
This is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares Read More »
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Enchantment (1994) Sammohanam

Sammohanam tells the story of a mysteriously seductive girl, Pennu (Archana) in a quiet village to which she has temporarily relocated Read More »
Four Chapters AKA Char Adhyay (1997) Kumar Shahani, Sumanto Chattopadhyay, Nandini Ghosal, Kaushik Gopal

Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s last novel, Char Adhyay is set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. Read More »
The Great Mughal AKA Mughal-E-Azam (1960) K. Asif, Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar

Set in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem Read More »
A River Called Titas AKA Titas Ekti Nodir Naam (1973) Ritwik Ghatak, Rosy Samad, Farid Ali, Fakrul Hasan Boiragi

A fisherman, Kishore, marries Basanti when he visits a nearby village. Read More »
Bandini (1963) Bimal Roy, Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra

Dr. Devendra is an eligible young man, employed with the local prison for women. Read More »
Anantaram (1987) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mammootty, Asokan, Shobana

The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Read More »
Kanchenjungha (1962) Satyajit Ray, Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahadi Sanyal

Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills Read More »
The Vagabond AKA Awaara (1951) Raj Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nargis

Raju lives as a derelict as a result of being estranged from his bitter father, a district judge Read More »
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 / 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 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 »