A quaint little town with a promise of rare stories.
A social satire of 1990s.
It follows the journey of Guddu who is a Sanskrit graduate from the small town of Begunbagicha, and literally wastes his time roaming around, being jobless and aimless in life. His friends are just like him. While Guddu’s parents are a bit eccentric, his only shining light in life is his childhood love Piu. The plot revolves around Guddu and he’s surrounded by many oddball characters. Guddu finally comes to Kolkata for a job opportunity and interestingly his love interest follows him as well.
Events on June 20 to 22, 1996 in South Calcutta.
Does astrology have pseudo scientific validity?
A married couple has come to Kalimpong for a vacation. They book a bungalow which is rumoured to be haunted. During their stay, they experience some paranormal activities which lead to murder. Then investigating starts and the mystery surrounding the house is also solved.
Kolkata police detective Shabor Dasgupta sets out to solve the murder case of Mitali Ghosh, a woman with a messy past. Her ex-husband Mithu Mitra, ex-boyfriend Pantu and friend Samiran are the prime suspects and so is her cousin Joyeeta. His investigation reveals a complex web of relationships gone sour that gives almost everyone a good motive.
Set in mid-20th century Bengal, Porichoy Gupta explores hidden identities through the intertwined lives of a mysterious landlord and his archaeologist friend.
A reporter's wife looks for him in a remote village and a political tussle ensues.
Psychological horror where a couple of friends meet in London.
A modern-day poet uncovers a dark conspiracy surrounding a lost manuscript of Rabindranath Tagore, leading to a trail of murders, betrayal and a race to protect Indias cultural legacy.
Surya and Gitanjali are smart college students. Surya falls in love with Gitanjali at first sight. Ajay is a spoilt brat and is the son of local M.L.A. Abinash. Ajay likes Gitanjali and thus proposes to her. When Gitanjali refuses, Ajay threatens that he will jump from the college roof top. Being a meek girl, Gitanjali accepts the proposal and starts dating Ajay. Meanwhile, Surya proposes to Gitanjali. In the presence of Gitanjali's boyfriend Ajay, Gitanjali refuses. But Surya doesn't yet to give up on her as he feels that Gitanjali doesn't love Ajay truly.
Set in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiralling recession.
Marriage is like rock salt, solid yet brittle, salty yet tangy... it has to be nurtured and kept alive. A third person's entry can make the marriage more exciting, as a little bit of uncertainty adds a twinge to otherwise bland but wholesome food.... Bitnoon is the story of Rahul and Mou a happily married couple whose 6 year old son is loathe to leave his parents alone even for a day'cause he feels they cannot be trusted alone. As a result Rahul and Mou hardly have any time of their own. There is no privacy in their relationship. Rahul tries to meet his wife at odd times to avoid the son only to be thwarted by the little fellow!!! At such a juncture Rusha enters his life with disastrous yet hilarious consequences. What happens next is a roller coaster ride for Rahul and the audience.
Barsha gets married to Nabakumar against her wish. Nabakumar is madly in love with his beautiful, moody, adventurous wife. But being poles apart by nature Barsha actually fails to love Nabakumar. When the marriage was not working out Barsha reveals a shocking truth. She had married Subho ,her college friend without anybody's knowledge much before she got married to Nabakumar. But within a month of marrying Subho, he was absconding due to his involvement in Maoist activities. The story unveils whether Barsha goes back to Subho or whether she falls in love with her present husband Naba. Written by Debaloy Bhatttacharya
A Premangshu Roy film.
Rubayet is a 19 year old loner from Kolkata who prefers solitude to the company of his classmates. Little do they know he's a pro at football until Motida, the football coach discovers his potential. Not only does Motida help Rubayet realize his potential but he also reaches out to him and even visits Rubayet's home town to learn about his roots. This he does to try to find out what caused Rubayet to be so withdrawn and reticent. What happens after Motida visits Rubayet's native place, does he manage to help Rubayet? How does this step change Motida's own life?
