Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee

Nascimento : 1935-01-19, Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

Morte : 2020-11-15

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Soumitra Chatterjee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

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Soumitra Chatterjee

Filmes

Ami Soumitra
Himself
Documentary of famous Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee that sheds light on his various shades.
Reality Show
Mahendrababu, an anthropologist, is shocked to see his granddaughter Titli being forced into a world of Television Reality shows by her parents. When disaster strikes, Mahendra Babu with his values and grit guides the tormented family. Soumitra Chatterjee's final feature film.
A Holy Conspiracy
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
Koli O Arjun
A Subhankar Bhowmik film.
Tritiyo Purush
Soumitra Chatterjee plays a widower who has dementia.
Belashuru
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.
Her Story
Father of Rohini
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.
Grohon - The Eclipse
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.
Shlilatahanir Pore
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.
72 HOURS
Stranger
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.
Hobu Chandra Raja Gobu Chandra Mantri
Narrator
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.
Deep6
An extraordinary story of an ordinary woman Mitul, who strives to change things which appear fossilized.
Abalamban
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.
Abhijaan
Self
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.
Somoy
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.
Titli
Bengali Movie Starring Soumitra chatterjee
Samapti
Om's Grand Father
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.
Tokhon Kuasa Chilo
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.
Borunbabur Bondhu
Borun Chakraborty
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.
Neem Phul
Benimadhab Roy Choudhury
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.
Sraboner Dhara
'Sraboner Dhara' focuses on the issues of the youth and the emotional attachment felt by the medical caregivers of the older generation.
Tumi O Tumi
Actor
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.
Sanjhbati
Chhana
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.
Bohomaan
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?
Kaka Bhaipo
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.
Adda
Dhritimaan Panja
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.
Andarkahini: Self-exile
School Teacher
Andarkahini is a saga of womanhood in the correlative context of human relationships and complex society.
Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo
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.
Sheser Golpo
Amit Ray
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. 
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective
Self
A documentary exploring the 50-year legacy of Bengali fictional detective Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.
The Bose Family
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.
Kolkatay Kohinoor
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?
Manojder Adbhut Bari
Gobinda Narayan
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.
Astitwa
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.
Flat no 609
A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.
Bhagshesh: The Remainder
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.
Shonar Pahar
Rajat Subhra Majumdar
An older woman's unique friendship with a young boy inspires her to examine the strained relationship she shares with her married son.
Michael
Michael and Mayurbahan both want to make a mark on the silver screen, in their own ways. Will they realise their dreams?
Boxer
Church Father
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.
Bird of Dusk
Himself
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.
Mayurakshi
Sushovan
When a middle-aged divorcee returns to Kolkata to visit his ailing father, long-buried memories resurface, bringing new discoveries with them.
Chol Kuntal
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.
Samantaral
Akhilesh Chatterjee
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.
Sunyo Theke Suru
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.
Posto
Dinen Lahiri
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.
61 No Gorpar Lane
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.
Parobas
A young woman living in a notorious Gulf country with her husband goes through various struggles but turns to her family for emotional strength.
Praktan
Train passenger
A married woman on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train meets her ex-husband.
Peace Haven
Sukumar
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.
Ahalya
Goutam Sadhu
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.
Selfie
Soumitra Chatterjee
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.
Room No. 103
The story of a mysterious hotel room and how the lives of those who stay there change - for better or for worse.
Belaseshe
Biswanath Majumdar
A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.
Kanchenjungha Express
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.
Jijibisha
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.
Punascha
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.
Apur Panchali
(Archive Footage)
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.
Chaya Manush
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.
Durbin
Byomkesh Bakshi
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.
Not a Fairy Tale
sisir roy
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.
Shunyo Awnko
Kabir Choudhury
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.
Alik Sukh - A tale of fleeting happiness
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
Adbhoot
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).
Kagojer Nouka
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.
Bicycle Kick
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?
Tiktiki
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.
Paanch Adhyay
