Chhabi Biswas
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Chhabi Biswas (Bengali: ছবি বিশ্বাস Chabi Biśbās) (12 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalshaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi, (The Goddess, 1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962). He is best remembered for his numerous roles as the quintessential aristocratic patriarch, and was himself the scion of a rich and cultured North Kolkata family. He was born on 12 July 1900. His father, Bhupatinath Biswas, was well known for his charitable works. His first name was Sachindranath, but his mother nicknamed her handsome son Chhabi (a beautiful picture!) and the name stuck throughout his life and career. His portrayal of the formidable father figure, though often typecast, yet was powerful and convincing enough to earn both popular and critical accolades. That portrayal was culturally significant, too as in the British Raj, enlightened Bengali used to combined both the hoary tradition and the Anglicised urbanity.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Adult: No
Birthday: July 12, 1900
Age: 124 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 11, 1962
Popularity:
Known For:
The Music Room
Overview: 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 opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-10-10
Popularity:
Dikshul
Overview: Dikshul is a 1943 Bengali film produced by New Theatres Ltd. Directed by Premankur Atorthy, the film featured music by Pankaj Mullick and cinematography by Rabi Dhar. Notably, the film's lyrics were penned by the renowned poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, and it marked the playback singing debut of actress Binota Roy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1943-06-12
Popularity:
Gali Theke Rajpath
Overview: 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 started planning a bigger one. One day a family came to their locality. Within a few days, Raja and Bhola became closer to that family. Mala was the only female earning member and she worked in theatre. Raja did not disclose his real identity and tried hard to impress her a lot. In the meantime, a tout Gobardhan nagged Mala a lot to join films. Raja and Bhola gave him a good punishment and saved Mala in several situations. Later Raja tried to cheat a businessperson, but an unavoidable situation changed his life. At last, Mala came to know everything about Raja and accepted him as her partner. Raja also decided to change his life and put his best effort into becoming a good man. He meets Mala and asks her to forgive Raja. Raja once again regains Mala's love and the film ends on a happy note.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-07-17
Popularity:
Ratrir Tapasya
Overview: 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 granddaughter. She ends up falling for him and that ruins his career, even though he did not feel the same for her. He later gets married to Kalyani but he and Sandhya still share a bond for the sake of her property.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1952-05-30
Popularity:
Bhangagara
Overview: 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 new wives break the family, will it rejoin? At what cost?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-12-17
Popularity:
Manik
Overview: 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 deeper trouble in a far more dangerous world.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-01-13
Popularity:
Sakher Chor
Overview: 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 high-profile heists and thefts. Later, Indra enters a bet with his friends who bait him into pulling off a theft and he seeks Kaanta's help.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-06-30
Popularity:
Mriter Marte Agaman
Overview: 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 babu and others. After a lot of hurdles, they managed to fly away from Hell. They came back to Earth with expectations, but unfortunately, time was changed. All of them faced some unbearable situations which really made them sad. Bishu came to know his wife got married to a wrestler. Lolita's boyfriend Montu da was busy with some other lady. All these experiences helped them realize the changing time. As a result, Bishu with his mates decided to go back to Hell. Earth was unable to give them sufficient space to live a happy life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-07-17
Popularity:
Antariksha
Overview: 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 conclusions, with reasons and vision. He doesn't want to commit himself for any cause. But Jayanta doesn't always agree with landlord's decisions. He is very honest, sincere and whimsical person who doesn't know how to plan a work. He likes a girl from his early days and always wants to marry that girl. So he conveys his wish to the father of that girl. After a small hesitation, the landlord also agrees with his wife and nods for the approval. But after the marriage takes place, a long time mystery breaks out. As a result Jayanta has to suffer, but at last the landlord rescues him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-04-01
Popularity:
Raat Bhor
Overview: Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor village boy's hazardous experience in a rich urban family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-10-21
Popularity:
Kanchenjungha
Overview: Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine the class and generational differences of postcolonial India while celebrating the hopes of a society in transition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-05-11
