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Vasundhara (1986)
Character: N/A
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
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বাইশে শ্রাবণ (1960)
Character: N/A
The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.
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গঙ্গা (1960)
Character: N/A
Film about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.
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এখানে পিঞ্জর (1971)
Character: N/A
Amal Basu, who decides to visit his hometown, meets Lila on the train. When he goes to his friend Nabendu's home, he learns that Lila is his sister and a smuggler.
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দামু (1996)
Character: Owner of Circus
A gullible man faces strange situations on his quest fo find an elephant in order to keep a promise he made with a little girl.
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कहाँ कहाँ से गुज़र गए (1986)
Character: N/A
Ravi, a wealthy model, leaves his father's business after unsatisfactory modeling work and returns to his parents' home to join struggle students and revolutionary Manohar.
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বিভাস (1964)
Character: Janak
A jobless man reaches a village where he finds work in a doctor's office. Later, he learns that the doctor has murdered many people and cons them of their wealth on false pretenses. He decides to expose the doctor and save the villagers.
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উত্তর মেঘ (1960)
Character: N/A
A 1960 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Supriya Devi in lead roles.
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জননী (1993)
Character: N/A
The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in. It is based on a Bengali short story named Baen written by the renowned Indian author Mahasweta Devi.
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এই করেছো ভালো (1970)
Character: Prabhat (Manager)
A miser bequeaths his property to his two destitute nephews, provided they within a month marry girls who are well mannered, high family, beautiful and young (22-24 age) issue-less divorcees, divorced within 2 months of marriage.
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Pasher Bari (1952)
Character: N/A
This is a love story of a simple man who falls in love with his neighborhood lady. The lady has ample interest in songs and dances. The man without having singing ability wants to impress her but fails. He takes the help of his friend, a good singer.
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প্রতিশোধ (1981)
Character: N/A
A Bengali film about the revenge of a man who is arrested after a false accusation, causing his father to go insane.
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নিমন্ত্রণ (1971)
Character: Boatman
Hiru Ganguly is unable to marry Kumudini, his lover, after her father rejects his marriage proposal. Years later, although married to another woman, he once again desires to win her back. As old feelings are rekindled, will they take any steps to go against the social customs?
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হীরের আংটি (1992)
Character: Panchu
Gandharva Kumar's arrival disrupts the festival mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu's house. He captivates the grandchildren of Ratanlal — Babu, Habul, and Tinni — with his magic tricks. Gandharva Kumar then reveals a long-forgotten secret wherein he claims to be heir to the family property of Ratanlal Babu. This creates shock in the entire family and casts gloom, resulting in dramatic incidents.
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বাঁশের কেল্লা (1953)
Character: N/A
A 1953 Historical Patriotic Bengali Film directed by Sudhir Mukhopadhyay.
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मृगया (1976)
Character: N/A
A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.
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আকাশ কুসুম (1965)
Character: Phonibhushan (Phoni Babu)
A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances upon. They meet frequently since then. Bluffs continue to pile up. There is no way out. In a desperate bid the young man tries to break the wealth barrier. His friend, well placed in life, cautions him. He turns a deaf ear. The inevitable happens. The young man grows wiser but pays heavily for it.
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বাড়ী থেকে পালিয়ে (1958)
Character: Father
Kanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, until he reaches there.
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কোমল গান্ধার (1961)
Character: Debu Bose
Through the microcosmic perspectivising of a group of devoted and uncompromising IPTA workers, Ghatak with his signature style touches on varied issues of partition, idealism, corruption, the interdependence of art and life, the scope of art, and class-struggle.
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সাপ মোচন (1955)
Character: N/A
Young Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He gets romantically involved with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. Despite his good singing ability, Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.
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পলাতক (1963)
Character: N/A
A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
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তের' নদীর পাড়ে (1969)
Character: N/A
Loosely based on a story revolving around a travelling circus and how it deals with the pressures of commercialization with the advent of dancing girls.
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অভিযান (1962)
Character: Josef
The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who 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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
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মেঘে ঢাকা তারা (1960)
Character: Banshi Dutta
A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
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যুক্তি তক্কো আর গপ্পো (1974)
Character: N/A
Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the protagonist. This is considered to be Ghatak's autobiographical film.
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Ajantrik (1958)
Character: Mechanic
Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye.
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