Sabitri Chattejee

Nayantara|
1997
Nayantara
1997 | 108 min
She was a renouned theatre artiste and was married to an artist named Manik Dutta. However soon Manik gives into drinking and gambling and loses all the money. He becomes a parasite on Nayantara who becomes the sole bread earner of the family. She sees worst days and after her husband dies and takes up the responsibility to bring up her son Kumar. As Kumar grows up he opens a electronics shop which does not run well and Nayantara continues performing in the theatre managing barely to earn some money. They live in dilapidated conditions in a small house. Kumar is an introvert and although he loved his mother, the communication between the mother and the son was ambigious. In the end, Nayantara succumbs to Cancer and leaves the world, thus ending a lifetime struggle.
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Abhoyer Biye|
1957
Abhoyer Biye
1957 | 127 min
Abhoyer Biye is family drama that revolves around a very different love story between our two protagonists, a simple and rich boy and a smart but careless girl. The movie is a very heartwarming tale of love, misunderstandings and a happy reunion and has much comical relief that adds to the whole plot. It shows the good nature of man that is always inherent in us.
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Gali Thekey Rajpat|
1959
Gali Thekey Rajpat
1959 | 90 min
Raja was a professional thief who went to jail for a crime. His very close assistant Bhola waited for him and when Raja came back from jail, they started to plan for a bigger one. One day a family came to their locality. Within few days, Raja and Bhola became closer to that family. Mala was the only female earning member and she worked in theatre. Raja did not disclose his real identity and tried hard to impress her a lot. In the meantime, a tout Gobordhan nagged Mala a lot to join films. Raja and Bhloda gave him a good punishment and saved Mala in several situations. Later Raja tried to cheat a businessperson, but an unavoidable situation changed his life. At last, Mala came to know everything about Raja and accepted him as her partner. Raja also decided to change his life and put his best effort to become a good man. He meets Mala and asks her to forgive Raja. Raja once again regains Mala's love and the film ends on a happy note.
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Abak Prithibi|
1959
Abak Prithibi
1959 | 98 min
Arjun is a very lonely person. He doesn t know what life is. Every day for him is a struggle. So he becomes a criminal. Jail is a safe custody for him because food is always available in jail. So he tries to return to the place, but all his efforts gone in vain, then he travels to a place and meets a father. He is the principal of a missionary residential school. In that place Arjun meets Miss Chaterjee, a teacher. At first she doesn t like him, but shortly she started to realise Arjun s quality. Arjun is an also a very good singer, but again for his bad reputation police catches him and send him to the jail. In court some students actually support him and thus all the misunderstanding solved and the truth prevails.
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Basu Paribar|
1952
Basu Paribar
1952 | 99 min
A job in the jute mill drive Sitesh away from his brother Nitesh and sister-in-law and lands him into a stream of marriage proposals and attempts by colleagues to make him their son-in-law. What will happen when he falls in love and is not accepted by the father of the girl? How will the drama end?
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Keranir Jibon|
1953
Keranir Jibon
1953 | 119 min
Mr. Bidhu has a happy family with two sons and four daughters who live together with love. Being the only earning member of the family, Mr. Bidhu works hard to earn and support them, facing the ups and downs, and every struggle together. Uncovering emotional layers through poverty, sickness, and love, Mr. Bidhu teaches the importance of family and hard work.
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Marutrisha|
1964
Marutrisha
1964 | 130 min
Marutrisha is the story of Subrata, Animesh, Reba, Swapna and Monisha. Subrata is a painter who is in love with a rich girl Swapna. Monisha also shares a very good bond with Subrata and understands his travails as an artist. Animesh is in love with Reba but Reba left him for reasons unknown to him. Mr. Pratap keeps an eye on all of them. Reba comes and takes shelter under Mr. Subrata and treats him as her elder brother. But Swapna suspects Subrata has a relationship with both her sister Monisha and Reba. It's gradually revealed that Reba left Animesh when she found out that she was a daughter of a prostitute. Mr. Pratap tries to use Reba to earn money but Reba doesn't comply. Pratap conspires against them. Animesh who finds out the truth about Reba and accepts her. Swapna also realizes her mistake. But Monisha gets killed by Mr. Pratap's men trying to save Subrata.
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Till Theke Tal|
1985
Till Theke Tal
1985 | 113 min
Bhajagovinda is a station master and his wife Nityokali is the chairperson of 'Mahila Samiti'. Gopi Mitra is a fish monger , but also has an illegal business of alcohol in the village of Louganj. Ratan, Gopi Mitra 's son, was associated with the 'Mahila Samiti ' and also taught in a school. He was against the alcohol business of his father. Budhia and his wife Motia used to help Gopi Mitra in this business. Gopi Mitra's wife Kusum also joined the Mahila Samiti . One day when a member of the Mahila Samiti cut a gourd from someones gourd plant, a fight ensued. Gopi called for a rail strike and then called the police. Chaos set in over a small tiff over a piece of gourd among Gopi Mitra and the Mahila Samiti. When the police was about to arrest all the members of the Mahila Samiti, Nityakali',s father Kuladananda arrived with proof of the court's order .He proved that he had bought the land which bore the gourd plant in the name of his daughter Nityakali. Hence she rightfully deserved the gourd . This solved all the issues the film ends on a happy note.
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Raikamal|
1955
Raikamal
1955 | 116 min
Raikamal narrates the story of Rai Kamal, a devotee of Lord Krishna. Rai Kamal and Ranjan are childhood sweethearts. When Ranjan grows up he wishes his desire to marry Rai but his parents are against this match as they are Brahmins and Rai Kamal was a low caste Vaishnav. Ranjan's father requests Kamini, Rai' mother to convince Rai to sever the relationship. Rai's mother leaves the village with Rai. Rashik Das, a minstrel accompanies them to Nabadweep. After Rai's mother's death she is forced to marry Rashik despite their huge age gap to stop the people from gossiping about them. But, they are never able to share a normal relationship of a couple. Rashik leaves Rai and goes away as he knows that Rai can love only Ranjan. Rai gets to know that Ranjan had left the village with Pori and converted into a Vaishnav. Circumstances again bring Rai and Ranjan together. Ranjan takes her to his house. Ranjan tells her that he had been waiting for her all the while and proposes to marry her. An ailing Pori also requests Rai to marry Ranjan but Rai leaves his house and takes to the streets once again. Rashik keeps following her like her shadow to shield her from everything without her knowledge.
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