Mamata Shankar
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 07, 1955
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Stranger
Overview: A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1991-05-07
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Bijoyar Pore
Overview: Amid the celebratory atmosphere of Durga Puja, after an unexpected tragedy, Alokananda, strives to maintain the illusion of happiness. As Aloka confronts the self-centeredness within their relationships, a poignant journey unfolds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2024-01-12
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Abohomaan
Overview: Abohomaan tells the story of Aniket, one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal in eastern India and the loves of his life. Devoted to his craft, Aniket met and fell in love with his wife Deepti, an actress, while they worked together on the set of a film. They were so in love that Deepti sacrificed her own career for her husband's and for their son Apratim, but lost a little of who she was in the process. The plot thickens when Aniket auditions a young actress, Shikha, who bares an uncanny resemblance to his wife when she was younger. Deepti enthusiastically begins to coach Shikha for her husband's film - so much so that Shikha becomes even more like the girl Deepti used to be and as a result the aging Aniket falls in love with Shikha, a woman as young as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2009-12-22
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Bhotbhoti
Overview: After losing his parents at a very tender age, Bhotbhoti was raised in a ghetto close to the Ganges by his 'daadi' (grandmother) who too has passed away. Daadi was a great story-teller and Bhotbhotis favourite story was the one about mermaids and their world that exists, or rather flourishes underwater. Bhotbhoti's belief was further strenthened when he found out, not in the distant past, a story (movie) on mermaids that floats on the televison screen, called The Mermaid Princess. His most prized possession, the dvd of the film stays in his little trunk under his chowki (bed) until he takes it out every night and puts it into his battered but not run-down collected and repaired dvd player which brings to him his Ariel (the name of the mermaid in the film). The Ganges calls out to him and while his friends (group members) are sloshed, he dives into the waters to look for his mermaid queen, but she is ever-elusive.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2022-08-11
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Sunya Theke Suru
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-07-15
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Palan
Overview: Kaushik Ganguly will bring the story of dismissal in his new film ‘Palan’ in the context of 2022. The characters of Kharij will remain the same, the names will not change. The story will change a bit to keep pace with the context of this era.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2023-09-22
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Oka Oori Katha
Overview: A father living on the fringes of a village believes that working is a fool's errand, for the lord takes what little the workers make. When a young woman enters their home, tensions begin to rise and their idle life is threatened. The film is based on the story ‘Kafan’ by Munshi Premchand
Genres: Drama
Original Language: te
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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The Royal Hunt
Overview: A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Balidan
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Original Language: or
Release Date: 1978-11-24
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Prajapati
Overview: 'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-07-16
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Pradhan
Overview: Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to his principles to save his integrity and loved ones?
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2023-12-22
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Sheser Golpo
Overview: Sheser Golpo is an Indian Bengali romantic drama film directed by Jiit Chakraborty. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee as 'Amit Ray' and Mamata Shankar as 'Labanya', in the lead roles.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2019-07-18
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Projapati
Overview: A retired 65-year widower, Gaur Chakraborty, lives with his son, Joy, a wedding planner running his own business. Joy has a very busy schedule. Gaur wishes to be married. Will he be successful?
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2022-12-22
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The Re-Incarnate
Overview: Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
Genres: Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2014-02-28
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Shibpur
Overview: A political journalist associated with a leading mews channel found an interesting story in a woman who rose from an ordinary housewife to a notorious lady mafia gang leader in the 80s Shibpur who dominated the area for long time but went missing in late 90s and was never found.
Genres: History Action
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2023-06-30
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Crossroads
Overview: A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Antardhaan
Overview: Anirban is a professor who lives in Delhi with his wife Tanu and daughter Zinia. He is transferred to a lonely town named Kasauli. They enjoy a lot in the new city but their neighbors are mysterious. One day, their daughter Zinia goes missing during an excursion. Anirban and Tanu enquire and come to know that Zinia's friends didn't even accompany her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2021-12-10
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Samudra Saakshi
Overview: Manosi (Mamata Shankar) devotes her life to taking care of her family. When her son (Jisshu U Sengupta) grows up he doesn't respect her, but she continues to adore him. Her life takes an unexpected turn after her husband dies.
