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'''Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF)''' is a Bengali film festival in the city of Hyderabad and is being organized annually since 2014. The venue of the festival is the [[Prasad Studios|Prasad Film Preview Labs]], [[Hyderabad]] (adjacent to [[L. V. Prasad Eye Institute|L V Prasad Eye Institute]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/bihfilmfestival/info/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=overview|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> The first edition of the film festival was held in the year 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hbff.in/|title=Home – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|website=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> It is the only curated Bengali film festival in India.

The festival is organized by a Hyderabad-based registered Bengali group- Bengalis in Hyderabad (popularly known as BiH).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bengalisinhyderabad.com/|title=Bengalis in Hyderabad|website=Bengalis in Hyderabad|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> The fourth edition of the HBFF was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/hyderabad/events/4th-hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-hbff-2017|title=4th Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF 2017)|website=www.timeout.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> The fourth edition of the festival screened eight Bengali movies, along with two Telugu movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/hyderabad/events/4th-hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-hbff-2017|title=4th Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF 2017)|website=www.timeout.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> All the seasons of the festival were attended by the directors, casts and crews of the movies which were screened, and there are several panel discussions and Q&A sessions with directors organized.

==History of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF)==

=== 5th Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2018 ===
The fifth edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 21 June to 24 June 2018. The initiative of the cultural exchange programme was introduced last year. As the part of cultural exchange apart from Bengali movies, premier screening of a Marathi movie was also organised along with 12 other Bengali movies.

The fifth year saw the introduction of short film and documentary section rightly named SEED.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hbff.in/short-and-documentary/|title=Short and Documentary – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|website=hbff.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref> The competitive short film section saw more than 50 entries coming from various languages including Sinhalese(Sri Lanka), Bangla (Bangladesh) and other Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and Bengali. After much deliberation by the Jury, 17 short films were selected and screened. The short film and documentary section was held at the Ramanaidu Film School, Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ramanaidufilmschool.net/|title=Ramanaidu Film School {{!}} Top Film School in Direction & Cinematography|website=Ramanaidu Film School|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref>

In the documentary section, two documentaries were premiered in the festival. ''Thy Daughter O' Mother Earth: A documentary on the life & work of the legendary dancer & cultural anthropologist Manjushree Chaki Sarkar'' was made by noted filmmaker [[Sekhar Das|Shekhar Das]]. ''Meeting a Milestone (A documentary on India's Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan)'' made by another famous filmmaker [[Goutam Ghose]] was also premiered at the festival.

The competitive section huge response and entries came in various languages including Kurdish(Iraq) among other documentaries with varied subjects. 6 documentaries were selected and screened from the entries.

The inaugural movie was '''''Iye(The Others)''''' directed by noted theater personality and film maker [[Debesh Chattopadhyay|Mr. Debesh Chattopadhyay]], starring [[Debshankar Haldar]], [[Arpita Ghosh]] and Nitya Ganguly among others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/supplementary/anandaplus/debshankar-haldar-is-now-coming-with-his-feature-film-1.588088#.WNsAwUzQvCs.facebook|title=‘ইয়ে’ এবার পরদায়|last=মুখোপাধ্যায়|first=দেবশঙ্কর|work=Anandabazar Patrika|access-date=2018-06-25|language=bn}}</ref> The closing film of the festival was [[Mayurakshi]] by noted filmmaker [[Atanu Ghosh]], starring [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] and [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] among others.

The feature film edition of the 5th year also saw return to classic - featuring Tarun Majumder section which showcased two films [[Alo (film)|Alo]], and Nimontron<ref>{{Citation|last=Majumdar|first=Tarun|title=Nimantran|date=1971-05-21|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237499/|others=Sandhya Roy, Kali Bannerjee, Anup Kumar|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref> by the eminent filmmaker [[Tarun Majumdar|Tarun Majumder]]. Each of the films were followed by a discussion with the person himself and a special discussion session was also arranged with [[Tarun Majumdar|Tarun Majumder]] moderated by eminent film critic [[Siladitya Sen]].

