Aparna Sen

Aparna Sen

Born: October 25, 1945
in Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Aparna Sen is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. A leading actress of the late 1960s and 1970s she has received eight BFJA Awards, five for best actress, two for best supporting actress and one for lifetime achievement. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and nine international film festival awards for her direction in films. She was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, by the government of India in 1987.

Sen made her debut in Teen Kanya (1961) and received her success with Aparichito (1969). She went on to establish herself as a leading actress of Bengali Cinema with the films Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Ekhane Pinjar (1971), Jay Jayanti (1971), Memshaheb (1972), Jiban Saikate (1972), Basanta Bilap (1973), Sonar Khancha (1973), Sujata (1974), Alor Thikana (1974), Kajallata (1975), Raag Anuraag (1975), Jana Aranya (1976), Ajasra Dhanyobad (1977), Proxy (1977), Mohonar Dike (1984), Ekanto Apon (1987), Swet Patharer Thala (1992). She also garnered critical acclaim for her work in Indira (1984), Kari Diye Kinlam (1989), Ek Din Achanak (1999), Mahaprithibi (1991), Unishe April (1995), Paromitar Ek Din (2000), Titli (2001), Antaheen (2009), Chatushkon (2014).

In addition to acting in films, Sen has also been directing films since 1981, starting with 36 Chowringhee Lane for which she won National Film Award (India) for Best Director. She went on to achieve further success in direction with films Paroma, Sati, Yugant, Paromitar Ek Din, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, 15 Park Avenue, The Japanese Wife, Iti Mrinalini, Goynar Baksho. She won her second National Film Award as a director for Mr. and Mrs. Iyer.

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Ei Raat Tomar Amaar
Title: Ei Raat Tomar Amaar
Released: July 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Hoichoi Studios' second film.
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Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen
Title: Parama: A Journey with Aparna Sen
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Documentary on Aparna Sen's life.
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Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Title: Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2021
Type: Movie
A biographical documentary film about the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, to commemorate Ray's centenary year. The film covers Ray's life and early works, focusing on the making of his first film Pather Panchali.
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Bohomaan
Title: Bohomaan
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Salim Khan (Soumitra Chatterjee) and Madhuri (Aparna Sen) meet after a long separation. Their lives have changed a lot since they knew each other in college. Will they be able to relive the years gone by?
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The Bose Family
Title: The Bose Family
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Title: Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Character: Lawyer
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Mahendra Kumar Choudhuri, the middle prince of the Bhawal Estate was affected by syphilis and was taken to Darjeeling for treatment. He apparently died in Darjeeling and was cremated there. After 12 years, a Sanyasi shows up at the estate, arousing people’s curiosity and leading to a rumour that he is the lost prince of the Bikrampur Estate.
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Bird of Dusk
Title: Bird of Dusk
Character: Herself
Released: June 24, 2018
Type: Movie
An insight into the life of late writer-director Rituparno Ghosh, the iconic cultural figure from West Bengal (India), who pushed and transgressed the boundaries of sexuality, feminism, and freedom of thought. The film is about an artist's relationship to his city Calcutta and is based on his personal memoirs, archival material, and conversations with cast, crew, and family.
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A Death in the Gunj
Title: A Death in the Gunj
Character: Aparna Chatterjee
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
A sensitive university student unraveling while on a week-long vacation with a crowd of cocksure relatives and family friends.
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Sonata
Title: Sonata
Character: Aruna
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Three single women, a professor, a banker, and a journalist, who are best friends, share their happy and joyous moments and support each other through hard times.
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The Last Poem
Title: The Last Poem
Character: Voice narrator female
Released: August 7, 2015
Type: Movie
The film recounts the love story of Amit Ray, a barrister educated at Oxford, whose virulent intellectualism reveals itself in its opposition to all forms of tradition. He meets Labanya in a car accident and the romance builds up in the misty hills of Shillong. The iconoclastic Amit clashes with the sincerely simple Labanya. Labanya releases Amit's own submerged depth of sincerity, which he finds hard to adjust to. The struggle makes him a curiously pathetic figure. The tragedy is understood by the girl who releases him from his troth and disappears from his life.
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Chotushkone
Title: Chotushkone
Character: Trina
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.
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Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...
Title: Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...
Character: Mrinalini Mitra
Released: October 25, 2010
Type: Movie
An award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.
