Arun Bandopadhyay

Megh-O-Roudra|
1959
Megh-O-Roudra
1959 | 96 min
A story when our nation was not independent and how the Britishers turned the law against the Indians for there needs. Even though the Indians were learned and educated still they were unable to fight against their injustice. the story also has a small back drop of a untold love story of a girl who had an urge of education.
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Jeevan Pradip|
1991
Jeevan Pradip
1991 | 118 min
Anita's struggle for existence begins when she runs away from home to stay safe from Shom Shankar's evil intentions and her lover Manik is held captive. Despite several attempts to find a safe shelter, Anita finds herself in homes of even more dangerous people. Will she be able to escape safely or end up losing everything?
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Pather Panchali|
1955
Pather Panchali
1955 | 122 min
Harihar Ray lives in Nichindapurwith his family. Nothing is going well for Harihar as he gets a job as an accountant at the zamindar's treasury but does not get any remuneration. In the course of time, he is blessed Apu, his son. His lack of means and various circumstances drive his daughter to die of pneumonia. This proves a turning point in his life and he with his family, leaves for Benaras seeking a better life.
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Shilalipi|
1984
Shilalipi
1984 | 110 min
Shilalipi is the story of human relationships, human values and the meaning of human life. A poor widow from a decent family comes to Naren s house to take care of his house and father. Her son Raju becomes close to Naren s blind father Kamal Sen. Naren rapes the widow in an inebriated state and she is forced to commit suicide because of this disgrace. She leaves behind a letter with Kamal for Raju. Kamal gives the letter to Raju when he grows up. He is enraged to read about his mother s disgrace and when he questions Naren he dies of heart attack. Raju is shattered and holds himself responsible for Naren s death. Kamal tells him to start his life afresh. He marries and settles down. After living for few years peacefully he gets involved in a political tiff with Madhu Gupta and elderly man who had given him shelter and introduced him into politics. Madhu hires a young prostitute to trap Raju so that he withdraws his name from the election. Raju s young son falls for the girl and wants to settle down with her. Raju is shattered but then he realizes that nothing can be above human values. So, he leaves his political aspirations behind to live happily with his family.
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Swarga Martya|
1958
Swarga Martya
1958 | 94 min
Lalu and Chinta are neighbours and extremely good friends. One morning both of die and reach hell. However Yandyut exclaims that there was a mistake and that they were not the individuals he intended to kill. He orders Lalu and Chinta to be sent back to the earth but the latter claim for a tour of hell as compensation. Soon the friends find themselves back on earth but soon realize that their souls have been exchanges in error. This leads to a series of confusion of themselves as well as their near and dear ones. In the end their souls come back to themselves and there is no bound to their happiness, much to the amusement of the rest who did not know why they were so happy.
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Padma 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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Bigalito Karuna Janhabi Jamuna|
1972
Bigalito Karuna Janhabi Jamuna
1972 | 135 min
Kumar Roy, a journalist, sets on a journey to the source of Ganges where he meets several pilgrims who have many stories to tell. Through these stories of the struggle and pain, what will Kumar learn about receiving the blessings of God?
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Tarini Tarama|
1977
Tarini Tarama
1977 | 115 min
Rajababu bans all types of religious activities, thereby the villagers of kurigram protest against such atrocities. But rajababu is married to jasodha, who is a devotee of tara maa and like other people do her prayes without the knowledge of her husband, rajababu this means that any religious activities is to be conceated from rajababu. Rajababu is oblivious of these facts as he enjoys his life in worldly joys by drinking and exploiting women. He is ignorant of the craving of her wife to become a mother, let along the plight of the villagers. This takes a cumulative effect as the helpless villagers are aroused to anger from their despair state of living. But before anything could happen, nayakbabu manages all the affairs and is the prompt saviour of raja babu as usual. Nayak babu even sacrifices his life. So that rajababu, who meanwhile have a vision of tara maa treads the good path. Rajababu realises his mistake. He bears jasodha a child but is not for born from his evil ways for a long time. Again he has a vision of tara maa which result into rajababu becoming a convent to a firm believer in tara maa. After a time slice of 15 years, jasodha is dead and the noble person that rajababu has become, abandons the worldly life and becomes a preacher. Therefore, life comes a full circle.
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Maha Prithivi|
1991