Popularity:
Maya Mriga
Overview: A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-01-01
Popularity:
Surya Toran
Overview: The story of a popular young writer and an idealistic young architect.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-11-21
Popularity:
Two Generations
Overview: 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 become iconic in Bengali cinema, the film is a tale of the love, relationships and ideals of two generations. Nutubihari is an idealist who has given up his love for Kalyani for the sake of his beliefs. He marries Bimala and becomes a lawyer, fighting for the rights of the poor against the feudal lords. Meanwhile, Kalyani comes to ask refuge after she becomes a widow and is inexplicably accepted by Bimala with a lot of warmth. As the years pass Kalyani's daughter Mamata and Nutu's oldest son Arun fall in love and wish to get married. However, the new-found fame and fortune turns his head and Nutu begins to resemble all the ideals and vices that he had always despised. On the other hand in an ironical turn of events, Arun comes to occupy the position once held by his father, highlighting the generational conflict of ideals.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1945-08-30
Popularity:
Indrani
Overview: 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 had a brilliant career as a student and is doing his PhD. They fall in love, and Indrani wants to get married with him as soon as possible. She goes back to her village and informs her father of her intention to get married, Indrani's father takes umbrage as Sudarshan is not a Brahmin and also unemployed. Sudarshan too warns Indrani that he won't be able to provide for her. Indrani marries Sudarshan and is tormented at Sudarshan's house by his mother and sisters in law because of several emotional strains at play. To avoid further complications at home, Indrani gets a job as a teacher in Dinajpur. One day, after a heated exchange between two people that started their journey fiercely loving and trusting one another, Sudarshan leaves Indrani and goes in search of a job elsewhere.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-10-10
Popularity:
Jog Biyog
Overview: 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 be despised in the family of their earning sons. At this time, Gobinda, an orphan of a distant relative, became their mental hope. After facing various humiliations from their blood relationship Jamini Mohan died and as the mother of three sons, Santoshini became a burden to this family. Eventually, Gobinda became Santoshini's absolute refuge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1953-07-10
Popularity:
Baksiddha
Overview: 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. Shambhu is extremely mischievous and does things. Everybody in the village knows each other and all share a common feeling of love and concern for each other. But Shambhu belongs to lower caste and so every time he and his family is met with intense insult. Social stigmas like caste discrimination were strongly prevalent in those times. Purna da loves him but also hates his naughty ways. Meanwhile a Brahmin high class family residing in the same village too is plagued by problems of their own. One of the two sons of the family does not like earning a livelihood simply by performing prayers around. He does not learn his scriptures well or anything expected from a Brahmin boy. His family falls in trouble often and is considered the laughing stock for this.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-06-06
Popularity:
Kabuliwala
Overview: Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter’s illness and decides to return to Afghanistan. But before he goes a violent fight with a customer leads to Rehmat killing him. He gets out of prison ten years later. Based on a Rabindranath Tagore story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-04-01
Popularity:
Devi
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-02-19
Popularity:
Prashna
Overview: With his hard-work and patience, a virtuous boy overcomes the harshness of the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-01-06
Popularity:
The Hungry Stones
Overview: 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 mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Music Mystery Romance History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-08-02
Popularity:
Iron Door
Overview: 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 unsentimental and realistic depiction of the daily grind behind bars and the complex relationships that develop between the inmates.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-04-01
Popularity:
Suno Baranari
Overview: 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 man to escort his daughter Juthika to Patna. At first the rich and spoilt lady takes much disliking for the plain and simple young man but after having seen him from close quarters starts liking him. Soon her marriage is fixed to a bigshot. She confesses her feelings to Himangshu however he declines her love as he had a similar love failure in the past and did not want a broken heart again. He decides to leave the place and go away. Juthika breaks her engagement, leaves her family behind and chooses to come along with Himangshu, proving all his apprehensions wrong.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-08-05
Popularity:
Haath Badhalei Bandhu
Overview: 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 adding to it is a lot of chaos.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-01-01
Popularity:
