Acting

Soumitra Chatterjee

Born January 19, 1935 · Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

Died November 15, 2020 · aged 85

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935 — 15 November 2020) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Utt…

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The Expedition

The Expedition · 1962

Narsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.

The World of Apu

The World of Apu · 1959

The World of Apu

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

The Bengali Night

The Bengali Night · 1988

The Bengali Night

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.

Days and Nights in the Forest

Days and Nights in the Forest · 1970

Days and Nights in the Forest

MovieDramaComedy

Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their respective reactions to their new environment, reveals their characters more deeply.

Belashuru

Belashuru · 2022

Arati Sarkar suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The family realises that they are gradually losing her. They celebrate the bond that parents share with their children and other members of the family.

Belaseshe

Belaseshe · 2015

MovieFamilyDrama

A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder · 1973

Distant Thunder

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Devi

A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

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The Expedition

The Expedition · 1962

Narsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.

Narsingh

The World of Apu

The World of Apu · 1959

The World of Apu

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

Apurba 'Apu' Roy

The Bengali Night

The Bengali Night · 1988

The Bengali Night

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.

Narendra Sen

Days and Nights in the Forest

Days and Nights in the Forest · 1970

Days and Nights in the Forest

MovieDramaComedy

Four friends from Calcutta who have very different personalities make a holiday excursion into the country, to a tiny village in the state of Bihar where they set themselves up in a bungalow. A series of minor events, all connected to their respective reactions to their new environment, reveals their characters more deeply.

Asim

Belashuru

Belashuru · 2022

Arati Sarkar suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The family realises that they are gradually losing her. They celebrate the bond that parents share with their children and other members of the family.

Biswanath Sarkar

Belaseshe

Belaseshe · 2015

MovieFamilyDrama

A story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.

Biswanath Majumdar

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder · 1973

Distant Thunder

Gangacharan is the new Brahmin of a village, where he assumes various duties: teaching, organizing religious events, and trying to prevent epidemics. But in that year 1943, war is raging (as reminded by the planes occasionally heard flying over the countryside), and a major famine is under way. As food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation, while his generous wife, Ananga, conversely tries to help and support the community.

Gangacharan Chakravarti

Devi

A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

Umaprasad

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People · 1990

An Enemy of the People

Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

Dr. Ashok Gupta

Charulata

Charulata · 1964

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.

Amal

The Branches of the Tree

The Branches of the Tree · 1990

The Branches of the Tree

When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.

Prashanto Majumdar

Sud Asal

Sud Asal · 2001

After losing his grandfather at a very young age, Jibon finds himself in troubled waters when his father, Sunanda's friend, Nikhil, dupes him into signing off all the property. Nikhil even goes ahead and admits Sunanada in a mental hospital. Years pass by and Jibon grows up to become a police officer. As a police officer will Jibon be able to find his father Sunanda and punish Nikhil accordingly?

Ahalya

Ahalya, set as a modern-day thriller, is an ode to a legend from Ramayana. The 14-minute-long film replays the deadly game of Gods, spinning a web of intrigue, seduction, desire and mystery between Gods and Apsaras. Ahalya is a deadly game you can’t escape.

Goutam Sadhu

The Coward

The Coward · 1965

MovieDramaRomance

Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.

Amitabha Roy

Kaka Bhaipo

Kaka Bhaipo · 2019

MovieComedyDrama

Nepal and Habul are uncle (Kaka) and nephew (bhaipo). For becoming hero in cinema they stole Rs. ten lakh and left home. Assuring double the money, one dishonest sadhu cheated that Ten lakh Rupees. Having no other alternative, they took the work of home servant in the house of an industrialist. A love grown up with the daughter of industrialist and kaka-bhaipo. After misunderstanding, the love matured at the end.

Shirshendur Diary

Shirshendur Diary · 2012

Shirshendur Diary

The movie, 'Shirshendur Diary', tells the story of a theatre director and filmmaker who goes missing one day. A controversial movie that takes a critical look at political violence in Bengal in the past decade.

Zahir Ahamed

The Elephant God

The Elephant God · 1979

The Elephant God

MovieCrimeMystery

Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, who goes on a holiday with his cousin, Topshe, and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.

Prodosh Mitra (Feluda)

Astra

Koena, a journalist, falls in love with Baban, a gangster, unaware of his real identity. When she learns about Baban's evil deeds, Koena gets upset and confused about what to do next. In this film, DaVinci Resolve — the latest colour grading software was used for the first time in an eastern India film.

Prajapati

Prajapati · 1993

'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.

Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time · 2005

Shadows of Time

MovieDramaHorror

Ravi and Masha are just children when they were sold into labour by their parents. When they meet, friendship blossoms between them but when the factory manager threatens to sell Masha, possibly into sex slavery, Ravi gives up his hard earned savings to buy her freedom. They agree on a way to find each other once Ravi has earned enough money to buy his freedom but a series of misunderstandings and fear tear them apart. Though they now have their freedom in life, they have to find their way in love.

Ravi (Old)

Aalor Disha

Aalor Disha · 2024

A Shyamal Bose film.

Titli

Bengali Movie Starring Soumitra chatterjee

Boxer

MovieDramaRomance

Rony is the son of a rich man, who craves success as a boxer. In the pursuit of fame he pushes aside his family and the one girl who truly loved him. Loneliness being his only companion, Rony embraces his dream by going back to boxing. In the ring, he realises that life is pretty much like a boxing ring. Rony sets out to make things right in his life.

Church Father

Bhagya Debata

Bhagya Debata · 1997

MovieActionCrime

Jagdish leads an ordinary life with his wife, Savitri, but, one day, a man is murdered before his eyes and he fails to save him. He then takes up the identity of Alfred, a vigilante, to fight crime.