Soumitra Chatterjee
Mahendrababu, an anthropologist, is shocked to see his granddaughter Titli being forced into a world of Television Reality shows by her parents. When disaster strikes, Mahendra Babu with his values and grit guides the tormented family. Soumitra Chatterjee's final feature film.
A female journalist travels to a remote place outside the city to interview an award winning male writer. The writer is a recluse, living alone in a strange house. He has a dual personality and has two different people living within him — one who is a good-natured, harmless family-man, and the other a demon who wants to awaken the evil inside people and conquer the whole world by power. The journalist comes face to face with an experience that changes her forever.
The protagonist of this story is Kunal Joseph Baske – whose father converted to Christianity to access social and educational opportunities for his son – a teacher of science in a Christian missionary school in small town Hillolgunj, and is accused of refusing to follow the School’s doctrine to teach the Biblical story of Creation before teaching Darwinian Evolution. He is subjected to suspension from service, and put into custody. The Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee and Anton De Souza are old allies who have fought many battles for the human rights of minority communities, and grave cases of social and legal injustice. Now they find themselves facing each other. It becomes clear that Kunal’s interaction with the School had been utilized by the Hindu fundamentalist political party for its own immediate electoral needs by the fundamentalist party’s local chief, who is also a Santhal, but has been turned by the dominant religion for his own personal political gains.
Elder father-in-law Ms. Dayal Babu, widow Bauma Mamata, Adar's only grandson Vijay and happy man Ramu who is a working man. The days were quite short. On the other hand, old PC Sudha, Mou who lost her parents, Mou and brother Som were spending some time with her. There is a strange resemblance between these two families. Vijay and Mou are on a very good bus to each other. Both families also like marriage. The condition is the same, first study, then career, then marriage. Vijay and Mou agreed to that. Suddenly everything changes in a gust of wind. The two finished school. Gradually, Vijay was admitted to the city college to study engineering. And Mou was admitted to a college in his area. Once the distance between the two increases. Vijay went to college and fell in love with a girl named Mahi who grew up in an orphanage. Vijay suddenly married her and brought her home. Let the sky fall on the heads of everyone in the family. Vijay's grandfather and mother's dream was shattered.
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo revolves around Akhilbabu, an aged schoolteacher, and his two students. One of them, Sachin, grows to become a political goon while Putu, the other, remains unemployed. When Sachin tries bullying Akhilbabu into letting him marry his granddaughter, the professor turns to Putu for help.
'Sraboner Dhara' focuses on the issues of the youth and the emotional attachment felt by the medical caregivers of the older generation.
Gunjan, Sindur and Ashalata are three women from three different generations, who are all struggling to set themselves free from social compulsions. Tumi O Tumi revolves around the conflict between the inner and outer selves of these women, redefining the meaning of women empowerment in the process.
Borunbabu is an irritable, old man whose wife is bedridden and the only people he talks to are his childhood friend and his grandson. Isolated from the rest of his family, he lives a lonely life but one day something happens that changes it all. All of sudden, Borunbabur finds himself at the center of all attention.
History unfolds many truths. The more we dig in, the more we come to know about the realities of the past. But sometimes, some truths remain hidden and unventured. It is our wisdom and sixth sense with which we discover those hidden truths. The history of Kohinoor is one such example. Is the Kohinoor we know truly the Babur's stone? The hard facts of past strongly raises this question. What if the original Babur's stone is in our city of joy?
Legendary figures of Indian cinema Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee head up the ensemble cast of this bittersweet tale of family ties and disillusionment. An elderly couple is celebrating their 50th anniversary, and family members gather at their once magnificent, now largely decrepit mansion, where they married a half-century before. As relatives young and old arrive and reminisce about their lives, stories are exchanged about the great family's past. But it does not take long to see that reality is more complicated than family myth. Long-buried family secrets inevitably arise as do secrets that may have been better kept locked away. To face the "fading pride of a nebulous past," family closeness is needed now more than ever. Suman Ghosh directs with a fine eye for the pretensions and wrongdoings of the upper middle class as well as its underlying strength and pain.
