Talent Search through 'Hello Kolkata Short-Scope'

   'Hello Kolkata' (3D News-Media & Films) had recently presented‘Hello Kolkata SHORT-SCOPE’-- its 13th Short Films’ Festival on 10th June eve at the iconic Birla Planetarium, Kolkata.

 'Hello Kolkata's Short Films’ Festival, now in its 13th year, is actually a platform to showcase the budding potential of new-comers. We will also select the best talents amongst them for our upcoming 4th feature film--  "GAME ON", informed Asish Basak, Film-Maker & Editor-Director, Hello Kolkata.

    On 10th June, 3 wonderful Short Films, selected from 19 films, ranging from 2 till 21 minutes, on different topics of socio-cultural interests were screened, informed noted designer Annie Jain, one of the significant Jury Panelists of 'Hello Kolkata Short-Scope'.

     The screened short films are 'MAA' and 'Left Overs' (both by award-winning film-maker Rajat Tallukdar) and 'Black Rose' (silent film by writer & record-holder Reetwika Banerjee). The special screening of 'Hello Kolkata Short-Scope' included the musical 'VOTE GEETI, directed by Asish Basak, that upholds the fact that Elections are an inseparable part of our life and civil society.

  The next rounds of screening for 'Hello Kolkata Short-Scope' will happen on 30th June at Bangur Kolokakuli, A total of 12 films will be screened in this 13th edition of Short Films Fest, selected from about 50-odd films.

      The novel concepts and interlinked social messages made this ‘Hello Kolkata’ endeavour an entertaining yet informative presentation, remarked talented model, actress & educationistMs. Arpita Bose, one of the Special Guests for the show.

       'Hello Kolkata's Short Films’ Festival, now in its 13th year, is actually a platform to showcase the budding potential of new-comers. We will also select the best talents amongst them for our upcoming 4th feature film--  "GAME ON", informed Asish Basak, Film-Maker and Editor-Director, Hello Kolkata.

    Apart from short films, the cultural eve also witnessed felicitation of special achievers from diverse sectors of the society including Ms. Arpita Bose as 'Hello Kolkata STYLE ICON', Magician Somnath, musical geniuses Sarod Baba, Jhumki Sen and Gayaki Mata, poet Soumitra Ghosh and entrepreneur Rudra Sen.

Freeze frames of 'Hello Kolkata' Cultural Fiesta

'Hello Kolkata' Socio-Cultural Awards Ceremony at Birla Planetarium, held on 10th June.

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Ms.Arpita Bose - The New 'Hello Kolkata Style Icon'

Eminent actress, model and educationist Ms. Arpita Bose was crowned as  'Hello Kolkata STYLE ICON' at Birla Planetarium on 10th June eve during a colourful program of glitz and glamour.

    A host of dignitaries like nationally acclaimed Magician Somnath, singer Jhumki Sen, designer Annie Jain (Director of "Annie's Creations" and 'Tile Square'), Rudra Sen (Owner of Daffodil Incorporate'), Dr. Rumki Gupta, Dr. Rudrarup Gupta, Gayaki Mata and Sarod Babahanded over the memento and certificate to the wonderfully talented Ms. Arpita Bose.

    Arpita's wholesome approach to life, coupled with her exemplary illustration of 'Beauty with Brains' has made her the Perfect Choice of our 'Hello Kolkata STYLE ICON',  remarked Asish Basak, Editor-Director, 'Hello Kolkata'.

     She is a perfect Role Model whose great sincerity and devotion towards work will motivate countless others to persevere and achieve greater success in life, remarked Rudra Sen, Chief Jury Member.

    The Awards ceremony also witnessed the poster launch of  'SIXER.....', an AV album to commemorate the ongoing Cricket World Cup, presented by Rudra Sen (Daffodil Incorporate), featuring lead singer Jhumki Sen & Joy Hazra, lyrics by Soumitra Ghosh, music by Anupam Dutta, concept & direction by Asish Basak.

'LIT FIESTA 2019' 2nd Edition

Kolkata witnessed the 2nd edition of the grandeur event of distinction and matchless magnitude on 9th June 2019, Sunday evening, depicting an imprint of extended celebration.
Lit Fiesta 2019 (2nd edition) was organized at Rabindranath Tagore centre ,India council for cultural relations , kolkata by Dr. Rajdeep Chowdhury , Academician and Author.

