Roopa Ganguly
Also Known As: Roopa Ganguly, Rupa Ganguly
Biography: Roopa Ganguly (born 25 November 1966) is an Indian actress, playback singer and politician. She is best known for her rendition of Draupadi in B R Chopra's hit television series Mahabharat (1988). Often promoted as the Bengali Film Industry's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi, she is known for her versatility and accent adaptation. She worked with directors such as Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose and Rituparno Ghosh. She is a trained Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and a classical dancer. She received several awards including a National Award and two BFJA Awards. In October, 2015, she was nominated as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, by the President of India. She served as the President of BJP Mahila Morcha in West Bengal. She served as the General Secretary and the Vice President for the West Bengal Motion Picture Artistes' Forum, a body representing cine artistes.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Birthday: November 25, 1966
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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NayanChampar Dinratri
Overview: Nayanchampa, Champi and Malati are housemaids and work tirelessly to make their ends meet. However, despite the struggles they face, they find it hard to escape the reality of their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2014-11-28
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Barfi!
Overview: The heartwarming tale of Barfi, a charming deaf-mute young man from 1970s Darjeeling, and two unalike women who can't help but fall for him.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2012-09-13
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Jara Bristite Bhijechhilo
Overview: Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo, is a Bengali film based on Joy Goswami's story Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo, released in 2007. The film directed by Anjan Das stars Indrani Halder, Sudip Mukherjee, Aloknanda Ray. Indrani Haldar has bagged the best actress award at the Madrid International Film Festival (Spain) for her role in this film, plays a woman, who walks out of marriage after being subjected to repeated marital rape and starts living her life on her own terms with her poet-lover
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2007-06-08
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Piyali's Password
Overview: A young woman comes to the United States from India to complete the legal formalities of her scientist sister's accidental death. However, as she tries to wrap things up, to her horror she discovers that perhaps her sister's death was not accidental. Caught in a web of conspiracy in a foreign land she struggles to get behind the truth, determined to unravel the mystery behind her sister's untimely death.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Rehmat Ali
Overview: A man evolves from seeking retributive justice to wanting peace for himself and his family.
Genres: Action
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2010-02-25
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Bariwali
Overview: A quiet drama about a lonely, sad, middle-aged woman, Banalata, who has lived a solitary existence since her husband-to-be died the night before their wedding from a snake bite. Never having quite gotten over the tragedy, she rarely ventures out and is clearly very lonely. This changes when she agrees to allow a film production to shoot in a wing in her sprawling estate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2000-02-16
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Janani
Overview: The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in. It is based on a Bengali short story named Baen written by the renowned Indian author Mahasweta Devi.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-07-01
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Aashbo Aarek Din
Overview: Chandana's sister in law is in love with a dashing Punjabi who has business interests.
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Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2013-10-24
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Bastir Meye Radha
Overview: Radha's life takes a downward spiral after her mother is killed. Fate brings her to the city and she gets a job as a house help. Things change when she falls in love with the handsome owner.
Genres: Family Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2000-06-30
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Mayer Raja
Overview: Raja, an orphan adopted by a wealthy couple, is given love and vain respect but is deprived of education. He falls in love with Tithi but things take a bad turn when she learns that he is illiterate.
Genres: Family Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-01-06
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Sadharan Meye
Overview: Ranjit, an honest policeman, works hard on taking down Ranita's gang but fails each time. An arrangement brings him to get to know about Ranita's real self Sarbani, his childhood sweetheart. Ranita's hands are tied for money, and commitments complicate their lives. Will they be able to reunite and get back on track?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1991-01-04
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Saugandh
Overview: Story of love and war
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1991-01-25
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Aro Ekbar
Overview: "Aro ekbar" is the film about women empowerment, middle age obsession, single motherhood, marriage or live-in relationship which one is acceptable in Indian society, friendship and bonding ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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Toofan
Overview: An earthquake tears a businessman's family apart. Years later, they reunite in a courtroom trial where the father meets his sons under unprecedented circumstances.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1989-01-06
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Rajar Raja
Overview: Raja takes to alcohol after the death of his parents. However, his life takes a turn when his childhood friends reconnect with him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1994-01-08
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In the Forest... Again
Overview: The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link with civilisation for a few days. However, the trip turns sour when Ashim and Aparna's daughter, Amrita, goes missing. It transpires that she is being held for ransom by local tribespeople. Police intervene and the kidnapped girl is returned to her parents, albeit against her own wishes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2003-05-03
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Yugant
Overview: Deepak and Anasuya are an estranged couple, now leading separate lives in Cuttack and Bombay. They meet again after 18 months of separation, at a small fishing village where they had once honeymooned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Prithibir Sesh Station
Overview: Samaresh must find a way to clear his former lover Jayati's name from a murder case where she is accused of killing a man who is suspected to be behind her younger brother's disappearance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-02-19
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Chaurahen
Overview: Chaurahen (Crossroads), a film directed by Rajshree Ojha, who previously directed Aisha, in addition to two other popular specialty projects, boasts an impressive ensemble cast that includes Soha Ali Khan, Victor Banerjee, veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman, and Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of the silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin. The film is an adaptation of short stories by celebrated author Nirmal Verma. Ojha describes the three vignettes that comprise Chaurahen as “snippets of collected photographs, bringing together similar disconnected people trying to find their path.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-06
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Critical Encounter
Overview: The story is of terrorism that’s plaguing different parts of the Northeast as the backdrop. Shilajeet Majumdar, a militant on the run, takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion. Rupa Ganguly stays there with her father-in-law Soumitra Chatterjee and his father Haradhan Bandopadhyay who’s confined to bed and is unable to speak. This film focuses on the friction and undercurrent of tension between the lady of the house and the terrorist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-01-07
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Mahulbanir Sereng
Overview: The story of Mahulbanir Sereng is a narrative revolving around the triangular love story of Aghore (Pijush Ganguly), with his wife Saheli (Chandrayee Ghosh) and Dr. Alaktak Roy (Shilajeet Majumdar). Aghore is a police constable who works in a different place so he often stays out of hometown, in the mean time his wife Saheli gets closer with the new young doctor of their village.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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Krishna Cottage
Overview: After their car breaks down, a group of collegians are forced to take shelter in the mysterious Krishna Cottage for the night. Little do they know that the cottage is haunted by a spirit.
