Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor village boy's hazardous experience in a rich urban family.
The gloomy life of a young boy gets filled with joy when a new family moves into his neighbourhood. As the young boy sees the new girl, who becomes his new neighbour, he immediately falls in love. But things do not go easy for him as she lives with her uncle who has a very suspicious wife.
A stony-hearted mother-in-law treats her daughters-in-law, Mamata, Tandra and Deepa, according to their husband's income. However, when she falls ill and needs a pacemaker, she realises her acts of sheer folly.
When Mahua's father refuses to acknowledge her relationship with Abheek, she pretends to be a patient who has lost her memory. Her father is forced to unite the two lovers.
Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini who reminds him of his own daughter back in Afghanistan. One day Rehmat receives news of his daughter’s illness and decides to return to Afghanistan. But...
Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye.
The story revolves around, Jayanta, who hails from a poor family. He was brought up by his Musician teacher a village musician and widowed sister in law. Tapas's brilliant voice earns him accolades and lands him in Kolkata City, where he not only earns fame and fortune but gets romantically...
Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great...
Based on a story of the Bengali writer Jorasandho, this film takes a sympathetic view of hardened criminals, and was notable in its time for its unsentimental and realistic depiction of the daily grind behind bars and the complex relationships that develop between the inmates.
This story concerns an honest police officer Amit Sen and his wife Seema. Seema has to kill a smuggler, Changez in self-defence, but she cannot tell anything to Amit. Changez's boss Shamsher Singh harasses her for the diamonds that Changez has accidentally dropped in her house, but she has no clue...
A police superintendent arrests an unusual person guilty of three murders. There are mass protests for his release outside the jail. The protesting villagers refer to him as "debota", a guardian angel. As the policeman talks to the prisoner he hears a unique tale of heroism and honor.
