Asit Baran
Also Known As: Asitbaran
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Birthday: November 19, 1913
Deathday: November 27, 1984
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
Overview: ‘Joradighir Choudhury Paribar’ is the story of landlords, their ego, love and revenge. Despite ancestral differences, the Choudhury family’s landlord and Indrani, the landlady of Raktadaha decide to get married. But circumstances for him to marry Banamala to save her from Parantap Roy. Roy marries Indrani to take revenge against Jora Dighi. Misunderstanding turns lovers into enemies leading to their fatal end.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1966-12-09
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Bindur Cheley
Overview: Bindubasini, a young woman, faces conflicts in her married life. In an attempt to divert her attention, she decides to raise a child.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1973-08-03
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Ami Se O Sakha
Overview: Chandrani, Sudhir and Prashanta are good friends. Soon, Chandrani falls in love with Sudhir. But due to a troubled childhood, Sudhir rejects marriage and convinces her to marry Prashanta instead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1975-01-03
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Kalankini Kankabati
Overview: Despite being married, king Rajshekhar Ray falls in love with sexy dancer Aparna, who loves Raghubir. However, things take a turn when he kills Raghubir.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1981-04-24
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Din Jai
Overview: Sita and Manoram fall in love and do everything to fight for it. Bur differences begin to crack their marriage when Manoram introduces Sita to his friend Manash. Will they work on themselves to stay together, or will their relationship fall apart?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Chiriyakhana
Overview: When Byomkesh Bakshi's new client, Dr. Nishanath Sen, is murdered at Golap Colony, he decides to probe into the case with the help of his close aide, Ajit.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1967-11-18
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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
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The Power of Chant
Overview: Ambernath a well-educated Sanskrit pundit was different from his childhood. The way he thought and described everything was quite different from others. His master Jagannath Tarka Churamoni loved him a lot and after his death, Ambernath took his place. In such a situation Bani the daughter of local zamindar and Ambernath met. After few days, they got married. Bani were very skeptical about her husband and they were not happy with their relation. Later Ambernath left his wife and stayed alone. In the meantime, Bani also understood the affection and love she had for her husband. She came to know about life and commitment. One day Bani heard that Ambernath was very ill and he stayed in a lonely place. Bani rushed there and put her every effort to make him healthy. Later they came to know each other and lived happily.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1954-12-17
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Shadow
Overview: Tired of his life, a boat man gets hit in the eye by a bullet, blinding him by a young lady. They soon fall in love each other, but this is not liked by the older lady as she wants young to marry another man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Suhaag Sindoor
Overview: The story follows a kind-hearted girl who marries a simple man in her family, but misunderstandings arise, and she defends her family and husband, leading to consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Nishachar
Overview: Rich Meenakshi is engaged to Arindam but suddenly receives death threats from smuggling kingpin Jayanta AKA Nishachar and suffers a nervous breakdown. What for?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Naikar Bhumikay
Overview: 19 years after losing her child, Mrs. Roy still hasn’t stopped looking. In an attempt to usurp her wealth, her manager plants Seema to pose as the long-lost daughter. Udalok catches Seema red-handed and she tells him the truth. They fall in love and try to thwart the evil manager’s plans.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Adyashakti Mahamaya
Overview: Goddess Durga takes birth in the form of a human in Bhikhu's house. One day, Parashar, her devotee, arrives to liberate her. Thus, begins an altercation wherein several people lay claim on her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1978-01-06
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Badsha
Overview: Badsha, a kind thief, decides to mend his ways after he finds a child deserted on the road and takes him home. Meanwhile, the child's mother undergoes a shock after losing him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-12-14
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Chalachal
Overview: Sarama develops a close bond with her sickly classmate, Abinash, but fate takes her to Bipin and they get married. However, things turn awry when Bipin commits suicide after an irrational suspicion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-12-08
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Princess
Overview: Against all odds, love finds its voice in a tale of forbidden romance, resilience, and the power of truth. Manju's mother keeps her very strictly disciplined. What happens when she falls in love with Nirmal?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1970-10-02
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Shilpi
Overview: A poor guy named Dhiman (Uttam Kumar) found a shelter in a rich man house but eventually fell in love with his daughter, Anjana (Suchitra Sen). Despite trying to make a name for himself by painting and sculpting, Dhiman and Anjana went through all kinds of turmoil to be together.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1956-11-30
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Bagh Bondi Khela
Overview: Rajesh Banerjee came to Ranipur to visit his father, Bhabesh Banerjee. Vabesh Banerjee is a greedy businessman and a loose character. Bhabesh wants to stand for election and to reduce his declarable wealth he gifts his money to his son. Bhabesh's wife reveals the whole plot to Rajesh and Rajesh cannot accept his ways. The police are brought in and Bhabesh commits suicide unrepentant till the end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1975-12-19
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Kalamati