A deadbeat weather reporter at an English newspaper in Kolkata evolves into a detective when he pursues a deeply buried story about an adult movie star.
Two young couples facing several problems cross each other's paths to make a difference. They each have a unique connection that substitutes for what is missing in their relationship.
Heartbroken and disillusioned with love, Ayan, a college student, meets Smriti, a young widow, during his trip to North Bengal. Although he loves her, she takes a while to reciprocate his feelings.
Bheetu is an intense psycho drama which weaves a story around two women (sisters), whose inter-personal relationship and their whole outlook towards life have been shaped by their experiences while growing up. There's the lingering memory of childhood trauma... of the younger sister being molested as a child while the elder one, paralyzed by fear, was powerless to raise her voice against the ordeal. The film delves into love, betrayal and resentful bitterness... but above all, it talks about FEAR, an emotion which feeds on us until one has totally surrendered to it. Hence the name - 'Bheetu', which means coward, or in a state where one has totally succumbed to fear.
What happens when a devoted father is rejected by the son he raised? As he seeks justice in court, will the family heal, or will the divide grow deeper?
A Bollywood session violinist finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.
After an accident a man has lost his memory. However, he feels a conspiracy is brewing around him. His suspicion grows and he can’t even trust his colleagues, friends, and even police officers.
Twelve jury members debate fiercely over a murder trial. Only one juror is convinced that the convict is not guilty of the crime and he tries to convince the rest that the boy is innocent.
Three very different people from three very different worlds collide one winter afternoon in an anarchic Kolkata.
Two couples belonging to different social strata got intertwined by coincidences face different kinds crisis on a day. The corporate executive and his wife face an unforeseen and bewildering situation when they confront a burglar first and later the burglar's wife. Meanwhile an expensive necklace went missing from their apartment and was later discovered shining on the burglar's wife who claimed it's ownership!
Indrajit (played by the consistently stellar Ritwick Chakraborty) is an intelligent if indecisive man of 35 on holiday from Kolkata to visit his old college friend Moloy. He arrives to find Moloy constantly battling with his neglected wife Tuki, a formidable woman seeking elsewhere for the tenderness she fails to receive at home. In town, Indrajit comes across a familiar man whose insistence that they’ve never met before clearly masks an intriguing secret. Then, Indrajit runs into an old lover and her jealous husband, setting the stage for some fierce confrontation.
A world-renowned chef returns to his roots through a bowl of fish curry, the quintessential Bengali delicacy.
An old man commits suicide by jumping before a running train. In the next 72 hours, six stories unfold one after another. Curiously interlinked, each story is born out of a chance encounter between two strangers leading to a high voltage drama with a strange twist at the end.
Psychiatrist Dr Abhiri Chatterjee receives a phone call in the middle of the night. The caller, who wants to commit suicide, is also a murderer on the loose — or so it appears.
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.
The film deals with the personal crisis of two different women from two different backgrounds who battle it out and they lend each other's shoulder to cry on. They also are able to come out of their 'cages' at the end.
Story of a couple on the second night of their wedding and how things unfurl in their lives.
Famed detective Byomkesh Bakshi investigates the murder of a man who had just thrown a party to celebrate his recovery from a long illness.
Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a flautist in kirtans. The love blossoms even as Puti dreams of raising the money required for the sex reassignment surgery.
An anthology film of four short stories, each story bringing out a distinct colour of money through the changes in relationships among the characters.
Nirbaak is a hyperlink narrative comprising four love stories connected by a single woman. Every love story comprises one entity which is silent and thus Nirbaak (Speechless)
A gifted make-up artist gets entangled up in a world of crime with a psychopathic vigilante.