Kar Pape
Overview: A womanizer (Asit Baran) conceals his syphilis and prepares to marry for the second time. Will his first wife be able to stop him?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1952-08-15
Popularity:
Drishtidan
Overview: Uttam Kumar's debut film. A tragic tale of love, loss, and redemption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1948-04-24
Popularity:
Sadanander Mela
Overview: 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 mansion along with the family of a little girl, Runu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-01-01
Popularity:
Bidhilipi
Overview: Directed by Manu Sen.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-01-07
Popularity:
Hrad
Overview: 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, however, disagrees and treats him with gentle kindness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-07-29
Popularity:
Lakh Taka
Overview: 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 amount of money left by a millionaire.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1953-07-10
Popularity:
Shankar Narayan Bank
Overview: A 1956 LOST Indian Bengali film starring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-06-01
Popularity:
Sadharan Meye
Overview: A run-of-the-mill girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1948-07-01
Popularity:
Naa
Overview: A film by Tarashankar Banerjee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-01-01
Popularity:
Upahar
Overview: Krishna, the daughter of a penny-pincher, falls for their tenant, Sunil. However, when Sunil leaves to forge a career, her insensitive father fixes her marriage with someone else for money.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-12-30
Popularity:
Jamalaye Jibanta Manush
Overview: 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 of any living being who has supposedly completed his days on the Earth. The story focuses on the mistake of two messengers who mistakenly pronounce a man dead even before he was supposed to be. Knowing of this goof-up, the god of death gets scared as no living person is supposed to enter 'Hell". Nevertheless, due to the good deeds performed by this human being while he was alive, he is given permission to travel to Heaven where he begins searching for his wife who had passed away sometime back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-01-01
Popularity:
Dada Thakur
Overview: 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 a hand-operated press, with his wife as his assistant. Later he is joined by Nalini Kanta Sarkar, an underground freedom-fighter. Dada Thakur brings out the newspaper Jangipur Sangbad. He campaigns against social evils and earns the ire of the ruling classes. He saves a girl, Lata, from the unwanted advances of Darpanarayan (Biswajeet), scion of the local zamindar. Lata joins the ranks of freedom fighters working with Sarkar. Subsequently, a reformed Darpanarayan too becomes an ardent follower of Dada Thakur and joins the struggle for India's freedom. Dada Thakur's greatest success is when he helps an ordinary man, a petty shopkeeper, get elected as the Municipal Commissioner of Jangipur.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-25
Popularity:
Ora Thakey Odharey
Overview: In post-partition Bengal, a clash of cultures between neighbors ignites a turbulent yet tender tale of rivalry, love, and unexpected alliances.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-02-05
Popularity:
Surya Sikha
Overview:
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-10-03
Popularity:
Necklace
Overview: A Lost Uttam Kumar Film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-07-07
Popularity:
Jadubhatta
Overview: 1954 Bengali film directed by Nihen Lahiri
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-09
Popularity:
Chheley Kaar
Overview: 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 with luck to see if a better home could be found for Tomato.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-07-24
Popularity:
Mahakabi Kalidas
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1942-03-21
Popularity:
Sanjher Pradip
Overview: A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Sudhangshu Mukhopadhyay & written by Prabhabati Devi Saraswati.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-01-28
Popularity:
Kalyani
Overview: A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-05-07
Popularity:
Putrabadhu
Overview: The Mukherjee family's daughter, Maya, is engaged to Nanda but notices his growing attraction to Shukla. Maya convinces Shukla to help, and Shukla successfully reunites Maya and Nanda. However, Maya's mother dislikes Shukla. Shukla then falls in love with Maya's brother, Dilip, but faces opposition from Dilip's mother. Despite challenges, Shukla's love and sacrifice ultimately win over the family, uniting them.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-10-05
Popularity:
Shubha Bibaha
Overview: 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 against the constraints of caste and tradition. As their lives intertwine, a powerful story unfolds about the enduring power of love and the devastating consequences of societal expectations.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date:
Popularity:
Surer Parashe
Overview: A 1957 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose, featuring Uttam Kumar & Mala Sinha in lead roles.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-06-28
Popularity:
Baradidi