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Antaheen
Title: Antaheen
Character: Paro
Released: January 8, 2008
Type: Movie
Antaheen follows the lives of three couples in tumultous relationships, who lead different lives but are connected by the infinite struggles and pain each of them goes through.
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Cinema Asia: India
Title: Cinema Asia: India
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: Movie
While Northern India’s 100-year-old film industry is best known for flamboyant dance sequences and romantic plot lines, its directors have begun to step outside established formulas and explore grittier subject matter. This program surveys the world of Bollywood filmmaking, examining the personalities as well as the commercial and thematic concerns that drive central Asia’s answer to Tinseltown. Interviews with directors Karan Johar, Ashutosh Gowariker, and Yash Chopra are included, along with commentary from choreographers, musical directors, and Cinemaya Magazine editor Aruna Vasudev. The industry’s newfound attention to poverty, homelessness, and other social concerns is examined. Several film excerpts are included.
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Titli
Title: Titli
Character: Urmila Chatterjee
Released: January 4, 2002
Type: Movie
The story develops around the evolution of Titli from girl to womanhood.
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Ghaath
Title: Ghaath
Character: Suman Pandey
Released: December 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Krishna Patil is a poor, unemployed, unsuccessful and short tempered youth who stays in a chawl with his father Ramakant and elder sister Mansi. He tries to secure a job in the police department but fails. One day he happens to meet Kavita Choudhary, a young, rich, beautiful, intelligent lawyer. He falls for her instantly and begins wooing her. Kavita, having recently lost her father, stays alone and feels lonely and depressed. There is a certain void in her life. She is looking for someone to share her loneliness and an unemployed Krishna suits her requirements perfectly. Hence she accepts him as her boyfriend despite his mediocre looks, poor family background, jobless status and lack of personal hygiene.
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House of Memories
Title: House of Memories
Character: Sanaka
Released: January 8, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Malaise
Title: Malaise
Character: Recitation (voice)
Released: August 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Rohini is caught up in an endless whirl of shooting schedules. Her parents are hardly a part of her life. Things change when she discovers that her longtime boyfriend has been having an affair with another actress around the same time her mother is hospitalised.
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Unishe April
Title: Unishe April
Character: Sarojini "Babli" Gupta
Released: November 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A female dancer becomes famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way.
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Amodini
Title: Amodini
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Amodini is a rich landowner's daughter. Unable to face social stigma, her father arranges her marriage to a much older person, who fails to turn up on the wedding day. To save the situation, she is forced to marry a 15-year-old boy.
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Shet Patharer Thala
Title: Shet Patharer Thala
Character: Bandana
Released: April 9, 1992
Type: Movie
After her husband passes away at a regressive Shyambazar household, progressive Bandana falls in love with her son's painting mentor, Sudipto Sorcar. However, due to Titli Chatterjee's mother's objection, Bandana gives up on her love and starts living at the orphanage.
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Ananya
Title: Ananya
Released: January 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Jamuna Bai is the daughter of a famous courtesan named Kamala Bai who was known in Benaras for dance. Although Jamuna had learnt music from her childhood, she was never willing to pursue her mother's profession. This led to the mother-daughter duo suffer from poverty and affront from commoners. Chandrakanta, a rich businessman sees Jamuna and falls in love with her. After a few meetings Jamuna starts liking him too. One day Jamuna finds a desolate boy child on the banks of the river and decides to raise him. Chandrakanta stands beside her when the society blames her for the act. They get married. However Jamuna stays back at Benaras and faces extreme hardships to raise the kid and is forced to step into her mother's shoes. This leads to a confront between her and Chandrakanta who leaves her and goes away. Jamuna leaves her kid with her guruji and starts living apart for the fear of her kid knowing her identity.
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Mahaprithibi
Title: Mahaprithibi
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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Suddenly, One Day
Title: Suddenly, One Day
Character: Aparna Choudhary
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
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Jar Je Priya
Title: Jar Je Priya
Released: July 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A well-to-do married couple keeps bickering over minor issues though the pair love each other. With time, their love gets tested but they keep yearning for each other.
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Ekanta Apan
Title: Ekanta Apan
Released: July 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Sudipa falls in love with Rawnobir, a goon, and soon, they both get married. However, things take a turn when Rawnobir is arrested and gets imprisoned.
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Devika
Title: Devika
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
The movie portrays the social stigma for widows in the late 17th century that was prevalent in India. The plot line runs through many layers of complications both in Devika's personal life and her place in society, as she fights with her family, quarrels and distances herself from Kishore, marries another man under social pressures and much more. The movie makes the point that instead of behaving like meek sheep under social influences, we must understand every individual's perspective from our own point of view. The movie ends on a happy note where Kishore and Devika both stand against the blind and illogical superstitious mentality and are finally reunited.
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Shyam Saheb
Title: Shyam Saheb
Released: July 31, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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Parama
Title: Parama
Character: Sheila
Released: October 9, 1985
Type: Movie
The journey of a woman from a mere homemaker to a woman seeking her self identity. This search for self identity is sparked off by a young bohemian photographer, with whom she falls in love while he photographs her for a magazine doing her daily chores.
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Bisha Briksha
Title: Bisha Briksha
Released: January 6, 1984
Type: Movie
A landlord develops feelings for Kunda but is unable to marry her since he is married to Suryamukhi. Eventually, Kunda marries Suryamukhi's brother, who turns out to be an alcoholic.
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Mohonar Dike
Title: Mohonar Dike
Released: January 6, 1984
Type: Movie
Overview NA.
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Indira
Title: Indira
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Indira marries Upendranath Maitra at a young age, but as per her father's wish, she stays back with father for a period. She gets attacked by some robbers while returning to her husband's place.
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Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar
Title: Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar
Released: October 22, 1982
Type: Movie
The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)
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Spandan
Title: Spandan
Released: July 21, 1982
Type: Movie
The story of a poverty-stricken family, one of the countless fringe dwellers in India's slums. A man tries to earn some money by selling aborted fetuses to medical institutes.
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Pikoo
Title: Pikoo
Character: Pikoo's Mother
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.
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Shipwreck
Title: Shipwreck
Character: Kamala
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
A man survives a shipwreck and brings his wife home only to find out the woman he found unconscious on the shore was not his betrothed but a complete stranger.
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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Title: Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Character: Bonnie
Released: September 1, 1978
Type: Movie
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects, and the foreign collectors who will stop at nothing to possess them. Peggy Ashcroft and Larry Pine star as two rapacious art collectors who come to the decaying Art Deco palace of a young Maharaja (Victor Banerjee) to examine a legendary collection of Indian miniature paintings. While vying with each other to get the pictures away from the royal couple—nicknamed Georgie and Bonnie as children by their Scottish governess—they must also divine the true motives of the Indian curator of the collection (Saeed Jaffrey), who, in league with the Maharaja’s beautiful sister (Aparna Sen), may be working against them. Amidst the backdrop of lavish tourist entertainments, Christmas parties, fireworks, and even an English ghost, a desperate game of palace intrigue will determine the ultimate resting place of the priceless paintings.
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Kotwal Saab
Title: Kotwal Saab
Released: June 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Immaan Dharam
Title: Immaan Dharam
Character: Shyamlee
Released: January 7, 1977
Type: Movie
Ahmed and Mohan Kumar Saxena are petty thieves, and con-men. They career is spent as false witnesses near the Bombay courts, where they get paid a set sum of rupees for false depositions. This changes when they meet and are influenced by Kabir Das, and decide to go straight. They find that it's virtually impossible to earn a living as honest citizens. Then Kabir Das is arrested and imprisoned by a murder he claims he did not commit, and the duo promise to help him, and find out who the real killer is, but they themselves end up getting in trouble.
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Nidhiram Sardar
Title: Nidhiram Sardar
Character: Jamini
Released: September 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Suddenly a thief named "Nidhiram Sardar" totally changed the life of Kolkata police. He theft from the dishonest businessman and distributed them to the poor. Mr. Gangaram an importer-exporter also faced the same at Hotel Love Bird. The owner of the hotel Sitesh Pyne a whimsical, high profile criminal become very anxious about the incident. On the other side Jamini, a young, smart girl is the only earning member of a middle class family suddenly faces some problem. Some unknown antisocial follows her regularly. In such a situation, she asks for help from Ram Prasad Singha. Ram Prasad who is a reputed singer as well as a bold man with his own values tries to reveal the problem. He puts his every effort and solves the case with the help of his relative Mallik and old friend Sanjay.