A documentary exploring the 50-year legacy of Bengali fictional detective Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.
Andarkahini is a saga of womanhood in the correlative context of human relationships and complex society.
Sheser Golpo is an Indian Bengali romantic drama film directed by Jiit Chakraborty. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee as 'Amit Ray' and Mamata Shankar as 'Labanya', in the lead roles.
Nepal and Habul are uncle (Kaka) and nephew (bhaipo). For becoming hero in cinema they stole Rs. ten lakh and left home. Assuring double the money, one dishonest sadhu cheated that Ten lakh Rupees. Having no other alternative, they took the work of home servant in the house of an industrialist. A love grown up with the daughter of industrialist and kaka-bhaipo. After misunderstanding, the love matured at the end.
A young boy Manoj, who lives among the chaos and weirdness of his joint family, where the musician uncle feels suicidal after singing a wrong music note and a teacher who won't remember his education if he sits straight. Then there is the great-grandmother who is wreaking havoc around the house. Set in a small town in West Bengal, the story takes an interesting turn when Manoj's cow runs away and at the same time there is a group of vicious dacoits who are planning to rob the King. How things fall back into place is a story filled with drama and action and lots of laughter.
This Bengali Feature Film centers around a socially conscious author reaching the end of his life and creative career. As his last wish, he decides to know the 'truth' of the inmates of the. The film unfolds the struggle for the existence of the deprived by the privileged class. The author gets involved in that class-struggle and continues to champion the causes of the destitute.
A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.
Sonar Pahar is about Upama, who is in her 70s, doesn't share a healthy bond with her only son Soumya. Soumya's childhood friend Rajdeep along with his seven-year-old son Bittu happens to visit Upama. As days pass by, Upama and Bittu get very close to each other and further, the plot explores the bond between children and the elder ones whom they are close to. The film also highlights the complexities that are often seen in families due to the generation gap.
Mayurakshi narrates an intensely emotional tale of a 84-year-old father Sushovan, a brilliant former professor of History, presently suffering from age related neurological problems including dementia and cognitive dysfunction. His middle-aged son Aryanil visits him, an intimately sensitive man going through an unsettling phase in his personal life. Though deeply attached to his father, Aryanil is settled in Chicago,USA, and as such cut off from the soul who shaped his life. Within a five-day span of reunion, lost chapters get curiously reopened and incidents long buried suddenly turn relevant. Few days become more eventful than years and through the process of confrontation with aging and destiny, Aryanil seeks hope and sustenance in his own life.
Arko returns to his 'mamarbari' (maternal uncles' house) to meet his extended family. Over there, he meets his second uncle Sujan (Parambrata Chatterjee) who is always locked in a room because of his presumed mental retardation. As Arko sees his uncle more closely, he realizes that something very wrong has happened to him and the family is hiding a secret.
Sunyo Theke Suru is a social drama that is based on the life and struggles of our main protagonist Paresh Bannerjee. Hailing from a simple family in the outskirts of Bengal, Paresh has big dreams of making it big in life in the Fil Industry. Talented, honest and very hard-working, Paresh filters through menial jobs and runs errands for several employers to make his luck work and achieve his dreams. The movie charts his struggle as a compositer at several press offices, the several crooks and sleaze-bags that he deals with and many ups and downs that life throws at him. He has a few faithful people in his life, like his wife, his employers Ela and Uncle, his elder brother and others who help him out and support and encourage him throughout. The movie ends on a happy note, where Paresh breaks his way through and releases his movies, with many more to come.
Selfie is a film that portrays the multi-dimensional relation between a hero and a commoner. Soumitra Chatterjee, the iconic personality of Indian cinema comes across a guy who is his namesake. The second Soumitra Chatterjee is jeered at by people at different stages of his life. Worse, his fiancee seeks in his presence traces of the iconic Soumitra Chatterjee. His only solace remains in his own ventriloquist persona. Simultaneously, the legendary Soumitra Chatterjee meets the attractive woman who happens to be young Soumitra's love interest, but secretly pines for the old and famous Soumitra. The famous Soumitra has a bizarre dream in which this girl appears in a reality show called The BIG BOSS. He talks about this show in a television interview. The finale is a complex web of fantasy and reality involving these three protagonists.
