Madhabi Mukherjee
Also Known As: Мадхаби Мухерджи
Biography: Madhabi Mukherjee, née Chakraborty, (born 10 February 1942) is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film Dibratrir Kabya. She has acted in some of the most critically acclaimed films in Bengali cinema and is considered one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Adult: No
Birthday: February 10, 1942
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Female
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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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Charulata
Overview: In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1964-04-17
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The Big City
Overview: After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-09-27
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Bandook Baaj
Overview: Bandook Baaj is a family drama that shows the adventurous journey of a talented little boy of a Bengali village, during the political heat of the 1970s. It is based on the story of a childhood adventure and how a young mind learns the lessons of the world and understands life truly. The movie has many comical episodes and has much emotional depth to keep you engaged throughout.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-16
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The Coward
Overview: Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1965-05-07
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Santrash
Overview: Corrupt minister Rajib's goons kill Shubhankar's brother and the sole witness. Tormented, Shubhankar searches for a man who can fight Rajib.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2003-07-31
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Subho Mahurat
Overview: An actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2003-07-25
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Calcutta 71
Overview: The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1972-10-12
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Jog Biyog
Overview: The story revolves with the last life crisis of Jamini Mohan and his wife. After the 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 the distant relative, became their mental hope. After facing various humiliation 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.
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Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1984-06-07
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Letter from the Wife
Overview: A worthy companion to Ray’s Charulata, the film is based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore where a young wife goes against her family to save a young girl from the atrocities of the society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Golden Ivy
Overview: Bengali drama film
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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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.
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Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2000-04-01
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Probaho - The flow of life
Overview: Story of a widow.
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Original Language: bn
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The Wedding Day
Overview: The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-04-01
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Crossing the Darkness
Overview: Shortly after her marriage a young woman who has always had trouble with her eyesight goes completely blind.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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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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Saheb
Overview: Saheb, a jovial, friendly, and kind-hearted boy loved to play soccer. He was very much neglected by his selfish brothers. Only his sister-in-law and his only sister Boolti appreciated and took care of him. Saheb had the potential to become a good goalkeeper, but a lack of support and care from his family became the main obstacle to his growth. Suddenly Boolti's marriage was fixed with a well-educated family. The budget of the event made Saheb's family helpless. At that time, Saheb sold one of his kidneys and spoiled his football career. No one was aware of his decision. On the day of his sister's marriage when everyone was enjoying themselves, Saheb was fighting for his life. Suddenly his sister-in-law came to know everything and became very upset. All his brothers were imposing allegations against him for that unaccounted money, and then his sister-in-law exposed everything and made them quiet. At last, Saheb's incompetent father went to hospital and mourned for his neglected child.
Genres: Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1981-10-02
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Bandini Kamala
Overview: Moni, a Bengali woman, marries Ranju, a young man who belongs to a wealthy family of landlords. However, her marital bliss is short-lived when she discovers a string of secrets and conspiracies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-08-06
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Surer Sathi
Overview: Sumita is smitten with Sanjay's voice and decides to take music lessons from him. Soon, they fall in love with each other but her narrow-minded father conspires to separate them.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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Ajana Shapath
Overview: It's a story based on friendship and love. In this movie, there are three friends Satya, Shankar, and Manimohan. Satya is in love with a girl named Srimoti. After a few years, Srimoti gets pregnant. Satya shoots himself after an argument with her. Manimohan reaches the spot and takes Srimoti away to a distant place and settles down with her. Shankar thinks that Manimohan killed Satya. But the police arrested Shankar for the crime. Srimoti gives birth to a girl named Niyoti. After Shankar is released from jail, he learns about Manimohan's whereabouts. He goes there to take revenge. But after he finds out the truth, he forgives them. (Source: Angel Digital)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1967-12-08
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Bancha Elo Phire
Overview: When Bancharam suddenly dies, his spirit visits zamindar Narahari Dutta to ask for his help and stop builders from taking over his land.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2016-12-30
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Chokh
Overview: The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia’s brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However when the mill owner finds about this he tries to manoeuvre the medical system to get both the eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by the Jethia to be fake. Soon the mill workers get united behind the widow of Jadunath and hold protest rally against the injustice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1983-02-22
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Bonpalashir Padabali
Overview: Tensions between two brothers arise when one of their daughters marries a government employee. Meanwhile, when Udas' first wife dies and his childhood sweetheart rejects him, he becomes an alcoholic, characterless bohemian kind of person. One day after a quarrel, when he hears baseless and incorrect news that Padma was having an affair with the doctor, he comes to murder the doctor with a knife. In the darkness, drunken Udas killed his old mate, Padma. As a result, he was convicted and sentenced to death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1973-02-09
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Kusumitar Gappo
Overview: Based on real-life events, the film follows the ups and downs in the career of a gifted female footballer named Kusumita Das. Her rise to fame and her subsequent fall following an injury will be a test of her endurance, and how she survives the ordeal through sheer willpower, resilience and some help from a sports reporter forms the crux of the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2019-03-15
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Swapno Niye
Overview: Swapna Niye is a 1966 Indian Bengali film, directed by Purnendu Patri.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1966-07-22
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An Unknown Guest
Overview: When a mysterious woman arrives at their mother's funeral, the siblings try to make sense of who she is and why she is there. They soon realize a painful truth behind her reasons for attending the service.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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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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Ramer Sumati
Overview: The story centers around a character named Ram, a mischievous and cunning teenager who keeps the villagers on their toes with his antics. He steals fruit from trees, fish from ponds, and seems to get into constant trouble. Ram's brother, Shyam, works for the local zamindar (landlord) and has a domineering wife named Narayani. One day, Ram gets into a fight with the zamindar's son, which leads to Narayani taking a stand and refusing to speak to Shyam. Disappointed by this turn of events, he realizes his mistake when he loses the trust of his relatives and decides to leave the village, relinquishing all his property to his nephew, and move to his mama's house. What unfolds next is the heart of the story. It is likely to explore themes of family dynamics, social class, and the consequences of Ram's actions.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1977-03-11
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The Rest Is Personal...
