Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Born: January 19, 1935
Died: November 15, 2020
in Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. Not only that, in 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, is set to receive the prestigious award.

Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of Apu Trilogy, he went on to work in several notable films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973); Sonar Kella (The Fortress, 1974) as Feluda and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978). He acted more than 210 films in his career till 2016.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema". In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in Rupkatha Noy.

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Movies for Soumitra Chatterjee...

Dui
Title: Dui
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
Dui is the story of an uncompromising school teacher who love teaching slum-dwelling children for free. When his daughter is brutally raped and commits suicide, he tries to fight a politically corrupted AITC leader. One of his students takes the case. Will he win?
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Ami Soumitra
Title: Ami Soumitra
Character: Himself
Released: January 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Documentary of famous Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee that sheds light on his various shades.
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Reality Show
Title: Reality Show
Released: August 5, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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A Holy Conspiracy
Title: A Holy Conspiracy
Released: July 29, 2022
Type: Movie
A Science teacher in a Christian missionary school is suspended and imprisoned as he refuses to teach the Bible’s Genesis before Darwinian Evolution. As two stalwarts, Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee and Anton De Souza, face each other in court for the trial, a Hindu fundamentalist politician uses the issue for his gain
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Koli O Arjun
Title: Koli O Arjun
Released: July 7, 2022
Type: Movie
A Subhankar Bhowmik film.
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Tritiyo Purush
Title: Tritiyo Purush
Released: June 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Soumitra Chatterjee plays a widower who has dementia.
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Belashuru
Title: Belashuru
Character: Biswanath Sarkar
Released: May 19, 2022
Type: Movie
Arati Sarkar suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The family realises that they are gradually losing her. They celebrate the bond that parents share with their children and other members of the family.
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Her Story
Title: Her Story
Character: Father of Rohini
Released: March 31, 2022
Type: Movie
This film was born due to death . The Film proves itself that cancer is not just a disease of the living, it is present in our thoughts, our actions, our society. Based on a true story of recent times, this is a film of love, passion and war.
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Grohon - The Eclipse
Title: Grohon - The Eclipse
Released: January 10, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Shlilatahanir Pore
Title: Shlilatahanir Pore
Released: December 29, 2021
Type: Movie
The film is based on the struggle of a molestation victim and how she comes out of depression with the help of a few friends. According to the director, the film is the story of many such victims in our society. It talks about the struggles they face in their day-to-day lives.
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72 HOURS
Title: 72 HOURS
Character: Stranger
Released: November 25, 2021
Type: Movie
An old man commits suicide by jumping before a running train. In the next 72 hours, six stories unfold one after another. Curiously interlinked, each story is born out of a chance encounter between two strangers leading to a high voltage drama with a strange twist at the end.
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Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri
Title: Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri
Character: Narrator
Released: October 10, 2021
Type: Movie
The TV film is about Hobu Chandra, the king of Bombagarh and his wife Kusumkoli. Everyone in Bombagarh was happy. Then arrives Gurjar Gobu and things take a turn when he becomes the new minister.
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Deep6
Title: Deep6
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
An extraordinary story of an ordinary woman Mitul, who strives to change things which appear fossilized.
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Abalamban
Title: Abalamban
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Abhijaan
Title: Abhijaan
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2021
Type: Movie
A tribute to the life and accomplishments of the legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who was a pioneer in Indian cinema with a career spanning seven decades.
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Swapner thikana
Title: Swapner thikana
Released: February 19, 2021
Type: Movie
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Somoy
Title: Somoy
Released: January 22, 2021
Type: Movie
The film revolves around how difficult it is to pursue an independent art form like theatre. But strong belief and faith can win over all odds, even in the most trying time.
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Titli
Title: Titli
Released: January 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Bengali Movie Starring Soumitra chatterjee
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Samapti
Title: Samapti
Character: Om's Grand Father
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
It's the story of a girl who has Cancer. Name of the girl is Samapti. Here we try to show the viewpoint of the society of cancer affected patient.
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Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
Title: Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
Released: September 23, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Borunbabur Bondhu
Title: Borunbabur Bondhu
Character: Borun Chakraborty
Released: March 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Based on Ramapada Chowdhury's novel 'Chhaad', Borun Chakraborty is an irritable, old man whose wife is dead 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 his school friend and the President of India, Pranabesh, does not pay him a visit that changes it all. All of sudden, Borun finds himself at the center of all attention.
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Neem Phul
Title: Neem Phul
Character: Benimadhab Roy Choudhury
Released: February 7, 2020
Type: Movie
Neem Phul Wants to highlights a scary image of our society. A bad incident can completely distrub our life style and how a lady gets justice is portrayed by by the film.
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Sraboner Dhara
Title: Sraboner Dhara
Character: Amitava Sarkar
Released: February 7, 2020
Type: Movie
'Sraboner Dhara' focuses on the issues of the youth and the emotional attachment felt by the medical caregivers of the older generation.
