Tapan Banerjee

Rajar Meye Parul|
1993
Rajar Meye Parul
1993 | 135 min
The King of Bilaspur was really sad as his subjects in the kingdom were sad. The King did not know why, inspite of trade and flourish, his kingdom people were not happy. Soon he comes to know that his people considered him to be unlucky as inspite of having six wives, the King did not have a child. The King starts spending days of immense sadness till one day he dreams that a saint tells him to marry another lady who would give him a child. The King abides by him and marries a woodcutter s daughter. Soon the youngest queen conceives. The six queens, in sheer jealousy kill all her seven sons and later say that they were puppies born. Her eighth child is a daughter. Before elder the queens come to know, the younger queen s best friend, Malini smuggles the child out of the house, brings her up as her own child and names her Parul. Parul grows up to be a charming young lady and falls in love with a Tradesman. Soon, the truth of her birth is revealed and Parul is brought back to the palace along with her seven brothers by the King. The elder queens are punished for their deed.
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Jar Je Priya|
1987
Jar Je Priya
1987 | 114 min
Jar Je Priya is a 1987 Indian Bengali film, directed by Salil Dutta and Produced by Narayan Biswas. The film stars Aparna Sen, Tapas Paul, Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey and Natasha in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Mrinal Banerjee.
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Ek Je Chhilo Desh|
1976
Ek Je Chhilo Desh
1976 | 109 min
Ek Je Chhilo Desh is a romantic comedy that tells the story of an odd scientist and his wonderful invention. It tells the story of how a scientist mistakenly creates a truth potion with the help of his niece. He tries it on many of his subjects, like the fraud grocer businessman, a rich and corrupted politician, his own thief servant and many others. All of them provide comical incidents and also show the underlying serious state of events of the world. It portrays the greed and lust for money and power, and what it drives people to do, the evil and bad character of men who are most selfish and egotistic. In a comedy of errors our lead finds back the love of his life who had left him earlier and in a turn of events saves his life. The movie is very comical with a social message and very ahead of its times.
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Janmantar|
1959
Janmantar
1959 | 106 min
Minu stumbles upon her neighbour's paintings that resemble her and is surprised to hear the story behind them. Ashish was in love with a girl called Kabi, who resembled Minu and took her life because of their separation due to caste differences. How will her past life and love affect Minu s present?
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Apan Jan|
1968
Apan Jan
1968 | 112 min
This story line portrays the period of seventies in Kolkata. The situation of the city was very tense. At the same time the director portrays another life of an old lady lived in a village. One day a stranger came to her house and introduced himself as a distant relative and convinced her to go with him and live with him. The lady agreed, came to Calcutta and started living with the man, Arun and his wife Latika. Soon she realized that they had brought her only for the job of baby sitter. So she demanded a salary. The area where Arun stayed, was infested with young groups. There were two opponent teams - Rabi's and Chheno's. That old lady came to know about the crisis of the middleclasses. She left Arun's house very soon and started living with two orphan siblings in a deserted house. She gave them shelter and food. She finally was a victim of the fighting between those two groups.
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Surer Bhubaney|
1992

Dus Din Pore|
2007
Dus Din Pore
2007 | 143 min
Dash din pore is a social drama that revolves around gang wars and the protagonist who is a crook gone sour with his gang and turns good. The movie shows how poverty kills off the minority of the society and how it forces one to give into wrong actions. It shows how the minorities survive between the police and the troublesome gangs and also the politics of the area. The movie ends on a realistic note, showing how life turns out the way you choose it to be.
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Sarbojaya|
1987

Ekanta Apan|
1987
Ekanta Apan
1987 | 145 min
The story revolves around two friends Sudipa and Keya. While Sudipa is a rich man s only daughter, Keya belongs to a middle class background. Keya s elder brother works in a factory and is the union leader there. One thing leads to another, and due to no apparent fault of his own the brother gets killed. This incident makes a profound effect on keya s other brother Ranobir, who becomes a goon with a heart of gold. He helps people and fights evil, but is misunderstood by Sudipa who on learning that Ranobir is Keya s brother refuses to continue with her friendship with her. Keya tells her the reason behind Ranobir s aggressive nature and how he helps people and not the other way round. Sudipa falls in love with Ranobir and eventually they get married much to Sudipa s rich father s dismay. He does not accept the marriage, as he had high plans for her. Trouble hits paradise on the wedding night itself when Ranobir is informed about her sister Keya s alleged relationship with Babu, a local criminal. This leads to a fight and the police is summoned. When they arrive Babe escapes, however, Ranobir is arrested while trying to flee in a smuggled car and put in jail with a 3 years sentence. Meanwhile Sudipa gives birth to their child but the hospital declares the child dead. The last bond with Ranobir therefore breaks with Sudipa and so with a heavy heart she says it quits with him. Days pass by and a chance encounter brings the two lovebirds together again. All misunderstandings are cleared and they happily re-unite.
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Apan Holo Par|
2000
Apan Holo Par
2000 | 106 min
Apan Holo Par is the story how Madhavi is thrown out of the house by her husband as he suspects she is raped and impregnated by goons. Their sons Arjun and Ajit also go missing. After twenty years Madhavi s daughter is a lawyer, Ajit is a police inspector and Arjun is a local goon. Circumstances bring their family to the court where Madhavi proves her innocence and the culprits Ranjit, Abdul and Ramprasad are proven guilty and punished. Madhavi and Abhijeet s family reunites and live happily ever after.
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