This edition of the festival also introduced an exhibition of the artworks, cover designs, first drafts etc. made by internationally revered and honored Indian filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray]] and curated by [[Sandip Ray]].

==== Official Selection of HBFF 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hbff.in/feature-films/|title=Feature Films – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|website=hbff.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref> ====

# Iye (Inaugural Film)
# Benche Thakar Gan (Competitive Section)
# Under Construction (Competitive Section)
# Sonar Pahar (Competitive Section)
# [[Rainbow Jelly]] (Competitive Section)
# Goodnight City (Competitive Section)
# Alifa (Competitive Section)
# Roktokorobi (Competitive Section)
#Pupa (Competitive Section)
# AndarKahini (Competitive Section)
#Aaron (Guest Language - Marathi)
#Nimantran (Return to classics)
# Alo (Return to classics)
# Mayurakshi (Closing Film)

==== Official Delegates List for HBFF 2018 ====

# [[Tarun Majumdar|Tarun Majumder]]
# [[Rituparna Sengupta]]
# [[Swastika Mukherjee]]
# [[Sudipta Chakraborty]]
# [[Gargi Roychowdhury]]
# [[Mumtaz Sorcar|Mumtaz Sircar]]
# Abhijit Guha
# [[Sudeshna Roy]]
# [[Soukarya Ghosal|Soukarya Ghoshal]]
# [[Kamaleshwar Mukherjee|Kamaleswar Mukherjee]]
# Amitava Bhattachaya
# Rituparna Thakur
# Indrasish Acharya
# Arnab Middya
# Furdausul Hasan
# [[Siladitya Sen]]
# [[Sekhar Das|Shekhar Das]]
# [[Satarupa Sanyal]]
# [[Debesh Chattopadhyay|Debesh Chattopdhyay]]
# [[Arpita Ghosh]]
# Arghyakamal Mitra
# Rishi Nikam

==== Award List for HBFF 2018 ====
'''Viewers' Choice Awards''' were:

# Best Supporting Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- Sudipta Chakraborty for the movie Pupa
# Best Supporting Actor, Male (Viewers' Choice Award)- Parambrata Chatterjee for the movie ''Sonar Pahar''
# Best Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- Tanuja for the movie Sonar Pahar
# Best Actor, Male(Viewers' Choice Award)- Mahabrata Basu for the movie [[Rainbow Jelly]]
# Best Actor in Negative Role (Viewers' Choice Award)- Prasun Gain for the movie Alifa
# Best Film (Viewers' Choice Award)- [[Rainbow Jelly]]

'''Jury Awards''' were:

# Best Makeup (Jury Award)- '''Md. Yunus''' for the movie ''AndarKahini''
# Best Editing (Jury Award)- Arghyakamal Mitra for the movie [[Rainbow Jelly]]
# Best Cinematography (Jury Award) - '''''Goodnight City'''''
# Best Music (Jury Award)- AndarKahini
# Best Screenplay (Jury Award) - [[Rainbow Jelly]]
# Best Actor, Male (Jury Award) - Ritwick Chakraborty for the film Goodnight City
# Best Actor, Female (Jury Award) - Priyanka Sarkar for the film AndarKahini
# Best Director (Jury Award) - Indrasish Acharya for the film Pupa
# Best Film (Jury Award) - [[Rainbow Jelly]]
# Special Mention (Jury Awards)- film Under Construction

=== 4th Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2017 ===

The fourth edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thecheckernews.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival/|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF 2017). Read|date=2017-05-30|work=thecheckernews.com|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607182313/http://thecheckernews.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival/|archive-date=7 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> This year, under a cultural exchange programme, two noted Telugu movies was screened along with eight Bengali movies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://thecheckernews.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival/|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF 2017). Read|date=2017-05-30|work=thecheckernews.com|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607182313/http://thecheckernews.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival/|archive-date=7 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The inaugural movie was '''''Tope''''' by noted film maker '''[[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]''' which was premiered earlier in Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bait-tope-review-932060|title='The Bait' ('Tope'): Film Review {{!}} TIFF 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en}}</ref> The festival introduced two Telugu films as the festival aims in offering a platform for culture exchange through cinematic languages.<ref name=":0" />