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Tumi O Tumi
Title: Tumi O Tumi
Character: Actor
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Sanjhbati
Title: Sanjhbati
Character: Chhana
Released: December 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Sanjhbati is the story of Sulekha, the lonely elderly woman facing difficulties with her loneliness. Director Leena Gangopadhyay has led us through various events of Sulekha's life involving her two caretakers up to her alleged murder.
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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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Kaka Bhaipo
Title: Kaka Bhaipo
Released: November 21, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Adda
Title: Adda
Character: Dhritimaan Panja
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Two angels, Black and White, come down to Earth and spy in on the lives of a eclectic bunch of yuppies in order to decide humanity's fate.
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Andarkahini: Self-exile
Title: Andarkahini: Self-exile
Character: School Teacher
Released: September 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Andarkahini is a saga of womanhood in the correlative context of human relationships and complex society.
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Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo
Title: Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Sheser Golpo
Title: Sheser Golpo
Character: Amit Ray
Released: July 18, 2019
Type: Movie
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. 
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Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Title: Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the 50-year legacy of Bengali fictional detective Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.
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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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Dwikhondito
Title: Dwikhondito
Released: March 29, 2019
Type: Movie
A writer who suffers from dissociative identity disorder finds his life spiralling out of control after he starts hallucinating the characters of his new novel. As the hallucinations become more frequent and his mental health worsens, his family turns to a renowned psychiatrist for help. Can he be saved?
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Kolkatay Kohinoor
Title: Kolkatay Kohinoor
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
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?
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Kusumitar Gappo
Title: Kusumitar Gappo
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Based on real-life events, the film follows the ups and downs in the career of a gifted female footballer named Kusumita Das. Her rise to fame and her subsequent fall following an injury will be a test of her endurance, and how she survives the ordeal through sheer willpower, resilience and some help from a sports reporter forms the crux of the story.
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Manojder Adbhut Bari
Title: Manojder Adbhut Bari
Character: Gobinda Narayan
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Astitwa
Title: Astitwa
Released: August 10, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Flat No 609
Title: Flat No 609
Released: July 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.
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Bhagshesh: The Remainder
Title: Bhagshesh: The Remainder
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: Movie
A biographical drama, Bhagshesh tells the tale of Madhumanti and her relationship with her step-daughter. Madhumanti marries her college friend Amit after his divorce only to take care of his 7-year-old daughter, Pooja. The daughter, devastated by her parents' divorce holds Madhumanti responsible for it, only to realize later that Madhumanti loved her unconditionally.
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Shonar Pahar
Title: Shonar Pahar
Character: Rajat Subhra Majumdar
Released: July 6, 2018
Type: Movie
An older woman's unique friendship with a young boy inspires her to examine the strained relationship she shares with her married son.
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Bird of Dusk
Title: Bird of Dusk
Character: Himself
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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Michael
Title: Michael
Released: May 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Michael and Mayurbahan both want to make a mark on the silver screen, in their own ways. Will they realise their dreams?
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Boxer
Title: Boxer
Character: Church Father
Released: May 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Rony is the son of a rich man, who craves success as a boxer. In the pursuit of fame he pushes aside his family and the one girl who truly loved him. Loneliness being his only companion, Rony embraces his dream by going back to boxing. In the ring, he realises that life is pretty much like a boxing ring. Rony sets out to make things right in his life.
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Antorshotta
Title: Antorshotta
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Ujaan Chatterjee, a passionate writer, lives a very lonely life, away from the outside world. As he grows older, he surrounds himself with books and aspires to become a writer. The only person he trusts as a friend is Misti, his schoolmate. Soon, as the friendship grows, Ujaan falls for Misti but she rejects his proposal as she is already engaged with someone else. Years later, Ujaan, now a famous writer meets Misti at a facilitation ceremony and discovers that she is divorced . Will Ujaan win his love this time ? What does destiny have in store for him ?
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Mayurakshi
Title: Mayurakshi
Character: Sushovan
Released: December 20, 2017
Type: Movie
When a middle-aged divorcee returns to Kolkata to visit his ailing father, long-buried memories resurface, bringing new discoveries with them.
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Samantaral
Title: Samantaral
Character: Akhilesh Chatterjee
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
On a family visit, a young man and his girlfriend set out to discover why his eccentric uncle has been mysteriously confined to one room for years.
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Chol Kuntal
Title: Chol Kuntal
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The story revolves around Kuntal Chatterjee, an old man, who lives with his ailing wife. One day, Kuntal helps a fugitive which leads to a chain of events and the elderly couple’s peaceful life is endangered by local goons.
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Sunyo Theke Suru
Title: Sunyo Theke Suru
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: Movie
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.
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Life of Satyajit Ray Through His Films
Title: Life of Satyajit Ray Through His Films
Character: Himself
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Satyajit Ray is considered as the pioneer of Indian Film and Culture. He is also regarded as one of the most distinguished cine personalities of the world. Satyajit has created many epoch-making films include Pather Panchali, Hirak Rajar Deshe, Ashani Sanket, Aparajito, Jalsaghar. etc.
