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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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Mahanisha|
1956
Mahanisha
1956 | 98 min
'Mahanisha' is the story of a poor mother and daughter. Soudamini and Aparna (Opi). Poverty forces Soudamini to seek the help of her estranged grandfather but Opi doesn t accept his help. Opi and Nirmal s marriage is fixed. Nirmal leaves for Burma in search of a job and promises to come back and marry her. Nirmal is forced to marry Dhira, the blind and helpless daughter of his father s friend. After this incident, Soudamini shifts to her grandfather s residence with her daughter. But grandfather and Soudamini s death brings further distress in Opi s life. Bihari is the only person who supports her. In the meantime, Dhira realizes that Nirmal is disturbed because of their marriage and she commits suicide. The lovers are united.
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Purani Jeans|
2014
Purani Jeans
2014 | 134 min
A film that explores just how deep and meaningful can friendship get for people! The film's protagonist Sid fins himself revising his old friendship days and upon revising them he realises just how important his friendship was to him and to what extent he could go to keep the bond of his friendship unharmed unconditionally.
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Suno Baranari|
1960
Suno Baranari
1960 | 121 min
Himangshu is a villageman who apart from practicing homeopathy helps the local people with their odds and ends. One day he gets a call from a rich man to escort his daughter Juthika to Patna. At first the rich and spoilt lady takes much disliking for the plain and simple Youngman but after having seen him from close quarters starts liking him. Soon her marriage is fixed to a bigshot. She confesses her feelings to Himangshu however he declines her love as he had a similar love failure in the past and did not want a broken heart again. He decides to leave the place and go away. Juthika breaks her engagement, leaves her family behind and choses to come along with Himangshu, proving all his apprehensions wrong.
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Din Jai|
1983
Din Jai
1983 | 120 min
Sita and Manoram fall in love and do everything to fight for it. Bur differences begin to crack their marriage when Manoram introduces Sita to his friend Manash. Will they work on themselves to stay together, or will their relationship fall apart?
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Surjasikha|
1963
Surjasikha
1963 | 131 min
Dr. Dipta Roy was a successful doctor, extremely committed to his duty. After completing his FRCS from London, Dipta takes up the responsibility to run a hospital in the suburbs. He brings about a lot of welcoming changes to the setup and the way the treatment is done. He meets Achena a local schoolteacher with a nursing degree who offers assistance and together they run the hospital successfully. Soon they marry each other. After marriage, however Achena yearns to become more of a housewife and her commitment slackens. Dipta takes this extremely bitterly and soon a rift is created between the two. They separate. Many years later Dipta and Achena come face to face with each other again.
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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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Sabse Bada Rupaiya|
1976
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1976 | 135 min
Generous and honest to a fault, multi-millionaire Amit Rai is always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy, even his business associates. His employee and close friend, Nekiram, warns him against doing this, but in vain. Then, hard times visit him and his family, and he loses all his wealth and money, even his palatial home and items therein are to be auctioned. All the people he had helped, even his fiancee, Sunita, abandon him. Penniless, homeless, with a widowed mother and an unwed sister, he re-locates near a seashore community, to begin life anew as a fisherman. It is there he finds out that his financial ruin did not take place by chance, but it was a deliberate and deceptive plot to rid him of his riches.
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Dui Bon - 1955|
1955
Dui Bon - 1955
1955 | 94 min
Dui Bon' is the story of two cousin sisters Himani and Ulka. Ananda, an upcoming writer leaves his village to pursue his writing career in Kolkata. He rents a room in Mr. Bishwambhar Dutta's house. Ulka is Mr. Dutta's daughter and Himani is his niece. Ulka goes to college and pursues music while Himani is neglected and has to do the household chores. Ananda develops feelings for Himani. Ananda's book 'Jorer sanket' written under the pseudonym Gautam Basu gets good response from reader and Ulka falls in love with the writer. Ulka discovers a page written by Ananda an mistakes it for a love letter written to Himani. Ananda is thrown out of the house. After the release of Ananda's second book Ulka realizes her mistake. She also finds out that Ananda is actually Gautam Basu. Ananda and Himani's marriage is fixed. When Ulka finds out she tries to commit suicide but Kalipada's presence of mind saves her.
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Swarga Sukh|
1986
Swarga Sukh
1986 | 123 min
Swarga Sukh is a social drama which narrates the life of a helpless and depressed girl, Sarama, who was forced into the dirty line of prostitution. She made a brother in Lal who was also orphaned. Lal protected her from all the ill-mannered and phony people. Later Sarama came under the guidance of Mr. Raja, the owner of the place. He was lonely after suffering from the sorrow of a heart break. He would meet with Sarama in search of peace and harmony of life. Eventually, he fell in love with her and asked her hand for marriage. Exited at the turn of events, Sarama readily accepts his proposal. But in fear of the consequence of a bad girl marrying a rich decent man, she decides to end her life, but asks Mr. Raja to mark her with the sign of marriage with red vermillion. In the end, Raja fulfils her last wish and marries her on her death bed and she leaves this forlorn society behind.
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