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- DirectorSyed Salahuddin ZakiStarsRaisul Islam AsadSuborna MustafaNasiruddin YousuffThe movie revolves around the protagonist Asad, a freedom fighter who still struggles to get out of the trauma of war. He meets Ghuddi at a film theatre and later falls in love.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsTapan ChatterjeeRabi GhoshUtpal DuttThe musical duo of Goopi and Bagha make a comeback when they are invited to play for a king.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSantanu BagchiAjoy BanerjeeA young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsUttam KumarSharmila TagoreBireswar SenEn route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.
- DirectorShiboprosad MukherjeeNandita RoyJyoti HazraStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSwatilekha SenguptaRituparna SenguptaA story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long companionship, of promises and expectations and love.
- DirectorShiboprosad MukherjeeNandita RoyJyoti HazraStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeRituparna SenguptaAparajita AdhyaA married woman (Rituparna Sengupta) who is on journey from Mumbai to Howrah by train, meets her ex-husband (Prasenjit Chatterjee).
- DirectorKaushik GangulyStarsRitwick ChakrabortyRaima SenChurni GangulyTarak is a professional foley artist whose obsession with creating sound effects for films makes him oblivious to all the talking around him. As his family and friends struggle to cope up with his changing soundscape, Dr Swati tries to figure out the roots of his obsession and finally succeeds to identify. Yet, Tarak plunges deeper and deeper into the world of the unheard as his love for cinema is unplugged.
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsShahir Huda RumiChanchal ChowdhuryNusrat Imrose TishaAs a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it gives one the license to infiltrate into any prohibited territory. But change is a desperate wind that is difficult to resist by shutting the window. The tension between this traditional window and modern wind grows to such an extent that it starts to leave a ripple effect on the lives of a group of typically colorful, eccentric, and emotional people living in that village. But at the very end of the film, Television, which he hated so much, comes to the rescue and helps Chairman Amin reach a transcendental state where he and his God are unified. A new twist to the story makes him embrace IMAGE and IMAGINATION
- DirectorMorshedul IslamStarsAref SyedJyotika JyotiGazi RakayetTwenty six year old Anil Bagchi has been a timid person from his childhood. He works in an insurance company in Dhaka and lives in a house with others. His school teacher father and the only elder sister Atoshi live in their village Rupeshwar. His mother had died at his birth. The idealist and honest father has tried to imbue his ideals in Anil. The old man loves nature and believes that there are certain manifestations of nature that no artist can capture in paint these can only be felt at the depth of ones heart. Atoshi loves a young man who is a Muslim, but cannot tell anyone about it. She keeps it as a secret to herself. It is towards the middle of 1971 when Dhaka is a besieged city. The brutal Pakistani occupation keeps everyones nerves on the edge. One day very early in the morning Anil receives a letter from the Head Master of Rupeshwar School. The Head Master informs him that his father had been killed by the Pakistani military and that Atoshi was staying with him. He warns Anil not to go to the village as it is no longer safe for young Hindu men. Anil, however, ignores the Head Masters warning. The journey is fraught with danger, but he takes leave from office and boards a bus to Rupeshwar. The journey proves to be one of utmost uncertainty. On the way Anil gets to know a middle aged man named Ayub Ali who is accompanied by his wife and daughter. Ali is a thoroughly boring character and likes to talk. He initially appears quite a reactionary but gradually Anil comes to admire his humanity. He instructs Anil never to reveal his Hindu name to anyone. He tells him to go by the name of Ali's brother-in-law, Mohsin. At one point of the journey the bus is stopped by Pakistani military personnel and everyone is ordered to disembark. When Anil is asked his name, he tells his real name. Ayub Ali risks his own life trying to save Anil. At one stage Ali breaks down like a child and starts crying. Of course that does not have any impact on Anils captors. Before he is led away, Anil requests Ali to visit his sister and tell her to marry the man of her choice. Anil's captors take him to the bank of a river when the night is awash in moon light. Anil loses himself in appreciation of the moonlit night until the fatal bullet is shot.
- DirectorAnik DattaStarsSwastika MukherjeeParambrata ChattopadhyaySabyasachi ChakrabartyA rib-tickling comedy about a group of spirits who, in their various idiosyncrasies, try and save their only haunt, their resting place, when some unscrupulous builders try and break it down to build a modern monstrosity.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsMoushumi ChatterjeeKonkona Sen SharmaSrabanti ChatterjeeShirshendu Mukhopadhyay's famous tale of 3 generations of women and their changing position in society, seen in relation to a box of jewels, handed down from one generation to the next.