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Posto
Title: Posto
Character: Dinen Lahiri
Released: May 12, 2017
Type: Movie
This film to be a family drama based on the theme of parenting. The film revolves around the upbringing of a young boy by his grandparents and his working parents and also deals with the legal fight over parenting as the plot unfolds. His grandpa wins.
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61 No Gorpar Lane
Title: 61 No Gorpar Lane
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of an old colonial house and how its inhabitants save it from the hands of money hungry promoters in modern day Calcutta.
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Parobas
Title: Parobas
Released: June 11, 2016
Type: Movie
A young woman living in a notorious Gulf country with her husband goes through various struggles but turns to her family for emotional strength.
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Praktan
Title: Praktan
Character: Train passenger
Released: May 27, 2016
Type: Movie
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
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Peace Haven
Title: Peace Haven
Character: Sukumar
Released: October 2, 2015
Type: Movie
Peace Haven is the story of three friends in their 70's who journey to build a mortuary for themselves and in the process discover the meaning of life ironically through death.
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The Last Poem
Title: The Last Poem
Character: Voice narrator
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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Ahalya
Title: Ahalya
Character: Goutam Sadhu
Released: July 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Ahalya, set as a modern-day thriller, is an ode to a legend from Ramayana. The 14-minute-long film replays the deadly game of Gods, spinning a web of intrigue, seduction, desire and mystery between Gods and Apsaras. Ahalya is a deadly game you can’t escape.
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Selfie
Title: Selfie
Character: Soumitra Chatterjee
Released: July 3, 2015
Type: Movie
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.
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Room No. 103
Title: Room No. 103
Released: May 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The story of a mysterious hotel room and how the lives of those who stay there change - for better or for worse.
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Belaseshe
Title: Belaseshe
Character: Biswanath Majumdar
Released: May 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.
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Kanchenjungha Express
Title: Kanchenjungha Express
Released: February 13, 2015
Type: Movie
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.
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Jijibisha
Title: Jijibisha
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Jijibisha tells a simple story of how love can overcome all societal pressures and transcend all stereotypes. Problem arises when the film, in itself, fails to do that — transcend stereotypes, we mean.
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Punascha
Title: Punascha
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Punascha is a serious film about the relationship between an elderly author and his old flame which hits the headlines one fine day when things goes all wrong.
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Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
Title: Shesh Boley Kichu Nei
Released: June 27, 2014
Type: Movie
Animesh is an NRI who comes to Kolkata after 30 years. His father-in-law, Mr. Chatterjee, hates him. He meets up with Andy who is a brilliant musician and a cocaine addict. So begins the story of the fight against drug abuse and a fight for creativity in a very dark social environment. Will Andy ever be able to escape?
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Apur Panchali
Title: Apur Panchali
Character: (Archive Footage)
Released: April 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Arko, a film student, invites Subir Banerjee, who played the legendary role of Apu, to attend an award ceremony in Germany. But the old man hesitates to accept the invitation.
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Chaya Manush
Title: Chaya Manush
Released: February 7, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Durbin
Title: Durbin
Character: Byomkesh Bakshi
Released: January 3, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Not a Fairy Tale
Title: Not a Fairy Tale
Character: Sisir Roy
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Shunyo Awnko
Title: Shunyo Awnko
Character: Kabir Choudhury
Released: July 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.
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Alik Sukh - A tale of fleeting happiness
Title: Alik Sukh - A tale of fleeting happiness
Released: July 19, 2013
Type: Movie
The story is of Doctor Kingshuk Guha a gynaecologist who is out negotiating the purchase of a luxury apartment for himself and his wife Rammani and is unable to attend to an emergency because of a traffic jam. When his women patient Kavita dies after developing complications following a caesarean delivery, her more militant family members hold the doctor responsible and smash up the nursing home. Even Kingshuk's wife believes he is guilty of negligence. Rammani's struggle with her conscience is depicted through her conversations with the dead woman whom she has seen lying abandoned on an operating table. The doctor hires a defence lawyer but is persuaded by pragmatic but amoral medical colleagues to settle out of court. Will Kingshuk ever be able to regain happiness in his life or is happiness just a distant fleeting emotion...? Written by Windows
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Adbhoot
Title: Adbhoot
Released: May 31, 2013
Type: Movie
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).
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Kagojer Nouka
Title: Kagojer Nouka
Released: May 10, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Bicycle Kick
Title: Bicycle Kick
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
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?
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Interrogation of a Husband
Title: Interrogation of a Husband
Released: December 28, 2012
Type: Movie
A woman (Trisha Ray) returns to India to visit her father (Soumitra Chatterjee), whom she still blames for her mother's suicide.
