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The Lonely Wife AKA Charulata (1964) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee
Charu lives a lonely and idle life in 1870s India. Although her husband Bhupati devotes more time to his newspaper than to their marriage Read More »
Days and Nights in the Forest AKA Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) Satyajit Ray, Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal
A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. Read More »
Shadow Kill AKA Nizhalkkuthu (2002) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja
Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. Read More »
The Chain AKA Zanjeer (1973) Prakash Mehra, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Pran
A police officer (Amitabh Bachchan) after the brutal murder of his family seeks some answers from life. Read More »
The Branches of the Tree AKA Shakha Proshakha (1990) Satyajit Ray, Ajit Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee, Soumitra Chatterjee
An aged patriarch (Ajit Bannerjee), popular for his scrupulous honesty, has a heart attack in the middle of a town gathering in his honour. Read More »
The Holy Man AKA Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee
A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) Read More »
Friendship AKA Dosti (1964) Satyen Bose, Sudhir Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sanjay Khan
Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Read More »
A Tale of a Naughty Girl AKA Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (2002) Buddhadev Dasgupta, Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar
Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, the central idea developed by director Dasgupta Read More »
Letter from the Wife AKA Streer Patra (1972) Purnendu Pattrea, Nimu Bhowmick, Ashim Chakarbarti, Santosh Dutta
A worthy companion to Ray’s Charulata, the film is based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore Read More »
The Expedition AKA Abhijaan (1962) Satyajit Ray, Waheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta
When a corrupt cop takes away Narsingh’s taxi license after an illegal car race Read More »
Bloodstone (1988) Dwight H. Little, Brett Stimely, Rajinikanth, Anna Nicholas
When an newlywed American couple goes to India on their honeymoon Read More »
The Adversary AKA Pratidwandi (1970) Satyajit Ray, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee
A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Read More »
Parashuram AKA The Man with the Axe (1979) Mrinal Sen, Arun Mukherjee, Bibhas Chakraborty, Sreela Majumdar
Carrying an Axe on his shoulder and preserving the strange memory of his encounter with a tiger Read More »
The Hero (1966) Satyajit Ray, Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen
A matinee idol Arindam Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is going by train to collect an acting award. Read More »