Movies: Padmadevi

An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour....

A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world...

Social comedy about two young newlyweds against the backdrop of pre-Independence Bengal....

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....

A rich young man woos proud girl against her father's wishes....

The scion of a wealthy landowner family turns to alcohol and self-pity and slowly self-destructs after class differences force him to break off his relationship with his childhood sweetheart....

Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job while harboring dreams of owning his hotel. After overcoming numerous challenges including wrongful imprisonment and financial hardship, he successfully ...

Feeling lonely after his father's death, Chandranath meets and falls in love with a poor widow's daughter during his travels. Later, secrets from her past come to haunt him....

The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel....

Bou Thakuranir Haat is a Bengali drama film directed by Naresh Mitra based on a novel of Rabindranath Tagore in the same name, published in 1883. The film is based on the real-life story of Jessore Raj Pratapaditya. Pratapaditya is described as an an...

A Lost Uttam Kumar Film....

Andhare Alo is a 1957 Bengali movie by Haridas Bhattacharya...

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted ...

Yashomati runs away from home in search of freedom and travels to Ahmedabad, Gujarat. When her bags get stolen, Shankar helps her. However, when he takes her home to her parents, she feels betrayed....

Ekhonee depicts the lives and frustrations of a bunch of youth struggling to cope with the adversities of a bureaucratic society. There's a bunch of college students Arun, Tiklu, Shambhu, Biman, Sujit, Urmi whose lives undergo a change after the care...

Another attempt at ghosts and reincarnation. The Court singer's foster grandson, Baiji Kamala's son (Shankar) arrives one day at the court and is exactly a replica of the prince (Rudra). Ali knows he is the illegitimate son of the King. Despite being...

Daktar Babu was a 1958 Bengali film produced by Movie Screen Limited and directed by Bishu Dasgupta. The film's story was written by Bijan Bhattacharjee and the script was written by Pranab Ray. The film starred Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chattopadhyay ...

Kakoli and Sukanto meet in a library reading room. They gradually grow closer to each other and start meeting frequently. One day, she visits Sukanto at his home and her appearance moves everyone in his family. Sukanto's mother wants them to marry bu...

Khoka is a schoolboy who goes to his uncle's house, where he learns about the tales of Padi Pishi (Aunt Padi), a formidable widow. She had once gone to Khuro's house to meet him, but bandits attacked her. When Khuro got to know about it, he offered h...

A 1970 Bengali Drama Film directed by Pijush Bose....