Anubha Gupta
Trijama|
1956
Trijama
1956 | 124 min
This is a story of a girl, Swarupa (Suchitra), who's unable to get her love, Kushal (Uttam Kumar)'s attention, however much she tries. But she, a silent type, suffers quietly. Kushal loves another woman who's rich as well as beautiful, Abala ( Anubha Gupta). But when with a sudden turn of fate he loses everything, his lady Abalalove leaves him too and settles for a richer man. This acts as an eye-opener and soon Kushal is back to where he belongs, in Swarupa's arms.
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Subtitles:EnglishMahanisha|
1956
Mahanisha
1956 | 98 min
'Mahanisha' is the story of a poor mother and daughter. Soudamini and Aparna (Opi). Poverty forces Soudamini to seek the help of her estranged grandfather but Opi doesn t accept his help. Opi and Nirmal s marriage is fixed. Nirmal leaves for Burma in search of a job and promises to come back and marry her. Nirmal is forced to marry Dhira, the blind and helpless daughter of his father s friend. After this incident, Soudamini shifts to her grandfather s residence with her daughter. But grandfather and Soudamini s death brings further distress in Opi s life. Bihari is the only person who supports her. In the meantime, Dhira realizes that Nirmal is disturbed because of their marriage and she commits suicide. The lovers are united.
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Subtitles:EnglishDiba Ratrir Kabya|
1970
Diba Ratrir Kabya
1970 | 84 min
Throughout her life Supriya loved a man and was married to another man however she did not either escape from her responsibilities as a doting wife. However her inner feelings keep tormenting her all her life and her married life becomes an utter failure. She not only ruins her life but everybody else s around her. In the end her life becomes nothing more than fragmented pieces of broken images.
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Subtitles:EnglishKankabatir Ghat|
1955
Kankabatir Ghat
1955 | 145 min
A tragic story depicting and highlighting the disastrous destiny of the ethnic, eternal Indian woman 'Kangkabotir Ghat' is about the banks of river Ganga in the village of Atashi from where Sati Kangkabati, the great wife of Mr. Mukherji an artist, committed suicide in an eternal ritual fashion to save her ailing and dying husband. The legend here emphasises that if the wife sacrifices her life in the waters of Ganga, then the husband would revive. After Kangka bati commits suicide, the eccentric Mr. Mukherjee turns mad out of shock and grief and leaves the village with their infant daughter Uma who is latter abducted by the shrewd escort Chameli. Uma grous up under Chameli's parentage, under the name of Sheela, while all the years the insane Mukherjee goes searching for Uma, not realizing that his daughter is in front of his very own eyes. Sheela alias Uma fall in love with Pradip but abandons ? has when a misunderstanding consciously created by Chameli arises. Later a pregnant Uma leaves Chameli and starts residing separately with Mr. Mukherjee which ? Pradip marries for the second time. His second wife is Mrinaal. Co-incidentally Pradip, Mrinal, the rest are also from the same village of Atashi and thus respect Kangkabati's sacrifice immensely. Pradip and Uma meet after 7 long years through Pradip-Uma's enstranged son. Pradip is shocked to see Uma's poverty & his own son doing hawkery in the lanes of Kolkata. After returning to Atashi, he falls severely sick and ultimately marches towards death. Meanwhile in Kolkata, amidst all formalist. The real truth is revealed by Nandua, an ally of Chameli and Mr. Mukherjee and Uma realizes that they are the father daughter in reality. The father daughter duo gets the news about Pradip's sickness. Uma runs to save the life of her husband who is now somebody else's husband. She meets her rival Mrinaal with almost compassion, keeps her son at her refuge and follows the same path of her mother Kangkabati to save the life of her long lost love. In the end Uma commits suicide in the waters of Ganga with a lamp on her head. The frustrated father Mukherji wails in vain and the couple - Mrinal Pradip unite with Uma's son as their legitimate and only heir.