Overview: 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 Madhabi, an ill-fated widow. But after a few days, he returns to his rich family and marries. But he cannot forget Madhabi who loves him like an elder and caring sister. In the meantime, when Madhabi's sister-in-law drives her out of the house, Suren hears that and arranges to return the property to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-01-23
Popularity:
Sonar Harin
Overview: Sonar Harin brings out the grimy and shady side of society and demonstrates how often innocent people, under fate, fall into this sullied whirlpool.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-10-08
Popularity:
Agni Sanskar
Overview: 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 seek revenge for his humiliation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-04-14
Popularity:
The Philosopher's Stone
Overview: 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 Foundation in 2007.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-01-17
Popularity:
Headmaster
Overview: 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, wife Labanya (Karuna), nubile daughter (Ranjana) and very young son. He takes residence with his wife's brother. He meets per chance one of his ex students, of whom he used to take free evening classes and many of whom got merit scholarship and became cream of society, a doctor, a judge, successful lawyer, manager of a big bank and so on. Can he cross the barrier and meet them? All have big bungalows and office with watchmen to stop. If he managed to meet them, will they recall his contribution and help their benefactor? If they do, what change he has to bring in himself? Can he?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-09-25
Popularity:
Vidyasagar
Overview: This movie is based on the life of a famous Bengali philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer, and philanthropist named Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1950-09-29
Popularity:
Saugandh
Overview: 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, educates himself and becomes an independent man. However, fate has other plans. When Arun commits an unthinkable crime, his brother fulfills the promise made to their father and shields his younger sibling from all harm.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1942-03-24
Popularity:
Prithibi Amare Chay
Overview: 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 house to inherit all the property of her husband. The female protagonist suffers a similar fate as her stepmother forces her to leave. They both decide to commit suicide and go to a riverbank where they meet and the cupid strikes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-05-03
Popularity:
Bandhu
Overview: A 1958 Bengali Romantic Family Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-02-28
Popularity:
Bicharak
Overview: 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 the Judge, every time he has a trial of similar cases he remembers his past, the truth about his questionable actions. Gyanendra always recalls when he was a popular lawyer, married to Sumoti, a suspicious and rude lady. But he had a weak feeling for his professor's daughter Sarama. One day Gyanendra's house was burnt and his first wife Sumoti died. Gyanendra could not make any attempt to save her, perhaps he was unable to bear Sumati further. Thereafter he marries Sarama and becomes a judge but he realizes his crime and his past haunts him much.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-03-12
Popularity:
Nirdharita Shilpir Anupasthitite
Overview: Nirdharita Shilpir Anupasthitite revolves around a father and daughter, who get separated and unite after a long time. However, things take a drastic turn when the daughter has problem adjusting with her father's rich background.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-01-01
Popularity:
Khelaghar
Overview: The story starts with the scene where Goutam Chatterjee is escaping from jail. Goutam is a freedom fighter and political leader. When Goutam is escaping, he takes shelter in Ruchira Banerjee's house. Ruchira's father Rajbahadur. R. C. Banerjea is a police officer. Goutam gets away from there. In the meantime, Ruchira leaves her house because her father forces her against her wish to get married to Subir. After that, suddenly Ruchira meets Goutam again. They become friends and they move from one place to another together. And the story continues with suspense at every turn.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-09-04
Popularity:
Chaowa Pawa
Overview: 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 up falling in love with her.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-02-27
Popularity:
Garmil
Overview: Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1942-05-22
Popularity:
Abhoyer Biye
Overview: When Abhoy gets engaged to Sabitri she starts to ridicule him as he is old fashioned and socially awkward. Will situations change for Abhoy?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-03-13
Popularity:
Sabar Uparey
Overview: 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 his father, who he knew went missing, was in real life spending his lifetime in jail as he was incorrectly accused of murdering a lady named Hemangini. His mother urges him to reinvestigate the case and save his father. He goes to Krishnanagar in search of the people and the pieces of evidence that would help him to prove his father’s innocence. He meets Rita, a young and charming lady who assists him. They fall in love. Shankar faces a lot of roadblocks while trying to collect clues, most of them which were imposed by the actual murderer. However, he solves the mystery in the end and his father is thus released from prison.
