Paoli Dam
Nascimento : 1980-10-04, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
História
Paoli Dam (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial Jibon Niye Khela (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as Tithir Atithi and Sonar Harin; the former ran for six years on ETV Bangla. Dam spent her childhood in Kolkata, earning a postgraduate degree in chemistry from Rajabazar Science College. Initially, she wanted to become a chemical researcher or a pilot. Her debut Bengali film—Teen Yaari Katha, directed by Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha—began in 2004, but was not released until 2012. Dam's first film release was Agnipariksha, directed by Ravi Kinagi. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in five Bengali films, coming into prominence with the 2009 Kaalbela, directed by Goutam Ghose.
In 2011, she received international recognition for her role in the Bengali film Chatrak. The film was screened at the Cannes film festival and also at film festivals in Toronto and the U.K. In 2012, Dam made her Bollywood debut in Hate Story and also appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Ankur Arora Murder Case, directed by Sohail Tatari. She won the Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in Natoker Moto at the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in 2016.
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Kaushik Ganguly will bring the story of dismissal in his new film ‘Palan’ in the context of 2022. The characters of Kharij will remain the same, the names will not change. The story will change a bit to keep pace with the context of this era.
Sulochana Sikdar
Set in the tumultuous Naxalite uprising in Bengal in 1971, Byomkesh Bakshi gets involved in a story of vengeance when he decides to attend a play at the theatre and becomes witness to a crime unfolding on the center stage. As Byomkesh digs deep into the case, it opens him to a tripartite story of love, betrayal, and infidelity. And how the mystery is laid bare for Byomkesh to solve.
Perturbed with her married responsibilities, a writer and a school teacher’s identity issues trigger when she is denied access to the terrace - her open space.
Suchitra Sen
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.
It's a story of one night where estranged lovers Kartik and Vasuki end up meeting each other after 12 years under strange circumstances. Kartik is on a run for being a murder suspect. However, there is more than what meets the eye.
Binodini
Uma mulher abandonada precisa lidar com um passado doloroso enquanto sua aldeia é assolada por assassinatos misteriosos.
Two people whose love is a force that can never be changed, no matter how much its surroundings may change. A unique take on the timelessness of romance.
Kasturi
The story of the film focuses on a love triangle, revolves around a middle-class man who travels to a place called holud bani along with a single woman in search of a job. There, his meeting with a hot girl would change his life completely.
Phuli
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.
Mariom
A police officer tracks down a cyber criminal that hacks the passwords of innocent people in order to destroy their lives.
Nandita
A deadbeat weather reporter at an English newspaper in Kolkata evolves into a detective when he pursues a deeply buried story about an adult movie star.
Pritha Mallick
Arjun Mallik is a popular RJ who is not only famous but well-loved. His listeners connect with him personally and his voice is music to their ears. However, his perfect life comes to an absolute halt when he is diagnosed with throat cancer. A story of hope, a story of friendship, a story of struggle - Konttho, is about the indomitable human spirit.
Tritio Adhyay is a romantic thriller that redefines the boundaries of love through its characters : their sacrifices, their passion and their retribution. When Koushik on his own mission stumbles upon his ex-girlfriend Shreya in a small town in Jharkhand, their lives change forever. The demons from the past rears its ugly head, and thereon begins a nightmare of a dark thrilling ride to its ultimate destination...the victory of Love.
Shobha
Halkaa is a story of a eight year old boy who lives in the slums of delhi and wants proper access to a toilet. This story is of a boy who is a real life Superhero who fights against the system to get what he wants and deserves.
Meghla Chowdhury
Meghla, who after years discovers that her grandmother had been killed in her ancestral home in East Pakistan by a trusted retainer of the family. And many years after the tragedy, she visits Dhaka to trace her roots and faces the murderer's family who now occupies her house. Maati traces Meghla's trials with truth and humanity while tackling issues of migration, human displacement, and relationships.
Ramona Chatterjee
A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.
Mirchi Malini
Presented by Sujoy Ghosh and stars Akshay Oberoi & Paoli Dam, It is a thriller about a food taster, who can know everything about you by tasting the food you have made...even your darkest secrets.
Chawlochitro Circus is based on the life of a Bengali filmmaker who tries to make a film but faces many obstructions. It showcases the struggles of a film director in a funny way.
