15 Bengali movies you must watch before you die
by ShaanAhmedKhan | created - 05 Jan 2020 | updated - 09 Jan 2020 | PublicThis is the list of 15 best Bengali movies of, is actually worth watching....I hope you'll love it!
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1. The Hero (1966)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose
Votes: 5,108
2. Galpa Holeo Satyi (1966)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A mysterious man arrives as a servant in a dysfunctional and fragmented joint family and over time, helps them to rebuild the love and compassion within the family.
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Mumtaz Ahmed, Bhanu Bannerjee, Tapan Bhattacharya, Krishna Bose
Votes: 618
3. Charulata (1964)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
Votes: 7,197 | Gross: $0.08M
4. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 38,507 | Gross: $0.54M
5. Apur Sangsar (2017)
60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Zee Bangla launches the first sketch comedy show in Bengali TV, Apur Sangsar' " conducted by Saswata Chatterjee. In addition, Celebrity Guests will be present in every episode to add on to the comedy confusion.
Stars: Saswata Chatterjee, Anirban Bhattacharya, Sourav Das, Sudipa Basu
Votes: 17
6. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Ajoy Banerjee, Iva Banerjee
Votes: 2,750
7. Jhinder Bandi (1961)
103 min | Adventure, Romance, Thriller
A person comes to meet with Gauri Shankar Roy (Uttam Kumar) living in Kolkata. He introduces himself as a 'fauji Sardar' of Jhind, Jhind being a small kingdom in Madhya Pradesh. He says ... See full summary »
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Uttam Kumar, Arundhati Devi, Soumitra Chatterjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Votes: 231
8. Sonar Kella (1974)
Not Rated | 136 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Santanu Bagchi, Ajoy Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
Votes: 2,760
9. Harano Sur (1957)
162 min | Drama, Romance
A lady doctor rescue an amnesiac patient and fells in love with him.
Director: Ajoy Kar | Stars: Khitish Acharya, Shishir Batabyal, Parijat Bose, Ira Chakraborty
Votes: 292
10. Muktodhara (2012)
160 min | Drama
Niharika, an unhappy housewife decides to organise a play involving the inmates of Bengal. With Niharika unaware of the inmates' getaway plan, she ends up changing their conscience for good.
Directors: Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy | Stars: Nigel Akkara, Sarit Shekhar Banerjee, Bratya Basu, Suchitra Chakraborty
Votes: 904
11. 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: 1,343
12. Chitra Nodir Pare (1999)
110 min | Romance
After the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in... See full summary »
Director: Tanvir Mokammel | Stars: Momtazuddin Ahmed, Afsana Mimi, Tauquir Ahmed, Rawshan Zamil
Votes: 228
13. 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
14. 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
15. Chhutir Ghonta (1980)
Drama
A school boy gets trapped in the school bathroom just before the long vacation and gets stuck there for a month.
Director: Azizur Rahman | Stars: Sumon, Razzak, Shabana, Sujata
Votes: 628
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