Mrinal Bandopadhyay

Shyam Saheb|
1986
Shyam Saheb
1986 | 134 min
Shyam Saheb is a social drama about an old man, Samuel Aratoon. He owns a school and thus is very rich man and being called as Shaym sir by his surrounding people. On the other side Chandra, an independent thinking woman marries a rich modern man, Santanu. But getting trapped by some people Santanu misunderstands his wife and gets involved with a girl Madhu. So Chandra left him with their daughter, Rinkie and started living in a rented house. She comes in contact with Samuel Aratoon who offers her job at his school. Mr. Aratoon helps Chandra in many ways and finally being impressed by her nature he wrote his property in her name. Later Santanu, realizing his mistake comes back to Chandra when Samuel was at his death bed. The story ends when Samuel blessed Chandra and her family and died peacefully.
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Hingsha|
1997
Hingsha
1997 | 122 min
Hingsha is a social drama which portrays the story of a farmer s family. Being the elder brother Naren wants his brothers to be successful in life. So he worked hard to earn their livelihood and make Kiran, one of his brothers to be a doctor. But in jealousy Naren s boss, Panchu tries to stop him from fulfilling his dreams. Along with his son, Madan he created misunderstandings and problems for him. By stopping Naren s sister s marriage Panchu forced her to commit suicide and Madan murdered Biru, younger brother of Naren. Taking advantage of the money he lent to Naren, Panchu even forced Naren, his wife and son to leave their house. But Kiran and his girlfriend, stopped him from that and rescued Naren. Finally Panchu was being punished for his misdeeds and Madan had to die for his sins. So the story ends on a happy note where Naren forgives his only brother Kiran and accepts his girlfriend to be the bride and they lived happily with everyone.
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Puja|
1996
Puja
1996 | 145 min
Puja is a family drama that is much comical in content as well as educating.It is based on the theme that love and respect are not bound by wealth or status, but are in man s own nature. It shows the greed and jealousy of man and how it only spoils a happy life. It has many surprises and twists, and has a happy ending love story, that establishes that nature of man is much more important than wealth or status.
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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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Maha Prithivi|
1991

Sahadharmini|
1987
Sahadharmini
1987 | 114 min
Sahadharmini is a 1987 Indian Bengali film, Directed by Subhash Dutta and Produced by Ramaprasad Chakraborty. The film stars Mrinal Mukherjee, George Baker, Gita, Karmakar, Mantu Bandyopadhya, Master Bunty, Mira Chakraborty and Renu Ray in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Maniklal Bandyopadhyay.
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Dristee|
1965
Dristee
1965 | 132 min
Amole is a talented singer who lives with his aunt. Misunderstandings drive this orphan away from his aunt s home and lover Mohua after which he loses his vision in an accident. He is then separated from Munmun, the girl who tries to help him. When his talent is finally recognized, he starts a new life. Love and vision knock on his doorstep again but at what cost?
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Prem Puja|
1993

Sadharan 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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