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Chhaya Devi

Born June 3, 1914 · Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

Died April 27, 2001 · aged 86

Chhaya Devi (3 June 1914 – 27 April 2001) was an Indian actress known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She appeared in over two hundred films for over five decades. Her first lead role was in Debaki Bose's Bengali film Sonar Sansar (1936). Some of her notable films are Vidyapati (1937), Raat Bhore (1956), Trijama (1956), Saptapadi (1961), Nirjan Saikate (1963), Saat Pake Bandha (1963), U…

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Pratham Kadam Phool

Pratham Kadam Phool · 1970

Pratham Kadam Phool

MovieDramaRomance

Kakoli and Sukanto meet in a library reading room. They gradually grow closer to each other and start meeting frequently. One day, she visits Sukanto at his home and her appearance moves everyone in his family. Sukanto's mother wants them to marry but Kakoli's parents refuse the proposal. So, Kakoli leaves the home of her father and begins working as a receptionist. However, misunderstandings soon develop between her and Sukanto.

Navaratri

Navaratri · 1966

MovieComedyDrama

Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later, she comes across nine people, each representing a specific human behaviour.

Bipasha

Bipasha · 1962

Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon receiving a letter, Dibyendu leaves Bipasha before the ceremony to locate his birth parents.

Bhrantibilas

Bhrantibilas · 1963

A funny conflict in between two pairs of twin brothers- two identical masters and two identical servants.

Nishithe

Nishithe · 1963

Deya Neya

Deya Neya · 1963

MovieDramaMusic

The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father.

Apon Gharey

Apon Gharey · 1988

The film is a family drama of Arijit, his wife and son. A bolt from the blue brings troubles to the peaceful household. During a tour in an accident Arijit's wife dies. This puts the family into a state of shock. But time is the greatest healer, they say. Arijit becomes a successful businessman but his villainous brother lands Arijit into a disastrous financial situation. Arunava loves a doctor Indrani. Suddenly it is revealed that Arijit's wife was not dead but had just lost her memory in the accident. She was in a ashram for several years. When she got her memory back she came to her house but here she saw Aparna. She was heart-broken and wanted to return to the ashram. Complications build up which are finally settled and the daughters-in-law return to their respective and rightful homes.

Devi Chaudhurani

Devi Chaudhurani · 1974

Devi Chaudhurani

Prafulla is beautiful and righteous but is mistreated by her in laws because of her poverty. Prafulla comes to a fortune by chance and is guided by Bhabani Pathak, a nationalistic religious leader to use this fortune in the cause of justice. She is trained rigorously and becomes a bandit queen wrapped in mystery and even fights back Colonial British forces to safeguard villagers.She becomes the legendary Debi Chowdhurani. Gradually incidents take such a turn that her erstwhile tormentors, i.e. her in laws come under her power and the movie ends with reconciliation.

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Pratham Kadam Phool

Pratham Kadam Phool · 1970

Pratham Kadam Phool

MovieDramaRomance

Kakoli and Sukanto meet in a library reading room. They gradually grow closer to each other and start meeting frequently. One day, she visits Sukanto at his home and her appearance moves everyone in his family. Sukanto's mother wants them to marry but Kakoli's parents refuse the proposal. So, Kakoli leaves the home of her father and begins working as a receptionist. However, misunderstandings soon develop between her and Sukanto.

Sukanto's mother

Navaratri

Navaratri · 1966

MovieComedyDrama

Radha's father brings a marriage proposal for her, which she refuses and runs away from home. Later, she comes across nine people, each representing a specific human behaviour.

Bipasha

Bipasha · 1962

Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon receiving a letter, Dibyendu leaves Bipasha before the ceremony to locate his birth parents.

Labanya

Bhrantibilas

Bhrantibilas · 1963

A funny conflict in between two pairs of twin brothers- two identical masters and two identical servants.

Chiranjit & Chiranjib's Mother

Nishithe

Nishithe · 1963

Deya Neya

Deya Neya · 1963

MovieDramaMusic

The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father.

Apon Gharey

Apon Gharey · 1988

The film is a family drama of Arijit, his wife and son. A bolt from the blue brings troubles to the peaceful household. During a tour in an accident Arijit's wife dies. This puts the family into a state of shock. But time is the greatest healer, they say. Arijit becomes a successful businessman but his villainous brother lands Arijit into a disastrous financial situation. Arunava loves a doctor Indrani. Suddenly it is revealed that Arijit's wife was not dead but had just lost her memory in the accident. She was in a ashram for several years. When she got her memory back she came to her house but here she saw Aparna. She was heart-broken and wanted to return to the ashram. Complications build up which are finally settled and the daughters-in-law return to their respective and rightful homes.

Devi Chaudhurani

Devi Chaudhurani · 1974

Devi Chaudhurani

Prafulla is beautiful and righteous but is mistreated by her in laws because of her poverty. Prafulla comes to a fortune by chance and is guided by Bhabani Pathak, a nationalistic religious leader to use this fortune in the cause of justice. She is trained rigorously and becomes a bandit queen wrapped in mystery and even fights back Colonial British forces to safeguard villagers.She becomes the legendary Debi Chowdhurani. Gradually incidents take such a turn that her erstwhile tormentors, i.e. her in laws come under her power and the movie ends with reconciliation.