Genres: Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Antarmahal
Overview: In late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his new second wife Jashomati seems unable to deliver; and competing with his regional rivals to produce the most magnificent effigy of a goddess for the annual Durga Puja ceremony. This year he concocts a master plan - why not change the face of the goddess for the most powerful woman on Earth - Queen Victoria. Meantime his two wives Mahomaya and Jashomati try to look out for one another especially as Bhubeneshwar begins to sexually assault his younger wife each night. Traumatised and lonely, Jashomati is dangerously drawn towards the youthful sculptor who has been employed to create the great effigy of Durga, Goddess of destruction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Jaani Dekha Hobe
Overview: A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Naa Ille Naa Swargam
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Original Language: te
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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Nobel Chor
Overview: The Nobel Medal of great Indian Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore was stolen in 2004 and it was never found. This film is a fictional account of what might have happened to the medal. A poor farmer...
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2011-07-28
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Chowrasta Crossroads of Love
Overview: the movie director ed by Anjan Dutt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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Dutta Vs Dutta
Overview: Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt. This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film. Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2012-11-23
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Ek Din Achanak
Overview: Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1989-09-14
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Kamla Ki Maut
Overview: The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they have made in their own lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Pyar Ka Devta
Overview: Film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Madhuri Dixit
Genres: Family Drama Action
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Nishchaiy
Overview: The story of two brothers, Ravi and Rohan Yadav, separated due to unforeseen circumstances created by Ravi's employer.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1992-07-17
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The Padma Boatman
Overview: Based on the timeless literary work by Manik Bandyopadhyay, Padma Nadir Majhi was directed by Gautam Ghosh. The movie illustrates the tumultuous lives of the fishermen and their families, living by the river Padma. Beautiful shots of the river, Ghosh's flair for realism and brilliant display of acting skills by noted actors of Bangladesh and West Bengal, including Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Abul Khayer, Raisul Islam Asad, Champa, and Rupa Ganguli, fetched the movie local and international honours.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-06-12
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Dekha
Overview: A journey through the life of an aged Bengali poet, Shashibhushan. Shashbhushan, now blind, reflects on his past. Stimulated by sounds - songs, crows, traffic, and an electronic lighter - he recalls the now-vanished arts and literature scene of post independence Calcutta. The old man lives in a crumbling aristocratic mansion in the heart of town, which he shares with his teacher's daughter, Sarama, and her young son Shumon. During a vacation in the country another man enters their lives. Gangan was born blind and is a talented singer. Gangan and Sarama engage in a secret affair as Shashibhushan recalls his own wife, who he lost because of his uncontrollable sexual appetite.
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Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2001-04-01
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Bow Barracks Forever
Overview: As the modern world hustles toward never-ending changes, the residents of a small Anglo-Indian community in the lively metropolis of Kolkata try to preserve their unique identity in this moving drama from India. A host of characters, including Emily (Lillete Dubey), her son Bradly (Clayton Rodgers) and the woman he loves, Anne (Neha Dubey) -- who's stuck in an abusive marriage -- deal with personal struggles and pressure to give up their homes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2004-12-01
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Nagordola
Overview: A dysfunctional family endures chronic illness, unplanned pregnancy, emotional instability, inappropriate affairs, and a host of other issues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-06-15
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Khela
Overview: Kolkata-based Sheela Bhowmik feels isolated and neglected, and decides to leave her busy film-maker husband, Raja, to spend sometime with her friend, Renu, her mom, and then subsequently travels to Kashmir to spend some time by herself. Raja gets involved in a new movie depicting the life of Gautam Buddh, and is on the look-out for a male child to play the character. He does find one, a young school-going lad, Abhirup Mitra; introduces him to the Producer, Vikram; as well as other crew including beautiful Anjali, who has a crush on Raja. Neither Vikram, Anjali nor any of the crew are aware that Raja is the prime suspect in the abduction of Abhirup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2008-07-09
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Luck
Overview: Born lucky, Karim Moussa takes to exploiting it instead of focusing on studies. Now a wealthy gambler, he decides to recruit about a dozen lucky people to participate in a deadly game of survival.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama Adventure
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Abosheshey
Overview: Soumyo (Khanna), returns from San Francisco to Kolkata, the city of his birth at the behest of his estranged mother, the enigmatic and vivacious Suchismita (Ganguly). What should have been a quick journey turns into a voyage of self-discovery and an exploration of the great metropolis that is Kolkata, a living, breathing character in the film. In the ravishing Nandini (Sen), Suchismita's protégé, Soumyo finds answers to his past and perhaps the future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2011-12-01
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Mayabazaar
Overview: Three different stories Smriti (Memories), Satwa (Soul) and Bhobiswot (Future) get interwoven in one complex plot, creating a world of illusion.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2012-01-27
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Hemlock Society
Overview: Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turning everybody's lives upside-down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2012-06-21
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Natoker Moto: Like a Play
Overview: Kheya, a theatre artist, faces challenges in her personal and professional life spanning from 1950 to 1970s in a world dominated by misogynistic men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2015-08-20
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Ek Mutho Chabi
Overview: Ek Mutho Chabi is a Bengali feature-film released in September 2005. As the name suggests, the movie does not tell one continuous story over 90 minutes; rather it's a compilation of six different stories combined together, all of around 20–25 minutes duration. All directed by different directors. The movie is a kind of experiment with short stories after success of telefilm industry.Argyakamal Mitra’s Janmodin, Partha Sen’s Pakshiraj, Indranil Roychowdhury’s Tapan Babu, Prabhat Roy’s Ragun Babur Galpo, Anjan Dutt’s Tarpor Bhalobasha and Kaushik Ganguly’s ProgressReport make up the package of six.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-09-01
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Bahaar Aane Tak
Overview: The lives of two friends are turned upside-down when someone from their past returns.
Genres: Family
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Na Hannyate
Overview: Inspired by Zhang Ling's essay, The Great Tangshan Earthquake, Riingo's latest offering, Na Hanaytte, which means it never dies, is a poignant tale of a woman, Jui, who is caught in a situation where she could save only one of her kids and leave the other to die. Being a mother, Jui could never forgive herself for having to choose between her two children Ratan and Shiuli. But life goes on... years go by... The film is about relationships and how they gradually change in times of crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2012-11-16
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Empty Canvas
Overview: Saumitra, a narrow minded brilliant painter and sculptor, visits Khajuraho Group of Monuments to draw inspiration and meets Teesta there through a common friend, Arijit who is an artiste, too. Love blossoms between them in Kolkata and though their family background and economic standards are poles apart, they decide to marry. Teesta breaks away from her rich, blue blood family. After getting in the nuptial bed, hypocrite Saumitra, to his shock, discovers that without padded bra Teesta is flat-chested. The shock develops into sense of being cheated, anger and finally hatred. Teesta goes and seeks solution from Sharmistha Sen, her manager. Will Arijit marry flat-chested Teesta?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2005-04-15
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Gurudakshina
Overview: An orphaned boy Dev is adopted by Guruji and brought to his dance academy in Kolkata, owing to his dancing skills. Impressed by his talent, guruji takes him under his wings. However, Dev's one-sided love for Guruji's daughter Sanjukta changes their lives forever. Sanjukta finds herself seduced by Chhau dancer Gambhira instead, who seems like a man of dubious intent. Turns out he is a Naxalite, on a secret mission.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2015-03-19
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Namte Namte
Overview: The film revolves around a typical middle-class family of Bengal. Ananda (Rajatava Dutta) is a very meek guy and is scared of confronting people. He is a peace-loving man and very shy in nature. He works as a clerk in a government office. His wife Seema (Roopa Ganguly) is however a spirited woman and remains tense about him and her family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2013-02-02
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Punascha
Overview: Punascha is a serious film about the relationship between an elderly author and his old flame which hits the headlines one fine day when things goes all wrong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2014-08-08
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The Understudy
Overview: Adapted from "Dui nomberer asami" written by Nilanjan Chaterjee. 'Kaler Rakhal' ( The Understudy), is a musical depicting the lives of colorful 'Bahurupis' ( The itinerant performers ) in rural India, mainly in Bengal region. The story also focuses on contemporary social and political issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Arshinagar
Overview: Arshinagar is a Bengali musical romance drama film directed by Aparna Sen. The screenplay is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2015-12-25
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Bidhatar Lekha
Overview: The film explores two lovers and their relationship in their last life that had come to a tragic end, and in 2007 the pair confronts each other again in the current incarnation.
Genres: Action Family Thriller Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2007-12-06
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Raghu Dakat
Overview: Based on A bengali folklore.
Genres: History Drama Crime
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2025-09-26
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