Kanchanjungha Express is the story of Nandini's life. Inspector Surya Sekhar Gupta meets Ranjana in the train Kanchanjungha Express. Ranjana shares the story of her friend Nandini whose two husbands Bhaskar Majumdar and Raj Burman and live-in partner Vikram Sinha died under suspicious circumstances.
Pupul is twelve years old. But, instead of studying and playing like other twelve year old, the only thing that interests him is solving cases. His two friends, Tatai and Bhebli, are equally enthusiastic on being sleuths and assisting Pupul. Pupul calls himself Captain Spark , roams around with a toy pistol and dreams of possessing a durbin (binocular), which, according to him, will make him a real detective. So when his uncle presents him one on his birthday, disaster strikes. Looking through the durbin, Pupul witnesses a murder and decides to catch the culprit.
When your life is sinking he comes to you as your Saviour but in turn leaves you destructed. Who is this man in shadows and what exactly does he want from the protagonists forms the story of the film.
It’s a story of a once-wealthy joint family staying in a 200-year-old decrepit house full of ghosts. Four brothers live with their family. They are the grandsons of late Raybahadur Dhumrokolap (Soumitra), whose ghost stays there in the house along with his dead khansama and aunt. Like all the old houses, there’s also a hidden treasure and a clue which leads to it. The family desperately searches for the treasure, finding which will ensure the end of their falling conditions and save the house from a ruthless promoter (Shankar Chakraborty).
An officer of National Investigation Agency, Arvind Singh, investigates the chit funds scams of West Bengal. People are being misguided by these fraudulent schemes. This huge amount of money from the common people is used to finance films. Mr. Raman is a freedom fighter who goes all out to get rid of this menace to society. His son, Bhuvan, and his wife also get murdered. Finally, Mr. Sujoy Sen Sharma, another freedom fighter is the real kingpin who is running this chit fund business for helping the terrorist by supplying them arms to create terrorism in the state.
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.
Rubayet is a 19 year old loner from Kolkata who prefers solitude to the company of his classmates. Little do they know he's a pro at football until Motida, the football coach discovers his potential. Not only does Motida help Rubayet realize his potential but he also reaches out to him and even visits Rubayet's home town to learn about his roots. This he does to try to find out what caused Rubayet to be so withdrawn and reticent. What happens after Motida visits Rubayet's native place, does he manage to help Rubayet? How does this step change Motida's own life?
Five young people are driven by primal human instincts - to escape, find thrill, seek revenge or wait for destiny. And one old wizened man is trying to touch upon their minds.
Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turning everybody's lives upside-down.
Koena, a journalist, falls in love with Baban, a gangster, unaware of his real identity. When she learns about Baban's evil deeds, Koena gets upset and confused about what to do next. In this film, DaVinci Resolve — the latest colour grading software was used for the first time in an eastern India film.
The Nobel Medal of great Indian Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore was stolen in 2004 and it was never found. This film is a fictional account of what might have happened to the medal. A poor farmer...
Aparajita Tumi is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. The film stars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Padmapriya Janakiraman, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Indraneil Sengupta. It is a venture of director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury after his successful and critically acclaimed movie Antaheen. This film also had Shantanu Moitra as music director and Anindya and Chandril as lyricists like Tony's previous film. The film is an adaptation of the novel 'Dui nari hate Tarbari' by famous Bengali writer Sunil Gangopadhyay.
A journey of four people, Pradyut, Madhura, Neel and Angshuman, through the making of a film. Legendary actor, Pradyut, had chosen a life of exile. Madhura, National Awardee for her debut film, now leads a frustrated existence. Neel, passionate about dance and astronomy, chances on something that changes his destiny. Angshuman, returns from Italy eight years after completing a course in film direction. He has an interesting script on the curious relationship between a septuagenarian celebrity painter and a young nurse. The project is a non-starter with constant setbacks. A crime occurs brings emotional crises to a peak. Despite all adversities, Angshuman is determined to see his dream project through.
