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Samaresh Basu

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PrajapatiPrajapati · 1993
Prajapati
1993
Movie
'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.
The WrestlersThe Wrestlers · 2000
The Wrestlers
6.82000
MovieDramaAction
Two railway signal men, Nemai and Balaram, share a passion for wrestling and spend their days wrestling after working hours. However, things change when Balaram marries Uttara.
MouchakMouchak · 1974
Mouchak
8.51974
MovieComedy
A newly appointed good-looking officer catches the eyes of the fathers of would-be-brides. But he has some other plans.
Calcutta 71Calcutta 71 · 1972
Calcutta 71
8.61972
MovieDrama
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
Nater GuruNater Guru · 2003
Nater Guru
3.82003
MovieComedyDrama
A man tries to bring together his girlfriends' parents, who have been estranged for fifteen years because of disagreements, misunderstandings, and pride.
Quest for the Pitcher of NectarQuest for the Pitcher of Nectar · 1982
Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar
1982
Movie
The film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)
HoneymoonHoneymoon · 2018
Honeymoon
1.02018
MovieComedyDrama
Even after being married for a year, Gitin is unable to take his wife Jayati on their honeymoon, owing to his workaholic boss Mr. Pranesh Bhattacharya. Finding the perfect opportunity, Gitin and Jayati leave for North Bengal when Bhattacharya travels to Mumbai on a four-day business trip. Much to their surprise, they bump into Pranesh, following which their hilarious escapade begins.
PaarPaar · 1984
Paar
6.51984
MovieDrama
When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.

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