Maya, an Indian who has grown up in London, comes to Darjeeling to shoot her first ever Bengali film. The shoot was continuing unhindered until one fine morning, when Rai, the female lead of the film, is nowhere to be found. Even her fiancé and the male lead of the film, Arindam, has no clue, leaving everyone is worried. The shoot is stalled until Rai decides to come back. Meanwhile, Rai ends up at a secluded resort amidst the jungles. For company, she only has the driver of her car, Jeetu. As new friendships emerge and old ties are wounded, perhaps there is an old bond somewhere in the past, that gets mended as well.An entire film unit putting up at a heritage hotel in the lap of Himalayas while a love story opens up a new chapter as the shoot goes on.
A teen learns that her love interest is dead.
Bibaho Diaries is a romantic comedy about what a couple today looks like under a microscope before and after marriage - an account of all the hilarious things that bind them together and ...
Buro Sadhu is a film which speaks about a man's journey from boyhood to manhood - his disturbed family life, his relationships and his passion for films as a medium of storytelling.
A popular movie star, the eldest son of his parents, returns to his ancestral village for his father's funeral, only to unearth long-hidden complexities within his family.
A Hindu woman elopes with her Muslim lover, moving with him to Syria. Eventually separated by war, she cares for their handicapped child on her own.
To live a life is a challenge. Just to live, eat, drink and die without any sense of purpose is the reason for which we are born? Without really creating any value in life? Then suddenly a moment comes when Death knocks at the door. Its uncompromising, we all have to face it someday. We cling to this idea of "someday", expecting it to be far off in the future. But reality of life is that it may come to an end at any moment. Death creeps up on us from behind. But are we prepared enough to greet Death with open arms and a broad smile?
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.
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.
This film is partially inspired by the first volume of renowned Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's seminal novel 'Srikanto'. On an idyllic retreat sponsored by an influential friend, Srikanto, the drifter-protagonist, comes across the beautiful Rajlokhi, his friend's mistress.
It's a story of love, hate and betrayal and how the lives of three friends, Arya, Mohor and Mukul, get altered by these forces.
Arko, a film student, invites Subir Banerjee, who played the legendary role of Apu, to attend an award ceremony in Germany. But the old man hesitates to accept the invitation.
A rusticated boy in his adolescence comes to stay with his mother in North Kolkata and encounters some new experiences during his stay. The time-line of the story is in the 90's typical Northern part of Kolkata.
Shyamal competes with Runu in the race to become vice president of a big MNC and, in the process, distances himself from Charu, his wife. However, in the time of trouble, Charu comes to his rescue.
The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
This is a story of four friends & school buddies. Out of them, only Ashim is an earning person, he is a doctor. Earlier, they started a Bangla Band, where Hari was the lead singer, but they were heavily thrashed by the public in a stage show in North Bengal. They decided not to sing any more. Then they started a traveling agency. On their first trip, they start the journey with only 9 passengers and a girl who later joins them. The film deals with their journey via Kalimpong. The ten passengers are of ten different types and also the four tour operators are of four different natures. As the journey progresses, their characters were revealed one by one.
The film chronicles the tale of a deceased woman and a little boy who meets the restless soul of the departed woman. The woman seeks help from the little boy to unravel the mystery behind her death.
Kajal and Sraboni, two people in their mid-thirties, meet at a reality game show audition. A freak accident injures Sraboni and Kajal takes her to the doctor. On the way, they share two engrossing stories from their lives which culminates in an ironic altercation between them.
The small town of Ismailpur suffers an apocalyptic night when a sudden riot breaks out and the town descends into anarchy. Four victims of the riots, rival to each other, take shelter in an old woman`s home. As the woman awaits her son`s arrival, conflicts break out between the four members, leading to a fateful night that none of them will forget.
Dr. Somshankar Roy, a social scientist, engages Swagato and Anwesha to create 'mock' crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and derive conclusions about human behaviour from them. But all theories and deductions go astray when they come face to face with a real crisis in their own lives and cannot decipher whether the crisis is MOCK or REAL.
Imon, a dancer, is in love with Aakaash, a happy-go-lucky guy. However, they constantly fight, which finally leads to a break-up. Imon subsequently starts dating Vicky while Aakaash dates Piya.
