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- DirectorAparna SenStarsJennifer KendalDhritiman ChatterjeeDebashree RoyAfter marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsShabana AzmiArun BannerjeeKali BannerjeeClose to the holy River Ganga, an ancient tree provides shelter and comfort to Uma, a mute, orphan, Brahmin girl. Treated like a drudge by her cruel aunt, Uma is also cursed by a horoscope that portends widowhood. This might not be such a bad thing as this is 1828 and it will be next year before the British outlaw the religiously enforced burning of widows on their husbands' funeral pyres ("sati/suttee"). However, the priest thinks it a sin that a girl over the age of puberty is not married and tradition has it that a younger member of the family cannot marry before an older one. A solution is found: Uma is married to the tree. When she becomes pregnant (the victim of an assault by the local schoolteacher) not even the superstitious villagers believe that the tree is the father and Uma is ostracised for having been unfaithful to her "husband". Sent to live in the cowshed, Uma is forced to shelter in her tree when the cowshed is blown away during a violent storm. Lightning blasts the tree and in the morning Uma is found dead amongst the shattered branches and stumps. To the wonderment and consternation of all the onlookers, this most despised member of society has blood on her forehead resembling the vermillion that a groom puts on his bride whilst the manner of her death resembles that of an exulted sati.
- DirectorSuman GhoshStarsSavitri ChatterjeeSoumitra ChatterjeeNandita DasThe story is about the trials and tribulations faced by Shashanka, a retired bank manager and widower, and his daughter Megha, while trying to maintain their professional lives and relationships.
- DirectorMrinal SenStarsMadhavi MukherjeeGita SenBinota RoyAn angry young man on trial in 1971,a rainstorm in a slum in 1933,a lower-middle-class family during the 1943 famine,teenage smugglers in 1953 and a middle-class group in a posh hotel in 1971.
- DirectorAniruddha Roy ChowdhuryStarsRahul BoseAparna SenRadhika ApteAbhik loses faith in the people around him and develops an online relationship with Brinda, a young woman who works as a journalist.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsKirron KherChiranjitSudipta ChakrabortyA lonely middle-aged woman is forced by circumstance to let out her house to a film crew. She is attracted to the charming director and he exploits this fact to suit his purposes.
- DirectorAditi RoyStarsRonjini ChakrabortyRoopa GangulyAnkur KhannaSoumyo (Khanna), returns from San Francisco to Kolkata, the city of his birth at the behest of his estranged mother, the enigmatic and vivacious Suchismita (Ganguly). What should have been a quick journey turns into a voyage of self-discovery and an exploration of the great metropolis that is Kolkata, a living, breathing character in the film. In the ravishing Nandini (Sen), Suchismita's protégé, Soumyo finds answers to his past and perhaps the future.
- DirectorAnjan DuttStarsRanodeep BoseArpita ChatterjeeRoopa GangulyBiren Dutta is a lawyer. He is unsuccessful in his career and does not have any client. His wife is an alcoholic.The couple has one son and one daughter. Biren Dutta has an extra-marital affair with his only client.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsVictor BanerjeeSmita PatilOm PuriOver the course of two years Shyam Benegal interviewed Satyajit Ray about his career, the result is this documentary.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsJisshu SenguptaRiya SenRaima SenMonths after an accident following his marriage, a husband finds that the veiled woman he brought home is not his wife.
- DirectorKamaleswar MukherjeeStarsSaswata ChatterjeeAnanya ChatterjeeAbir ChatterjeeTo Ritwik Ghatak film was not merely a form of entertainment, but a weapon, a medium to portray struggle of common men. He was successful neither in his career nor he could he become a good family man or husband. Still he was an artist who never compromised for personal gain, fame or profit. The story of the film starts in 1969 and deals with Ritwik Ghatak's time spent in a mental asylum. It shows Nilkantha being admitted to mental asylum under the supervision of Doctor S. P. Mukherjee. S. P. Mukherjee learns that the Prime Minister of India knows Nilkantha and is fond of his works and may request the hospital authority to take special care of him. In the hospital a police officer sees Nilkantha and tells Doctor Mukherjee that he is a wasted drunkard. Another patient of hospital mocks Nilkantha as "disgraced intellectual". Even he was undergoing treatment in the hospitals, he writes a play and stages it with other asylum patients. The film shows how Durga (Nilkantha's wife) wants to leave him saying "separation is essential". Nilkantha witnessed partition of Bengal and its devastating effect and in his youth became attracted towards communism. Throughout the film Nilkantha's mental agony, struggles, inner contradictions, disappointments as well as financial troubles faced by him are shown. He clearly tells, it is not possible for him to make entertaining or commercial films. During a discussion Nilkantha asks Doctor Mukherjee that should a man perfome mujra at a time when the society is burning? He also tells Doctor Mukherjee that he is a "people's artist" and that is his job. The film also shows the atmosphere of Bengal during Tebhaga and Naxalite movements. A scene has been shown in the film where a book named "How to be a good communist?" is burning. This scene symbolises Ghatak's dissatisfaction with India's communist politics. When Durga tells Nilkantha that they don't have a single rupee to run the family, Nilkantha readily replies, it is not money but it is one's work which will remain forever.
