Batashi is a 1980 Indian Bengali film, directed by Agantuk and produced by Uma Dutta. The film stars Rabi Ghosh, Kali Banerjee and Gyanesh Mukherjee in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Himansu Biswas. more»

Bilas lost his father in the sea. Therefore, he caught fish in the river Ganga and sold them to different fish sellers. One day he met a girl and fell in love with her. Their love was deep and they were very much committed to each other. Unfortunately, the girl also used to sell fish in market. Bilas and his community had a social taboo. They did not allow such relations, which might affect their business. The girl bought fish from Bilas. In such a situation, both of them became confused. The girl was eager to move away with him, but Bilas was not mentally prepared for the whole incident. Later Bilas had decided to leave his beloved and move towards the sea for a better future and hope. more»

Prem Puja is a 1993 Indian Bengali film, directed by Durga Bhattacharya and produced by Durga Chitramandir. The film stars Kunal Dutta, Ratna Ghoshal and Rajdeep in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Durga Bhattacharya. more»

Suprabha, a freedom fighter is all set to move to the States under the pressure of her son Anjan until she meets a girl, Shant. Shanti s story and her struggle against famous MLA Pratul makes Suprabha change her plans. Will they succeed in this new battle for independence? more»

Sachi falls in love with a blind girl named Rajani. However, Amar, who initially was in love with Sachi s stepmother, also gets involved with Rajani. Furthermore, new facts reveal the real owner of the property Sachi and his father thought was theirs. Will the true owner get their land s possession and will Rajani ever be able to unite with Sachi? more»

" Ajantey is the story of a simple innocent man Ravi who falls in love with Usha not knowing that she is the very girl whose marriage he is trying to finalize with a high society guy Rudraksh. After Ravi s father s death his elder brother usurps everything giving him a couple of rooms in servants quarter and 1 lakh rupees that his father had given as loan to Mr. Natu. Mr. Natu is a cunning man who keeps delaying Ravi. He finally promises to give him the money if Ravi can get Jhilik married to Rudraksh. Rudraksh is a man full of vices yet Ravi does his best to finalize the wedding. Ravi meets Usha aka Jhilik and falls in love with her. Ravi finds out the truth that Usha is Jhilik the day Rudrasksh goes to marry her. Usha condemns Ravi for his cowardice and that makes him defy everything and marry her. Rudraksh and his family are arrested for claiming dowry." more»

Baisey Shraban is a 1960 Indian Bengali film, directed by Mrinal Sen and produced by Kallol Film. The film stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Anup Kumar and Kali Banerjee in lead roles. The film had musical score by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. more»

A social drama that shows the oppression the poor farmers in the tribal villages of Bengal faced after Independence. Zamindars and their greed for wealth and sinful lusts broke many families and ruined many lives. How did life turn out for everyone in the end? more»

Nilkantha, an alcoholic frustrated intellectual, suddenly finds himself out of the street. His wife, Durga has suffered for his waywardness and his love for the bottle, finally leaves him, taking their son with. Nachiketa, a young, unemployed engineer, stays behind to look after him. Bangbala, a young refugee form Bangladesh comes into the empty house looking for shelter. While they sit musing on a part bench, they are joined by Jagannath, a penniless Sanskrit teacher. The strange foursome start on their extraordinary journey to Kanchanpur, Nilkanth's wife's new home. They along with Panchanan Ustad, an exponent of the chhau dance witness a Chhau performance of goddess Durga destroying a demon. The group walks into a confrontation between the tribals and the landlord. The landlord shoots in panic and kills Jagannath. On their way to Nilkanth's wife Durga's place, they have to pass through a sal forest, where hidden eyes watch their progress. The forest is a hideout for rebellious extremists, the naxalites. Durga is not happy to see Nilkantha and insists that Nilkantha must leave. Nilkantha requests Durga to come early in the morning with some food to the Sal forest, where they will be spending the night and wanted to see his son's face in the first rays of the sun. Dawn breaks. Durga comes with her son into the forest. Suddenly a police party attacks the Naxalites. In the crossfire, Nilkantha is hit by a bullet and dies. The Naxalites lie scattered, killed by police bullets. The police party carries Nilkantha's body out of the forest, where silence descends once again. more»

Narsingh, a taxi driver. Narsingh is a proud and hot-tempered Rajput with a passion for his car, a vintage 1930 Chrysler. He recklessly passes the car of a powerful, local policeman and has his permit taken away. It forces him to take refuge in a small town on the borders of the states of Bengal and Bihar. Sukhanram, a shady merchant, offers him a handsome fee to transport some merchandise, and soon he finds himself into trafficking in opium. The two main women characters Neeli and Gulabi form a contrast. Narsingh is attracted to Neeli, a reserved Catholic schoolteacher. She has no interest in Narsingh. The other female character is warm, demonstrative and beautiful prostitute Gulabi. Gulabi has an instinctive liking towards Narsingh. Unaware that Neeli has already committed herself to another man, a cripple, for Neeli s sake, Narsingh begins to reform himself and even takes interest in her religion. But soon finds himself helping Neeli elope with her cripple lover. He also is seduced by Sukhanram and his lawyer friends to enter into a partnership and is even willing to sell off of his car to invest in the smuggling venture. Confronted by Gulabi, his assistant Rama and finally by Neeli s brother Joseph, Narsingh realizes his mistake.Despite the romantic disillusion, he finds spiritual redemption when in climatic sequence of events he splits with his smuggler associates and rescues Gulabi from them. Narsingh is united with the woman he truly loves. more»