Animesh Mitra is simpleton who arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaiguri, during hostile times (1967), to study at the Scottish Church College. He is scheduled to take refuge at the residence of his father’s friend Mr. Debabrata, but he accidentally gets shot in the limb and ends up at the Calcutta Medical College. Eventually things move on and Animesh develops a deep friendship with Debabrata’s daughter Neela. He takes admission in the B.A classes of Scottish Church College on Bengali Literature and ultimately becomes intertwined with the unresting times of the youth intellect.
With 4000 Cores loss in Finance Department,Minister Fatakesto vows to take Finance Ministry and recover the loss in seven days time.
At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship." Inspired by this Graham Greene quote, "Podokkhep" is the story of an unusual bond between a retired man and a 5-year-old girl where he rediscovers life in his twilight years through this friendship.
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a successful professor with a powerful personality. She is the anchoring rock for her family and carer for her sister Meethi whose progression into schizophrenia has been speed ed up by traumatic experiences. Anjali has always dominated the life of her attractive younger sister, and jealously warded off Meethi's handsome fiancé Jojo with fear of Meethi's impending illness. Years later when Meethi and Anjali are on holiday in the Hills there is a chance meeting with Jojo, now with his new wife and children. He is shocked to discover that Meethi does not now recognize him, but lives in a world visited by an imaginary husband and children of her own.
A small time goon becomes a member of the legislative assembly; the story depicts a week in his life.
The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their places of origin. It seeks to explore sensitive souls singing to the tunes of Tagore.
The story is of terrorism that’s plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Shilajeet Majumdar, a militant on the run, takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion. Rupa Ganguly stays there with her father-in-law Soumitra Chatterjee and his father Haradhan Bandopadhyay who’s confined to bed and is unable to speak. This film focuses on the friction and undercurrent of tension between the lady of the house and the terrorist.
The film deals with the supernatural and starts with the death of a criminal (Mantra Shiba ) in a shoot out . Before dying, through his supernatural powers, he implants his spirit into the body of a talking doll. This talking doll is stolen and sold at a cheaper price to a young working widowed woman, who buys it for her young son as a birthday gift .
Ravi and Masha are just children when they were sold into labour by their parents. When they meet, friendship blossoms between them but when the factory manager threatens to sell Masha, possibly into sex slavery, Ravi gives up his hard earned savings to buy her freedom. They agree on a way to find each other once Ravi has earned enough money to buy his freedom but a series of misunderstandings and fear tear them apart. Though they now have their freedom in life, they have to find their way in love.
The clay idol-makers of Kolkata practice a unique art— an art that comes with the promise of dissolution and regeneration—a metaphor of life itself, with its impermanence and ebb-and-flow. The painstaking and elaborate process of the making of the idols, the festivities that grow around the worship of the deities that these idols represent; and the ultimate farewell of the deity in immersion, when the straw-wood-clay structures that typify divinity, disintegrate and dissolve in water and earth—are woven together in an exploration of the lives of these master craftsmen who go through hardships and privation in order to be true to their art.
A family gets alienated in a mountain forest villa after an earthquake. After 3 days of starvation, the true nature of each character begins to reveal.
A gang of criminals was searching for an ancient sleeping machine in old houses.
The film is set in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose's home in Falta, West Bengal, masquerading as Uttarpara. It deals with the story of a girl Anandi and her family (including uncle, brother, parents and sister), lover (brother's friend Babua) and few neighbours. Nature, tradition and love are Anandi's pillars of support in difficult times. Her brother will slowly drift away with bad or risky companies, will not return home one day, and will be lost forever. Her parents will die heartbroken and her sister will get married suddenly and will leave the family. Babua will go abroad and marry somebody else.
The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Ashim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.
'Saanjhbathir Roopkothara' tells the story of a young dreamer. While the title character dreams of beauty, love and happiness, her dreams are broken by her encounter with men she meets(the men are portrayed as lusting objects, with the exception of the father) and ultimately shattered by her father. Beautifully told, through poetry and symbolism, director Anjan Das presents Tukun aka Saanjhbathi's world. Her world is also presented through her father's wonderful paintings from which she draws inspiration. Indrani Halder gracefully plays the title role with sincerity and maturity while Soumitra Chatterjee is sublime.
