Kumartuli or Kumortuli is located in the northern part of the city of Kolkata . The locality is a traditional habitat of the potters for nearly three hundred years. The potters or the artisans or the artists settled here during the restructuring of the Kolkata colonial region by the British East India Company . Earning a livelihood by making earthen pots and utensils first they gradually shifted to the making of the idols of Gods and Goddesses for various festivals round the year. With increasing demand and quality of their creations over time the artisans became famous and Kumartuli came to be known as the hub of idol makers supplying thousands of idols, particularly of Goddess Durga , to whole of the state of West Bengal and to NRIs of around 90 countries across the globe. At least three months before Durga Puja , the biggest festival of West Bengal and one of the biggest across Eastern India, more than five hundred workshops come alive with hyper activity day and night. Fir...
Drishyam: The Conclusion co-written, produced and directed by Abhishek Pathak , the third and presumably the final film of the crime-thriller Drishyam Hindi Franchise , released all over on October 2, 2026 and had in the meantime this Ajay Devgn starrer has become a blockbuster superhit, grossing over Rs. 300 crores domestically and nearly Rs. 460 crores globally so far; and also becoming the second highest grossing Hindi movie of the year and the second highest grossing Indian movie of the year. Curiously enough, the first Hindi Drishyam of the Series in 2015 directed by Nishikant Kamat , an adaptation of the original Malayalam Mammootty-starrer all-time blockbuster in Kerala crime-thriller Drishyam in 2013 directed by Jeethu Joseph , was not a blockbuster nor even a proper hit, only a semi-hit per the box-office verdict; however, thanks primarily to word-of-mouth publicity the film emerged as a cult film thus creating an immense interest for the sequels over the years. Both the se...