Utpal Dutt

Chorus|
1974
Chorus
1974 | 111 min
During the decade of 1970, a company decided to recruit 100 stuffs for their vacant positions. But the number of unemployed youth was so much that almost 30000 people applied for that job. Here Mrinal Sen neatly introduced some characters who actually portrayed the scenario in which they were going through. A journalist actually recorded all reports direct from applicants when they were queued up for the collection of forms. Some of them were victimized by black marketers, some families were facing labour problem due to company lockouts. But everybody was standing for the collection of form for those vacant positions. The pressure was increased day by day, at last the management had to call the police to tackle the situation. Suddenly few posters were seen on the sides of the roads and pavements. Those 30000 applicants became united. Some phone calls also conveyed by them. At last people organized an uprising and symbolically they protest against the system of ruling.
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Kencho Khoondte Keute|
1993
Kencho Khoondte Keute
1993 | 155 min
Gyanoda is a very rich man who loses his son and daughter in law in a fatal accident. He is left with his granddaughter Parama who grows up to be a spoilt brat and a faithful maidservant. Before dying Gyanoda makes a unique, will, which provides only 500 rupees to Parama every month unless she gets married. In case her husband dies or gets divorced then Parama will get the whole property. Thus, Parama searches for a henpecked guy whom she plans to marry and divorce after a month. Gyanoda s maidservant s son Anondo, who left home in his childhood comes back to become Parama s temporary husband. He conceals his identity and tries to mend her ways but Parama does not like this and she starts fighting a lot with Anondo. She even tries to get him out of her way with the help of her evil factory manager Nepal but this plan misfires and Parama lands in trouble. Anondo comes in at the right time and rescues her. In the end, Parama undergoes a change of heart and the movie ends happily.
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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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Asati|
1974
Asati
1974 | 133 min
A rich and successful industrialist, Khokon Chowdhary, gets everything he wants but still gets drunk alone every night. His young wife, Soma, deprived of love and disturbed with his attitude, stumbles into someone from her past. Khokon's scarred childhood and Soma's desire for love lead them to some unfortunate events. Will they survive what fate has in store for them?
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Amanush|
1975
Amanush
1975 | 130 min
When a woman named Champa confides in Rekha that Madhusudan, whom she loves has got her pregnant, Rekha confronts Madhusudan, who denies it. Rekha disbelieves him. Furious, he goes in search of Champa, only to find that she has disappeared. Soon, he is arrested by the police on a charge of stealing money from his uncle, found guilty, and sent to jail for several years. After his discharge, he returns home and finds that his uncle is dead. The entire scenario changes when an employee takes over the estate and the property. Unable to reconcile himself to the changed circumstances, he gets addicted to alcohol in a big way and lives the life of a half-man and half-beast who is hated by one and all.
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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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