This is a story of a Bengali housewife who takes up writing as a career after twenty three years of her marriage. She is introduced to a new world and new friends. Her work gets appreciated and this brings a new twist in her life. She starts discovering her husband and her beloved children in new light. This creates trouble in her family and she sacrifices her dream for the sake of her family.
A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence Calcutta. The old man lives in a crumbling aristocratic mansion in the heart of town, which he shares with his teacher's daughter, Sarama, and her young son Shumon. During a vacation in the country another man enters their lives. Gangan was born blind and is a talented singer. Gangan and Sarama engage in a secret affair as Shashibhushan recalls his own wife, who he lost because of his uncontrollable sexual appetite.
After losing his grandfather at a very young age, Jibon finds himself in troubled waters when his father, Sunanda's friend, Nikhil, dupes him into signing off all the property. Nikhil even goes ahead and admits Sunanada in a mental hospital. Years pass by and Jibon grows up to become a police officer. As a police officer will Jibon be able to find his father Sunanda and punish Nikhil accordingly?
Kishore, a music enthusiast from a poor family, decides to be a maid at a music pundit's house to seek lessons from him. But everything changes when Kishore falls in love with the pundit's prepossessing daughter.
Soumik (Prosenjit) leaves his family when his brothers are contemptuous about his inability to find a job. However, his continued absence begins to tear the family apart.
Madhabi Is Forced To Leave Her House Because Her Husband Suspects That She Has Been Raped And Impregnated By Goons. Her children leave the house as well. Years later, destiny brings the family together, and Madhabi sets out to change her husband's perspective. Was she really ravaged? Or did she fall victim to an elaborate conspiracy?
Radha's life takes a downward spiral after her mother is killed. Fate brings her to the city and she gets a job as a house help. Things change when she falls in love with the handsome owner.
Sanaka and Paromita are mother and daughter-in-law who, despite differences in age, backgrounds and temperaments, build a strong bond together. However when Paromita has a failed marriage and leaves the house, Sanaka is heartbroken.
A happy family goes through various trials and tribulations and falls apart when greed takes precedence over sibling relationships.
Ambar Sen a well educated, intelligent man with a good depth of knowledge on different subjects came to Feluda for a case. Anyone or any group threatened Amber babu a few days ago. The very next day Ambar Sen vanished. Ambuj Sen the only brother of Ambar babu called Feluda for the case. Feluda, Tposey, and Jotayu came to Palm Avenue's Sen House to solve the case.
A man and his wife are frustrated with the responsibilities of taking care of their family. However, Borun tries to keep the family from falling apart.
Birchandra, the king without kingdom lives alone in his palace at Nabiganj village. He is least bothered about his kinghood and hidden royal treasure. Few villagers take undue advantage of his indifference. One unknown bodybuilder Kinkar come in the village who lost his memory. Birchandra give him shelter. Local teacher Dukkhoharan and old priest of the village realises that some of criminals may attack Birchandra for king's treasure that is hidden below his palace.
A detective Kakababu investigates a case where a very old bible of great value gets stolen by a criminal.
Retired judge Sushobhan Chowdhury has three sons Arun, Barun and Tarun and a daughter called Hasi. Among them Arun is married. Then Sushobhan finds a girl for Barun. But in the day of the marriage he came to know that Barun is already married. He had already tied the knot with a girl called Shampa who is working in the same office. So, Sushobhan arranges two weddings simultaneously. He calls Tarun to do the unfinished wedding and asks Barun to marry Shampa. After the marriage Shampa faces trouble from Barun. But other family members support her. Shampa again joins her office. Then Barun tries to insult Shampa and makes lots of allegations. After lot of conspiracies Sushobhan misunderstands Shampa. But at last Barun realises his faults and tells everything to Sushobhan.
The story of an honest cop Haribhai Haldar and his family consisting of two brothers Joy and Debu. Hari bhai, a modern demi god, has spent his life to bring up his younger brother and his sister Renu.
'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.