The film narrates a story of three individuals: Anirban Gupta, a professor, Ira, Anirban's wife, works as a hotel lobby manager, and Rudrangshu (Rudy), Anirban's childhood friend.
Alokesh and Mina both are very particular about their hair. As they share a similar affection, they decide to get married. In a twist of fate, Alokesh starts using an unknown hair oil and loses his hair which results in the marriage being called off. Will he still be able to win Mina's heart?
The story is of three friends from school who meet up after about 18 years. One of them is a successful businessman, the other runs his in laws business and third one is a writer with a writers block. He asks old friends to help. In the process the three get back some fun of the past. But as they can't help the writer and some strange things keep occurring the three friends quarrel. But then the writer gets a clue and the three friends embark on a journey. In the strange place they land up, the three keep meeting people who are look alike from their past. Initially they try to reason, but finally as all three get involved and remember the stories involving these look alike the three start fretting. They are uncomfortable and worried - Disturbed. And this disturbance, distress, confusion, turmoil . It's their past present and future all rolled into each other..Their mind is in a mess - Old memories comes back haunting them.
A teacher helps a boy come to terms with the harsh realities of life. Just when the boy is starting to believe in himself, the teacher disappears.
A petty criminal, who loves a whore and wants to run away with her savings, meets a laid-off factory worker who is desperate to stop his wife from working as a housemaid.
Shubho and Sharodiya live on the opposite ends of the same neighbourhood in North Kolkata. Sharodiya’s family is eager to get her married. Her folks keep coming up with options of new suitors every day. Sharodiya though has been successfully revolting against this for a while now….Shubho’s situation is tad bit more messed up. At least, Sharodiya is a self made professional, and is successful . But the thirty-three year old Shubo, who’s always aspired to be a singer-songwriter secretly… has ultimately had to give in and inherit his father’s post in the government railway services. To top that, one fine morning Anadibabu, an astrologer by passion and a friend of Shubho’s Thakurda, drops by with a prediction- Shubho’s stars say it’s time to get him married. And the bride, so he foretells, will be found from the matrimonial ads in the newspapers.
South Kolkatan cricketer Abir moves with his family to Dorjipara in north Kolkata which is home to 11 Bullets, a cricket team that is out of luck. Abir gives them their first match win ever and also sets their land free from a political goon.
Two young men learn the importance of being lovers, and the importance of not being closely related to their respective beloveds.
Ritwick plays a primary school teacher, Milon, who is also a kabaddi coach, while Sohini plays his sister, Sheema. Arjun plays Chanchal, a state-level kabaddi champ with national aspirations. Milon is his coach. Chanchal is a passionate individual who also happens to be in love with Milon’s sister Sheema.
What is a name? Is it merely a word? A name of a person denotes his/her external identity. It is related to each and every social action and reaction of a person with other persons. The film deals with the plight of the protagonist whose name has changed overnight. The problem aggravates when the changed name connotes religious and cultural differences when Shymal (a Hindu name) or Salim (a Muslim name), the protagonist becomes Salim or Shyamal. The film brings into focus the crisis in his life and the pain of being ostracized and alienated by everyone that matters to him. In such a situation of loneliness, Shyamal identifies with his next-door neighbor who has also been alienated and is fighting his lonely existence.
Nandita, a nurse, one day encounters a case of bomb blast. The patient was none other than a criminal, who makes memories flash past her mind. This is the same man who raped her six years ago.
A documentary exploring the 50-year legacy of Bengali fictional detective Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.
A jobless unambitious and lonely Suvo and a lonely teacher Mistu live in the same locality. In Suvo`s imagination, they meet and talk every day. But when she gets married to Somnath, he is hurt. Believing their meetings were true, he still waits for her in his dream and reality. In reality, she hangs herself.
A medical student has to drop out of college due to unfortunate circumstances and starts running a sweet shop. However, his boring life encounters a sudden twist when he claims to have discovered the formula for a pill that can make people happy.