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Subtitles:EnglishSaheb Bibi Golam|
1956
Saheb Bibi Golam
1956 | 149 min
"Bhutnath comes to Kolkata in search for a job and starts living with a devotional man named Brojorakhal. He sends Bhutnath to a Brahma named Subinoy Babu who takes a prompt liking for Bhutnath and employs him in his sindur factory. Subinoy Babu s daughter Jaba shares a bitther sweet relationship with Bhutnath. Brojorakhal introduces Bhutnath to the youngest bahu of the zamindari household where he was employed. He calls her bouthan and brings for her a box of sindur as per her request. It is now where Bhutnath gets a chance to look at the lives of the zamindars closely. They lived a brash lifestyle, splurged, enjoyed life to the fullest and never cared for their wives. Bhutnath witnesses an instance where his bouthan pleads her husband to not go anywhere and he replies in return stating he will only stay back if she sings, dances and makes him drink. Bouthan requests Bhutnath to bring alcohol for her and he implies. In her mad attempt to keep her husband by her, she gets addicted to alcohol. Bit by bit the zamindars lose their estates, money and consequently power. One day when Bouthan and Bhutnath are on their way to the mandir, a group of people attack them and knock Bhutnath unconscious. When he gets back his conscience, he does not find Bouthan. Many years later when Bhutnath is summoned to demolish the same estate, he recollects his old days spent at the house. The workers dig and find a skeleton decked with jewellery. Bhutnath recognizes it at once to be his bouthan s skeleton."
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1963
Palatak
1963 | 133 min
Although Basanta hails from a rich family, his heart is that of a wanderer. Often he escapes from materialistic riches and wanders from one place to another singing. One day he comes to a village where he finds people extremely passionate about drama and acting. The villagers welcome him and soon he finds place in the local kabiraj s house. The kabiraj s daughter Harimati and Basanta shared a bitter sweet relationship and soon love begins to bloom. The village is soon visited by a dancing team and Basanta gets involved in singing with them. The leading lady Golap falls in love with Basanta however he refuses to marry her. He marries Harimati and takes her to his village. He settles down for a while however soon comes back to his restless self. He leaves his wife behind and starts wandering again. After encountering a number of experiences he again comes across the same dancing team, which he had met with a long time ago. He is happy to know that Golap was married with a kid. As Basanta continues his quest for wandering, he falls ill and realizes that his days are numbered. Destiny brings him back to his own house where he comes back to find Harimati dead leaving behind their child. He flees again and finally leaves his last breath in a boat in the middle of the river.
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Subtitles:EnglishMantra Shakti - Bengali|
1954
Mantra Shakti - Bengali
1954 | 103 min
Ambernath a well-educated Sanskrit pundit was different from his childhood. The way he thought and described everything was quite different from others. His master Jagannath Tarka Churamoni loved him a lot and after his death, Ambernath took his place. In such a situation Bani the daughter of local zamindar and Ambernath met. After few days, they got married. Bani were very skeptical about her husband and they were not happy with their relation. Later Ambernath left his wife and stayed alone. In the meantime, Bani also understood the affection and love she had for her husband. She came to know about life and commitment. One day Bani heard that Ambernath was very ill and he stayed in a lonely place. Bani rushed there and put her every effort to make him healthy. Later they came to know each other and lived happily.
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Subtitles:EnglishTridhara - 1996|
1996
Tridhara - 1996
1996 | 167 min
Tridhara is a 1996 Indian Bengali film, directed by Adhir Bhattacharya and produced by H.G Production. The film stars Sulata Choudhury, Biswajit and Madhabi Chakraborty in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee.
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Subtitles:EnglishPadma Golap|
1970
Padma Golap
1970 | 94 min
Ramakanta is a businessman whose wife Lata dies mysteriously. Lata had adopted Mamata s daughter and writes her a letter before dying. Mamata comes to prove Ramakanta s involvement in the death and an investigative officer joins his office undercover. What do the investigations reveal about Ramakanta?
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Subtitles:EnglishJoydev|
1952
Joydev
1952 | 101 min
Joydev was great religious poet from West Bengal, who was inspired by Radha and Krishna. He goes through all the pains and perils to devote his whole life in the praise of God. While he goes onto perform miracles, his journey isn t as easy since he put through various trials too, showing his reverence and the touch of destiny that he holds.
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