Mani Kanchan is a film about a brother-sister duo name Kanchan and Mani. They face hardships after their sexually aroused father remarries. Unable to pay a huge amount of debt, the incompetent father fixes his well-educated daughter’s marriage to the mentally unstable son of the money lender.
Rosy is a film heroine with dark past. She was forced into prostitution by her aunt and then she landed in the Tollygunge film industry. She was exploited by Mr. Barun, a director. She develops feelings for Amit, a hotel singer. But, Barun doesn't like this. Amit also shares his past with Rosy. He was married to a girl Sharmistha in his childhood but he had lost her and was searching her. It's revealed that Rosy is actually Sharmistha. But she doesn't want to ruin Amit's life with her presence. Barun kidnaps Rosy but Amit inevitably saves her and they are happily united.
Nilu and his mother Dipannita are not accepted by his grandfather, Aditya, as he thinks she married his son for money. However, things change when Aditya adopts Nilu.
When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the way world history penetrates into the fabric of individual lives.
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
Bijoy, a rich tea estate owner's son, angers his father when he marries a poor girl. Ranjan, his cousin, tries to make the most of the situation by usurping his property.
Abhinash motivates the people of his village to stand up against the atrocities of the middlemen and landlords. Things take a turn when he is ruthlessly murdered.
Despite the many obstacles he faces, an aspiring singer leaves no stone unturned to establish a foothold in the music industry.
When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son (Soumitra Chatterjee) who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
Allan (Hugh Grant) is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak). Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
The life of Satyapriyo, an editor at a firm, takes a twisted turn when his beautiful sister Swati is raped. Seeking justice, he goes against a corrupt village officer.
The film presents the life and work of the writer Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray's father. Ray made this film as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
Chandra realizes her husband is having an affair with Modhu. She leaves home and is offered a job by the wealthy Shyam, who soon realises her good nature and makes her the heir to his property.
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
When the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Years ago, her husband, a wealthy Western-educated landowner, challenged tradition by providing her with schooling, and inviting her out of the seclusion in which married women were kept, to the consternation of more conservative relatives. Meeting her husband's visiting friend from college, a leader of an economic rebellion against the British, she takes up his political cause, despite her husbands warnings. As the story progresses, the relationship between the woman and the visitor becomes more than platonic, and the political battles, pitting rich against poor and Hindu against Moslem, turn out not to be quite as simple as she had first thought.
Khidda (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids. He picks Kony (character played by Sriparna Banerjee) from a slum of Calcutta and grooms her to be part of the Bengal Swimming team to compete at the National Swimming Championship. However, politics, poverty and social stigma emerges as distinct roadblocks in their path.
There are a particular class of Brahmins called Agradani, who are to be the chosen to perform the eating rituals on behalf of the dead. Poonnyo Chakraborty, a poor man belongs to the Agradani community lives with his family in a village. Local zamindar promises him to provide lands and money if Poonnyo lie down in front of the room where Zamindar's son is going to be born. In morning Poonnyo watches that zamindar's wife again gave birth to a dead child, soon he replaces the dead son with his new born baby. The baby grown ups as zamindar's son. Only Poonnyo knows that he is the biological father of the boy. One day a circumstances comes where he is forced to perform the funeral rituals for his own son.
‘Preyashi’ is Sukanta’s story. Sukanta gives shelter to his father’s friend Bhudhar and his daughter Nandini. Sukanta and Nandini fall in love. Sukanta gets a job and goes out of station. But when he gets no news of Nandini and her father, he comes back and hears of Budhar’s death. Sukanata keeps searching Nandini but in vain. He gets transferred to Delhi where he catches Mr. Ganguly for corruption in railways. Nandini turns out to be Ganguly’s wife and begs Sukanta to set him free. Sukanta lies in court to save Ganguly. But he is shattered and becomes alcoholic. He meets Ranu, Nandini’s twin sister in Kashi who was forced into prostitution. Ranu falls in love with him. Ranu goes to Delhi to find her twin sister. But, Nandini cares for no one but her family. Sukanta overhears their conversation and decides to start his life again with Ranu.
