Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, the central idea developed by director Dasgupta Read More »
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Three Daughters / Teen Kanya (1961) Satyajit Ray, Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Aparna Sen
Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore Read More »
The Adversary (1970) Satyajit Ray, Asgar Ali
A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Read More »
Komal Gandhar / A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (1961) Ritwik Ghatak, Supriya Choudhury, Abanish Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee
Set in the contentious 1950s, the film’s plot is structured around the rivalry of two radical theatre groups. Read More »
Letter from the Wife / 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 »
Antaheen / The Endless Wait (2009) Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Rahul Bose, Aparna Sen, Radhika Apte
Abhik Chowdhury is an IPS officer with a heart — honest, upright, yet laid-back. Read More »
Red Door / Lal Darja (1997) Buddhadev Dasgupta, Champa, Raisul Islam Asad, Sunetra Banerjee
Dr. Nabin Datta is a prominent dentist in Calcutta, 47, disengaged, with little affect Read More »
The Golden Thread / Subarnarekha (1965) Ritwik Ghatak, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya
A man (Abhi Bhattacharya) opposes the love between his sister Read More »
Deya Neya (1963) Sunil Bannerjee, Sabbir Hossain Raj, Uttam Kumar, Tanuja Samarth, Ratan Banerjee
The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father. Read More »
The Lady of the House / Bariwali (2000) Rituparno Ghosh, Kirron Kher, Chiranjit, Sudiptaa Chakraborty
A lonely middle-aged woman is forced by circumstance to let out her house to a film crew. Read More »