The Wrestlers

A man struggles with his memories of his powerful father.

A family struggles to survive in a slum on the fringes of Calcutta.

Every year, Ghunuram takes time off from his job to prepare for and appear in a folk dance in his village. His special part of the performance is called the Tiger Dance. This year is special, too; he hopes to become engaged to the daughter of his fellow performer. But a circus with a newly captured leopard has come into town. What's worse, the woman Ghunuram had hoped to woo has gone gaga over a circus performer. Not to be outdone, he prepares for a last, tragic, performance in which the tiger meets the leopard. Winner of the National Film Award for Best Picture.

A professor in Kolkata marries a young woman. But when he learns that she is pregnant with someone else's child, he decides to leave her.

Shibnath is released from prison after serving eleven years for assaulting a British officer. His family has now become refugees, with his homeland, following Partition, belonging to a new nation. His wife urges him to make ally with his friend Bipin who is willing to capitalize on Shibnath's legendary reputation for patriotism, by asking to accompany him in electoral campaigns. In exchange, Bipin is ready to arrange Shibnath the job of a school master. However, Shibnath remains disillusioned and mystified by the life that now lies before him away from his beloved—and irretrievably lost—homeland.

Lakhindar captures exotic birds from the Bengal forests, but his refusal to see them caged leads him to constantly set his catches free. This lack of income drives his household into deep poverty, causing his wife to grow increasingly resentful of his compassionate choices. In her frustration, she begins an affair with the middleman who takes the birds to the market.

When a Kolkata surveillance specialist and his roommate install a small camera in the home of their beautiful neighbor, they somehow become terror suspects in director Buddhadeb Dasgupta's cutting commentary on CCTV society.

Anwar, a maverick detective works in a small detective agency in Kolkata. He has a habit of getting involved in the personal lives of his cases. In one such instance, he takes a case in his rural homeland and is forced to confront his own romantic tragedy.

A middle-aged dentist sees his life falling apart: suffering from psychosomatic illnesses, abandoned by his wife, and disliked by his son, he finds refuge in memories of his idyllic childhood.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

A short film based on the poem of the same name, by Rabindranath Tagore. An Experimental Short-film by Buddhadeb Dasgupta.