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Tiktiki
Title: Tiktiki
Released: December 13, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Paanch Adhyay
Title: Paanch Adhyay
Released: October 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Whenever love leaves, it leaves traces. Those traces cling on to old times and familiar spaces.
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Astra
Title: Astra
Released: October 19, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Ebong Bisarjan
Title: Ebong Bisarjan
Released: July 6, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of Ebong Bisarjan revolves around the life of Gopal. A boy from a poor family and passionate about acting, he joins a theatre group.
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Hemlock Society
Title: Hemlock Society
Character: Col Samaresh Bagchi
Released: June 21, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Shirshendur Diary
Title: Shirshendur Diary
Character: Zahir Ahamed
Released: May 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The movie, 'Shirshendur Diary', tells the story of a theatre director and filmmaker who goes missing one day. A controversial movie that takes a critical look at political violence in Bengal in the past decade.
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Sugar Baby
Title: Sugar Baby
Released: December 31, 2011
Type: Movie
The lives of three young street singers change when they find a baby on the street and decide to take care of it.
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Nobel Chor
Title: Nobel Chor
Character: Mastermoshai
Released: July 28, 2011
Type: Movie
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...
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Chupi Chupi
Title: Chupi Chupi
Released: April 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Chupi Chupi is a 2001 Indian Bengali romance film released on 2001.
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Aparajita Tumi
Title: Aparajita Tumi
Released: January 19, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Aarohan
Title: Aarohan
Character: Suryashekhar
Released: December 31, 2010
Type: Movie
A believer of horoscope predictions, Suryashekhar, accompanied by his wife and his NRI grandson, decides to await his death in Varanasi.
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Banshiwala
Title: Banshiwala
Released: November 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Mridul a young man comes back to his ancestral home, from abroad after 10 long years. The last 10 years had been very unfortunate for him as he could barely make two ends meet in London, as he never could procure a permanent job. His elder brother Protul who took him there looked after him for 8 years, but the last two years saw Mridul in a disastrous state. His only source of income was playing the flute in the house of the rich and famous. So, Mridul comes back to sell off his ancestral home and with the substantial amount he hopes to go back to London, pay off his debts and start a business.
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Ami Aadu
Title: Ami Aadu
Released: July 7, 2010
Type: Movie
An endearing love story in the time of cultural conflicts presenting the personal tragedy of the emigrant commoner caught in the crossfire of international wars.
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Ek Jhank Ichhe Dana
Title: Ek Jhank Ichhe Dana
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Saptasur
Title: Saptasur
Released: November 27, 2009
Type: Movie
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Angshumaner Chhobi
Title: Angshumaner Chhobi
Released: May 10, 2009
Type: Movie
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.
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The Understudy
Title: The Understudy
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Adapted from "Dui nomberer asami" written by Nilanjan Chaterjee. 'Kaler Rakhal' ( The Understudy), is a musical depicting the lives of colorful 'Bahurupis' ( The itinerant performers ) in rural India, mainly in Bengal region. The story also focuses on contemporary social and political issues.
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Pakhi
Title: Pakhi
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Pakhi is a 2009 Indian Bengali film, directed by Goutam Sen and produced by Surajit Dasgupta. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Debashree Roy.
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Kaalbela
Title: Kaalbela
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
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.
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Aainaate
Title: Aainaate
Released: November 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Molested Malini, a photo journalist, meets Rajat, a young man who hails from a wealthy family, and falls in love with him. Things take an ugly turn when she gets pregnant.
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Tomar Jonyo
Title: Tomar Jonyo
Released: November 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Joseph is an orphan who is brought up by the priest of a church. Joseph also works as a driver. He falls in love with a blind girl Ankhi but hides his original identity from her and her mother.
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Rangamati
Title: Rangamati
Released: September 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Simulpur is a village that believes in superstition so much that the local zamindar uses this ignorance to his advantage until they are all awoken from their ignorance by Parul who is labelled a witch.
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Chander Bari
Title: Chander Bari
Released: July 27, 2007
Type: Movie
The Sanyals are a large extended family composed of the nonagenarian grandfather (Haradhan Banerjee), his son (Ranjit Mallick), daughter-in-law (Laboni Sarkar) and their children of whom two, a daughter (Koel Mallick) and a son (Rishi Kaushik), live together in a 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 the U.S., where he had gone for work. However, all hell breaks loose when he returns with a wife (Rituparna Sengupta) and her child from a former marriage in tow.
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Ballygunge Court
Title: Ballygunge Court
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
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Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
Title: Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
Released: June 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo, is a Bengali film based on Joy Goswami's story Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo, released in 2007. The film directed by Anjan Das stars Indrani Halder, Sudip Mukherjee, Aloknanda Ray. Indrani Haldar has bagged the best actress award at the Madrid International Film Festival (Spain) for her role in this film, plays a woman, who walks out of marriage after being subjected to repeated marital rape and starts living her life on her own terms with her poet-lover
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Minister Fatakesto
Title: Minister Fatakesto
Character: Chief Minister
Released: June 8, 2007
Type: Movie
With 4000 Cores loss in Finance Department,Minister Fatakesto vows to take Finance Ministry and recover the loss in seven days time.
