Best Bangla Movies of All-Time
by lifeasfiction | created - 02 Jan 2012 | updated - 03 Jan 2012 | PublicIt's incredibly hard to find a good compilation of great Bengali films, specifically those made and produced in Bangladesh. This is a list I found via Google that seems to have a great air of legitimacy because the author went the additional step of explaining why each film was included.
In addition, I've included the all of the Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (first submitted in 2002).
If any of you have further recommendations, please do let me know via the comments section of a personal message.
Films currently missing on IMDb:
Shutorang (1964)
Roopban (1965)
13 No. Feku Ostagar Lane (1966)
Ora Egaro Jon (1972)
Boshundhara (1977)
Dumurer Phool (1978)
Chhutir Ghonta (1980)
Guddi (1980)
Devdas (1982)
Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo (1982)
Shubhoda (1986)
Chandni (1991)
Hothat Brishti (1999)
Meghla Akash (2002)
Bachelor (2004)
Source: [link]http://www.banglacommunity.com/showbiz-talk/2017.htm[/link]
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1. Mukh O Mukhosh (1956)
99 min | Drama
A group of bandits found a little injured boy and took him with them. Day by day, their cruelty level was rising. The police officer took bribes from the bandits leader. So some rebellious people had to fight against them.
Director: Abdul Jabbar Khan | Stars: Abdul Jabbar Khan, Purnima Sen, Inam Ahmed, Zahrat Ara
Votes: 207
2. Asiya (1960)
Drama, Family
Director: Fateh Lohani | Stars: Sumita Devi, Shahid, Kazi Khaliq, Ranen Kushari
Votes: 30
3. Harano Din (1961)
Drama
A new maried couple escaped from some bandits & took shelter in a house. They found the house as haunted. The house caretaker told them an old love story that belonging this house.
Director: Mustafizul Haq | Stars: Shabnam, Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Rekha
Votes: 19
4. Kancher Deyal (1963)
120 min | Drama
Helpless orphan girl living in uncle's house, often is mistreated. Suddenly with a little fortune, fate changes but it doesn't last long. She has to break the dogma and get out of the glass walls.
Director: Zahir Raihan | Stars: Khan Ataur Rahman, Sumita Devi, Anwar Hossain, Purnima Sen
Votes: 63
5. Nawab Sirajuddaula (1967)
131 min | Biography, Drama, History
Mirza Muha Siraj ud-Daulah, more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah (1733 - July 2, 1757), was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of British East ... See full summary »
Director: Khan Ataur Rahman | Stars: Anwar Hossain, Anis, Anowara, Tejen Chakraborty
Votes: 216
6. Jibon Theke Neya (1970)
150 min | Drama, Family, War
A political satire of Bangladesh under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayub Khan in East Pakistan.
Director: Zahir Raihan | Stars: Razzak, Suchanda, Shaukat Akbar, Rosy Samad
Votes: 2,244
7. Rangbaaz (1973)
Drama
Director: Zahirul Haque | Stars: Razzak, Kabori Sarwar, Kamal Ahmed, Raju Ahmed
Votes: 57
8. A River Called Titas (1973)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama
After their wedding night, a fisherman's young wife is kidnapped on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.
Director: Ritwik Ghatak | Stars: Rosy Samad, Kabori Sarwar, Rawshan Zamil, Rani Sarkar
Votes: 1,344
9. Shimana Periye (1977)
117 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The main setting of the movie was a disastrous cyclone and tidal bore which attacked Bangladesh in 1970. That vast spate washed away an opulent girl and a destitute man to a secluded island... See full summary »
Director: Alamgir Kabir | Stars: Jayasree Kabir, Bulbul Ahmed, Kaffey Khan, Maya Hazarika
Votes: 188
10. Sareng Bou (1978)
Romance
Release Date: Jun 16, 1978 The movie directed by Abdullah Al Mamun and Writer Shahidullah Kaiser. The movie story on the lives of people living in the costal areas of Bangladesh. Story-plot... See full summary »
Director: Abdullah Al Mamun | Stars: Kabori Sarwar, Farooque, Syed Akhtar Ali, Babor
Votes: 304
11. Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)
Drama
Mondol (A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman) is an influential person in the village. His son Milon (Farooque) likes the girl of a street singer (Anwar Hossain) Golapi (Bobita). In the meantime, Mondol ... See full summary »
Director: Amjad Hossain | Stars: Bobita, Farooque, Anwar Hossain, Rosy Samad
Votes: 135
12. Surja Dighal Bari (1979)
131 min | Drama
A poor family returns to their village from Dhaka after The Great Bengal Femine 1943. This movie centers on their struggling life during the World War II period.
Directors: Sheikh Niamat Ali, Masihuddin Shaker | Stars: Dolly Anowar, Rawshan Zamil, Sitara Begum, Sufia
Votes: 380
13. Beder Meye Josna (1989)
157 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A love story between a gypsy girl and a prince.