Genres: Mystery Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-12-01
Popularity:
Saheb Bibi Golam
Overview: 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 simultaneously exploring a platonic relationship between a beautiful, forlorn wife of an aristocrat and a career-driven clerk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-03-09
Popularity:
Adarsha Hindu Hotel
Overview: Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job while harboring dreams of owning his hotel. After overcoming numerous challenges including wrongful imprisonment and financial hardship, he successfully establishes a thriving hotel business, eclipsing his former employer and even securing a contract to manage large railway hotels. In a surprising turn of events, Hajari offers his former tormentors, Bechu Chakraborty and Padma, positions in his growing enterprise, showcasing his resilience and magnanimity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-05-03
Popularity:
Khaniker Atithi
Overview: The struggles of a doctor in rural India.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-04-01
Popularity:
Rani Rashmoni
Overview: Rani Rashmoni is a Bengali Movie by kali Prasad Ghosh
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-11
Popularity:
Seven Steps
Overview: During WWII an army doctor is brought a drunken Anglo-Indian woman, whom he'd once loved, for treatment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-10-20
Popularity:
Kancher Swarga
Overview: 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 very difficult surgery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-02-09
Popularity:
Chupi Chupi Aashey
Overview: 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, including owners are under false name. Why? A policeman arrives, will he be able to stop?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-07-15
Popularity:
Bipasha
Overview: Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon receiving a letter, Dibyendu leaves Bipasha before the ceremony to locate his birth parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-06-26
Popularity:
Shesh Paryanta
Overview: 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 his new neighbour, he immediately falls in love. But things do not go easy for him as she lives with her uncle who has a very suspicious wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-12-09
Popularity:
Atal Jaler Ahwan
Overview: 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 Anuradha's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-05-25
Popularity:
Raja-Saja
Overview: Trouble ensues when an eccentric but simple-minded villager discovers he is the only living heir of a royal estate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-01-01
Popularity:
Hospital
Overview: Sarbari and Saibal are both successful doctors and in love. However, Saibal comes from an affluent family, while Sarbari has to provide for her poverty stricken family, including her invalid father.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-08-26
Popularity:
Chhabi
Overview: An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-01-01
Popularity:
Bratacharini
Overview: A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Kamal Gangopadhyay.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-10-21
Popularity:
Kanchenjunga
Overview: An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date:
Popularity:
Chokher Bali
Overview: This movie revolves around an extramarital affair between a young, hot widow, Binodini, and Mahendra. Mahendra's beautiful wife Ashalata is a good friend of Binodini. For her feelings of love and affection, Binodini comes to stay with Mahendra's family. Behari, Mahendra's best childhood friend also gets mentally involves with Binodini.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1938-07-30
Popularity:
Samadhan
Overview: 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 adventures and setbacks, it is revealed that the hero is in fact the official heir to the property the villain had usurped. An influential Bengali novelist acknowledging allegiance to socialism, Mitra's studio-bound film concentrates on showing the milieu of the rich while the dialogues make numerous references to the workers and the poor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1943-06-05
Popularity:
Sashibabur Sansar
Overview: Sashibhushan who is the orthodox patriarch, has a tough time dealing with the youngsters who want to live life on their own.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-05-29
Popularity:
Pratikar
Overview: Sri Beniprasad, owner of "Model Drugs," discovers his workers’ grievances when he finds a bulletin circulated by them. Though his son Dilip is involved with the company, he advises his father to investigate independently. Taking on a disguise as a common laborer, Beni Prasad learns that his executives are dishonest and oppressive, even mistreating him. He is welcomed by Rammoy, a worker, and his family, where Jayanta, an enigmatic leader of the labor movement, regularly appears. During a secret meeting, Jayanta realizes Beni Prasad is undercover and orders his glasses broken, rendering him unable to see. Both Beni Prasad and Rammoy's daughter Reba question Jayanta’s true identity, which is revealed in a twist at the film's end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1944-11-11
Popularity:
Jar Jetha Ghar
Overview: A 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Chhabi Biswas. This film was Chhabi Biswas's second and last directorial film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1949-09-30
Popularity: