I first met Aruna Vasudev at the International Film Festival (IFFI) in Delhi at the 1988 Film Festival. I was …
Mahanagar
Middle-class clerk Subrata Majumdar (Anil Chatterjee) pursuades his wife Arati (Madhabi Mukherjee) to take a job as a saleswoman as …
Anjana Bhowmik
Though yesteryear actress Anjana Bhowmik did not have a very long sting in Bengali cinema, even within that comparatively short …
Sandhya Roy
Sandhya Roy is perhaps one of the most under-rated actresses in Bengali cinema in spite of having given some truly …
Kastoori
Kastoori is based on a true story and autobiographical experiences. Director Vinod Kamble has drawn on his own childhood as …
Devi
1860 Chandipur, rural Bengal. Doyamoyee (Sharmila Tagore) and her husband, Umaprasad (Soumitra Chatterjee), live with his elder brother, Tarapada (Purnendu …
36 Chowringhee Lane
In post-independent India, a teacher, Violet Stoneham (Jennifer Kendal), lives a quiet, lonely and uneventful life at 36 Chowringhee Lane …
Indrani
While in college, the beautiful Indrani (Suchitra Sen) falls in love with Sudarshan (Uttam Kumar). The two get married and …
Deep Jele Jai
Radha (Suchitra Sen) is a nurse who works in a psycho-analytic clinic in Calcutta. She is a favourite of the …
Biraj Bahu
Biraj (Kamini Kaushal) is married off to Nilambar Chakraborty (Abhi Bhattacharya) when she was a little girl. The couple is …