Director: Tojammel Haque Bokul | Stars: Anju Ghosh, Ilias Kanchan, Mithun, Farjana Bobi
Votes: 393
14. Padma Nadir Majhi (1993)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
Hossain, a Bengali Muslim wants to establish a little Utopia on an island in the Padma delta. He doesn't care if the people who populate it are Hindu or Muslim.
Director: Goutam Ghose | Stars: Raisul Islam Asad, Champa, Roopa Ganguly, Amirul Haque Chowdhury
Votes: 1,014
15. Aguner Poroshmoni (1994)
123 min | Drama, War
In the middle of the 1971;curfew is going on all over the Bangladesh. The liberation army is operated as effective guerrilla force - Badiul Alam is one them. Alam plans for starting ... See full summary »
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Bipasha Hayat, Asaduzzaman Noor, Abul Hayat, Dolly Johur
Votes: 3,425
16. Dipu Number 2 (1996)
154 min | Adventure, Family
An adventure story for young boys.
Director: Morshedul Islam | Stars: Arun Saha, Shubashish, Bulbul Ahmed, Bobita
Votes: 2,572
17. Srabon Megher Din (1999)
150 min | Drama, Romance
The second movie directed by Humayun Ahmed. A village drama interweave around a charming girl, a folk singer, his love interest and the local aristocratic family's involvement, the movie provide with some beautiful songs.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Meher Afroz Shaon, Mukti, Zahid Hasan, Mahfuz Ahmed
Votes: 2,702
18. Kittonkhola (2000)
96 min | Drama
This story describe the life stories of theatre artists.
Director: Abu Sayeed | Stars: Raisul Islam Asad, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Mamunur Rashid, Pijush Bandyopadhyay
Votes: 59
19. The Clay Bird (2002)
95 min | Drama, History
A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.
Director: Tareque Masud | Stars: Nurul Islam Bablu, Russell Farazi, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Votes: 4,234
20. Lalsalu (2001)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
In this tragic-comic study of religious hypocrisy, a disreputable cleric convinces villagers that their community is home to a famous holyman's grave.
Director: Tanvir Mokammel | Stars: Raisul Islam Asad, Munira Yusuf Memy, Chandni, Aly Zaker
Votes: 1,016
21. Joyjatra (2004)
119 min | Drama
It's a story of boat journey of Bangladesh in 1971 of helpless people was going towards the safe border.Pakistan military had unleashed genocide in the country. Heroic sons of the soil started a war of liberation.
Director: Tauquir Ahmed | Stars: Bipasha Hayat, Azizul Hakim, Mahfuz Ahmed, Abul Hayat
Votes: 897
22. Shyamol Chhaya (2004)
110 min | Drama
Twelve people are passengers on board.The boatmen are taking them to safety, far away from the fierce clutches of war. All the people on board are devastated by the horrors of war. As the story advances, different events unravel.
Director: Humayun Ahmed | Stars: Meher Afroz Shaon, Riaz, Swadhin Khosru, Ahmed Rubel
Votes: 2,413
23. Forever Flows (2006)
95 min | Drama
A lower-middle class family in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka is going through hard times. Their father has gone blind and can no longer work, and most of the family's money has been ... See full summary »
Director: Abu Sayeed | Stars: Shabnur, Ilias Kanchan, Amirul Haque Chowdhury, Dolly Johur
Votes: 236
24. Swopnodanay (2007)
84 min | Drama
A poor villager finds some high priced foreign notes. For exchanging notes easily, he secretly tells his friend. They both trying to get the money & change their poor condition.
Director: Golam Rabbany Biplob | Stars: Mahmuduzzaman Babu, Rokeya Prachy, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Shamima Islam Tusty
Votes: 162
25. Aha! (2007)
128 min | Drama, Romance
Mr. Rafiq is given an option to develop the ancestral property by a privet developer agent. The house carries the style of typical historic buildings of old Dhaka; which are being pushed ... See full summary »
Director: Enamul Karim Nirjhar | Stars: Sathi Yasmin, Humayun Faridi, Tariq Anam Khan, Ferdous Ahmed
Votes: 325
26. Britter Bairey (2009)
87 min | Drama
A political fable in which a village musician gets swept up in the market economy of big city Dhaka.
Director: Golam Rabbany Biplob | Stars: Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Firoj Khan Dollar, Junaid Halim
Votes: 46
27. Third Person Singular Number (2009)
124 min | Drama
A woman breaks with traditional Muslim culture by living with her boyfriend before getting married, but when the relationship ends, she must face the harsh consequences of being an outcast in her community.
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki | Stars: Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mosharraf Karim, Rashed Uddin Ahmed Topu, Abul Hayat
Votes: 2,929
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