Lit Fiesta 2019 continues from where it left of in October, 2018. And ensures to be Exclusive and one of its kind as it ensured an amalgamation of Academicians, Authors, Bureaucrats , Musicians, Students, Verifiers, etc. The event was also concoction of cultural creativity, book Launch, invited Lecture and poetry Reading.
  Everyone  was Felicitated here.
For the Woman fraternity of the world, an international Anthology of assorted poems ‘World of Woman’ , Edited by Dr. Rajdeep Chowdhury was released with the intent of emphasizing the significance of the efforts by innumerable woman in diverse.
The Event was Graced by Shri Subodh Sarker, Noted Bengali Poet , Editor, Translator And Academician , Shri Goutam De, Regional Director, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Shri Rhitobrata Bhattacharya, A Film Maker And Journalist , Shri Sushobhan Mukherjee , Chairman ,Info Sec Foundation and CEO , Prime Infoserv LLP, and Music Programmer and Radio Presenter 94.3 Radio One, RJ Arvind  and Dr. Rajdeep Chowdhury , Academician and Author .

"Credai Bengal in association with ACAE Chartered Accountant’s Study Circle-EIRC Conducted Real Estate Conclave” "

ACAE Chartered of Accountants’ Study Circle- EIRC organised the 5th version of Real Estate Conclave on the ‘Navigating the undercurrents’ at the Lalit Great Eastern on 8th June. The Conclave was organised with CREDA Bengal as Technical partner and JLL, India as knowledge partner. The conclave was very attended with more than 250 delegates. 

CA Vasudeo Agarwal, President of Association of Corporate Advisors & Executives , welcome the delegates and apprised the audience of activities of the Association and its circle. Chief Guest and Keynote speaker Shri Debashis Sen, IAS Chief secretary, Government of West Bengal and Chairman cum managing Director, WBHIDCO Ltd.. Inaugurated the conclave and assured Real Estate Promoters 8 developers of the department in various areas of concern. He also spoke on challenges in real estate industries and support being given by government.

CA Sumant Batra ,from New Delhi Explained various critical issues. Second one Shri Juggy Marwaha , Executive managing Director , JLL India spoke on investing and wealth building in Real Estate Sector.

CREDAI Bengal is a Bengal chapter of confederation of Real Estate. In comprises chapters in west bengal With More than 350 Members.

"Celebrations of EID"

Eminent actor Rezwan had celebrated EID with his near & dear ones.

"EID is one of the best promoters of fraternity and socio-cultural harmony," remarked Rezwan.

'Rabindra Jayanti-2019" at Bhubaneswar'

 Even the divesting cyclone "Fani" could not stop the "Rabindra Anuragis" of Pragati (a leading Cultural Organisation in Odisha) from celebrating 158th "Rabindra Jayanti", in collaboration with Cultural Dept, Govt of Odisha, on 2nd June at Rabindramadap, Bhubaneswar.  Mr. Swarup Das (Retd. Income Tax Commissioner) graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

   The program started at 7 pm with garlanding of the statue of "Kabiguru" and lighting "Mangal deep".  After that, a select few dignitaries spoke on Gurudeb and on his immortal creations.  This was soon followed by an in-house cultural program which included Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali, Oriya and Hindi) performed by Dalia Rez, Sujata Patnaik,  Anuprova Banerjee, Jayanto Chakraborty, Debashis Roy, Manasweta Rez and others. 

    Next up, was a series of high voltage recitation by Radha Bose, Dr. Sajalendu Malakar and Parimal Malakar, and then a group dance by the junior members and finally a dance drama "Samanya Khyati" well directed by Priya Sengupta and Mousami Chakraborty.

      Maitreyee Naha played a key role as an anchor of the entire event while Sudhansu Marik (Club Secretary) together with Rupa Marik, well supported by Sourav Biswas and Shantanu Rez, worked very hard to give the show a perfect shape.                                   

'Iftar Special'

A pious gathering, an Iftar party, was organized  by "Bengal Imam Association "  in the presence of  honorable guests  at 33, Shakespeare Sarani on 4th June.

Colgate Palmolive India launches 'Keep India Smiling' Mission

  Taking forward its brand belief that ‘Everyone Deserves A Future They Can Smile About’, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited launched the Keep India Smiling (KIS) Mission - the brand’s commitment to provide foundational support to over 20 million people every year to enable a future they can smile about.



The Keep India Smiling mission continues Colgate’s 80+ years of commitment to build strong foundations and create a meaningful impact in the lives of people.  It includes the company’s long running, pan-India flagship programs, like -Bright Smiles Bright Futures (BSBF) - to provide foundational Oral Health education, the Oral Health Month, to provide free dental-check-ups and foundational community initiatives like providing better water accessibility, women empowerment and livelihood programs.