Sreela
A world-renowned chef returns to his roots through a bowl of fish curry, the quintessential Bengali delicacy.
Aroni Takhon is a love story set against the time period between the two horrific events, the demolition of the Babri Masjid on 6th December, 1992 and the Godhra train burn on 28th February, 2002. The film showcases the effects of such macro events and how everyone knowingly or unknowingly are affected by it.
Local Bhojpuri politicians fight each other and unleash terror on villages in order to grab land from poor farmers after Pramod, a righteous young leader, dies.
Mitun
Indrajit (played by the consistently stellar Ritwick Chakraborty) is an intelligent if indecisive man of 35 on holiday from Kolkata to visit his old college friend Moloy. He arrives to find Moloy constantly battling with his neglected wife Tuki, a formidable woman seeking elsewhere for the tenderness she fails to receive at home. In town, Indrajit comes across a familiar man whose insistence that they’ve never met before clearly masks an intriguing secret. Then, Indrajit runs into an old lover and her jealous husband, setting the stage for some fierce confrontation.
A bohemian encounters a woman with whom a love affair ensues.
Ahana Sen
With the assistance of a psychiatrist, an acclaimed filmmaker struggles to come to terms with a mysterious romantic trauma.
Saswata, Paoli and Badshah in Atanu Bose film.
It's an adaptation and deconstruction of an age old classic, 'DEVDAS', by the great Bengali writer Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. In this film the gender of the main characters has been reversed and all of them are placed in twenty-first century.
The latest film from Buddhadeb Dasgupta, one of India’s most-celebrated directors, is a lyrical and at times comedic three-part portrait of rural Indian life.
Karishma Ahmed
A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
A married couple who start on the wrong side and detest each other eventually grow close and learn to appreciate and love each other.
Damayanti Chakraborty / Antara
A young couple meet a mysterious man who, in the course of conversation, covers Japanese cuisine, Bengali literature, and his own checkered past.
This is about psychology of artistes and the varied motivations that drive them. With music being the central theme, the film revolves around the live of the folk musician Birbhum, Jhakshu.
After spending time with a prostitute, a man later meets her on a train where their fond memories are rekindled and their romance blossoms
The film revolves around the journey of beautiful Chandana and tough Sayantan who are crime reporters. They operate together and find exclusive and breaking news for their channel.
Kheya
Kheya, a theatre artist, faces challenges in her personal and professional life spanning from 1950 to 1970s in a world dominated by misogynistic men.
Atrika Ghosh
This is a movie that exposes the not-so picture-perfect Family Album...a hilarious and sad and eccentric concoction of the truth.
Communication gaps surface when a man returns home after a 14 year prison term and is finally forced to take his tormentor head on
Meenu
Hercules is the story of a common man: His actual name is Harakailash, his timid nature and compromising attitude has prompted the local people to call him Hercules in jest.
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Spirits get miffed when their haunted home is slated to be torn down to make way for a shopping mall.
Monica
The story of the film revolves around a cursed nightie which changes hands in a logical manner, not magically. The original owner of the nightie had experienced unfulfilled love, which ultimately led to a curse on it. A wannabe actress comes to Kolkata from a village in pursue of her career. She can cross all limits in order to become successful. She uses that nightie for seducing producers and she doesn't regret in what she is doing. The events that take place later form the climax of the story.
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.
Sobha
Five teenagers struggle to live in the commercialized world in the backdrop of Goan tourism. Their dreams and aspirations will change forever after one of them will be subjected to sexual abuse.
Hoi Choi is a film dealing with the nitty gritty's of theatre and do not shy away from showing the adversities of the same too
Kajori Sen Public Procecuter
Romesh (Arjun Mathur) was a young medical intern who dared to dream. He was in awe of Dr. Asthana (Kay Kay Menon), the Chief of Surgery of the Shekhawat General Hospital. All he wanted to was be like him. He lived in with Riya, his co-intern and the love of his life. However, when an eight year old boy, Ankur dies due to Dr. Asthana's medical negligence, Romesh realises that a good surgeon is not necessarily a good person. Together with Ankur's mother Nandita, Dr Romesh sets out on a turbulent journey to fight for what is right. A fight for justice against his mentor, the hospital and the love of his life
In a forest, near a border, a young Bengali and a European soldier attempt to get the better of one another. In Calcutta, Rahul, an architect who had gone off to build a career in Dubai, begins a huge construction site. He is reunited with his girlfriend, Paoli, who has long awaited his homecoming, living alone far from her family. Both set out to find Rahul's brother, who is said to have gone mad and who lives in the forest and sleeps in the trees.
Deepa struggles to communicate with others as her innermost words are usurped by a mysterious strange wind and a stifling silence envelops her simultaneously. How will she get out of this ...
Ela
Indranath is a leader of a group which is fighting for Indian independence. Ela is the teacher of the group. Ela is caught in a dilemma between her love for Atindra and her commitment towards her country.
The story narrates three adult boy's life from three different background.
Kaavya Krishna
Journalist Kavya Krishna loves tycoon Siddharth - who uses and abuses her. How far will Kavya go to get revenge?
Priyanka
We market our picture perfect, Facebook-savvy lives, as we navigate our fabulous body-doubles past other people’s walls, collecting friends, being successful, living the life. Online, we are happy. Online rocks. It’s Offline that sucks - as we shut our laptop, shut our Bedroom door, rest our head on our pillow and sink into the familiar discomfort of being our unattractive, unaccomplished, pitiful selves. This is the allegorical “Bedroom” – our most private space where we retire to, night after night. Where we let our guards down and dare to be at our ugliest worst.
This is a black comedy about a complex relationship between a bus, its conductor and the widow of a villager who was run over by the bus in an accident. Set in an Indian village, the story ...
Preiti
Upal is desperate for money and is used by Subimal, a wealthy businessman to get close to Preeti, a young girl who loves someone else. Upal plays a trick to break the relationship of Preeti and succeeds and also helps to bring her close to Subimal.Subimal asks him to build a divorce case by falling in love with Shreya so that the case can be stronger. Somehow however Preeti comes to know the truth and everything is spoilt.Preeti asks Upal to marry her and also promises him x amount of money and says she will take him to the U.S.Soon after marrying, she dumps him and goes away and nothing is the same again.
A young girl named Ruu went on a vacation with her family. She was unhappy. A young Sikkimese Car Driver cum guide helps her to come out of her trauma as he takes her to visit Kanchanjungha, the snow clad mountain range. She reveals that her days are numbered as she is HIV positive and an AIDS victim. She decides to stay back in the lap of the Himalayas for ever.
Mohini
Takhan Teish is a 2010 Bengali film directed Atanu Ghosh which was premiered at the 6th Osaka International Film Festival, Japan. It is Ghosh's second feature film.
Komli
The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.
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.
A suspect is looked for by an eligible police officer after a women allegedly committed suicide...
Madhuja
Madhuja faces a corrupt system as she tries to free her father who has been wrongfully arrested.
Nawren, Nawgen and Nobin, three friends enjoying their retirement, decide to end the monotony in their lives and earn some extra money by setting up a tea stall.
A woman can inherit her father's fortune only if she gets married sooner. She ties the knot with an poor man who is in dire need of money.
Kajari Roy
The sudden death of Indraneel, a poet, averts a possible divorce and takes Radhika on a fantastic inward journey of discovering her own roots through the language of poetry and lost love. A publisher asks Radhika to complete Indraneel's works. This compels her to study his work, and thus begins her journey into the past.
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.
Buri
Joy's parents are busy searching for a suitable match for him, but are cheated by matchmakers. Meanwhile, Joy falls in love with an air-hostess who doesn't show interest in him. Will Joy convince her?
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.
A rich young man must prove his love for a simple village belle; she is humiliated by his family, so he opts to rusticate with hers.
The sudden boom in industrialisation threatens to take away the fertile lands from a village wherein honest, hard-working people work to make a living.
Raja Babu is in love with a beautiful young woman and wishes to marry her. However, his life changes after she suddenly passes away in an accident.
A quaint little town with a promise of rare stories.
The film delves into the life of a young couple. On their anniversary celebration, a text SMS changes the life of the male protagonist.
Iconic rendition of Sri Chaitanya on film
An Hindi Anthalogy Created by Three Bengali Directors
