Jhumpa
Lahiri
It was her love for the city that prompted her to write stories
whose characters revolved around a Bengali lifestyle.
Rabindranath
Tagore With a literary life spanning over 60 years, Tagore
astounds one with his copiousness, variety, and innovation.
Rudraprasad
Sengupta
Controversy always follows this man. This actor and director
is also an accomplished orator and a brilliant teacher, according
to his students of Literature
Her first Hindi film, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi, was an enormous
hit
Sharmila
Tagore
Sharmila Tagore was discovered by Satyajit Ray when she was
13 for a famous debut in Apur Sansar
Uttam Kumar
From a petty clerk, he evolved into the most popular romantic
lead in Bengali cinema
Soumitra
Radio announcer and poet, Soumitra has always been the thinking
person's movie actor.
Madhabi
Madhabi Mukherjee, who has been a favorite of directors like
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit
Ray (1921-1992)
This extraordinary fiction, mystery and science writer, artist
and translator is best known in India and abroad as a filmaker
and director par excellence.
Amartya
Amartya, meaning "other-worldly or immortal" was chosen
because Tagore felt that the boy would be extraordinary.
The
quiet captain has, between June 1996 to February 2000, scored
7552 runs in international cricket (5061 in ODIs, 2491 in Tests).