- DirectorMainak BhaumikStarsAbir ChatterjeeRahul BanerjeeRudranil GhoshThe film is about Joy, Deb and Ananda. While Joy is a struggling actor and conducts workshops, Ananda works in an I.T. company and Deb is an actor. Joy's wife who is a fashion photographer runs the entire show as Joy hardly earns any money, Ananda's wife is a housewife and Deb is forever willing to sleep around with whoever catches his eye (in fact a new girl every day). However barring Deb, the rest of the couples don't share any intimacy at all.
- DirectorGoutam GhoseStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeDebashree RoyIndrani HaldarThe film revolves around an aging poet Sashi Bhusan Sanyal afflicted with glaucoma and nearly blind whose wife has deserted him because of his reckless lifestyle.
- DirectorRaj MukherjeeStarsSangeet BhoumikSamata DasParthasarathi DebA dysfunctional family endures chronic illness, unplanned pregnancy, emotional instability, inappropriate affairs, and a host of other issues.
- DirectorAnjan DuttStarsSoumyak Kanti DeBiswasTanaji DasguptaSumeet ThakurMembers of a Bangla rock band, 'Madly Bangali', tell the story of their life evolved around music.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshSanjoy NagStarsRituparno GhoshJisshu SenguptaKaushik BanerjeeChitraganda: The Crowning Wish, is a lusciously lit and deeply personal drama about a choreographer considering a gender-reassignment surgery. The film also explores insights into how gender expression can affect families.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsSujoy GhoshIndraneil SenguptaArpita ChatterjeeA prince grants his father's dying wish and secures his inheritance by marrying. The palace librarian who was befriended by the new bride goes missing, and the prince invites Byomkesh Bakshi to uncover the truth behind his disappearance.
- DirectorKaushik GangulyRituparno GhoshStarsRituparno GhoshChapal BhaduriIndraneil SenguptaThe movie is about a Delhi base trans gender documentary filmmaker Abhiroop Sen and his bisexual lover cinematographer. They wanted to make a documentary on the life of famous "Jatra" actor "Chapal Bhaduri" But doing so Sen recognized that his life resemble Chapal's life. The movie revolves around the trauma, the pressure,the setbacks, heartache and several situations faced by trans gender.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAparna SenMithun ChakrabortyDipankar DeyA young girl's crush on a movie star has a chance of blossoming into love when the pair meet...but fate has a twist in store.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsHaradhan BannerjeeManish BhattacharyaSatbol BhattacharyaKolkata-based Sheela Bhowmik feels isolated and neglected, and decides to leave her busy film-maker husband, Raja, to spend sometime with her friend, Renu, her mom, and then subsequently travels to Kashmir to spend some time by herself. Raja gets involved in a new movie depicting the life of Gautam Buddh, and is on the look-out for a male child to play the character. He does find one, a young school-going lad, Abhirup Mitra; introduces him to the Producer, Vikram; as well as other crew including beautiful Anjali, who has a crush on Raja. Neither Vikram, Anjali nor any of the crew are aware that Raja is the prime suspect in the abduction of Abhirup.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsJackie ShroffAbhishek BachchanRoopa GangulyIn late 19th Century, Bengal Bhubaneswar Chowdhury (Jackie Shroff) is a wealthy and tyrannical Zamidar (Squire). He has two main obsessions: his desperate attempts for an heir, which even his new second wife Jashomati seems unable to deliver; and competing with his regional rivals to produce the most magnificent effigy of a goddess for the annual Durga Puja ceremony. This year he concocts a master plan - why not change the face of the goddess for the most powerful woman on Earth - Queen Victoria. Meantime his two wives Mahomaya and Jashomati try to look out for one another especially as Bhubeneshwar begins to sexually assault his younger wife each night. Traumatised and lonely, Jashomati is dangerously drawn towards the youthful sculptor who has been employed to create the great effigy of Durga, Goddess of destruction.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAparna SenDebashree RoyDipankar DeyPotrays a sentimental mother daughter relation. How a female dancer sets her priority and became famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way .
- DirectorQaushiq MukherjeeStarsAnubrata BasuJoyraj BhattacharyaSoumyak Kanti DeBiswasA royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.
- DirectorQaushiq MukherjeeStarsAnubrata BasuJoyraj BhattacharyaRituparna SenAfter Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller in this abstract film.
- DirectorAnik DattaStarsSwastika MukherjeeParambrata ChattopadhyaySabyasachi ChakrabartyA rib-tickling comedy about a group of spirits who, in their various idiosyncrasies, try and save their only haunt, their resting place, when some unscrupulous builders try and break it down to build a modern monstrosity.