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Krishnakanter Will
Title: Krishnakanter Will
Character: Krishna Kanta (Uncle Of Govindlal)
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Haralal arranged a fake will and make Rohini, an orphan widow, agreed to change the original will by the fake one.
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The Bong Connection
Title: The Bong Connection
Released: November 26, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Footsteps
Title: Footsteps
Character: Shashanka Palit
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Faltu
Title: Faltu
Released: September 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Faltu is born of a crazy mother and his father is unknown. The people of his village have raised him as their own child. In the course of events he finds out that everyone in the village .
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Bhalobasar Anek Naam
Title: Bhalobasar Anek Naam
Released: July 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Bimal comes to Bilaspur as a school lecturer, where he meets different types of people.
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M.L.A. Fatakesto
Title: M.L.A. Fatakesto
Character: Chief Minister
Released: April 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A small time goon becomes a member of the legislative assembly; the story depicts a week in his life.
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15 Park Avenue
Title: 15 Park Avenue
Released: January 6, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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Shadows of Time
Title: Shadows of Time
Character: Ravi (Old)
Released: November 6, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA
Title: IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA
Character: narrator
Released: July 14, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Mantra
Title: Mantra
Character: Gurudev
Released: June 29, 2005
Type: Movie
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 .
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Nishijapon
Title: Nishijapon
Released: May 10, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Critical Encounter
Title: Critical Encounter
Released: January 7, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Bhalo Theko
Title: Bhalo Theko
Released: December 25, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Patalghar
Title: Patalghar
Character: Aghor Sen
Released: October 31, 2003
Type: Movie
Several interested parties go in search of a sleep-generating machine which was made 150 years ago by a scientist. However, a little boy is named the scientist's heir and becomes his legacy.
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Subho Mahurat
Title: Subho Mahurat
Character: Self
Released: July 25, 2003
Type: Movie
An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.
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In the Forest... Again
Title: In the Forest... Again
Released: May 3, 2003
Type: Movie
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.
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Juwa
Title: Juwa
Released: January 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Directed by Panchanan Karmakar and produced by Panchanan Karmakar.
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Daitya
Title: Daitya
Released: April 11, 2002
Type: Movie
After an ex-army officer, Partho, disfigures his face during a war, he retreats in his shell and becomes a recluse. However, when he befriends Shubhro, a young boy, his life changes.
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Saanjhbatir Roopkathara
Title: Saanjhbatir Roopkathara
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
'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.
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Gandharbi
Title: Gandharbi
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
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Guru Sishya
Title: Guru Sishya
Released: December 8, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Cancer
Title: Cancer
Released: June 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on Gabhīr Asukh (1998) by Suchitra Bhattacharya.
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Churiwala
Title: Churiwala
Released: June 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A Bangladeshi movie starring Ferdous Ahmed, depicting the love story that captures the struggle against society and family.
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Dekha
Title: Dekha
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Hemanter Pakhi
Title: Hemanter Pakhi
Released: March 7, 2001
Type: Movie
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.
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Sud Asal
Title: Sud Asal
Released: January 6, 2001
Type: Movie
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?
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Etai Swarga
Title: Etai Swarga
Released: January 4, 2001
Type: Movie
Written and Directed by Salil Dutta in 2001.
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Apan Holo Par
Title: Apan Holo Par
Released: December 23, 2000
Type: Movie
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?
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Bastir Meye Radha
Title: Bastir Meye Radha
Released: June 30, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Kalankini Badhu
Title: Kalankini Badhu
Released: June 8, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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House of Memories
Title: House of Memories
Character: Moni Biswas
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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Kulangar
Title: Kulangar
Released: January 6, 2000
Type: Movie
2000 film directed by Sujit Guha.
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Aamader Janani
Title: Aamader Janani
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Title: Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Released: November 9, 1999
Type: Movie
Ambar Sen, a Bengali comes to Feluda and informs him that he has got threatening mail. Later Mr. Sen is kidnapped. Feluda investigates.
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Malaise
Title: Malaise
Character: Rohini's father
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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Satru Mitra
Title: Satru Mitra
Released: July 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A happy family goes through various trials and tribulations and falls apart when greed takes precedence over sibling relationships.
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Tomai Pabo Bole
Title: Tomai Pabo Bole
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Two neighbouring families are embroiled in a bitter rivalry. However, in an expected turn of events, the son of one family falls in love with the daughter of the other.
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Baba Keno Chakar
Title: Baba Keno Chakar
Released: December 26, 1998
Type: Movie
An old man is forced to do work by his unfaithful son.
