face conversation, u would have given me.......9 out of 10......such is my charisma.... [:D]

I hope more are yet to come...

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What is ICL or Indian Cricket League?

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) is a proposed private cricket league that will run parallel to the existing cricket league managed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The format of ICL is currently Twenty20. Tau Devi Lal stadium in Panchkula, a place near Chandigarh will be hosting the ICL for season 2007. This stadium has 20,000 seating capacity and ICL is planning to lease this stadium for 10 years.

History

Zee Telefilms (part of Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Group) bid for the telecast rights of the biggest international cricket event - 2003 World Cup. Although the highest bid, it was unsuccessful. Subhash Chandra again bid for telecast rights again in 2004 and ended up in an inconclusive court battle. Last March, he bid again for the 2006-10 rights and once again lost. His response: the ICL. “They denied us the cricket content,” says Himanshu Mody, business head of ICL and Zee’s sports channels.

“So, we had to create our own content”. On Zee Telefilms announced that it would be partner with infrastructure major IL&FS to create a new ambitious cricket league, Indian Cricket League (ICL). This league will have a prize money of $ 1 million for the winner.
ICL was set up with a Rs. 100 crore (Rs. 1 billion) corpus, and would initially comprise six teams to be expanded to 16 in three years. This will make ICL the richest professional league in the country with an annual prize of $1 million (Rs. 4.4 crore). ICL has already signed a number of major players but is yet to reveal their names. On July 24th, some great international names cropped up such as Brian Lara. The ICL has confirmed that Brian Lara and Inzaman-Ul-Haq has signed up and will be joining the league. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board warned its players to stay away from the league. Imran Farhat though chose to opt out of his Pakistan Central contract to sign with the Indian Cricket League. Former captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team Javed Miandad said he is not able to understand why PCB is not allowing its players to play in the league and even threatened players with a lifetime ban.

League Structure

Each team will be coached by a former India player and will comprise four international, two Indian and eight budding domestic players. Essel Group is also planning to set up cricket academies all over the country. BCCI has been assured that it is free to draw from ICL's talent pool. The league will be functional by July-August 2007 and will start with Twenty20 format matches in November 2007.

Only professional, paid and accountable people have been hired to run the ICL. There will be no "honorary-positions" such as unpaid selectors. Former international cricketers including Kapil Dev, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kiran More have been hired as board members of the Indian Cricket League. The board positions will be paid positions.

2007 Session

The inaugural season for the Indian Cricket League was scheduled to begin in October 2007 but later shifted to 2nd week of November with six club teams.

Six teams of private clubs : -
1) Mumbai Champs - Sandip Patil (coach)
2) Chennai Super Stars - Madan Lal (coach)
3) Chandigarh Lions - Balwinder Sandhu (coach)
4) Hyderabad Heroes - Moin Khan (coach)
5) Kolkata Tigers - Darryl Cullinan (coach)
6) Delhi Jets - Michael Bevan (coach)

### Each team will have a paid mentor, media manager, psychologist, physiotherapist
### US$ 1 million for the winning club team
### Twenty20 format
### Ombudsman will look into grievances of players

Click here for more info.

New Faulty Tata Indicom Handset & Connection (Episode 0002)

I am really upset with the kind of treatment I had undergone by the Tata Indicom people and their people associated with them. I never expected such indifferent attitude towards a customer by Tata Indicom. I am really disappointed.

I will advise my family, my relatives, friends, friends of friends, their friends and their friends not to buy any Tata Indicom mobile set as they have really bad customer relationship. Their attitude towards their customers is not professional (very unprofessional). They do not know what is customer satisfaction. What they know is a big show off towards te ignorant people of India.

I am going to spread this news in orkut and other online communities and forums so that common people like me are not fooled again in the name of low-priced mobile connection and handset.

I am going to relate the whole story in my next post.