The Devi Chowdhurani team, including Prosenjit Chatterjee and Srabanti, honored Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay at his Naihati home on his birth anniversary. Prosenjit discussed his role as Bhavani ...

Devi Chowdhurani, a historical epic directed by Subhrajit Mitra and starring Prosenjit and Srabanti , marks a landmark Indo-UK co-production. Adapted from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel ...

All themes from the classic Anandamath, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, published in 1882. A novel, no doubt, but what no one knows is that it did refer to India’s first war of ...

“Vande Mataram,” which later evolved into “Vande Mataram,” penned by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, became a rallying cry for a nation longing for independence.

The image which later gained currency as Bharat Mata first emerged in Abanindranath Tagore’s painting in 1905, which was published in the famous periodical of arts and culture, Prabasi, with the ...

From Pramila in Meghnad Badh Kabya to Sita, Draupadi and Radha in mythological tales, to Mrinalini and Ayesha in adaptations of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s works. She was praised for her ...

BOOK EXCERPT Who were the people and ideas that inspired revolutionaries MN Roy and Virendranath Chattopadhyay? An excerpt from ‘Spies, Lies and Allies: The Extraordinary Lives of Chatto and Roy ...

Reading Akhteruzzaman Elias after an uprising What is Elias's view on Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the author of Durgeshnandini (1865), his first accomplished novel in Bengali?

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Radharani in 1875. In the old currency system, which prevailed during the time, one rupee equalled 192 pies and one pice equalled 3 pies. An anna equalled 4 pice or ...

Devi Chowdhurani is based on Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel of the same name, and showcases the journey of Prafulla into becoming Devi Chowdhurani —- an iconic woman in the history of Bengal.