Deep Choudhury

It's a problem of plenty in Tollywood.

There are two winners of the Best Actor Female at the recently concluded 5th Hyderabad Film Festival — Priyanka Sarkar and Jaya Seal Ghosh

Bengal might have missed out on the biggies, but it was still a decent run for Tollywood at the 64th National Film Awards, announced on Friday. The tally of awards in the feature film category went up to five as against last year’s one.

Veteran actor Victor Banerjee has urged chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal to enact a law to preserve regional cinema in Assam.

A valuable Persian cat has reportedly gone missing from a Kolkata creche. The owners suspect the pet was sold or may have died. The creche owner's husband was arrested and later released on bail. Actress Sudipa Chatterjee also recovered her dog from the facility, alleging negligence and cruelty. Other animals were found in a poor condition.

Is Tollywood’s mutual admiration society that’s so active on social media truly appreciating the content being churned out here?

At the 64th National Awards, over 20 Bengali feature films including ‘Alifa’, ‘Prakton’, ‘Byomkesh Pwarbo’, ‘Zulfikar’, ‘Kamalasundori’, ‘Aroni Tokhon’, ‘Chitrakar’, ‘Sahaj Pather Gappo’, ‘Antarleen’, ‘Tanzil’, ‘Benche Thaakar Gaan’, ‘Eagoler Chokh’, ‘Baje Chhobi’, ‘Nir Khonje Pakhi’, ‘Swapnosisir’, ‘Khwato’, ‘Dharasnan’, ‘Shankar Mudi’ and ‘Khonj’ had competed for the Best Bengali Feature Film award.

They came, they saw, they conquered. Without any sugar daddy to back them, they carved a niche for themselves.