Shyam Laha
Also Known As: শ্যাম লাহা
Biography: Shyam Laha (26 November 1911 – 25 October 1973) was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi-language films. He was known for his comic acting. His original name was Kashinath Shil. Laha passed matriculation from Bangabashi Collegiate School. He was interested in music, playing the Tabla. Actor Pahari Sanyal was impressed by Laha at a function of the Bengali club in Lucknow and introduced him to Bengali director cum actor Pramathesh Barua. Laha became popular after acting in Debaki Bose's film Chandidas. He worked in the first animated Bengali film Pear Brothers in 1934. Music director Rai Chand Boral formed his independent MLB production company with Laha. He also appeared in theatres and was a radio comic. Laha performed in a comedy duo with another comedian Nabadwip Haldar in various films.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Birthday: November 25, 1911
Deathday: October 25, 1973
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Gender: Male
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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
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Deep Jele Jaai
Overview: A nurse at a psychiatric ward gets a bit too involved in the well-being of a patient.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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Sharey Chuattar
Overview: The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1953-01-02
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Zindagi
Overview: The story of an unemployed graduate who falls in love with a woman who ran away from her cruel husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1940-07-11
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Hanabari
Overview: A person vows to eradicate the rumors of a haunted house.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1952-07-18
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Kalo Chhaya
Overview: A lady visited Mr. Surajit Roy, a detective, with a proposal to steal a will from a landlord's house. Surajit did not accept the assignment. Soon after, he received a telegram from one Rajib Lochan Choudhury, zamindar of a remote village in Murshidabad district. It appeared that Rajib Lochan's life was in danger. When Surajit visited his house the zamindar had already been murdered. Detective Surajit started an investigation while staying at the house. He saw a nurse, Anima, appointed for Rajib Lochan and recalled that this lady went to him with the proposal of theft. There were several relatives and servants in the house but most of them concealed some or other facts from him. Finally, Surajit was successful in tracking down the real culprit
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1948-12-17
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Hashi Sudhu Hashi Noy
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-07-18
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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
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Bagha Jatin
Overview: The 1958 film is based on the biographical journey of Bagha Jatin, an Indian Bengali revolutionary philosopher who fought against British rule.
Genres: History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-04-10
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Manik Jor
Overview: Nondo and Gobindo are both rich people who live in a village. But they had married in the city. One day Nondo writes Gobindo's father-in-law that they are coming to the city and want to stay there. But after arriving in the city, they found nobody was waiting for them in the station. Then they meet somebody who is also looking for some people. So, he takes them into their house. After receiving the hospitality, they realized they were in the wrong place. They decided to go to a hotel. After reaching there they met some people and day by day they had different experiences in the city. Then they accidentally reached a film shooting spot and after then through some incident, they reached a police station. After that, they found their house and again did some hilarious incidents in his father-in-law's house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1952-12-05
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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
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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
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Sriman Prithviraj
Overview: Social comedy about two young newlyweds against the backdrop of pre-Independence Bengal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1973-09-28
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Sapera
Overview: Adapted from a story by Kazi Nazrul Islam this film concerns love and revenge among a tribe of snake charmers led by Jahar (Nawab) who is searching for his 100th poisonous snake so as to show how he can magically cure its deadly bite.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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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
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Ankush
Overview: Tapan Sinha's debut film is based on a Narayan Ganguly story SAINIK, which figured an elephant in the central character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-03-19
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Tonsil
Overview: Tapan Sinha's first Comedy Film & Madhabi Mukherjee's Debut Film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-03-09
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Sadharan Meye
Overview: A run-of-the-mill girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1948-07-01
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Niruddesh
Overview: A 1949 Bengali Drama Film directed by Niren Lahiri.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1949-05-07
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Kalyani
Overview: A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-05-07
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Punarmilan
Overview: Ramesh is the eldest brother in a close-knit joint family. When his salary is doubled, he pays more attention to his wife and child's needs, making others jealous. The family disintegrates as members start moving out to live separate lives. Will they realize the shortcomings of living independently?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-08-02
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Palatak
Overview: A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-06-21
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Dhanyee Meye
Overview: Bogola, the captain of a football team, travels to a village to play in a tournament. There, he meets and falls in love with Monosha. The president of the local football club tries to force Monosha and Bogola to marry to keep the tournament trophy in the family. However, their love prevails, and they can marry despite the opposition.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-03-12
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Abak Pritibhi
Overview: Arjun is a very lonely person. He doesn't know what life is. Every day for him is a struggle. So, he becomes a criminal. Jail is a safe custody for him because food is always available in jail. So, he tries to return to the place, but all his efforts are gone in vain, then he travels to a place and meets a father. He is the principal of a missionary residential school. In that place, Arjun meets Miss Chatterjee, a teacher. At first, she doesn't like him, but shortly after she starts to realize Arjun's quality. Arjun is also a very good singer, but again for his bad reputation police catch him and send him to jail. In court some students support him and thus all the misunderstandings are solved and the truth prevails.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-11-06
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Sunken Boat
Overview: A young law student is forced into an arranged marriage though he is in love with somebody else. Following the wedding the drama focuses on the bride's mistaken identity and the search for her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1946-08-06
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Marutirtha Hinglaj
Overview: While on their way to Hinglaj, Maharaj and his companions meet Kunti, who was raped by dacoits, and Thirumal, whom she left her family for. Together, they set out to seek the blessings of God.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1959-02-12
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Beam of Light
Overview: Andhare Alo is a 1957 Bengali movie by Haridas Bhattacharya
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1957-06-07
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Arohi
Overview: The romanticized story of a peasant who lives in a small village. He learns to read and is befriended by a doctor who helps him improve his status in the community. The film concentrates on the atmosphere and the character of the somewhat irascible peasant anxious that others should accept the knowledge he gained from his readings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1964-09-04
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Uttar Falguni
Overview: A story of love and sacrifice of a mother who did everything to protect her child ,even from her husband.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-10-11
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Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant
Overview: Nupur Chatterji has fled from her home in Delhi, resisting an arranged marriage with a man she dislikes. She comes to Calcutta to her college friend, but as her home is not safe she takes shelter in the house of one Anjan Mukherjee. Though initially annoyed, Anjan, a bachelor and a music director cum singer from Lucknow, comes to empathise with Nupur. In this situation enters the great detective Bhanu with Jahar, his assistant, for by now Dr. Digambar Chatterji has declared a prize money of ten thousand rupees for finding his missing daughter.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-01-25
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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
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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
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Ektuku Basa
Overview: A 1965 Bengali Romantic Comedy Film directed by Tarun Majumdar, featuring Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Sandhya Ray.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1965-03-26
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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
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Swarga Martya
Overview: Lalu and Chinta are neighbours and extremely good friends. One morning both of die and reach hell. However Yandyut exclaims that there was a mistake and that they were not the individuals he intended to kill. He orders Lalu and Chinta to be sent back to the earth but the latter claim for a tour of hell as compensation. Soon the friends find themselves back on earth but soon realize that their souls have been exchanges in error. This leads to a series of confusion of themselves as well as their near and dear ones. In the end their souls come back to themselves and there is no bound to their happiness, much to the amusement of the rest who did not know why they were so happy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-07-04
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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
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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
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Dasiputra
Overview: A 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Deb Narayan Gupta.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1949-05-20
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