Brajeswar's mother

Ek Je Chhilo Desh

Ek Je Chhilo Desh · 1977

Ek Je Chhilo Desh

MovieDramaComedy

A scientist accidentally finds a drug that can reveal an individual's past. However, when a few politicians fear their exposure, they plot to kill him.

Rikta

Bikash never devotes enough time to his wife, Karuna. Soon, she begins to find solace in the company of her childhood friend, Ashok, destroying their marriage all the more.

Karuna

Mamta

MovieFamilyMusic

The son of a wealthy family, Monish falls in love with Deviyani, a girl from a considerably less privileged background. When Monish leaves to study abroad, the lovers plan to reunite, but desperate financial straits force Deviyani into a marriage with a philandering drunk instead. Deeply unhappy, she flees, taking her infant daughter with her and vanishing into thin air. Does fate have more than misery in store for the unfortunate Deviyani?

Minabai

Naa Thammudu

Naa Thammudu · 1971

Movie starring Shoban Babu, Kongara Jaggaiah and directed by K S Prakash Rao.

Ratrir Tapasya

Ratrir Tapasya · 1952

Bhupen is an excellent student who works as a private tutor to support his education and family. He begins to teach Sandhya who is a rich man's granddaughter. She ends up falling for him and that ruins his career, even though he did not feel the same for her. He later gets married to Kalyani but he and Sandhya still share a bond for the sake of her property.

An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls · 1965

An Inspector Calls

MovieThrillerMystery

Sub-Inspector Tinkari Haldar comes to the house of the Industrialist Chandra Madhab Sen to inquire about a Suicide and Mystery starts to Unfold.

Mrs. Sen

Burmar Pathe

Burmar Pathe · 1947

The rustic girl left this world and went to heaven. Her Painful memories are what remains behind. The injustice exploitation is suffocating. These conflicts within the unfortunate soil of India have taken many lives. There’s cruelty amongst mankind. There’s injustice and exploitation everywhere. People struggle for their rights. There’s a storm raging in every heart and soul. The earth shivers and wreaks havoc. The raging waves clash on the shores. This enlightens the soul. We can hear the song of a great soul at a distance. It calls out. It calls out to us, to break free from the shackles. We can hear his call. Come Forward. Break free from the shackles. Fight back for freedom. Set yourself free. We’ve sacrificed our lives for the freedom of new India.

Bharati Devi

Princess

Princess · 1970

Against all odds, love finds its voice in a tale of forbidden romance, resilience, and the power of truth. Manju's mother keeps her very strictly disciplined. What happens when she falls in love with Nirmal?

Manju's Mother

Apanjan

Apanjan · 1968

An aged widow from a village moves to Calcutta to stay with relatives, but faces only exploitation. She moves to a slum, and finds her "own people" in a group of educated, unemployed youth, who are caught up inexorably in the prevalent political violence.

Anandamoyee

Zindagi Zindagi

Zindagi Zindagi · 1972

Zindagi Zindagi

MovieDramaRomance

This movie revolves around a village hospital that was built by a generous hearted man, Choudhury Ramprasad (Ashok Kumar) who is also a patient in the hospital. The other patients include Isamil (Iftekhar), Dayaram (Anwar Hussain), Ratan (Jalal Agha), and the doctor is Dr. Sunil (Sunil Dutt). Amongst the patient is a singer (Deb Mukherji), who loves Shyama (Farida Jalal) a worker in the hospital. When Meeta Sharma (Waheeda Rehman) comes to the hospital to admit her son, she meets Sunil and their romance is rekindled. In the background of the hospital atmosphere is an election in the village, which is proceeding smoothly, but causing a disturbance is Ramprasad's son (Ramesh Deo). Other supporting caste include Jagirdar, Chand Usmani, and Jankidas.

The Flame

The Flame · 1962

The young daughter of a struggling family is forced to get a job when her father is killed in an auto accident caused by an industrialist's son.

Kanch Kata Hire

Kanch Kata Hire · 1965

Kanch Kata Hire

Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?

Tomar Rakte Aamar Sohaag

Tomar Rakte Aamar Sohaag · 1993

Tomar Rakte Aamar Sohaag

MovieActionDrama

Indraneel is killed on the day of Pratiksha and his wedding. Pratiksha trains herself to take revenge and artfully kills the murderer.

The Golden Ivy

The Golden Ivy · 1981

Bengali drama film

Rang Birangi

Rang Birangi · 1983

MovieComedyDrama

Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... Splendid performances by Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Parveen Babi and Farooq Shaikh, a perfectly pitched script, witty dialogue and a plethora of aptly placed film references make this a film one can watch over and over and never fail to laugh out loud.

Tu Hi Meri Zindagi

Tu Hi Meri Zindagi · 1965

Tu Hi Meri Zindagi

MovieHistoryDrama

The struggle of the indigenous population of Goa against the Portuguese colonists. The plot of the film is based on real events. The film includes original footage depicting this war. It all begins with the Portuguese executing the main revolutionary, Arthur Antonio Gomes, in the city's central square. They destroy everyone who had the imprudence to join the resistance. But these actions by the Portuguese only angered the colony's population.