As this year, the iconic Bengali detective character [[Feluda]] (created by [[Satyajit Ray]]) is completing 50 years,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/feluda-50-years-of-rays-detective/#/campaign-new|title=Feluda: 50 Years of Rays Detective|last=Wishberry|website=Wishberry|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> there was a special selection as a tribute to the iconic character which included two movies, '''''[[Feluda: 50 Years Of Ray's Detective]]''''' (a documentary film),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/dXJCezFqavFv1Ml2a7V9NI/Lounge-preview-Feluda50-Years-Of-Rays-Detective.html|title=Lounge preview: ‘Feluda—50 Years Of Ray’s Detective’|last=Bag|first=Shamik|date=2016-10-07|work=livemint.com/|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> and [[Sandip Ray]]'s '''''[[Bombaiyer Bombete (film)|Bombaiyer Bombete]]''''' (2003 film).

Other than Guest Language section, Inaugural film and Feluda50 section, there were five Bengali movies which were screened in the festival under the ''Competitive Section''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hbff.in/2017selection/|title=2017 Selection – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|work=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref>- these five movies are listed down from no. 6 to no. 10.

====Official Selection of HBFF 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hbff.in/2017selection/|title=2017 Selection – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|work=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref>====

# '''''Tope''''' (inaugural film)
# '''''[[Pelli Choopulu]]''''' (Guest Language- Telugu)
# '''''[[Naa Bangaaru Talli]]''''' (Guest Language- Telugu)
# '''''Feluda- 50 Years Of Ray's Detective'''''<ref name=":1" /> (a documentary film- under Feluda 50 section)
# ''[[Bombaiyer Bombete (film)|'''Bombaiyer Bombete''']]'' (under Feluda 50 section)
# '''''[[Abby Sen]]'''''
# '''''Asamapto'''''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/review-of-bengali-movie-asamapta/15923493.shtml|title=Review of Bengali movie 'Asamapta'|website=www.merinews.com|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref>
# '''''Bisorjon'''''<ref>{{Citation|title=Bisorjon (2017)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6361260/|accessdate=2017-06-10}}</ref> ([[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|National Award Winner for Best Feature Film in Bengali]])
# '''''[[Bibaho Diaries]]'''''
# '''''Peace Haven'''''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/suman-ghoshs-bengali-film-peace-haven-celebrates-life/|title=Suman Ghosh’s Bengali film ‘Peace Haven’ celebrates life|date=2016-01-05|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2017-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Official Delegates List for HBFF 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/bihfilmfestival|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> ====
# '''[[Abir Chatterjee]]''' (lead actor- [[Abby Sen]] & Bisorjon)
# '''[[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]]''' (actor- [[Bombaiyer Bombete (film)|Bombaiyer Bombete]]; acted as [[Feluda]] in five feature films and many telefilms), along with wife and actress '''[[Mithu Chakrabarty]]'''
# '''[[Swastika Mukherjee]]''' (lead actress- Asamapto)
# '''[[Kaushik Ganguly]]''' (director- Bisorjon)
# '''[[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]''' (director- Tope)
# '''Sohini Dasgupta'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kff.in/2014/dirsohinidasgupta.php|title=Director {{!}}{{!}}Sohini Dasgupta{{!}}{{!}} Kolkata International Film Festival|website=kff.in|access-date=2017-06-10}}</ref> (associate producer- Tope)
# '''[[Mainak Bhaumik]]''' (director- [[Bibaho Diaries]])
# '''[[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]''' (director- Asamapto)
# [[Suman Ghosh (director)|'''Suman Ghosh''']] (director- Peace Haven)
# '''[[Atanu Ghosh]]''' (director- [[Abby Sen]])
# '''[[Rajesh Touchriver]]''' (director- [[Naa Bangaaru Talli]])
# [[Sunitha Krishnan|'''Padmashri Sunitha Krishnan''']] (producer- [[Naa Bangaaru Talli]])
# '''[[Satarupa Sanyal]]''' (film maker, present as jury)
# '''[[K. N. T. Sastry]]''' (film maker, present as jury)
# '''[[Debesh Chattopadhyay]]''' (film maker and theater director, present as mentor)
# '''[[Arpita Ghosh]]''' (Hon'ble MP and theatre director)