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Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
Title: Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
Released: August 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Set in the imaginary village of Ajab Gaon (Strange Village) , the story revolves around several characters. Raja Birchandra, is a king without a kingdom who whiles away his time singing songs by Tagore. Dukkharam is a school teacher who lives in a house haunted by an ancestor; Madhab Ghosal is a devotee of Lord Shiva who wants to analyse everything; Madhab Dutta claims to be a great shikari; Tia, Dutta's innocent niece, has resolved to marry the school teacher. Underlying the strands of all of these stories, is the legend of a treasure hidden in the Raja's palace. Birchandra is least concerned about this but there are certain other characters who are out to steal it.
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Atmiyo Swajan
Title: Atmiyo Swajan
Released: July 25, 1998
Type: Movie
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Chowdhury Paribar
Title: Chowdhury Paribar
Character: Police officer
Released: April 9, 1998
Type: Movie
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.
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The Tree
Title: The Tree
Character: Self
Released: February 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
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Gharer Laxmi
Title: Gharer Laxmi
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Gharer Lakshmi deals with the story of a poor girl married to a rich man's son. And the extent to which a rich man can go to and harm one's own child by keeping him away from his wife and child. Destiny plays a part in reuniting everyone.
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Bhagya Debata
Title: Bhagya Debata
Released: September 9, 1997
Type: Movie
Jagdish leads an ordinary life with his wife, Savitri, but, one day, a man is murdered before his eyes and he fails to save him. He then takes up the identity of Alfred, a vigilante, to fight crime.
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Saptami
Title: Saptami
Released: January 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Soumya, a young man, falls in love with and marries Saptami, a conventionally beautiful woman. He leaves her with a friend to complete his higher studies but returns only to find shocking truths.
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Lathi
Title: Lathi
Released: October 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Atindranath Bannerjee, a retired teacher, faces harassment from his family members and decides to discipline them. Later, he shifts to a slum and starts teaching underprivileged children.
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Sanghat
Title: Sanghat
Released: July 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Rituparna's husband of six months dies due to a heart attack. When she returns to her father's home, she decides to earn money.
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Mahaan
Title: Mahaan
Released: January 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Ajit, a driver, decides to take care of Chandu after an accident changes his perspective of life. He gives up everything in order to devote his time to Chandu's upbringing.
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Kakababu Here Gelen?
Title: Kakababu Here Gelen?
Character: Asit Dhar
Released: August 25, 1995
Type: Movie
A detective Kakababu investigates a case where a very old bible of great value gets stolen by a criminal.
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Vrindavan Film Studios
Title: Vrindavan Film Studios
Character: Vishnu
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: Movie
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Mejo Bou
Title: Mejo Bou
Released: January 7, 1995
Type: Movie
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.
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Wheel Chair
Title: Wheel Chair
Released: July 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Sushmita is paralysed below her neck while escaping a rape attempt. She is admitted to a private nursing home for neurological handicapped patients run by Dr. Mitra, himself a paraplegic. Here she meets a wide variety of patients. Her case is handled by a young physiotherapist Santu, who works hard and soon she can move her fingers. During the process. Santu and Sushmita fall in love but she won't hear of marriage till Santu tells her that they can live a normal married life and have children. Santu very dramatically convinces her that she can even work in an office.

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The Broken Journey
Title: The Broken Journey
Released: March 24, 1994
Type: Movie
Sen Gupta, a doctor who only treats upper-class patients, is forced to confront his own moral and medical beliefs as he discovers rural India during an unexpected stop at a village. He finds a breathless man lying on the side of the road. With little sympathy, the doctor sends him back to his own village for treatment. When Dr. Gupta discovers that the villages wants a witch doctor to treat the man, he attends the exorcism and is shocked. A transformation of the cold city man then follows.
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Ghar Sansar
Title: Ghar Sansar
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: Movie
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.
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Prajapati
Title: Prajapati
Released: July 16, 1993
Type: Movie
'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.
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Rakte Lekha
Title: Rakte Lekha
Released: February 14, 1992
Type: Movie
A man goes through a series of obstacles and challenges while trying to reunite with his siblings and seeking revenge from a criminal who killed his parents.
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Mani Kanchan
Title: Mani Kanchan
Released: January 3, 1992
Type: Movie
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.
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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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Disappearance
Title: Disappearance
Released: February 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A professor's daughter goes missing, which starts a desperate search for her by his family and acquaintances.
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Sindoor
Title: Sindoor
Released: January 12, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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Abhagini
Title: Abhagini
Released: January 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Abhagini is the story of a girl who is motherless and has been tortured by her step mother all her life. She leaves for the city and comes to stay with a family that ill-treats her. But she manages to win the hearts of everyone at the end.
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Path O Prasad
Title: Path O Prasad
Released: January 4, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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Haraner Naat Jamai
Title: Haraner Naat Jamai
Released: December 27, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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Jwar Bhata
Title: Jwar Bhata
Character: Bijoy's father
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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The Branches of the Tree
Title: The Branches of the Tree
Character: Prashanto Majumdar
Released: November 23, 1990
Type: Movie
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 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.
