Kalipada Das

Ora Thakey Odhare|
1954
Ora Thakey Odhare
1954 | 93 min
This story revolves around the contemporary fights between the bangal and ghoti in 50's West bengal. Just after the partition, refugees were coming from east-Pakistan-they are bangal. The old residents of West bengal are ghatis. Both are bangali but there are some differences in pronounciations, in culture and also in ritiuals. Two families start to stay as neighbours. One of them is ghati family, Harimohan is their only casing member. He, his wife, son Chanchal and little girl Rini are his family members. In the opposite house, there are Shibapada his wife, son Naru, elder sister Joshoba, Shibada's brother-in law Nepal and Shibapada's orphan niece Pramila. Chanchal teaches Promila as a private tutor. Hasu and Rini play together happily, but the other male members of both the family often fight. They fight for everything, for football-match, for an iron machine or something like that. An affection between Chanchal and Promila grow up. It is revealed to the female members of both family. They agree to settle their marriage. Joshoda comes to propose Harimohan for his son but just before it, Harimohan comes to know that he has lost his job. He refuses and misbehaves with Joshoda. Harimohan doesn't find another job, and start borrowing money from kabuliwallah and from others. A day comes when he has to return all the money which he can't. They plan to escape. Rini comes to know about it and tells to Nasu. Shibapada and Nepal start arranging the moeny for them, and Shibapada's wife gives the money. Harimohan with his family try to escape, but come to know that Shibapada and Nepal have already returned all the money. Their relationship takes a new twist.
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Manikjore|
1972
Manikjore
1972 | 93 min
Nondo and Gobindo are two rich villagers married to girls from the city. One day they go to the city, hoping to be received by Gobindo s father-in-law but meet someone else and are taken to a different house. Unable to find the father-in-law s home, they move into a hotel, meet new people and experience new things every day.
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Sadanander Mela|
1954
Sadanander Mela
1954 | 111 min
Away from the materialistic attachments of the world, Sadananda finds shelter in the unoccupied mansion of a famous industrialist and is accompanied by Runu' family. Sheela and her family find abode in their own mansion with fake identities and experience Sadananda's company. Will their outlook towards life change?
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Sati Simantini|
1950
Sati Simantini
1950 | 109 min
When Simantini, the pious and loving wife of a Brahmin named Bhaba, is abducted by dacoits, she must prove her piety to her husband and the rest of the important people of her life as they think her character has been tainted. Will she succeed in doing so or will her family fall apart?
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Kathin Maya|
1961
Kathin Maya
1961 | 141 min
Sarveshar s only motto in life is to not get married. He lives a comical bachelor life, constantly pointing out the demerits of marriage and family life until he moves to a small village and meets Puti, a unique girl who is his perfect match. Will love make him change his decisions?
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Chattogram Astragar Lunthan|
1980
Chattogram Astragar Lunthan
1980 | 127 min
Chattagram Astragar Lunthan is a socio political drama that is based on the historical battle for India's independence with focus on the Bengal and the revolt in Chattagram. The movie focuses on the historical character Master Da hSen, along with his companions and National Freedom Fighters Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose among others. It portrays the bloodshed, pain and misery of the fight for Independence and focuses on the struggle and sacrifice of leaders and followers to achieve freedom from the British Rule. The movie is very realistic and has a deep and heart-felt reaction on the viewer.
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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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Kankabatir 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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Bindur Chheley|
1973
Bindur Chheley
1973 | 109 min
Bindubasini was an upper middle class rural Bengali lady and was the only child of her parents. So she was brought up with lots of love and affection. Tarak, a middle class educated person selected Bindubasini as his brother s wife. His brother Madhav was a brilliant student and scholar. The relation between Madhav and Tarak was a close one. Madhav respects his elder brother and tries to follow his footsteps. But sometime Bindubasini misunderstood it due to her over passionate psychological structure. Slowly she began to look after Amulya. Amulya began to call her mother. Suddenly Amulya became the world of Bindubasini. All the love and affection of Bindubasini was reserved only for Amulya and he also reciprocated by following her every instruction. At this point of time A cousin sister of Tarak and Madhav came to their residence and started to interfere in their daily life. But their child was a spoiled one. So a rare conflict of perspectives was introduced in the family and they go through some collisions and disputes. It s a fantastic example of emotional twists and turns in Bengali middle class families.
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