==== Award List for HBFF 2017 ====
<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hbff.in/awardsinhbff/|title=Awards – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|work=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|access-date=2017-07-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
In the 4th year of HBFF, the festival has started two sets of awards- the ''Viewers' Choice Awards'' and the ''Jury Awards''. Jury Awards were presented in association with [[Federation of Film Societies of India]] (FFSI), and awards were decided by 3 jury members- film makers [[K. N. T. Sastry|KNT Shastry]] and [[Satarupa Sanyal]], and film journalist [[Premendra Mazumder]].

'''Viewers' Choice Awards''' were:
# Best Supporting Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- '''[[Kamalika Banerjee]]''' for the movie ''[[Bibaho Diaries]]''
# Best Supporting Actor, Male (Viewers' Choice Award)- '''[[Kaushik Ganguly]]''' for the movie ''Bishorjan''
# Best Actor, Female (Viewers' Choice Award)- '''[[Jaya Ahsan]]''' for the movie ''[[Bishorjan]]''
# Best Actor, Male(Viewers' Choice Award)- '''[[Ritwick Chakraborty]]''' for the movie ''[[Bibaho Diaries]]''
# Best Film (Viewers' Choice Award)- '''Bishorjan'''
# Best Director (Viewers' Choice Award)- '''[[Kaushik Ganguly]]''' for the movie ''Bishorjan''

'''Jury Awards''' were:
# Best Actor, Female (Jury Award)- '''[[Jaya Ahsan]]''' for the movie ''Bishorjan''
# Best Actor, Male (Jury Award)- '''[[Bratya Basu]]''' for the movie ''Asamapto''
# Best Film (Jury Award)- '''''Peace Haven'''''
# Best Director (Jury Award)- '''[[Suman Mukhopadhyay]]''' for the movie ''Asamapto''
# Special Mention (Jury Awards)- film '''[[Abby Sen]]'''

===3rd Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2016===

The third edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was held from 1–3 July 2016. As always, eight films have been showcased, followed by Q&A sessions with directors and eminent film personalities. This edition of festival is also curated by Ratnottama Sengupta, a noted film critic.

The titles for this year being ''[[Cinemawala]]'', '' [[Onyo Opala]]'', Anubrata Bhalo Acho?, [[Natoker Moto - Like a Play|Natoker Moto]], [[Asha Jaoar Majhe]], and [[Babar Naam Gandhiji]]. Additionally, HBFF also made Indian premier of two films - ''[[Kolkatar King]]'' and ''Bridge''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Eight-movies-make-it-to-final-fest-list/2016/07/02/article3509315.ece|title=Eight movies make it to final fest list|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref>

As always, HBFF hosted several directors and producers from the film industry. The guests include such names as [[Satarupa Sanyal]] (director of ''Onyo Apala''), Paramita Banerjee (producer of ''Bridge''), [[Debesh Chattopadhyay]] (director of ''Natoker Moto''), [[Pavel]] (director of ''[[Babar Naam Gandhiji]]''), ''Judhajit Sarkar'' (director of ''Kolkatar King)'', Partha Sen (director of ''Anubrata Bhalo Acho?'') and Dr. Amit Ranjan Biswas (director of ''Bridge'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/030716/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-kicks-off-in-style.html|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival kicks off in style|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref>

