Rabindranath Tagore

Writing

Rabindranath Tagore

Born May 7, 1861 · Calcutta, British India

Died August 7, 1941 · aged 80

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali polymath — poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the Gitanjali (Song Offerings), he became in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual an…

Known For

Jibon Theke NeyaJibon Theke Neya · 1970
Jibon Theke Neya
9.41970
MovieDramaHistory
A political satire of Bangladesh under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayub Khan in East Pakistan.
Ghya Chang FouGhya Chang Fou · 2017
Ghya Chang Fou
8.52017
MovieFantasyDrama
Ghya-chang-fou literally means 'suddenly beheading' in Bengali. it features thirteen unnamed people gathering in a mansion filled with archaic objects to celebrate what appears to be a communist revolution. Nothing seems real, roads open up to improbable places, places lead to impossible elevators, elevators lift people to unconvincing roads. Bacchanalian spirit steadily overtakes the initial deadpan seriousness. The encore of celebration sounds delusionary as the drunken conversation about communism, about its methods and means, about it intricate turns through history degenerates to bourgeois nonsense and decadence leading to absurd rifts, comic conflicts, unleashed orgies and debauchery.
The FatherThe Father · 1979
The Father
1979
MovieFamilyDrama
An American businessman came to Bangladesh for business. But things got different when he has to take responsibility of a little girl after her father's accidental death.
Erar Poddo 2Erar Poddo 2 · 2026
Erar Poddo 2
2026
MovieDrama
LathiLathi · 1996
Lathi
1996
MovieDramaFamily
Atindranath Bannerjee, a retired teacher, faces harassment from his family members and decides to discipline them. Later, he shifts to a slum and starts teaching underprivileged children.
DourDour · 1979
Dour
1979
MovieDrama
Suhas brings Rakesh to Kolkata Race Course at Hastings, the largest horse race venue in India. The latter knows which horse is going to win. Based on Samaresh Majumdar's first novel.
CharulataCharulata · 1964
Charulata
7.51964
MovieDramaRomance
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.
AsukhAsukh · 1999
Asukh
8.01999
MovieDrama
Sudhamoy is forced to depend on his daughter's earnings. His life takes a drastic turn when his wife falls ill and gets hospitalized.

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