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Browse 39 movies from Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
Oru Paathira Swapnam Pole is a Malayalam drama movie, directed by Sharan Venugopal. The cast of Oru Paathira Swapnam Pole includes Nadhiya
Nov 2019
Chanchal, a typical soft middle class young Bengali and Calcuttan, not masculine enough and unconfident about the sex and the woman, pays out most of his time finding a suitable girl to prove his credibility as a male. In most of the cases he fails to frame himself as good enough a man to the girls he come across and gets disillusioned on all the occasions. Finally, he almost reaches a beautiful girl to a close proximity, but unfortunately, no sooner had he succeeded to win the girl's attention, he becomes blind in the curse of God.
Dec 2000
Set against the backdrop of NRC and CAA, the film navigates the life of an old man who is forced into early retirement as he fails to produce proper documents.
Jun 2023
In the 90’s in a convent in Kerala, Sister Philomena is seriously ill while all the others are preparing for the anniversary of the convent school. Sister Nirmala who looks after sister Philomina is assigned to be with the actress Urvasi, the chief guest for the function. Sister Nirmala’s happiness has no bounds as it the same actress she has a deep fascination for, which the rest of the convent is not aware of. Things take a decisive turn when, on the day of the anniversary sister Nirmala is asked to stay back and look after Sister Philomina whose condition has unexpectedly deteriorated.
Jan 2014
a short film produced by srfti.
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On a stormy night, a weary detective and a keen-eyed doctor piece together fragments of a high-profile case. As evidences and unanswered questions surface, the dread draws near.
Aug 2025
In Kolkata, three art college graduates named Kapil, Debdutta and Padmini decide to live together and share their love for each other equally.
Nov 2012
two girls. Meena and Ayesha are teenagers who study in a convent school. They are grown together even though their dreams, realities and social setup are totally different from each other. Calcutta is the backdrop of this unlikely relationship. The girl struggle to live out the first adult relationship of their lives. Ayesha is easily bored and looks for constant stimulation. She likes to live in a dream world, nightmares even. In Meena, she finds a listener one who believes all her tales blindly, one who dreams and lives through her stories. The film is a collage of shared experiences, memories, dreams and realities, held together by an un-predictable non-linear structure.
Jan 2000
Set inside a cramped prison and unfolding in a single unbroken long take, A Prison on the Equator follows a condemned prisoner who obsessively reasons through time, logic and fate as he awaits an execution promised to be a "surprise."
Kanhaiya, loyal to village chief Gop Ji, must choose between duty and conscience when "Pandubbi" returns, unearthing old secrets and shaking the soul of the village.
Jun 2025
Neerbhukhi, a peaceful demoness, wants nothing more than to be one of the humans. However, the villagers will not accept her because they believe she is responsible for a severe water shortage. Following a traumatic incident with the humans, the demoness hides in a dried-up well and bursts into tears. Her tears pour forth in a raging torrent and flood the well. It is said that the demoness still cries in the well and that the village has been blessed with water ever since.
Nov 2023
Jag, an unnerved contractor shelters an unconscious, troubled boy - having promised him a healthy future for the two.
Feb 2024
On a rainy night, a man takes shelter in a jungle house. A blind grandmother mistakes him for Sujan, her granddaughter's lost lover. Haunted by tales of love and loss, he pretends to be Sujan to console her. But when asked if he'll truly return, he faces a haunting choice that challenges his identity and past.
Dec 2024
A story of Shyamal: a runaway, a pickpocket & a tiger's cub.
Apr 2006
Uttam Das, a folk singer of Bengal, built an Ashram for music in his native village, on the riverbank of Ajay. This Ashram is a unique example, in the modern world where an artist lacks free space to practice art. The artists gather here to celebrate music and the silence of nature uninterruptedly. In ashram rain arrives, seasons change, and stillness of the time persists. But today man's greed tries to destroy the river and the surroundings, pains the land and the artist.
Jun 2024
A propaganda playwright faces challenges during the final rehearsals of the play when a certain turn of events unravels the contrast between the real lives of the actors and that of their characters. The rehearsal stops when the lead actor refuses to deliver a dialogue out of fear of religious conversion.
Dec 2023
Driven by ambition, a young Nigerian athlete sells his father’s land to pursue his dream of becoming a professional footballer in India. However, a career-ending injury leaves him disillusioned and stranded in an unfamiliar country.
May 2025
An AI deepfake expert agrees to help the YouTuber whose deepfake pornography he created.
Dec 2025
a short film, when there's a man between Kolkata the city and history of riots he had witnessed.
Aug 2011
A person brings their partner to a doctor to treat an unknown itching fever. Two men come to see the doctor, one of them suffering from insomnia. Both patients meet at the urinal.
Sep 2025