People from different backgrounds struggle to make their mark in the world while also trying to deal with their families and societal pressures.
Chawlochitro Circus is based on the life of a Bengali filmmaker who tries to make a film but faces many obstructions. It showcases the struggles of a film director in a funny way.
A detective is hired to find the arms left by the American soldiers after World War II. However, his search makes him discover a bigger conspiracy which he must anyhow solve.
Sabyasachi falls asleep and goes missing. When he comes back, he is at loggerheads with his son, Indra.
A married couple discover a dead body with a suitcase of cash in their house and get entangled in a web of crime involving politicians, police and cold-blooded killers. Can they dispose of the corpse and get out of this mess?
Set in rural Bengal, Pradipta Bhattacharyya’s contemplative drama about the human condition, The Slow Man and His Raft, centres on Nadhar, a motion-impaired, middle-aged man, “slower than a sloth”, who is swept into a touring circus following the death of his caregiving mother. Nadhar is something of a relic, a slow man stranded in a frantic, productive society. For those around him, his slowness can at best serve as a derisory spectacle. An expansive meditation on human nature, slowness and being profoundly out of step with the world.
In the bustling, nostalgic lanes of North Kolkata, Sumit Dasgupta, a 40-year-old software engineer, lives a routine-driven life with his teenage daughter, Mohor. Ever since his wife, Supriya, passed away unexpectedly a year ago, Sumit has been struggling to balance his demanding job and single parenthood.
The film is about a frustrated corporate man (Ritwick Chakraborty), buried in work even on a Sunday morning. He is rattled by frantic calls from his office, continued nags from his wife to do the weekend tasks, chaotic loudspeaker announcements from the lane besides, agitated pressure-cooker whistle as if it’s going to burst anytime – and amid all this catastrophe his phone hangs! This is when the iconic Bhooter Raja, appears in his hung-mobile through an app & gives him a boon, a boon where he will be in slumber for a day – nothing in the world can affect him while he taking rest (rather Lyaad) for 24 hours. The musical starts from here and captures a day where he is enjoying his Lyaad moments, completely unaffected by the chaos around.
Gora-e Gondogol, created by Sahana Dutta and starring Ritwick Chakraborty, marks the big-screen debut of Gora, the eccentric yet brilliant detective, as he takes on a mystery where chaos and wit collide.
The gruesome death of a sex worker at Kolkata's Sonagachi brings four very unlikely cops together for the inquiry. What follows is a hunt for the criminal, where the lines between good and evil blur.
Two men share a house and a past that no longer fits them. As city life pulls Priyam forward and age holds his father Pannalal in place, an unexpected return forces them to confront their differences and the quiet truths they have avoided.
Overview TBA.
Dulal Dey's sophomore directorial venture starring Ritwick Chakraborty, Anirban Chakrabarti, and Ishaa Saha.
Officer-in-Charge Debanjan Dutta of the Kolkata Police and his team face mounting danger while investigating a gruesome crime that shakes their neighborhood. As twists derail the probe, a ruthless gang spreads chaos across the city. With tensions rising and violence erupting, the hunt intensifies.
In the ancient land of Tripura, a king, a queen, and a priest rule over a kingdom steeped in superstition. The people believe the prosperity of the land depends on the blessings of the fierce Goddess Kali. If the Goddess is angered, it is said, destruction will follow. The queen, childless and desperate, clings to this belief. Convinced that a grand animal sacrifice will earn the Goddess's favour and grant her fertility, she turns to the priest for divine intervention. Together, they prepare a lavish ritual that will spill innocent blood. But the king, disturbed by the brutality of such traditions, declares a ban on animal sacrifice throughout his realm. A battle ensues: the queen and the priest defend the sacrifice as sacred duty, while the king sees it as inhumane violence.
While shooting a documentary on true love, Pramit learns of a mysterious village where anyone who enters will fall in love. He and his crew decide to seek out this strange place.