Overview: The first film to deal with life in creches in coalmine areas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-06-06
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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
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Garh Nasimpur
Overview: Depicted on the backdrop of 1651 when the emperor was Shahjahan and the subadar of Bengal was Shajada Suja. Amidst the conspiracies of the royalty, a young man decides to expose the schemes and reunite with his lover after the Nasimpur territory of Bengal gets occupied by a Mughal prince.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1968-11-01
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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
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Parineeta
Overview: In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1953-01-23
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Lalan Fakir
Overview: The heartwarming story of a fakir named Lalon Kar that traces his journey from being a family man to a wandering minstrel and how he spread the message of love everywhere. Note: Though poster art is in color, the movie is B&W. And while released in '87, it had to have been filmed in '84 or earlier, since Baran died in Nov 1984
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1987-02-06
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Wapas
Overview: Two young friends bond when they visit the village fair. They fall in love. What seems like a simple story soon turns into a conflict zone between families and when pride is hurt love is sure to suffer. Wapas is a tale of wronged love. Will the young lovers be able to bury their differences and find love again?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1943-01-20
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Kashinath
Overview: Shiromoni, a village priest sends his son on an errand to the house of Mr. Mukherjee. On his return Kashinath discovers his father is no more. With no kin to support him Mr. Mukherjee suggests that Kashinath should move over to live with Mr. Pitambar Chakraborty, the zamindar [Landlord]. Kashinath however, is in no mood to leave Mr. Mukherjee's home as he has started to grow attached to Mukherjee's daughter Bindu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1943-04-02
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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
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Chinna Patra
Overview: Starring Uttam Kumar in a double role. One is the unruly, rich and spoilt brat who is killed by his enemies, while the other, a good guy, reaches the dead man's house and is compelled to take his place
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1972-10-13
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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
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Hotel Snow Fox
Overview: Mithu Mukherjee belonged to a poor family. Her father was suffering from a chronic disease. They didn't have enough money to buy his medicines. Her father (Asit Baran)'s friend had cheated him due to which they had to mortgage even their house to him. Mithu Mukherjee decided to help her family and came out of her house in search ofa job. At last she got a job in a company which however stopped its business within a few months' time. She then joined a hotel where she met Uttam Kumar. Uttam Kumar was a bar singer there. He was a singer in disguise and he used to help distressed women who were exploited by the so-called upper class rich people. Mithu Mukherjee (Khuku) was helped by Uttam Kumar who helped her family get her ancestral house back. At last Uttam Kumar gave all the secret details of those people to the police and took his leave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1976-04-14
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Antony Firingee
Overview: Antony Firingee was a Portuguese-Indian who became a famous Bengali poet musician and fell in love with Shakila. She agreed to marry him after revealing her tragic history. But his fame was not enough to overcome their ostracisation and tragedy struck again.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1967-01-06
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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
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The Return of Little Master
Overview: The plot revolves with Raicharan's tragic life. He is the obedient servant of local zamindar and takes care of zamindar's son whom he addresses as Khokababu. One day the little son dies in an accident in river flood and he is blamed for the same. In a delusional state, Raicharan starts believing his own infant to be his much loved khokababu and brought him up only to return him to his master.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-04-28
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Harmonium
Overview: A child princess gets a harmonium from her father. Through fate and manager she is orphan, then widow and penniless. The harmonium, sold, changed hand and bringing ill-luck wherever it went. Will they ever meet? Under what circumstances?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1976-06-04
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Bilambita Loy
Overview: A promising artist and a singer fall in love in college and get married against their families' wishes. The singer soon begins performing to support her husband and becomes nationally renowned. On the other hand, the artist fails to earn a livelihood and becomes alcoholic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1970-12-01
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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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Agnishwar
Overview: A patriotic doctor lends moral backbone to the broken society of Bengal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1975-03-21
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Abasheshe
Overview: A film by Mrinal Sen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-01-11
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Bratacharini
Overview: A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Kamal Gangopadhyay.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-10-21
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Duti Mon
Overview: A 1970 Bengali Drama Film directed by Pijush Bose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1970-07-24
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