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The Middleman
Title: The Middleman
Character: Somnath's ex-girlfriend
Released: February 20, 1976
Type: Movie
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
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Sagina
Title: Sagina
Character: Secretary Vishaka Devi
Released: July 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Sagina a factory laborer,an aggressive, honest and lovable character who was the first to fight against the tyranny of the British bosses in the Tea gardens of North-Eastern India.
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Jadu Bansha
Title: Jadu Bansha
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
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Alor Thikana
Title: Alor Thikana
Released: February 15, 1974
Type: Movie
The 1974 film.
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Asati
Title: Asati
Character: Soma Chowdhary
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A wealthy industrialist, despite his wealth, drinks alone at night. His wife, deprived of love, meets a past love interest, leading to unfortunate events.
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Chhutir Phande
Title: Chhutir Phande
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Film starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Utpal Dutt
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Kaya Hiner Kahini
Title: Kaya Hiner Kahini
Released: January 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Prabir, a rich and selfish man who does not realise the value of love and relationships, ruins the life of Mallika, a beautiful woman who loves him.
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Basanta Bilap
Title: Basanta Bilap
Character: Anuradha
Released: January 2, 1973
Type: Movie
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).
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Mem Saheb
Title: Mem Saheb
Character: Mem Saheb
Released: October 17, 1972
Type: Movie
Kajal, a dark-skinned woman, falls in love with Amit, an unemployed journalist. She urges him to focus on his career and provides unconditional support but destiny has other plans for the couple.
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Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
Title: Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
Released: February 10, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Naikar Bhumikay
Title: Naikar Bhumikay
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
19 years after losing her child, Mrs. Roy still hasn’t stopped looking. In an attempt to usurp her wealth, her manager plants Seema to pose as the long-lost daughter. Udalok catches Seema red-handed and she tells him the truth. They fall in love and try to thwart the evil manager’s plans.
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Jay Jayanti
Title: Jay Jayanti
Character: Jayanti
Released: March 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Jayanti takes up a job of a governess in the Roy family. Sanjoy Roy, the uncle of the five kids, is an arrogant man. Soon, Jayanti wins the kids' hearts and Sanjoy's respect.
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Ekhonee
Title: Ekhonee
Released: February 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Ekhonee depicts the lives and frustrations of a bunch of youth struggling to cope with the adversities of a bureaucratic society. There's a bunch of college students Arun, Tiklu, Shambhu, Biman, Sujit, Urmi whose lives undergo a change after the carefree days of college are over.
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Ekhane Pinjar
Title: Ekhane Pinjar
Character: Neela Chatterjee
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
Amal Basu, who decides to visit his hometown, meets Lila on the train. When he goes to his friend Nabendu's home, he learns that Lila is his sister and a smuggler.
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Bombay Talkie
Title: Bombay Talkie
Character: Mala
Released: November 18, 1970
Type: Movie
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases after the movie's leading man while the screenwriter chases after her.
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Kalankita Nayak
Title: Kalankita Nayak
Released: May 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A renowned social worker of the old Bengali culture has been conspired against by the landlord of the village to create criticism against him before the public to hide his crimes.
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Padmagolap
Title: Padmagolap
Released: March 10, 1970
Type: Movie
A suspense thriller.
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Days and Nights in the Forest
Title: Days and Nights in the Forest
Character: Hari's former lover
Released: January 16, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Baksa Badal
Title: Baksa Badal
Character: Minu
Released: January 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A hilarious romantic-comedy where two people have their luggage exchanged during a train journey. One of them (Soumitra Chatterjee) 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.
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Aparichita
Title: Aparichita
Released: December 19, 1969
Type: Movie
‘Aparichito’ is a multi-starrer featuring Uttam Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Sandhya Roy, Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee. The film was inspired by ‘The Idiot’ by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Aparachita
Title: Aparachita
Character: Sunita
Released: December 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Bengali adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
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The Guru
Title: The Guru
Character: Ghazala
Released: February 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.
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Up in the Clouds
Title: Up in the Clouds
Character: Monica Bose (Moni)
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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.
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Teen Kanya
Title: Teen Kanya
Character: Mrinmoyee "Pagli" (segment "The Conclusion")
Released: May 5, 1961
Type: Movie
'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".