Whenever love leaves, it leaves traces. Those traces cling on to old times and familiar spaces.
Astra
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.
Hemlock Society
Col Samaresh Bagchi
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.
Shirshendur Diary
Zahir Ahamed
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.
Nobel Chor
Mastermoshai
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...
Chupi Chupi
Chupi Chupi is a 2001 Indian Bengali romance film released on 2001.
Aparajita Tumi
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.
Arohan
Suryashekhar
A believer of horoscope predictions, Suryashekhar, accompanied by his wife and his NRI grandson, decides to await his death in Varanasi.
Banshiwala
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.
Ami Aadu
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.
Ek Jhank Ichhe Dana
Saptasur
Angshumaner Chhobi
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.
The Understudy
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.
Kaalbela
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.
Aainaate
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.
Tomar Jonyo
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.
Rangamati
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.
Chander Bari
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.
Ballygunge Court
Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
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
Minister Fatakesto
Chief Minister
With 4000 Cores loss in Finance Department,Minister Fatakesto vows to take Finance Ministry and recover the loss in seven days time.
Krishnakanter Will
Krishna Kanta (Uncle Of Govindlal)
Haralal arranged a fake will and make Rohini, an orphan widow, agreed to change the original will by the fake one.
The Bong Connection
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.
Podokkhep
Shashanka Palit
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.
Faltu
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 .
M.L.A. Fatakesto
Chief Minister
A small time goon becomes a member of the legislative assembly; the story depicts a week in his life.
15 Park Avenue
Uma exploração do impacto da esquizofrenia em uma jovem e sua família na atual Calcutá. A narrativa gira em torno do relacionamento de duas irmãs, a irmã mais velha Anjali é uma professora de sucesso com uma personalidade poderosa. Ela é a pedra de ancoragem para sua família e cuidadora de sua irmã Meethi, cuja progressão para a esquizofrenia foi acelerada por experiências traumáticas. Anjali sempre dominou a vida de sua atraente irmã mais nova e, com inveja, afastou Jogo, o noivo bonito de Meethi, com medo da doença iminente de Meethi. Anos mais tarde, quando Meethi e Anjali estão de férias nas colinas, há um encontro casual com Jojo, agora com sua nova esposa e filhos. Ele fica chocado ao descobrir que Meethi agora não o reconhece, mas vive em um mundo visitado por um marido imaginário e seus próprios filhos.
Shadows of Time
Ravi (Old)
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.
IDOL MAKERS OF KOLKATA
narrator
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.
Mantra
Gurudev
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 .
Nishijapon
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.
Critical Encounter
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.
Bhalo Theko
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.
Patalghar
Aghor Sen
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.
In the Forest... Again
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.
Juwa
Directed by Panchanan Karmakar and produced by Panchanan Karmakar.
Daitya
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.
Gandharbi
Saanjhbatir Roopkathara
'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.
Guru Sishya
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.
Cancer
Based on Gabhīr Asukh (1998) by Suchitra Bhattacharya.
Churiwala
A Bangladeshi movie starring Ferdous Ahmed, depicting the love story that captures the struggle against society and family.
Dekha
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.
Hemanter Pakhi
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.
Sud Asal
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?
Etai Swarga
Written and Directed by Salil Dutta in 2001.
Apan Holo Par
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?
Bastir Meye Radha
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.
Kalankini Badhu
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.
House of Memories
Moni Biswas
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.
Kulangar
2000 film directed by Sujit Guha.
Aamader Janani
Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo
Ambar Sen
Ambar Sen a well educated, intelligent man with a good depth of knowledge on different subjects came to Feluda for a case. Anyone or any group threatened Amber babu a few days ago. The very next day Ambar Sen vanished. Ambuj Sen the only brother of Ambar babu called Feluda for the case. Feluda, Tposey, and Jotayu came to Palm Avenue's Sen House to solve the case.
Malaise
Rohini's father
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.
Satru Mitra
A happy family goes through various trials and tribulations and falls apart when greed takes precedence over sibling relationships.
Tomai Pabo Bole
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.
Baba Keno Chakar
An old man is forced to do work by his unfaithful son.
Ajab Gayer Ajab Katha
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.
Atmiyo Swajan
Chowdhury Paribar
Police officer
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.
The Tree
self
Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
Gharer Laxmi
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.
Bhagya Debata
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.
Lathi
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.
Sanghat
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.
Mahaan
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.
Kakababu Here Gelen?
Asit Dhar
A detective Kakababu investigates a case where a very old bible of great value gets stolen by a criminal.
Vrindavan Film Studios
Vishnu
Mejo Bou
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.
Wheel Chair
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.

