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Hope in Indian Diaspora for West Bengal media industry Kolkata, July 25 : The fledgling media and entertainment industry in eastern India is slowly beginning to make its mark on the global stage. A number of companies engaged in technological innovations, finance and film distribution of Indian origin, especially from USA and the UK, are keen to invest in the media and entertainment sector in the East. The seed of inspiration was perhaps sown with the success of ' Padakhep ,' a film made by Suman Ghosh who in between his lectures as professor in Economics at the Miami University managed to not only win acclaim in India but distributed it successfully to the overseas Bengali audience. Ghosh's success soon brought other producers to him. Thus, was born, 'Dwando' another film made in Bengali language being produced by another member of the Bengali diaspora in the US, Oney Seal. A number of investment and finance companies are also showing interest in producing and marketing Bengali and other regional films which have audiences all over the world. The fact of the matter is a number of NRIs in USA and the UK are evincing a keen interest in investing in the entertainment sector in West Bengal. The WB IT minister, Debesh Das was quite hopeful of this sector opening the floodgates to foreign investment given the close connect between technological innovation and media and entertainment. Speaking at a seminar 'WB – The Melting Pot for Technology, Media and Entertainment' in Kolkata on Friday organized by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), the state minister said that very good opportunities for investment in the media and entertainment sector was present because of the huge reservoir of talent in the eastern region. Complimenting IAAC's event as timely, Das said the government was doing everything possible to harness this talent and create opportunities for growth of the media and entertainment industry in the state. Das hoped that forums like these would help bring investment into the state. National President of IACC S K Jain said that the 'blend of art and craft' was deep rooted in the psyche of the state, qualities which honed with care, can catapult the region to a new high in the field of media and entertainment. He said that IACC was actively involved in a number of very important programs in USA where it is attempting to bring the overseas investment and Indian talent together. 'We are also organizing our own events in USA to woo investors', Mr Jain said. Souryo Mandal, the eastern region president of IACC while introducing the seminar to the visiting delegates and guests the M&E sector in the state had seen a lot of activity in recent years. A number of new TV channels have sprouted, besides the advent of a number of national companies in the field of film production and distribution such as Zee, Adlabs, Saregama Planman, Databazaar to dot the state's horizon with hope. --- IBNS ------------------------------------ -- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTMedia mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE Share media news, discuss journalism issues and network with media professionals across South Asia on this mailing list. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTMedia by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