The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. They have to perform at the kingdom's Jubilee Celebrations. But coming to the kingdom, they use their natural goodness and curiosity to find out that all is not well in the kingdom. There is exploitation of poor farmers and diamond-miners. There are sycophant courtiers and ruthless armies. And there is a mad scientist with this Brain-washing machine. With the help of an upright school-master, Goopi and Bagha set out to correct the evils... with the help of their ghost-given skills, fast thinking and an impish sense of humour.
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
The character played by Mithun Chakraborty undergoes a journey of his life. This is the film where Debashree Roy, for the first time played a leading role. She played the unfathered daughter to the character played by Sandhya Roy and had to enact the adolescence as well as the adulthood of the character she was given.
Set in 1920's during the British Raj, the film is about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal.
Mantramugdha is a 1977 Indian Bengali film, directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay and produced by Raja Kapoor, Vinod Kapoor and R.N. Malhotra. The film stars Sabitri Chatterjee, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee, Ranjit Mallick, Rabi Ghosh, Utpal Dutt in lead roles. The film has musical score by Hemanta Mukherjee.
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.
A romantic comedy about a series of clashes between the female residents of a ladies' hostel Basanta Bilap, and four boys of the neighbourhood, aided and abetted by their boudi (sister-in-law).
An unemployed but selfless young man, brimming with self-confidence, embarks on a journey to start his own business to better the lives of his family members.
A young doctor is introduced to a girl by his cousin, but he rejects her as a potential bride and she disappears one day, leaving only a garland of dried flowers behind.
Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their respective reactions to their new environment, reveals their characters more deeply.
A hilarious romantic-comedy where two people have their luggage exchanged during a train journey. One of them (Soumitra) is a psychiatrist, and he develops a keen interest in knowing the other party (Aparna Sen). His experience as a psychiatrist helps him to understand the happy-go-lucky and pampered Aparna Sen and woo her love.
Montu, an unemployed middle-class bachelor falls in love with Sarasi, a teacher. He tries hard to impress Sarasi but she dislikes his unstable lifestyle and rejects him. Will the two unite?
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's 1914 novel Parineeta was adapted into a 1969 film by Ajoy Kar. The English title for the film is The Fiancee.
Heiress walks out to marry a poor classmate and is disinherited. Things doesn't go well in her in-laws place and she has to take up a job at her supposed to be flame's office. In face of canard, she walks out.
In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work. The resulting program, produced for the American public television series “The Creative Person,” features interviews with Ray, several of his actors and crew members, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta.
The widower land-lord fixes his wayward step-brother's alliance with priest's daughter. Groom disappears on wedding day, and he is forced to marry her. The brother comes back and when the elder brother dies, tries to dispossess the widow.
A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances upon. They meet frequently since then. Bluffs continue to pile up. There is no way out. In a desperate bid the young man tries to break the wealth barrier. His friend, well placed in life, cautions him. He turns a deaf ear. The inevitable happens. The young man grows wiser but pays heavily for it.
Amitabha Roy (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a Calcutta based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage, he sees her loneliness and asks his brother-in-law, Umapada to keep her company. At the same time Bhupati's own brother, Amal, a would-be writer comes home finishing his college education. However, after several months, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond literary friendship.
Pratinidhi is a 1965 Bengali film directed by noted Indian art film director Mrinal Sen. The Black & White film was based on Prachhadpat, a novel by Achintya Kumar Sengupta, a noted writer of Modern Bengali literature.
A writer, to avoid the natural demands of domestic mundanes, almost deliberately pushes his wife towards adultery, would the lonely woman succumb? What would be the effect on their marriage?
Archana (Suchitra Sen) falls in love with Sukhendu (Soumitra Chatterjee), a serious University Lecturer, much to the chargin her snobbish and interfering mother (Chhaya Devi) for whom Sukhendu is just not good enough for her daughter or their family. Archana however, is adamant and with the approval of her father (Pahadi Sanyal) gets married to Sukhendu. The mother continues to interfere in the marriage constantly reminding her son-in-law of his poverty. Suffering from divided loyalties, Archana's problems are aggravated when Sukhendu insists she sever all ties with her mother. Archana separates from Sukhendu and stays independently completing her studies. When she finally accepts her wifely duties and returns home it is too late as Sukhendu has resigned and gone abroad.