- DirectorZahidur Rahim AnjanStarsShahiduzzaman SelimAparna GhoshEyasin ArafatA touching story of a simple man caught up in the terror of 1971 Bangladesh.
- DirectorMd. Hafizur RahmanGiasuddin SelimStarsChanchal ChowdhuryFarhana MiliShirin AlamA housemaid is killed by a local landlord's son. His servant takes the blame for the murder, to save the landlord's mentally ill son and is marooned in an island named Monpura. There the servant comes across a fisherman's daughter.
- DirectorAmitabh Reza ChowdhuryStarsChanchal ChowdhuryMasuma Rahman NabilaPartha BaruaA struggling actor becomes a professional impostor, hired to impersonate people for financial gain, but as he delves deeper into his work he becomes embroiled in trouble that threatens to unravel his life.
- DirectorShiladitya MoulikStarsImtiaj HaqueFarhan ImrozeJune MaliaAfter facing multiple rejections in matrimony, Tuku agrees to learn knitting when insisted by a prospective mother-in-law, only to rediscover her life and relationships.
- DirectorAbdul Qaiyum LeonTanvir AhsanSaleh Sobhan AuneemStarsMostafizur Noor ImranShah YeanurFazlur Rahman BabuEleven emerging Bangladeshi filmmakers present a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city and the people living in its margins.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeIndraneil SenguptaNandana SenThe plot revolves around three lives - a superstar, a young director and a theatre actress - and how their coming together during the process of making a film, changes them forever. The film is also a humble tribute to Satyajit Ray's Nayak.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeJisshu SenguptaSwastika MukherjeeThe life and notable works of Anthony Firingee, a 19th-century Bengali-language folk-poet of Portuguese origin. The time frame of the storyline jumps between two different time periods: the 19th century and the present day.
- DirectorAbu Shahed EmonStarsMosharraf KarimTauquir AhmedMousumi HamidJust as Moses was found in the river Nile, an infant is rescued from a river, and adopted by Miraj, Karim and Sajib in turns over the years, only to be abandoned at the various stages of his life. From innocence to becoming a gangster, the unpredictable currents of Jalal's journey prove that he is truly a child of the river.
- DirectorNoor Imran MithuStarsTauquir AhmedMosharraf KarimJoyraajAs the lives of rich and poor passengers aboard a steamship unfold, buried secrets, lustful affairs and selfish desires are exposed.
- DirectorHumayun AhmedStarsMeher Afroz ShaonMuktiZahid HasanThe 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.
- DirectorMorshedul IslamStarsArun SahaShubashishBulbul AhmedAn adventure story for young boys.
- DirectorAzizur RahmanStarsSumonRazzakShabanaA school boy gets trapped in the school bathroom just before the long vacation and gets stuck there for a month.
- DirectorBadal RahmanStarsPartho ShahidMomtazuddin AhmedSharmili AhmedThe only boy of a widow, went for a train trip to Dhaka to receive prize & visit his aunt's house. On this trip, he lost his money & suspected two men. He left the train & followed them. On the way, some local boys & an inexperienced investigation books reader uncle of one joined him.
- DirectorTauquir AhmedStarsShahiduzzaman SelimAshraful TusharMosharraf KarimThe coffin of an expatriate worker with manipulated identity intense the identity crisis when another person's corpse is found inside.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsRituparna SenguptaLily ChakravartyParno MittraIn August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 women.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsPrasenjit ChatterjeeParambrata ChattopadhyayRaima SenAn ex-cop is hired to track down a serial killer who carries out his killings according to Bengali poetry.
- DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsSupriya ChoudhuryAnil ChatterjeeGyanesh MukherjeeA selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
- DirectorRitwik GhatakStarsRosy SamadKabori SarwarRawshan ZamilAfter their wedding night, a fisherman's young wife is kidnapped on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsKanu BannerjeeKaruna BannerjeeSubir BanerjeeImpoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
- DirectorAnjan DuttStarsNondon BagchiUshasie ChakrabortyAbir ChatterjeeRanjana Ami Ar Ashbona is a 2011 Bengali language Indian rock musical drama film by Anjan Dutt.
- DirectorMorshedul IslamStarsChowdhury Zawata AfnanAshraful TusharRayan Ibtesham ChowdhuryAmar Bondhu Rashed, a fictional story based on the Liberation War of Bangladesh and written by the popular children's literature Dr Mohammad Jafar Iqbal
- DirectorTaher ChowdhuryStarsAlamgirFarooqueAnjana Sultana
- DirectorTanvir MokammelStarsRaisul Islam AsadMunira Yusuf MemyChandniIn this tragic-comic study of religious hypocrisy, a disreputable cleric convinces villagers that their community is home to a famous holyman's grave.