Overview: While shooting a documentary on true love, Pramit learns of a mysterious village named Mohini where anyone who enters will fall in love. He and his camerman decide to seek out this strange place.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2013-06-29
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Chandragrahan
Overview: A tale of memory loss and redemption in the era of zamindaari, as a lost son returns to his grieving family after 12 years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Ganadevata
Overview: Set in 1920's during the British Raj, the film is about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1978-06-29
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Dibaratrir Kabya
Overview: Throughout her life, Supriya loved a man and was married to another man however she did not either escape from her responsibilities as a doting wife. However, her inner feelings keep tormenting her all her life and her married life becomes an utter failure. She not only ruins her life but everybody else's around her. In the end, her life becomes nothing more than fragmented pieces of broken images.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1970-01-16
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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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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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Ekti Jiban
Overview: Gurudas was a Sanskrit teacher in a village school in undivided Bengal. While teaching he felt the absence of an up-to-date lexicon in the Bengali language which has gained a new shape delinking itself from the original Sanskrit. In no time, he devoted himself to reconstructing a Dictionary and spent most of his life in pursuit of culling vocabularies from the mouths of common people. In the wake of the partition of Bengal in 1947, he came over to West Bengal and found shelter in a refugee camp. Meanwhile, he lost his daughter, son, and wife one after another, and was thrown into abject poverty still undaunted in spirit Gurudas went ahead with his mission. The only woman beside him was his widow daughter-in-law who kept vigil like unflinching flame of love and affection. When his work saw the light of day the erudite came crowding to show honor. The govt. conferred a befitting award but he refused. He was opposed to all these empty shows of honor.
Genres: History
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1988-06-05
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Biraj Bou
Overview: In this poignant tale, brothers Nilambar and Pitambar have contrasting personalities: Nilambar is kind but aimless, while Pitambar is responsible and practical. Nilambar's wife, Virajmohini, struggles as he mortgages their property to support his sister's marriage. When the village Zamindar, Rajendrakumar, becomes infatuated with Viraj, her life takes a tragic turn. Misunderstood by her husband, Viraj leaves home, faces numerous hardships, and eventually reunites with Nilambar in Tarakeswar. In her final moments, she finds peace, resting her head on her husband's lap, ending their story on a tender note.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1972-02-18
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The Golden Thread
Overview: After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
Overview: In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work. The resulting program, produced for the American public television series “The Creative Person,” features interviews with Ray, several of his actors and crew members, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Garden of Bancharam
Overview: The story of an old peasant,Bancharam (Mitra),who defeats the tyrannical landlord Chhakari (Dey).Inheriting a dry patch of land, Bancharam converts it into a fabulous garden.The British magistrate supports him when Chhakari attempts to acquire the garden, after which he dies. Chhakari's son Nakari tries a new stratagem: he promises Bancharam Rs 400 every month provided Bancharam bequeaths his garden to the landowner after his death. Bancharam agrees but amazingly becomes healthier with every passing day, repeatedly promising to die but failing to do so.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1980-01-29
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Je Jon Thake Majhkhane
Overview: This is a story of Dr. Animesh who is a renowned doctor and married to Nita, they have a son. Trouble starts when Dr. Animesh Starts to focus in his job and creates a distance from his wife....
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2006-08-07
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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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Chhadmabeshi
Overview: A romantic comedy, where a newlywed couple and their friend pulls a prank on the bride's unsuspecting elder brother and his wife. The groom poses as the driver for the family and the friend poses as the groom. What ensues is an all-time classic of Bengali Cinema.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-11-26
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Chotto Jigyasa
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Borunbabur Bondhu
Overview: Borun Chakraborty, a grumpy old man, leads a lonely life with his bedridden wife and an emotionally distant family. Things take a turn for the unexpected after the country's president gets in touch with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2020-03-01
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Disappearance
Overview: A professor's daughter goes missing, which starts a desperate search for her by his family and acquaintances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1991-02-07
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Dash Mash Dash Diner Galpo
Overview: The Last Refuge For Elderly Parents Abandoned By Their Children, Apanjan Is An Old Age Home. The Film Revolves Around The Lives Of Apanjans Inhabitants, And How Karma Finds Its Way To Teach Their Ungrateful Children An Important Life Lesson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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Thana Theke Aschi
Overview: Sub-Inspector Tinkari Haldar comes to the house of the Industrialist Chandra Madhab Sen to inquire about a Suicide and Mystery starts to Unfold.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1965-02-12
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Shankhabela
Overview: Tripti's ill son has been admitted to the hospital. A teacher by profession, she visits her son every day after school. One day on her way, she comes across her estranged husband, Sunil Ganguly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1966-10-20
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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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Matir Swarga
Overview: A 1982 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Bijoy Bose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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Mon Mane Na
Overview: Shikha, an orphan raised by two maternal uncles, falls in love with Shantanu. However, as her family is against their union, Shantanu tries to convince her uncles.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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