Heeru, Naren and Chandranath were friends. From his college days Chandranath had been aspiring and ambitious. He is also a man of strict principles in life. He decides to leave his brother and his sister-in-law and goes away to gain immense power and knowledge. In the meantime he marries and is blessed with a kid. However Chandranath's quest for learning more drives him to leave his new family as well as he sets off to achieve new goals in life. He not only fails to achieve his ultimatum but ends up losing his family too. On the other hand, Naren hails from a rich family and is a happy go lucky natured man. He appreciates the finer aspects of life. He falls in love with a courtesan and brings her home. Caught between the two friends who have opposite ambitions in life, Heeru wonders which path would bring contentment in one's life. However Heeru loses control of his life and slowly realizes that his life has become a mirror of Chandranath's life.
Ratan sees a courtesan on the roads of Kolkata and identifies her to be Sona, his long lost childhood lover who was kidnapped from the ghats of Benaras and could never be found again. He goes over to her place and finds out that she was indeed, Sona. However after being kidnapped her life had changed. She was forced into a life which she never wanted. Ratan urges her to come along with him, and after much dilemma, she gives in. They get married and move to a different place and start life afresh. However much to Ratan's horror, Sona's dark past haunt them until one day Sona is humiliated in public by one of her old clients who recognize her. Sona decides to leave his husband for good as she was the reason for his misery. True love wins in the end as Ratan promises to always be by her side no matter what the society's verdict is. Watch the full movie, Benarasi, only on Eros Now.
Gauri Shankar Roy looks much like the king of Jhind. When the actual king, Shakar Singh, goes missing, a person from the kingdom approaches Gauri to pretend to be the king.
'Teen Kanya' is an anthology film based upon short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, as a tribute on the author's centenary. The title means "Three Daughters", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories, with three central female characters linking the stories together. 'The Postmaster' concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. 'Monihara' is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. 'Samapti' follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family. The international release did not include 'Monihara', and was released as 'Dui Kanya', or "Two Daughters".
A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.
Devi focuses on a young woman, who is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal landlord, envisions her as the Goddess Kali.
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding....
Jadi Jantem (English: If I Knew) is a 1974 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Tarun Majumdar as Yatrik. This movie was released under the banner of Chitrajug. Uttam Kumar played the role of main protagonist of the movie, Mr. P. K. Basu, Bar-at-law. This movie was based on the thriller novel Nagchampa of Narayan Sanyal.
Satyasindhu writes detective stories and is strangely obsessed with dangerous make-believe games. In his young wife’s absence, he invites her lover Bimal and forces him to play a pretence game of theft. These games become a challenge and duel between the two men, each of whom seek to be the victor. What follows is yet another dangerous suspense plot with a twist. Based on Sleuth, the famous 1970 play by Anthony Shaffer.
The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather, (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) who rules over the house like a female Hitler, reincarnated, and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and son (Rishi Kaushik) live together in a beautiful mansion in Bhawanipur. There seems to be more servants in their house than family members, extending the virtues and parameters of the ideal ‘joint’ family. The film starts with everyone being excited about the return of the elder son (Babul Supriyo) from US, where he had gone for some business related work. However, all hell breaks loose, when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow.
Story of a young boxer,Ronny who has achieved the license to life but there are many hurdles to cross,there may have mistakes or the road of no return but the Boxer have to move on. In this film boxing ring is a metaphor for Ronny. Here fight is not for the violence but to feel the tolerance of life. Here every pain and wounds are not for the trophy but to learn the lesson of life from his first love, Jinia.
Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?
Jiban Saikate is a 1972 Bengali film based on the novel The Citadel by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Swadesh Sarkar and stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Dilip Roy.
The Last Refuge For Elderly Parents Abandoned By Their Children, Apanjan Is An Old Age Home. The Film Revolves Around The Lives Of Apanjans Inhabitants, And How Karma Finds Its Way To Teach Their Ungrateful Children An Important Life Lesson.
