Subrat Dutta

Sougata is a well-known thriller writer of our times, with the publication of his first book. But situations get twisted when his past comes haunting the reality of his present.

7/10

The story is about a young guy who comes from a rural area to a metropolitan city after getting job as a "Meter-Reader" on contractual basis. On the first day of his job, he enters into a house for meter checking where he finds an old man sitting on his wheelchair. - After the old man's several requests, the guy decides to gossip with him to pass his few minutes of loneliness .....Soon during their conversation the guy realizes that he has unfortunately landed on a murder spot. - What happens next ??

A set of brave cops deal with the dark underbelly and bring some of the most sinister customers to justice.

7.7/10

Trapped in the forbidden alleys of the city - is a broken man. Can he find love in the dark world of flesh trade?

7.2/10

An adaptation of a short story "Joseph" written by Umakanta Mahapatra and is set in the foothills of the Himalayas between 1960 and 1980 in India. Father O'Hara (Victor Banerjee), a missionary doctor with the help of his caretaker Maularam (Sudarshan Juyal), raises an orphan baby Josef (Hitesh Bisht). While still a young boy, Josef is sent to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, for his studies and vocational training. Josef (Subrat Dutta) returns back with a reputation as a great cook as well as his love for alcohol. The film explores in its unfolding of time, the different paths that Father O'Hara, Josef, and Maularam take in their respective journeys for spiritual fulfillment through memories, duty, and search as well as the their interaction with friends and acquaintances. Through static mis-en-scenes, the narrative of the film reflects the all-encompassing nature of time, pre-empting and repeating itself in allegorical hues.

8.9/10

It's the story of unconditional love between two brothers Amar and Prem.

3.6/10

A Bangaldeshi housewife crosses the border to start her a new life where she struggles to deal with the pain and betrayal of her own family and making a living on her own.

While on a romantic getaway in the Indian wilderness, a couple from Los Angeles accidentally witnesses the haunting exorcism of an 11-year old girl. They decide to rescue her.

5.8/10

After a series of bomb blasts in Hyderabad a special ATS team lead by officer Desai name Yasin Darji as the suspect. Following a tip-off the team reaches a location to arrest Yasin only to end up arresting Sameer, the wrong guy. While the error needs to be fixed, the higher authorities decide to bargain with Sameer for his freedom, sending him as a mole. Sameer turns a mole to stop Yasin Darji before he kills more innocent people. A chase begins. Will they manage to stop Yasin, or will Yasin trump?

5.7/10

A combination of three stories, each exploring a different stage in life - A CHILD involved in armed conflicts, a BOY in drug peddling and a MAN entangled in elephant poaching.

6.7/10

The time is 1930s, and crime is culminating. One man can uproot the sin: Satyanweshi Byomkesh Bakshi. Hoichoi Originals brings Bengal’s popular sleuth in an all-new but familiar avatar.

8.1/10

A Kabaddi player rescues a young woman from an unwanted marriage and hides her in his home.

4.1/10
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Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery from a long illness.

6.7/10

Our life revolves around perception of truth, in our lives we act only on our ability to judge the truth. Truth though is a fickle thing, paradoxically because it only occurs in absolution; rest is only our interpretation that allows us to live in a certain subjective truth. Addl. Commissioner of Police, Sanket Pujari and the rookie officer, Sameera sit across the television screen to decipher a rare case of multiple homicides caught on camera and this case is going to test their fundamental perception of truth.

4.6/10

After his photojournalist brother gets killed by a white tigress in the jungles of the Sundarbans, Pandit and his team of commandos enter the prohibited core area of the forest to avenge his death.

5.6/10

Lattoo is a story about an aspiring singer who gets the lyrics for his songs from a secret admirer.

A poor road worker sets off a chain of events that bring karmic balance to seven very troubled strangers.

A weird take on adventures of sophisticated escort service females based Kolkata (Calcutta), India. A non-narrative story, exploring the fun aspect of sexuality of young females. An Independent film, showcasing a few incidents of lives of 5-6 girls, who had come to the profession of prostitution for various reasons. A young and youthful film, tongue-in-cheek approach makes it different from rest of the films made from India.

4.2/10

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.

7.2/10
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The sequel carries forward the tale of power and revenge which exploded in Rakht Charitra 1. The rebel leader turned politician, Pratap consolidates his political base but is forced to retread the path of vengeance once again after a rival from the past, Surya Narayan Reddy chooses to avenge the assassination of his family. Surya swears vengeance against Pratap after his family is wiped out in a bomb attack and Pratap is hell bent on decimating his enemy, even if it means separating ways with his mentor and political veteran, Shivaji.

6.4/10

A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family.

7.6/10

This is the story of an 'common man' with simple dreams and a routine life, who can be found in any corner of the globe, chasing their dreams and hoping to realize them. Madholal Dubey is one of them. On one fateful day everything changes in Madho's life. He becomes a victim of an unfortunate incident and their dreams go upside down. He gets scared of death and looses all his faith in God and life. The film revolves around how Madholal and family encounter his fears and deceit.

6.6/10

Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary, an Indian Army lawyer, attempts to defend Capt. Javed Khan who is accused of killing a decorated officer. The problem is that Khan does not wish to be defended and freely admits to his crime.

7.3/10

Defying his father’s wishes by following his rebellious uncle’s example, a young Bengali from an upper caste tries to help those on the lower end of the spectrum and, while he’s at it, offers to marry his brother’s pregnant mistress.

7.6/10

A young man negotiates his erotic and thanatotic drives.

6.7/10

A darkly ironic melodrama of star-crossed lovers Gulshan and Manisha, whose forbidden love yearns to be free from Nana – Manisha’s overbearing lecherous drunk of a husband

6.3/10

An Army colonel (Devgan) and his commandos capture a dangerous terrorist. The other members of the terrorists' organization hatch a plot to hijack an Indian jet and demand his release in exchange. In Mumbai, ACP Jay (Bachchan) is hot on their trail. He discovers Army's involvement in the case and has to work together with the colonel. However, there are some skeletons in the closet.

5.3/10

Young filmmaker Pankaj Butalia directs this sweeping film about ill-fated love set against the epic canvas of India's partition into Hindu Indian and Muslim Pakistan. The film opens with Lajma, a beautiful school teacher with greying hair, leaving Pakistan for her childhood home in India. There she discovers that the home is in ruin, her aging aunt is half senile, and her cousin Gautam is bitter and defeated. Flashback to 1947 when India splits in two -- the police force a proud old Muslim man, along with his grieving daughter-in-law, to take in a couple of impoverished Hindus, Chand and Bhagwati, into their large home. Later, Chand's mute sister Lajjo arrives with her young daughter Lajma in tow. Suffering from some unnamed past trauma, Lajjo is eventually shipped off to an asylum, leaving Lajma with her uncle. Later still, Lajma, Chand's son Gautam and their neighbor's son Jamal all live and play with each other in Chand's vast complex.

5/10

Two boys try to send their strict father back to the city with the help of the forest witch, but instead get taken for a merry ride by her granddaughter.

8.6/10

Based on real events, Blackgold delves deep into a gruesome and a heinous act of human sacrifice where elders are taken to tiger reserves to be fed to tigers by their own families. After the mauling, the bodies are thrown into neighboring sugarcane fields and the families demand compensation from the government for being attacked by a rogue man eater. A journalist uncovers the truth and together with a local doctor they set out on a mission to disclose the crime which makes them the hunted one by a village full of hunters.

7.2/10