Chhabi Biswas

An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the...

Dikshul is a 1943 Bengali film produced by New Theatres Ltd. Directed by Premankur Atorthy, the film featured music by Pankaj Mullick and...

Raja was a professional thief who went to jail for a crime. His very close assistant Bhola waited for him and when Raja returned from prison, they...

Bhupen is an excellent student who works as a private tutor to support his education and family. He begins to teach Sandhya who is a rich man's...

Eldest brother brings up the orphaned brother single handed along with his (later) second wife's child-widow cousin. When they grow up and marry, the...

Manik is mentally and physically abused by the manager of the orphanage he lives in. However, when he runs away to Calcutta, he finds himself in...

Indra catches a thief Kaanta in the night and tricks him into believing he's a famous thief himself who has made away with large sums of money in...

Biswanath or Bishu a young warm-hearted man, made a "Mukti Fauj" in Hell against Jamraj. He also planned to escape with Lolita, Heena, Rita, Ghosai...

This is a story about a landlord in a local rural Bengal. He is very stubborn, egoist, commanding person. Every steps of his move has logical...

Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor village boy's hazardous experience in a rich urban...

Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine...

A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22 years.

The story of a popular young writer and an idealistic young architect.

One of the early films of Chhabi Biswas featuring him as a leading man, before he came to be associated with the dominating patriarch roles that have...

Indrani Mukherjee the only daughter of a staunch brahmin in a village studies at Kolkata and stays in a girls' hostel. She meets Sudarshan Dutta, who...

The story revolves around the last life crisis of Jamini Mohan and his wife. After his retirement, Jamini Mohan and his wife Santoshini continued to...

The story is a simple tale of a great soul Sarbananda based on a simple village. Shambhu is a small boy raised up by his mother and grandfather....

Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who...

A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. ...

With his hard-work and patience, a virtuous boy overcomes the harshness of the world.

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the...

Based on a story of the Bengali writer Jorasandho, this film takes a sympathetic view of hardened criminals, and was notable in its time for its...

Himangshu is a villageman who apart from practicing homeopathy helps the local people with their odds and ends. One day he gets a call from a rich...

Running away from an early marriage Suresh elopes with his coy girlfriend Niru and stays away from his uncle Jagannath and lives in a rented house...

A womanizer (Asit Baran) conceals his syphilis and prepares to marry for the second time. Will his first wife be able to stop him?

Uttam Kumar's debut film. A tragic tale of love, loss, and redemption.

Directed by Manu Sen.

Sadananda, a wanderer, brings about a positive change in the lives of everyone around him when he starts living in a renowned man's unoccupied...

Uttam Kumar is in a mental asylum where he has forgotten slices of his life and behaves in a way that makes people feel he is mad. The doctor,...

The movie tells the story of Fakkaram, a.k.a. Fakka, and his love, along with his family and his greedy relatives, who are in search of a valuable...

A 1956 LOST Indian Bengali film starring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.

A run-of-the-mill girl.

A film by Tarashankar Banerjee.

Krishna, the daughter of a penny-pincher, falls for their tenant, Sunil. However, when Sunil leaves to forge a career, her insensitive father fixes...

A living human being's funny adventure in hell. The film focuses on the Hindi mythology of the God of Death and how his messengers snatches the life...

The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. Dada Thakur (Chhabi Biswas) starts his career with...

In post-partition Bengal, a clash of cultures between neighbors ignites a turbulent yet tender tale of rivalry, love, and unexpected alliances.

A Lost Uttam Kumar Film.

Jogin, a poor school teacher, had brought up an orphan Tomato as his nephew. But now suffering from the deadly tubercolosis, he decided to gamble...

1954 Bengali film directed by Nihen Lahiri

A naive Sanskrit poet, shunned for falling in love with a low-caste Indian woman, faces challenges after entering into a competition with a princess.

A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.

A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Sudhangshu Mukhopadhyay & written by Prabhabati Devi Saraswati.

The Mukherjee family's daughter, Maya, is engaged to Nanda but notices his growing attraction to Shukla. Maya convinces Shukla to help, and Shukla...

When a bride vanishes on her wedding day, a web of secrets and forbidden love is exposed. Caught in the crossfire are two young women, each battling...

A 1957 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose, featuring Uttam Kumar & Mala Sinha in lead roles.

Suren, the son of a zamindar of Bangladesh, lives his life in his own way. He takes up the private tutor job for a girl whose elder sister is...

Sonar Harin brings out the grimy and shady side of society and demonstrates how often innocent people, under fate, fall into this sullied whirlpool.

Rajat and Dhiren are at odds with each other when the board decides to replace the latter with the former. Things take a turn when Dhiren decides to...

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film...

The school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrates to city in search of job. He moves with family,...

This movie is based on the life of a famous Bengali philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer,...

A father worries for his younger son and asks his elder son to promise that he will do everthing in his power to ensure Arun does not go astray,...

A 1957 Indian film about an aspiring singer and the son of a reputed businessman. His stepmother accuses him of indecency and throws him out of his...

A 1958 Bengali Romantic Family Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose.

The plot revolves around a series of flashbacks that reveal a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyanendra, a judge, lives with his wife Sarama. Being...

Nirdharita Shilpir Anupasthitite revolves around a father and daughter, who get separated and unite after a long time. However, things take a drastic...

The story starts with the scene where Goutam Chatterjee is escaping from jail. Goutam is a freedom fighter and political leader. When Goutam is...

Rajat, a young man, meets Manju, a rich girl whose father is looking for her. Though Rajat initially slyly tells her father her whereabouts, he ends...

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur...

When Abhoy gets engaged to Sabitri she starts to ridicule him as he is old fashioned and socially awkward. Will situations change for Abhoy?

Shankar was a young lawyer in pursuit of making it big in the professional world. However, his world is turned upside down when he comes to know that...

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot...

Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job while harboring dreams of owning his hotel. After...

The struggles of a doctor in rural India.

Rani Rashmoni is a Bengali Movie by kali Prasad Ghosh

During WWII an army doctor is brought a drunken Anglo-Indian woman, whom he'd once loved, for treatment.

A story about a young man, who had to quit his studies as a doctor due to difficult circumstances, coming back and saving a young lady by performing...

A woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer headed for it? Who is next victim? All the boarders,...

Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon receiving a letter, Dibyendu leaves Bipasha...

The gloomy life of a young boy gets filled with joy when a new family moves into his neighbourhood. As the young boy sees the new girl, who becomes...

Shreemonto, who raises his son Jayanta alone, finds solace in his friend Anuradha, but she soon leaves him. Years later, Jayanta falls in love with...

Trouble ensues when an eccentric but simple-minded villager discovers he is the only living heir of a royal estate.

Sarbari and Saibal are both successful doctors and in love. However, Saibal comes from an affluent family, while Sarbari has to provide for her...

An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.

A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Kamal Gangopadhyay.

An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.

This movie revolves around an extramarital affair between a young, hot widow, Binodini, and Mahendra. Mahendra's beautiful wife Ashalata is a good...

A working-class leader confronts a villainous factory owner, falls in love with the boss's daughter unaware of her family origins and, after many...