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Apon Amar Apon
Title: Apon Amar Apon
Released: April 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Despite the many obstacles he faces, an aspiring singer leaves no stone unturned to establish a foothold in the music industry.
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An Enemy of the People
Title: An Enemy of the People
Character: Dr. Ashok Gupta
Released: January 19, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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The Bengali Night
Title: The Bengali Night
Character: Narendra Sen
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.
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Aagaman
Title: Aagaman
Character: Bijoychandra (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Binu, a mischievous boy, is forced to leave his village and gets separated from Chandra, his lady love and the local zamindar's daughter. He finds shelter in a theatre group but faces many ups and downs in life before he finally returns home and all problems are thereby solved.
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Debi Baran
Title: Debi Baran
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Sarbojaya
Title: Sarbojaya
Released: December 26, 1987
Type: Movie
Sarbojaya's relationship with her husband strains due to his gambling and drinking habits. Things turn worse when she finds out about his mounting loans.
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Sukumar Ray
Title: Sukumar Ray
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: June 19, 1987
Type: Movie
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.
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Vasundhara
Title: Vasundhara
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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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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Terror
Title: Terror
Character: Sudhanshu Mukherjee
Released: January 30, 1986
Type: Movie
A teacher witnesses a murder committed by his ex-student, who restricts him from giving his statement to the police. An atmosphere of terror ensues and the teacher must decide if to muster courage and approach the police at a personal loss.
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The Home and the World
Title: The Home and the World
Character: Sandip Mukherjee
Released: January 4, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Kony
Title: Kony
Released: February 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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Kony
Title: Kony
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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.
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Agradani
Title: Agradani
Released: December 31, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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Amar Geeti
Title: Amar Geeti
Released: December 30, 1983
Type: Movie
A young man faces several hurdles but plays a huge role in the pioneering of Tappa music in Bengal.
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Chena Achena
Title: Chena Achena
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
In a village in India, Atashi, a young woman arrives as a new tribal welfare officer. Soon, a man from her past resurfaces who now goes by a different identity.
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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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Preyashi
Title: Preyashi
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
‘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.
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Khelar Putul
Title: Khelar Putul
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Togri and her fiancé face various trials and tribulations in order to finally get married and live a peaceful and happy life.
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The Kingdom of Diamonds
Title: The Kingdom of Diamonds
Character: Udayan Pandit
Released: December 18, 1980
Type: Movie
When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.
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Darpa Churna
Title: Darpa Churna
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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Shipwreck
Title: Shipwreck
Character: Ramesh
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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Debdas
Title: Debdas
Character: Debdas
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
The scion of a wealthy landowner family turns to alcohol and self-pity and slowly self-destructs after class differences force him to break off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart.
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The Elephant God
Title: The Elephant God
Character: Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
Released: January 4, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Nadi Theke Sagare
Title: Nadi Theke Sagare
Released: August 3, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Ganadevata
Title: Ganadevata
Character: Debu Pandit
Released: June 29, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Mantramugdha
Title: Mantramugdha
Released: October 13, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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Datta
Title: Datta
Character: Naren
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Bijoya, the daughter of a zamindar, falls in love with a learned doctor, Naren.
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Sangsar Simantey
Title: Sangsar Simantey
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Endearingly realist love story between a prostitute and a thief. Rajani (Roy), a streetwalker, shelters the thief Aghor (So. Chatterjee) but he steals her money.
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The Golden Fortress
Title: The Golden Fortress
Character: Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
Released: December 27, 1974
Type: Movie
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
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Jadi Jantem
Title: Jadi Jantem
Character: Koushik Mitra
Released: February 28, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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Asati
Title: Asati
Character: Khokon Chowdhary (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
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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Distant Thunder
Title: Distant Thunder
Character: Gangacharan Chakravarti
Released: August 16, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Basanta Bilap
Title: Basanta Bilap
Character: Shyam
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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Natun Diner Alo
Title: Natun Diner Alo
Released: December 22, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Stree
Title: Stree
Character: Sitapati
Released: July 11, 1972
Type: Movie
During the liberation of India, an old-fashioned man must examine his priorities.
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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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The Wedding Garland
Title: The Wedding Garland
Released: April 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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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: Asim
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: Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
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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Teen Bhubaner Paare
Title: Teen Bhubaner Paare
Character: Subir / Montu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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?
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Pratham Kadam Phool
Title: Pratham Kadam Phool
Character: Sukanto Basu
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Kakoli and Sukanto meet in a library reading room. They gradually grow closer to each other and start meeting frequently. One day, she visits Sukanto at his home and her appearance moves every single person in his family. Sukanto's mother wants them to marry but Kakoli's parents refuse the proposal. So Kakoli leaves the home of her father and begins working as a receptionist. However, misundertandings soon develop between her and Sukanto.