====Official Selection of HBFF 2016====

# ''Bridge (Premier)<ref name="sliceofreallife">{{cite web|url=http://www.sliceofreallife.com/2016/06/19/premiere-of-bridge-bengali-movie-at-hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-2016/|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival to Premiere Amit Ranjan Biswas’ Debut Feature Film Bridge}}</ref>''
# ''Kolkatar King (Premier)''
# ''Anubrata Bhalo Aachho?''
# ''Asa Jaoar Maajhe''
# ''Babar Naam Gandhiji''
# ''Natoker Moto''
# ''Onyo Opala''
# ''Cinemawala''

====Viewers' Choice Award====
Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF) is introducing a ''Viewers’ Choice Award'' for the first time in 2016. The audience will get to vote for the best movie, actor, director, etc. among the selection, and basis upon a composite scoring pattern, the winner in category will be decided. The entire voting process will be audited by a panel of independent auditors.

The categories for the ''Viewers' Choice Award'' are:
*''Best Feature Film''
*''Best Director''
*''Best Actor''
*''Best Actress''

The first edition of awards (for HBFF 2016) went to the following people/ movies:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hbff.in/awardsinhbff/|title=Awards – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>
* Viewers' Choice Award for Best Feature Film: ''[[Natoker Moto - Like a Play|Natoker Moto]]''
*Viewers' Choice Award for Best Director: Pavel (for the movie ''[[Babar Naam Gandhiji]]'')
*Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actor: Surajit Mukherjee a.k.a. ''Kecho'' (for the movie ''[[Babar Naam Gandhiji]]'')
*Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress: [[Paoli Dam]] (for the movie [[Natoker Moto - Like a Play|''Natoker Moto'']])
Apart from the Viewers' Choice Awards, the Festival also gave out a Special Jury Mention Award to the movie ''Asa Jaoar Majhe.''

Along with the Festival organizers, the Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmcriticscircle.com/#|title=Film Critics Circle Of India :: Home|website=www.filmcriticscircle.com|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> also awarded two special awards in the festival:
* Critics' Award for Best Debutante Director by Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI): [[Debesh Chattopadhyay]]' (for the movie ''[[Natoker Moto - Like a Play|Natoker Moto]]'')
* Critics' Award: Special Jury Mention by Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI): ''[[Cinemawala]]''

=== 2nd Edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2015 ===
The second edition of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival was better, bigger and more widely covered in media.<ref name="saddhaq">{{cite web|url=https://www.saddahaq.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-is-back-with-a-bang|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival is back in its full glory|date=11 June 2015|website=SaddaHaq|last1=Agarwal|first1=Sourav}}</ref><ref name="startuphyderabad">{{cite web|url=http://startuphyderabad.com/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-one-kind-extravaganza-steps-second-year|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival- The One of a Kind Extravaganza Steps into its Second Year - Start-Up Hyderabad|date=11 June 2015|website=Start-Up Hyderabad|last1=Korukonda|first1=Ravi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/3-day-Bengali-Film-Festival-from-today/articleshow/38574504.cms|title=3-day Bengali Film Festival from today - Times of India|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> The festival took place from 26 to 28 June 2015 and screened eight movies, viz., ''[[Kadambari]]'', ''[[Bitnoon]]'', ''[[Jogajog]]'', ''[[Nirbaak]]'', ''[[Nirbashito]]'' (which was India's official selection for Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Film<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/bengali-film-nirbashito-enters-oscar-race-1.208575#|title=অস্কারের দৌড়ে চূর্ণীর ‘নির্বাসিত’|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref>), ''[[Family Album (film)|Family Album]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bangla.eenaduindia.com/Entertainment/TollyWood/2015/06/29165149/Mainak-Bhaumik-in-Hyderabad-Bengali-Film-Festival.vpf|title=নারী সমকামিতা নয়, "ফ্যামিলি অ্যালবাম" একটা প্রেমের কাহিনি : মৈনাক|website=Eenadu English Portal}}</ref> ''[[Chotoder Chobi]]'' [[62nd National Film Awards|(National Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues)]] and ''[[Teenkahon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sliceofreallife.com/2015/05/30/details-of-hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-2015/|title=Details of Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival 2015|website=silce of real life|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref>