Adding to these flagship programs, Colgate launched Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship to offer financial support and mentorship to people across India to help them translate their dreams into reality, informed Mr. Issam Bachaalani, Managing Director, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, .



The Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship program has been launched in partnership with ShikshaDaan Foundation, a non-profit organisation that specialises in providing education and development to the underprivileged, and Buddy4Study, India’s largest scholarship platform. An eminent panel comprising Mary Kom (legendary Indian boxer), Dr. Priyamvada Singh (Social development professional), Mr. Rajeev Grover (ShikshaDaan advisor) and Ms. Poonam Sharma (Colgate’s CSR Head) will pick the most deserving candidates for the scholarship and will also provide mentorship as required.

"Sushil Jaiswal - a fast-rising Entrepreneur "

Sushil Jaiswal is a young dynamic First Generation Entrepreneur. He has started GRS Scaffolding in the year 2007 and has been instrumental in growing his business single-handedly into a  current Rs 12 crore P.A. turnover company.

 Sushil Jaiswal is also very much involved in various socio-cultural welfare activities.

'Festival of Pabitra Eid Milan'

'Daffodil Incorporate' and 'Hello Kolkata' presented 'EID MILAN Utsav'

at KG Memorial Hall, Central Calcutta. on 5th June.

  The program focus was launch of poster of 'SIXER.......'. an AV album on the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup, presented by Rudra Sen ('Daffodil Incorporate'), featuring lead singer Jhumki Sen and concept & direction is by Asish Basak, 'Hello Kolkata'.

  'Anandashree 2019' Awards (for Socio-Cultural Excellence) were presented by an NGO to such great achievers like Dr. Rudrarup Gupta, Monika Roy, Seba Gupta, Narayan Majumder, Boby Mondal, Parimal  Malakar, Jayashree Khara, Samir Banerjee, Sumon Ganguly, Dr. Ashok Kumar Boler, Supriya Paul, Sonali Pal Chowdhury, Sarmila Maji, Sarbani Roy and Papri Das.

   Special guests for the occasion included Dr. Rumki Gupta, Sarod Baba, Sudip Das, Dr. Saheli Roychowdhury, Puspa Acharjee & her group members of 'GULMOHOR', Ashok Mondal, Manisha Bhattacharya and others.

   Talented actress Sukanya Roy had hosted the splendid cultural program.

   Asish Basak, Editor-Director of 'Hello Kolkata' remarked that such an occasion like 'EID MILAN' is a great opportunity for promoting art & culture, which in turn help propagate socio-cultural harmony and fraternity, leading to holistic development of our society.

'Nirvik Kantha Sommelani'

'Nirvik Kantha Sammanana', an Award Ceremony of Socio-Cultural Excellence, was presented by 'Nirvik Kantha Patrika', in association with 'Hello Kolkata', during 2nd June eve at Nandan campus.

   Eminent vocal artist Papri Das and a host of dignitaries felicitated special achievers like Sarod Baba (acclaimed music maestro), Boby Mondal (Producer - Innomania Motion Pictures), Sanchita Chakraborty (poet & socio-psychologist), Arpita Bose (Style Icon), Shyamal Kumar Das (Advocate), Jayashree Khara (promising film-maker), Dr. Arun Kumar (writer & social activist) and Paromita Ghosh (Social influencer).

    The program was anchored by Asish Basak, writer & film-maker.                     

Ms. Arpita Bose- A Perfect Choice for 'Hello Kolkata STYLE ICON'

Mrs. Arpita Bose, renowned Model and Actress, has won the coveted title of 'Hello Kolkata STYLE Icon 2018'.

        'Hello Kolkata STYLE Icon' is open for all ages and selection of the winner essentially depends on the overall performance in various categories of glamour and entertainment, with special emphasis on social welfare activities of the candidate.

       Arpita, a teacher by profession, had earlier excelled in several beauty pageants and fashion contests. She has been also doing consistently excellent work in socio-cultural aspects, leading to holistic development of our society. She is attached with various organizations that work for the best interests of the society.

       Arpita's wholesome approach to life, coupled with her exemplary illustration of 'Beauty with Brains' has made her the Perfect Choice of our 'Hello Kolkata STYLE Icon 2018',  informed Mrs. Lipika Sen Chatterjee, one of the significant Jury Members.

       Mrs. Arpita Bose will be felicitated on 10th June evening, during a colourful program at Birla Planetarium Hall.

     She is a perfect Role Model whose great sincerity and devotion towards work will motivate countless others to persevere and achieve greater success in life, remarked Asish Basak, Editor-Director, 'Hello Kolkata'.