The Bengali horror anthology, Bhutopurbo, has launched its trailer, bringing together a stellar cast to revive classic ...

Long before Eat, Pray, Love popularised the Italian concept of dolce far niente — the sweetness of doing nothing — Bengalis had perfected its poetic parallel: t ...

KOLKATA: From a noticeable dip in viewership from Bangladesh to a marked increase in hate comments, Bengal's content creators have encountered significant changes amidst the ongoing volatility in Indo ...

Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan to escape military rule. Today, it faces a similar crisis, military influence is again rising, echoing the same power struggles it once fought to end.

There are stories about ghosts getting captured by humans. The ghost really is an extension of rural Bengali life.” When the British colonists arrived, the ghost stories of the region transformed.

Few subcontinental languages can boast as rich a tradition of modern ghost fiction as Bengali. To wit, these are not simply an outgrowth of the older, more folksy tradition of ghost lore populated ...

She is a human with super powers as she is a daughter of a human and ghost, this character has different shades. Bengali movies do not have superheroine plots so it's something totally different." ...

In Bengali tradition, bhoots, or ghosts, are as much a part of our folklore as they are of our everyday humour. As October draws to a close, two mysterious nights creep up on us from across the world: ...

There's no doubt that Hollywood has brought bigger budgets and global attention to the horror genre, but there's something hauntingly unsettling about Bengali ghosts. Unlike American spirits with ...

They married other ghosts and even gave birth to baby ghosts. A popular 19th-century Bengali folktale told of two sister petnis, Kuni and Buni. The former lived in houses while the latter lived in ...

They married other ghosts and even gave birth to baby ghosts. A popular 19th-century Bengali folktale told of two sister petnis, Kuni and Buni. The former lived in houses while the latter lived in the ...