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Tag Archives: Bengali
The Desolute Beach (1963) Tapan Sinha

On his way to Puri by train, a writer gets acquainted with a group Read More »
Cloud Capped Star / Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013) Kamaleswar Mukherjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Ananya Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee

To Ritwik Ghatak film was not merely a form of entertainment, but a weapon Read More »
Runaway / Bari Theke Paliye (1958) Ritwik Ghatak, Param Bharak Lahiri, Padmadevi, Gyanesh Mukherjee

Kanchan, all of eight years old is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. Read More »
Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo / Reason, Debate and a Story (1974) Ritwik Ghatak, Tripti Mitra, Shaonli Mitra, Sugata Burman

Nilkantha, an alcoholic frustrated intellectual, suddenly finds himself out of the street. Read More »
The Cloud-Capped Star / Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960) Ritwik Ghatak, Supriya Choudhury, Anil Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee

“Meghe Dhaka Tara” tells the tragic story of the beautiful daughter of a middle-class Read More »
Distance / Dooratwa (1979) Buddhadev Dasgupta, Mamata Shankar, Pradip Mukherjee, Ajoy Banerjee

Mandar (Pradip Mukherjee) is an ex-revolutionary turned college lecturer. Read More »
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha / Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) Satyajit Ray, Tapan Chatterjee, Robi Ghosh, Ajoy Banerjee

Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. Read More »
Guerrilla (2011) Nasiruddin Yousuff, Joya Ahsan, Ferdous Ahmed, Shampa Reza

Bilkis Banu, lost her husband Hasan on the bloody night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him Read More »
Sagina Mahato (1971) Tapan Sinha, Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Anil Chatterjee

Sagina Mahato, a factory laborer,an aggressive, honest and lovable character who was the first to fight against Read More »