Bardu, meaning tornado, is an aptly named recent film in Santhali. For, it is the only film in Santhali to be shot in digital format, heralding a storm in this tribal movie-making industry that still ...

Kolkata: The 29th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will kick off with a star-studded inaugural ceremony at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on Tuesday. Amidst the stars will be a first-time ...

The curtains came down on the Santhali and Regional Film Festival on Sunday, culminating with the Jharkhand Cine Award, which honoured veterans as well as rising stars of regional cinema. The five-day ...

Jamshedpur: A three-day Santhali film festival began in the city on Tuesday with the objective of promoting tribal art and film-making besides exposing the issues faced by tribals to the society.

Can a tribal group in the country support films made in its language in truly commercial terms? Less than 10-million members of the Santhali-speaking community, dispersed in pockets of Bengal, ...

Jamshedpur: The maiden TV show in Santhali language is set to hit the small screen this year end, said renowned producer-director Dasrath Hansdah. “I have plans to produce a 20-episode tele-serial in ...

Antiquity and the present and legacy and revision come together in Prantik Basu’s Rang Mahal, which is being screened in Berlinale Shorts, the short film section at the ongoing Berlin Film Festival.

Rare Language Indian Cinema section of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival cherishes good cinema made in lesser known languages. The journey of the section Unheard India – Rare Language ...

Well-known Santhali actress Birbaha Hansda on Wednesday joined the Trinamool Congress, hours after the party inducted Bengali film heroine Sayantika Banerjee in its fold. Ms Hansda, who took the ...