Genres: Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2004-12-31
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Dakhal
Overview: The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Drishti Pradip
Overview: It is a film of the childhood tragedic story of three siblings, wher their father lost his job and his family people killed him. The childhood life of those people was in the ancient Darjeeling during the british rule. One of the sibling was recalling the whole past and was writing about that after the independence of Inida. he then went to meet his siblings in distance places, but found them in much much more traumatising and proverty situations, but could not help them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-25
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The Branches of the Tree
Overview: When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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An Enemy of the People
Overview: Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1990-01-19
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Padatik
Overview: The film follows Mrinal Sen in his early days around the time of India’s independence, where he is a struggling idealist with an all-consuming hunger for cinema but unable to feed himself or his young wife, to 1950s Calcutta, where (alongside Satyajit Ray) he helped start the Indian New Wave cinema movement.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2024-08-15
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And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Overview: The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The saga begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope and of strength hidden behind despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1979-06-05
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Maacher Jhol
Overview: A world-renowned chef returns to his roots through a bowl of fish curry, the quintessential Bengali delicacy.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2017-08-18
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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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The Bong Connection
Overview: The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their places of origin. It seeks to explore sensitive souls singing to the tunes of Tagore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2006-11-26
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Ahare Mon
Overview: A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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The Case is Closed
Overview: A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night in the kitchen. The happy household is suddenly thrown into a psychological trauma. Torn between a sense of guilt and fear of a police case and consequently scandal, the employer and his wife expose their petty, hypocritical selves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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Dahan
Overview: On her way home the newlywed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also Neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five men are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1998-02-17
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Antarleen
Overview: Kolkata police detective Aniket Sanyal (Kharaj) guess on a holiday to Kasuli in Himachal Pradesh after his wife's death, only to be sought out to solve the mystery behind the well-planned murder of another tourist.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2016-11-25
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Flat No 609
Overview: A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2018-07-31
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Hemanter Pakhi
Overview: This is a story of a Bengali housewife who takes up writing as a career after twenty three years of her marriage. She is introduced to a new world and new friends. Her work gets appreciated and this brings a new twist in her life. She starts discovering her husband and her beloved children in new light. This creates trouble in her family and she sacrifices her dream for the sake of her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2001-03-07
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The Heir
Overview: Subhankar Sen, the teacher of St. Peter's school fell for Medha, but never admitted it before her. Neha loved him but waited for his recognition. But unfortunately that came only after he got married to Priti and decided to transfer to Kolkata.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2003-02-05
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Shah Jahan Regency
Overview: The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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Utsab
Overview: Family tension runs high when four grown siblings reunite at their elderly mother’s home. When the mother reveals that she might sell off the estate, the announcement stirs up painful memories and uncovers a long-buried secret.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2000-04-01
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Ballygunge Court
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2007-07-20
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The Tree
Overview: Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-06
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Distance
Overview: Though he has managed to become a professor at an early age, a supposedly liberal young man has neglected developing his relationship skills. Even though he forms an attachment to a young woman whom he had been helping with the task of finding work and even marries her, he is appalled to learn that she is pregnant with another man's child. At the same time, his political convictions have been put to the test, and he has effectively shown that he was not as serious about them as he (and others) thought he was. Disappointed in himself and in his life, he leaves his new bride and attempts to find consolation in an affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1978-03-20
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Bridge
Overview: Two strangers, both suffering from immense emotional distress arising out of life's tragedies, wanting to commit suicide, meet on a Bridge over the Ganges. For both, the meeting initially brings great challenges but eventually 'healing' at physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2017-06-28
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Nayantara
Overview: Nayantara, once a celebrated theatre artiste, faces a drastic turn in her life as her husband succumbs to vices, leaving her to bear the financial burden. Despite her hardships, Nayantara becomes the sole provider for her son Kumar, who later struggles with his electronics shop.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1997-07-01
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