Sumitra Mukherjee

Chirantan|
1979
Chirantan
1979 | 100 min
Chirantan is a 1979 Indian Bengali film, directed by Gurudas Bagchi and Produced by Angel Digital Private Limited and R.M. Productions. The film stars Anup Kumar, Sumitra Mukherjee, Vasant Choudhury and Rabi Ghosh in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Santosh Mukherjee.
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Rajani|
1978
Rajani
1978 | 123 min
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?
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Muktapran|
1986
Muktapran
1986 | 136 min
smuggler, Mr. Ray, lives happily with his wife and children. His son falls in love and wants to marry a poor girl, Roma, against the will of his mother and society. Will the police able to catch Mr. Ray or will it work out for everyone in the end?
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Bansari|
1979
Bansari
1979 | 108 min
Kusum, a young uneducated girl, loses her loving father. She moves to a different village with her poor mother who marries her off to Ananda, a young hunter. Struggling alone while her husband s away with work, in a corrupt society with people spreading rumors about her character, will she be able to take some steps to bring her life in control?
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Jhor|
1982
Jhor
1982 | 120 min
The story is as the film opens with a calling of rolls in Derozio's class in Hindu College. Calcutta and his pupils - each a celebrity in later life are introduced. Dukhinaranjan Mukherjee, Radhanath Sikdar, Ramgopal Ghosh, Pyarichand Mitra, K.M. Banerjee, Gobin Basak and others. Derozio teaches them the need of scientific doubt and patriotism. He preaches the ideas of the great French Revolution.A suttee Saraswati is rescued by Derozio's pupils, who take her straight to Derozio's residence where she finds shelter. Nahush Sharma, who was trying to burn her alive to take possession of her property, complains to Raja Radhakanta Dev, the undisputed leader of the Hindu community. Dev asks Derozio to return Saraswati. Derozio refuses point blank. Thereafter, Dev declares war against Derozio, because of his arrogance.Plots are laid, Hindu fanatics rouse mobs, the college is picketed, Derozio stoned. On suttee being abolished, Saraswati decides to go home, but is kidnapped by Nahush Sharma, who then tortures her son to make her confess publicly that Derozio has outraged her modesty. Meanwhile, Dukhina, Derozio's best pupil, and Emilia, Derozio's sister, develop a kind of juvenile love, which causes consternation in Hindu society. Dukhina is chained and whipped by his father, drugged and detained, but he breaks free and rejoins his master.But all these charges finally sway the Board of Governors of Hindu College, and Derozio is sacked. More, his pupils are forbidden to visit him. The tragedy lies in the fact that Dukhina, Derozio's favorite pupil, testifies against his master before the Board. Dukhina continues to live a wild life, abusing Derozio publicly. Derozio does not acknowledge defeat but sells all his books and furniture to publish the weekly. East India, and continues to mount attacks on Hindu superstition and British exploitation. He is publicly insulted in a dinner, when Saraswati is finally made to denounce him. But Derozio goes on fighting, Saraswati, having carried out her mission for the sake of her son, returns to find him dead.And Derozio is down with cholera, His pupils break College rules and gather by his side, while a mob burns his effigy outside. Rev. Hill requests him to make peace with God. Derozio replies. " But God is not proven".
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Bodhan|
1981
Bodhan
1981 | 100 min
The two brothers Haralal and Nibaran, who are very different from each other, go separate ways when Nibaran falls for Lakshmi, a low caste girl. Haralal, being dead against the match, asks his wife Savitri to behave rudely with Nibaran, who sees her like his own mother. Heartbroken, he leaves the house and marries Lakshmi. Will the brothers ever unite again?
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Chenra Tamsukh|
1974
Chenra Tamsukh
1974 | 78 min
Chenra Tamsukh depicts the compromises and struggles the jobless youth of the middle class society face. Prabhat, Naresh, Shankar and Bijoli are college mates. Despite having a college degree they are jobless and financially weak. As a result they've to do things against their wishes. Naresh, Prabhat and Shankar earn as wagon breakers and by engaging in illegal activities. Bijoli sells her body to another college mate Brajen so that they don't become homeless and to take care of her ailing father. Shattered by the compromises Bijoli finally commits suicide. Her friends are shattered. They are shocked when the post-mortem report reveals she was pregnant. They blame each other. They confess they had weakness for Bijoli but she was cold towards their feelings. Brajen confesses that he is responsible for Bijoli's death. But, it's too late and they've no option but to lament the loss of a life.
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Mayer Ashirvad|
1982
Mayer Ashirvad
1982 | 113 min
Mayer Ashirbad is a social drama that portrays the story of a poor boy Kamal, who makes it big in life as a distinguished doctor, set to make his village a better place. The movie shows his emotional life, how he loses the love of his life Kusum as she is forced to marry someone else. It shows the emotional troubles he faces at the loss of his mother and the tough decisions he ahs to face in life. The movie has themes of love and familial relationships, the hard decisions of life, the mysterious ways of fate and holds up the basic Hindu culture. The movie ends on a happy note, where Kusum and Kamal are both happy in their own lives, and chose to lead separate lives.
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Dak Diye Jai|
1978

Jeevan Pradip|
1991
Jeevan Pradip
1991 | 118 min
Anita's struggle for existence begins when she runs away from home to stay safe from Shom Shankar's evil intentions and her lover Manik is held captive. Despite several attempts to find a safe shelter, Anita finds herself in homes of even more dangerous people. Will she be able to escape safely or end up losing everything?
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