Luminaries in attendance included members of the Telugu film sphere, while the Bengali film industry was represented by National award-winning actress [[Ananya Chatterjee]] (lead actress of movie ''Jogajog''), actress and director [[Churni Ganguly]] (lead actress and director of ''Nirbashito'', which got the [[62nd National Film Awards|National Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali]]), Director [[Mainak Bhaumik]] (director of movie ''Family Album''), Director [[Bauddhayan Mukherji]] (director of ''Teenkahon''), Director duo [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]] and [[Sudeshna Roy]] (directors of movie ''Bitnoon''), Director [[Sekhar Das]] (director of movie ''Jogajog'') among others. Almost all the shows were houseful, and audience praised the selection of the movies as well as the curated panel discussions.<ref name="deccan">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150627/lifestyle-offbeat/article/one-bengalis|title=This one is for the Bengalis!|date=11 June 2015|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Like the 1st edition, this edition was also curated by Ratnottama Sengupta and had multiple panel discussions and Q&A sessions with cast and crew of the films.

=== 1st Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF), 2014 ===
The first edition of [https://www.imdb.com/news/ni57482597/ Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival (HBFF)] was organized in 2014, from 18 July to 20 July.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hbff.in/about-us/overview-of-hbff-2014/|title=Overview of HBFF 2014 – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> Over two and a half days, movies such as ''[[Apur Panchali]]'', ''[[Jaatishwar]]'', ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri'', ''[[Take One (film)|Take One]]'', ''[[Phoring]]'', ''[[Jodi Love Dile na Prane]]'', ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'' & ''[[Rupkatha Noy]]'' were screened.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-schedule-2/41980|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival Schedule -|date=2014-07-03|website=Bollywood, Hollywood, English Movie News, Reviews & Trailers - BookMyShow Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref> Famous guests in attendance included national award-winning actress [[Rupa Gangooly]] (lead actress of movie ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri''), Director [[Sekhar Das]] (director of movie ''Nayan Chapar Dinratri''), Director duo [[Abhijit Guha (director)|Abhijit Guha]] and [[Sudeshna Roy]] (directors of movie ''Jodi Love Dile Na Prane'', as well as movies like ''[[Teen Yaari Katha]]'' and ''[[Natobor Not Out]]'') among others. Shows ran to full houses, the film fraternity as well as aficionados of the twin cities were all praise for the great initiative. The event concluded on 20 July, and was widely covered in media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatshot.in/hyderabad/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-e-345626|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in Hyderabad, Prasad Labs Preview Theatre {{!}} What's Hot|website=Whats Hot|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mycity4kids.com/hyderabad/events/hyderabad-bengali-film-festival-2014-and-bih-adwitiya-themed-art-competition_others/33674_ed|title=Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival 2014 and BiH-Adwitiya Themed Art Competition in Others, Hyderabad on 13-Jul-2014 - Events {{!}} mycity4kids|website=www.mycity4kids.com|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref>

Bengalis in Hyderabad team has written, composed, sang and shot the theme song of the festival in-house, which was screened before every movie and was very well received by the audience. The festival was curated by Ratnottama Sengupta, an eminent film critic and movie journalist.

==See also==
*[[Film Critics Circle of India]]
*[[Federation of Film Societies of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.hbff.in Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival]
*[http://www.bengalisinhyderabad.com Bengalis in Hyderabad]
*[http://hbff.in/officialselection/ Official Selection of HBFF 2016]



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