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1956
Aparajito
1956 | 93 min
Harihar with wife, Sarbajaya and 10-year-old son, Apu has moved to the holy city of Benaras. Harihar earns a meager by reciting religious scriptures. Tragedy strikes when Harihar falls ill with fever and collapses at the riverbank and dies soon after. The mother Sarbajaya decides to relocate to her uncle s village where Apu resumes his education at the local school. Apu, now sixteen wins a scholarship and departs for Calcutta, leaving his mother alone. It breaks Sarbajaya s heart, but she relents. Engulfed in city life-studying during the day and working in a printing press at night. Apu grows away from his mother. His visits get shorter as time passes. This emotional distance unnoticed by the growing Apu hurts Sarbajaya deeply. On a night sparkling with dancing fireflies, Sarbajaya dies. Apu comes back to an empty house. He grieves for his mother but soon finds the strength to leave the village for the last time, to carry on with his new life in the city.
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Subtitles:EnglishRupaban Kanya|
1992
Rupaban Kanya
1992 | 137 min
Rupaban Kanya is a 1992 Indian Bengali film, directed by Harun Rashid and produced by Narayan Chandra Ghosh. The film stars Biswajit Chatterjee, Kalyani Mondal, Sanghamitra and Bandopadhyay in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sujey-Shyam.
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Subtitles:EnglishMani Kanchan|
1992
Mani Kanchan
1992 | 134 min
Mani Kanchan is a film about a brother-sister duo name Kanchan and Mani. They face hardships after their father remarries. Unable to pay a huge amount of debt, the father fixes his well-educated daughter s marriage to the mentally unstable son of the money lender. The brother-sister duo flees from their house and move to Kolkata to start a new life but the sister gets kidnapped. How they fight everyone forms the crux of the story.
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Subtitles:EnglishBigalito 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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Subtitles:EnglishPather 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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Subtitles:EnglishSadharan Meye|
1991
Sadharan Meye
1991 | 111 min
Ranjit, an honest policeman, works hard on taking down Ranita s gang but fails each time. An arrangement brings him to get to know about Ranita's real self Sarbani, his childhood sweetheart. Ranita's hands are tied for money, and commitments complicate their lives. Will they be able to reunite and get back on track?
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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:EnglishPremer Phande Kakatua|
2009
Premer Phande Kakatua
2009 | 112 min
Premer Phande Kakatua is a romantic comedy that is based on the story of love and war between a Girl s and Boy s Hostel. The movie has many comical scenes and hilarious sections, where the boys and girls try to trick each other and carry out practical jokes on each other. The owners too Champa and Bhombol Bannerjee, are a married couple who have been fighting for 5 years, which also adds much comic relief. Eventually, they fall in love with one another, except for their leaders who are still at each others throats. Finally, our hero Kaka saves her love, Tua from a mishap, risking his life and brings her back home safely. There is an emotional strain that is portrayed here about the couples past, about how they lost their daughter, that is very touching and moving. With a change of heart, Tua and Kaka profess their love to each other, and they unite in happiness.
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Subtitles:EnglishShilalipi|
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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Subtitles:EnglishBhangagarah|
1954
Bhangagarah
1954 | 128 min
Bhangagarah is a 1954 Indian Bengali film, directed by Sushil Majumdar and produced by Rajhal Chandra Saha. The film stars Chhabi Biswas, Sandhya Rani and Mihir Bhattacharya in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Gopen Mullick.
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