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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: Sujit
Released: December 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Bengali adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
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The Fiancee
Title: The Fiancee
Character: Shekhar
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Ajoy Kar's 1969 film adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's 1914 novel, 'Parineeta'.
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Baghini
Title: Baghini
Released: August 30, 1968
Type: Movie
Dugga joins Chiranjib in his liquor business and they end up falling in love with each other. Since he does not want her to be a part of his disturbed life, he decides to mend his ways. In order to protect her modesty, Dugga kills rapist Bhola.
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Mahashweta
Title: Mahashweta
Character: Satinath
Released: November 24, 1967
Type: Movie
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.
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An Untold Oath
Title: An Untold Oath
Character: Monimohan Mukherjee / Soumen Ray
Released: May 7, 1967
Type: Movie
Ajana Sapath is a family drama. It's a story based on friendship and love. In this movie, there are three friends Satya, Shankar, and Manimohan. Satya is in love with a girl named Srimoti. After a few years Srimoti gets pregnant. Satya shoots himself after an argument with her. Manimohan reaches the spot and takes Srimoti away to a distant place and settles down with her. Shankar thinks that Manimohan killed Satya. But the police arrested Shankar for the crime. Srimoti gives birth to a girl and names her Niyoti. After Shankar is released from jail, he gets to know about Manimohan's whereabouts. He goes there to take revenge. But after he finds out the truth, he forgives them. (Source: Angel Digital)
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The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Title: The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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.
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Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
Title: Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
Released: December 9, 1966
Type: Movie
‘Jora Dighir Choudhury Paribar’ is the story of landlords, their ego, love and revenge. Despite ancestral differences Chouhdury family’s landlord and Indrani, the landlady of Raktadaha decide to get married. But circumstances for him to marry Banamala to save her from Parantap Roy. Roy marries Indrani to take revenge against Jora Dighi. Misunderstanding turns lovers into enemies leading to their fatal end.
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The Coward
Title: The Coward
Character: Amitabha Roy
Released: May 7, 1965
Type: Movie
Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, 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.
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Up in the Clouds
Title: Up in the Clouds
Character: Ajoy Sarkar
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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Kanch Kata Hirey
Title: Kanch Kata Hirey
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?
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Kinu Gowalar Gali
Title: Kinu Gowalar Gali
Released: July 16, 1964
Type: Movie
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?
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Pratinidhi
Title: Pratinidhi
Released: July 3, 1964
Type: Movie
A young engineer Niren marries a young widow Rama who already has a five-year-old child Tutul from her previous marriage. Their marital life grows increasingly difficult as Tutul refuses to recognise his stepfather. Niren's attempts to win him over too fail even as Rama tries to please both. The marriage finally collapses and she commits suicide.
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Charulata
Title: Charulata
Character: Amal
Released: April 17, 1964
Type: Movie
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art. But over time a sexual attraction develops, with heartbreaking results. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation and Merchant and Ivory Foundation in 1996.
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Saat Pake Bandha
Title: Saat Pake Bandha
Character: Sukhendu
Released: March 31, 1963
Type: Movie
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.
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Barnali
Title: Barnali
Character: Dr. Ashesh
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A man mistakenly invites a family, whose girl was (and is still) betrothed to the groom. It was he who set up the cousin's alliance, would the girl forgive him, whom he had fallen in love? How to prevent her from attending the marriage?
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The Expedition
Title: The Expedition
Character: Narsingh
Released: September 27, 1962
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
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Banarasi
Title: Banarasi
Released: July 27, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Agun
Title: Agun
Released: July 19, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Atal Jaler Ahwan
Title: Atal Jaler Ahwan
Character: Jayanta Choudhury
Released: July 19, 1962
Type: Movie
Sreemonto, who raises his son Jayanta single-handedly, finds solace in his friend Anuradha but soon, she leaves him. Years later, Jayanta falls in love with Anuradha's daughter.
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Teen Kanya
Title: Teen Kanya
Character: Amulya (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".
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Punascha
Title: Punascha
Released: April 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Difficulties erupt between a married couple when their relationship gets hit by societal pressures, norms, and dee-rooted patriarchy.
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Jhinder Bondi
Title: Jhinder Bondi
Released: March 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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.
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Hungry Stones
Title: Hungry Stones
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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.
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Devi
Title: Devi
Character: Umaprasad
Released: February 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation and Merchant Ivory Foundation in 1996.
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Apur Sansar
Title: Apur Sansar
Character: Apurba "Apu" Kumar Ray
Released: May 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
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Aalor Disha
Title: Aalor Disha
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A Shyamal Bose film.
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The Apu Trilogy
Title: The Apu Trilogy
Character: Apurba Ray
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The Apu collection is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The Unvanquished) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu). The films — completed 1955-1959 — were based on two Bengali novels written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay: Pather Panchali (1929) and Aparajito (1932). They are frequently listed among the greatest films of all time and are often cited as the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar.