Samit Bhanja

পরিণীতা

Ajoy Kar

Soumitra Chatterjee, Moushumi Chatterjee

Ajoy Kar's 1969 film adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's 1914 novel, 'Parineeta'.

Fuleswari

Tarun Majumdar

Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja

Fuleshwari, a beautiful young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, a simpleton who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that he is involved in a crime.

One's Own People

Tapan Sinha

Chhaya Devi, Swarup Dutta

Set against the backdrop of the political violence that rocked India, and West Bengal in particular, in the late 1960s, it tells the story of an aged widow in a village who goes to Calcutta to stay with relatives, but faces only exploitation. She moves to a slum, and finds her "own people" in a group of educated, unemployed youth, who are caught up inexorably in the prevalent violence.

Ganadevata

Tarun Majumdar

Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee

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.

অরণ্যের দিনরাত্রি

Satyajit Ray

Soumitra Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja

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.

হাটে বাজারে

Tapan Sinha

Ajitesh Bannerjee, Bhanu Bannerjee

The story of Dr. Mukherjee, a highly respected civil surgeon in a small tribal district headquarters. He is the beloved of the local people, and often comes in conflict with Laxman Lal, the tyrannical son of a local aristocrat. Laxman Lal lusts after a local widow who, in order to escape his advances seeks shelter with Dr. Mukherjee. As Dr. Mukherjee treats the poor he becomes even more entwined with their lives and their little problems. To the tribals he is a godlike figure, but to Laxman Lal he is an enemy.

Natun pata

Dinen Gupta

Samit Bhanja, Gita Dey

Forced by her guardian-aunt to marry the son of the stationmaster, she runs away from her marital home but finds herself unwelcome everywhere

হারমোনিয়াম

Tapan Sinha

Arundhati Devi, Asit Baran

A child princess gets a harmonium from her father. Through fate and manager she is orphan, then widow and penniless. The harmonium, sold, changed hand and bringing ill-luck wherever it went. Will they ever meet? Under what circumstances?

Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar

Dilip Roy

Aparna Sen, Subhendu Chatterjee

The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)

Sabuj Dwiper Raja

Tapan Sinha

Samit Bhanja, Lily Chakravarty

This movie is based on a novel of same name written by Sunil Gangapaddhaya. A retired government employee, Raja Roy Chowdhury, known as Kakababu, is the main character of this movie. In this movie, he and his nephew, Santu, are in Andaman Island for solving a mystery.

Guddi

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan

A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."

Phera

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Samit Bhanja, Biplab Chatterjee

Sasanka (Subrata Nandy) grows depressed as his house and his career as a theater actor both crumble around him. When his cold-hearted, widowed sister-in-law Saraju (Aloknanda Dutt) arrives with her adorable young son Kanu (Aniket Sengupta), Sasanka's mood eventually changes. Kanu and Sasanka become fast friends as the youngster benefits from his uncle's wisdom and acting ability.

मृगया

Mrinal Sen

Ajit Banerjee, Samit Bhanja

A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.

কবিতা

Bharat Shamsher

Mala Sinha, Kamal Haasan

Kabita, a middle-class working woman, looks after and tries to financially support her family. Soon, she sacrifices the love of her life for her widowed sister.

Atattar Din Parey

Jaya Bachchan, Anup Kumar

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রাজবধু

Partha Pratim Chowdhury

Ranjit Mallick, Bhanu Bannerjee

Raj Badhu is a comical family drama that is based on a traditional Bengali joint-family life. It tells the story of family relations, of love and family values and the importance of society in our lives. It shows the complex story of different love relations and how its complications adversely affect the people involved. It shows the nature of man and how all things work out for the best in the end.