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Pather Panchali poster
Movie

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. His wife, Sarbojaya, looks after their rebellious daughter, Durga, and young son, Apu. The children enjoy the small pleasures of their difficult life.

Pather Panchali

Aug 1955

The Kingdom of Diamonds poster
Movie

When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.

The Kingdom of Diamonds

Dec 1980

Goopy Bagha Feere Elo poster
Movie

Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (Bengali: গুপী বাঘা ফিরে এলো) (1992) is the third sequel of Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series. It was directed by Sandip Ray and written by his father Satyajit Ray. This film was released eleven years after its predecessor Hirak Rajar Deshe.

Goopy Bagha Feere Elo

Jan 1992

Damu poster
Movie

A gullible man faces strange situations on his quest fo find an elephant in order to keep a promise he made with a little girl.

Damu

Jan 1996

Sukumar Ray poster
Movie

The film presents the life and work of the writer Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray's father. Ray made this film as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth.

Sukumar Ray

Jun 1987

The Padma Boatman poster
Movie

Based on the timeless literary work by Manik Bandyopadhyay, Padma Nadir Majhi was directed by Gautam Ghosh. The movie illustrates the tumultuous lives of the fishermen and their families, living by the river Padma. Beautiful shots of the river, Ghosh's flair for realism and brilliant display of acting skills by noted actors of Bangladesh and West Bengal, including Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Abul Khayer, Raisul Islam Asad, Champa, and Rupa Ganguli, fetched the movie local and international honours.

The Padma Boatman

Jun 1993

Distance poster
Movie

A professor in Kolkata marries a young woman. But when he learns that she is pregnant with someone else's child, he decides to leave her.

Distance

Mar 1978

Chokh poster
Movie

The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia’s brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However when the mill owner finds about this he tries to manoeuvre the medical system to get both the eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by the Jethia to be fake. Soon the mill workers get united behind the widow of Jadunath and hold protest rally against the injustice.

Chokh

Feb 1983

Ganadevata poster
Movie

Set in 1920's during the British Raj, the film is about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal.

Ganadevata

Jun 1978

The Golden Fortress poster
Movie

A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.

The Golden Fortress

Dec 1974

The Man with the Axe poster
Movie

After being accused wrongly of theft, a slightly addled servant runs away to the city, carrying as his only real possession an axe, which he claims to have killed a tiger with. He takes up life among India's throngs of city-dwelling homeless, and for a little while almost has a decent time of it. He has a girlfriend, and one good friend, and gets by through begging and doing odd jobs.

The Man with the Axe

Feb 1979

Kony poster
Movie

A swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids picks Kony from a slum of Calcutta and grooms her to be part of the Bengal swimming team to compete at the National Swimming Championship. However, politics, poverty and social stigma emerge as distinct roadblocks in their path.

Kony

Apr 1984

Jake Ghoosh Dite Hoy poster
Movie

Makhan, an ordinary man, climbs the ladder and becomes a big businessman after losing his mundane job. However, his happiness is short-lived when his greed compels him to do something drastic. Based on a story by Manik Bandyopadhyay.

Jake Ghoosh Dite Hoy

Jan 1982

World Within, World Without poster
Movie

When the elderly mother of a Kolkata middle-class family commits suicide, no one has the courage to read the old woman's diary. When the eldest son returns from Germany, his anxious questioning brings to light the disorientation experienced by the family and the way world history penetrates into the fabric of individual lives.

World Within, World Without

Mar 1991

Crossroads poster
Movie

A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.

Crossroads

Apr 1982

Swarnali Jaal poster
Movie

Will Tawnima Bose get to marry her distant relative, Sandeep Ghose?

Swarnali Jaal

Apr 2009

Shilpi poster
Movie

A man, who works at the house of Roy Bahadur, falls in love with his daughter. However, Roy Bahadur wants his daughter to marry his friend's son.

Shilpi

Jul 1994

Queen Anopheles poster
Movie

Queen Anopheles

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