The Broken Journey
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.
Ghar Sansar
The story of an honest cop Haribhai Haldar and his family consisting of two brothers Joy and Debu. Hari bhai, a modern demi god, has spent his life to bring up his younger brother and his sister Renu.
Prajapati
'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.
Mani Kanchan
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.
Mahaprithibi
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.
Antardhan
A story of a fisherman family, which was maintained by the resources from the river.
Sindoor
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.
Path O Prasad
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.
Haraner Naat Jamai
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.
Jwar Bhata
Bijoy's father
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.
The Branches of the Tree
Prasahnto
When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son (Soumitra Chatterjee) who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
Apon Amar Apon
Despite the many obstacles he faces, an aspiring singer leaves no stone unturned to establish a foothold in the music industry.
An Enemy of the People
Dr. Ashok Gupta
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.
As Noites de Bengali
Narendra Sen
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.
Debi Baran
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.
Aagaman
Bijoychandra (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
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.
Sarbojaya
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.
Sukumar Ray
Himself - Narrator
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.
Vasundhara
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.
Shyam Saheb
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.
Terror
Master Moshai
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.
A Casa e o Mundo
Sandip Mukherjee (as Soumitra Chattopadhyay)
Um fazendeiro rico convence sua esposa a romper com a tradição hindu e deixar os aposentos das mulheres para conhecer um de seus melhores amigos. A tensão aumenta quando ela se apaixona por ele e seus ideais políticos opostos ao do marido.
Kony
Kony
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.
Agradani
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.
Indira
Preyashi
‘Preyashi’ is Sukanta’s story. Sukanta gives shelter to his father’s friend Bhudhar and his daughter Nandini. Sukanta and Nandini fall in love. Sukanta gets a job and goes out of station. But when he gets no news of Nandini and her father, he comes back and hears of Budhar’s death. Sukanata keeps searching Nandini but in vain. He gets transferred to Delhi where he catches Mr. Ganguly for corruption in railways. Nandini turns out to be Ganguly’s wife and begs Sukanta to set him free. Sukanta lies in court to save Ganguly. But he is shattered and becomes alcoholic. He meets Ranu, Nandini’s twin sister in Kashi who was forced into prostitution. Ranu falls in love with him. Ranu goes to Delhi to find her twin sister. But, Nandini cares for no one but her family. Sukanta overhears their conversation and decides to start his life again with Ranu.
The Kingdom of Diamonds
Pondit Moshai
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.
Darpa Churna
The Elephant God
Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
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.
Nadi Theke Sagare
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.
Ganadevata
Debu Pandit
Set in 1920's during the British Raj, the film is about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal.
Mantramugdha
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.
The Golden Fortress
Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Jadi Jantem
Koushik Mitra
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.
Chhutir Phande
Film starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Utpal Dutt
Trovão Distante
Gangacharan Chakravarti
O filme traz, progressivamente, as dificuldades enfrentadas pelos moradores de uma vila rural diante da escassez de alimentos e outros problemas gerados pela Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Basanta Bilap
Shyam
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).
Stree
Sitapati
During the liberation of India, an old-fashioned man must examine his priorities.
Jiban Saikate - Life on the Beach
Jiban Saikate is a 1972 Bengali film based on the novel The Citadel by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Swadesh Sarkar and stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Dilip Roy.
The Wedding Garland
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.
Padmagolap
A suspense thriller.
Days and Nights in the Forest
Asim
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.
The Switch (Baksa Badal)
Dr. Pratul Bhattacharjee
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.
Pratham Kadam Phool
Sukanto Basu
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 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.
Teen Bhubaner Paare
Subir / Montu
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?
Aparachita
Sujit
Bengali adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Idiot.
The Fiancee
Shekhar
Ajoy Kar's 1969 film adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's 1914 novel, 'Parineeta'.
Baghini
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.
Mahashweta
Satinath
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.
The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Self
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.
Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
‘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.
O Covarde
Amitabha Roy
Amitabh, um roteirista de filmes comerciais, viaja para o interior em busca de inspiração. Quando seu carro quebra, um plantador de chá decide acolhê-lo em casa. Chegando lá, Amitabh descobre que o homem é casado com Karuna, sua antiga paixão.
Up in the Clouds
Ajoy Sarkar
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.
Kanch Kata Hirey
Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?
Kinu Gowalar Gali
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?
Pratinidhi
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.
A Esposa Solitária
Amal
Baseado em um conto de Rabindranath Tagore, A Esposa Solitária conta a história delicada de um casamento em risco e de uma mulher que dá os primeiros passos para estabelecer sua própria voz.
Saat Pake Bandha
Sukhendu
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.
Barnali
Dr. Ashesh
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?
The Expedition
Narsingh
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.
Banarasi
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.
Agun
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.
Atal Jaler Ahwan
Jayanta Choudhury
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.
Teen Kanya
Amulya (segment "The Conclusion")
'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".
Over Again
A film by Mrinal Sen.
Jhinder Bondi
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.
Hungry Stones
A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.
Devi
Umaprasad
The life of a woman happily married to the son of an upper-class family in 19th century Bengal is turned upside down when her father-in-law has a vision that she is the Goddess Kali returned to earth. He convinces her to fulfill her role as a living deity and transform her house into a temple.
O Mundo de Apu
Apurba Roy
Apu é um estudante recém-formado e desempregado que sonha em ser escritor. Um amigo de escola o convida para um casamento e ele acaba como o noivo da garota que estaria se casando. Mesmo com repulsa pela idéia, ele aceita e a leva, posteriormente, de volta a Calcutá.