- DirectorGoutam GhoseStarsRaisul Islam AsadChampaRoopa GangulyHossain, 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.
- DirectorChashi Nazrul IslamStarsKhosruMuradNantuThe movie is about the liberation war of Bangladesh at 1971. This historical movie say about the sacrifice people had to do for the freedom of their country.
- DirectorHumayun AhmedStarsBipasha HayatAsaduzzaman NoorAbul HayatIn 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 guerrilla operation in the capital and hides himself in Mr. Matin's house. Mr. Matin lives with his loving wife Surma and two beautiful daughters Ratri and Opala. In association with other freedom fighters, Alam operates some successful guerrilla attacks against barbarous Pakistani military . But one after another his fellow freedom-fighters are getting caught by the military, tortured , murdered. Alam being shot and seriously injured is taken to Matin's house ; can he survive? Can he see the light of morning again ?
- DirectorTauquir AhmedStarsRiazZakia Bari MomoMosharraf KarimStory of some university friend's personal life and their ultimate goal to go on a study tour to a coral beach named 'Saint Martin'.
- DirectorTauquir AhmedStarsBipasha HayatAzizul HakimMahfuz AhmedIt'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.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsAbir ChatterjeeParambrata ChattopadhyayAnirban BhattacharyaBased on the acclaimed novel "Chowringhee" by Bengali novelist Mani Shankar Mukherjee.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsAnjan DuttJisshu SenguptaRitwick ChakrabortyNirbaak is a medley of four tales of silent love, involving one woman (Sushmita), three men (Anjan, Jishu and Ritwick), a tree and a dog.
- DirectorPratim D. GuptaStarsDamini BasuRitwick ChakrabortyVikram ChatterjeeThree very different people from three very different worlds collide one winter afternoon in an anarchic Kolkata.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsUtpal DuttDipankar DeyMamata ShankarA well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeUtpal DuttSantosh DuttaThis is the second film about the detective Feluda (Soumitra Chatterjee) set in the holy city of Benares, where he (along with his cousin, Topshe and friend, Lalmohan Ganguly) goes for a holiday. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to start investigation. Feluda comes in direct confrontation with Maganlal Meghraj (Utpal Dutt), a ruthless trader. Maganlal makes the mild-mannered Lalmohan a knife-thrower's target and threatens Felu to stop investigation. But there are several other suspects as an innocent artisan is brutally murdered, a shady 'holy man' holds court on the banks of the Ganges and an adventure-loving little boy (and his grand-father), brought up on crime thrillers. The climax is a shoot-out on the Ganges, followed by the unraveling of the mystery.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeSharmila TagoreAlok ChakravartyThis final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeDhritiman ChatterjeeDipankar DeyIn this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeBobitaSandhya RoyAs food shortages reach catastrophic proportions, Gangacharan attempts to preserve his privileged situation while his generous wife Ananga conversely tries to help and support the community.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsKoyel MallickParambrata ChattopadhyayRoopa GangulyThe plot revolves around a man who runs a school called "Hemlock Society" which teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. He develops a bond with one of its students, Meghna (Koel), a depressed and dejected woman, and what follows is an unforgettable and life-changing journey for both.
- DirectorAbdullah Mohammed SaadStarsAzmeri Haque BadhonAfia Jahin JaimaKazi Sami HassanAn assistant professor at a local medical college, finds herself in a difficult position after witnessing a sexual assault where she knows both the victim and the perpetrator.
- DirectorTanvir MokammelStarsMomtazuddin AhmedAfsana MimiTauquir AhmedAfter 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 which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up. Badal goes to Dhaka University. Those were the days in 1960's when the atmosphere of the universities was charged with political radicalism. Badal got involved in anti-military student movement and while participating in a demonstration for democracy was killed by police firing.Shashikanta's brother Nidhukanta is an idealist doctor who lives in their ancestral village on the other side of the Chitra River. During the 1964 riot between the Hindus and the Muslims, his daughter Basanti, a widow, is raped. Basanti commits suicide by drowning herself in the Chitra River. Nidhukanta's family migrate to India. All these untoward incidents happening around affect Shashikanta's failing health. He suffers a heart stroke and passes away. Minoti and Anuprava finally leave for the border en route to Calcutta.