Most of us think that the Mahabharata translated into Bengali by Kashiram Das in the 16th century was the first attempt to bring the Sanskrit epic closer to Bengali readers. Pradip Bhattacharya ...

After teaming on Bengali-language film “Binodiini – Ekti Natir Upakhyan” (“Binodiini – Tale of a Theater Artist”), director Ram Kamal Mukherjee and actor Rukmini Maitra are collaborating again on ...

Television series Mahabharat, based on the ancient Indian epic, has now been dubbed into Bengali to be released on DVD. Produced by B R Chopra and directed by his son Ravi Chopra, the 94-episode ...

Film-maker Ram Kamal Mukherjee teams up for the second time with Rukmini Maitra for Draupadi. The duo had previously paired up together for a biopic based on Binodini Das. The biopic was titled ...

Like most Indian kids, Sudipta Bhawmik grew up listening to stories from the Mahabharata. Little did he know then that those stories would become an important part of his life years later with his ...

Draupadi is adapted from the Prize-winning 1984 Odia novel Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi, by Pratibha Ray. It explores the epic Mahabharata from the perspective of its often-stigmatized heroine, ...