Sat1. The Visitor (1991) Agantuk (original title)
Drama
An well-off Indian 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, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
Cast
Dipankar Dey ... Sudhindra Bose (as Depankar De)
Mamata Shankar ... Anila Bose
Utpal Dutt ... Manomohan Mitra
Dhritiman Chatterjee ... Prithwish Sen Gupta
Robi Ghosh ... Ranjan Rakshit
Subrata Chatterjee ... Chhanda Rakshit
Promode Ganguly ... Tridib Mukherjee
Ajit Banerjee ... Sital Sarkar
2. Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) Aranyer Din Ratri (original title)
Drama
A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. When they get to the forest, they meet up with another group and spend their time flirting with women.
Cast
Sharmila Tagore ... Aparna
Kaberi Bose ... Jaya
Simi Garewal ... Duli (as Simi Garowal)
Soumitra Chatterjee ... Ashim (as Soumitra Chatterji)
Subhendu Chatterjee ... Sanjoy (as Subhendu Chatterji)
Robi Ghosh ... Shekhar (as Rabi Ghosh)
Samit Bhanja ... Hari
Aparna Sen ... Hari's former lover
Pahadi Sanyal ... Sadashiv Tripathi
3. The Big City (1964) Mahanagar (original title)
Drama
Calcutta in the early 1960's. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. Money is tight, so Arati goes to work. She's successful and enjoys it, but this untraditional step throws the household into chaos: her in-laws initiate a "cold war" of silence and approbation. When Bhambal loses his job, her working is essential; he loses self respect, and the gulf between them widens. Arati questions whether to keep her daughter in school. At work, her friendship with Edith, a Euro-Indian who smokes, swears, and uses lipstick, brings Arati close to impertinence with her genial boss. Her job is imperiled, she acts impulsively, and who will understand her actions?
Cast
Anil Chatterjee ... Subrata Mazumdar
Madhabi Mukherjee ... Arati Mazumder
Jaya Bhaduri ... Bani
Haren Chatterjee ... Priyogopal (Subrata's father)
Sefalika Devi ... Sarojini (Subrata's Mother)
Prasenjit Sarkar ... Pintu
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Himangshu Mukherjee
Vicky Redwood ... Edith
4. The World of Apu (1959)Apur Sansar (original title)
Drama
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. This changes his life, for when the bridegroom turns out to be mad, Apu's friend asks him to become the husband! After initial revulsion at the idea, Apu agrees. Apu takes his exquisite bridge, Aparna, back to Calcutta. But Aparna dies in childbirth, Apu leaves Calcutta, crazy with grief, and his son Kajal is left abandoned with his wife's parents. Only after a long period of total indifference to worldly responsibilities, does Apu become capable of returning to the world.
Cast
Soumitra Chatterjee ... Apurba Roy
Sharmila Tagore ... Aparna
Alok Chakravarty ... Kajal
Swapan Mukherjee ... Pulu
Dhiresh Majumdar ... Shashinarayan
Sefalika Devi ... Shashinarayan's wife
Dhiren Ghosh ... Landlord
Shanti Bhattacherjee ... Office Associate
Abhijit Chatterjee ... Aparna's Brother
Belarani Devi ... Apu's Neighbor (as Belarani)
5. Company Limited (1974) Seemabaddha (original title)
Drama
Shyamalendu (Barun Chanda) is a successful executive at a fan company where he is expecting a promotion shortly. His life revolves around his work and socialising with colleagues along with his wife, Dolan (Paromita Chaudhuri). His sister-in-law, Tutul (Sharmila Tagore) comes to stay with them for a few days. She is given a tour of the life they lead - in restaurants, beauty parlours, clubs and race courses. But then crisis strikes in the form of agitation at the factory just before the shipment of a prestigious export order and Shyamalendu is held to blame. With the help of a shady labour officer, Shyamalendu averts the crisis by declaring a lock-out at the factory after staging a false riot. For his 'efficient' handling of the crisis, Shyamalendu is promoted and there is congratulations all around - except from Tutul, who has understood the vacuousness of Shyamalendu's world and has hated it. Shyamalendu is left successful and desolate - at the top.
Cast
Barun Chanda ... Shyamalendu Chatterjee
Parumita Chowdhury ... Dolan
Sharmila Tagore ... Tutul
Ajoy Banerjee
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Talukdar
Harindranath Chattopadhyay ... Sir Baren Roy
Shefali ... Cabaret Dancer
Drama
An well-off Indian 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, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
Cast
Dipankar Dey ... Sudhindra Bose (as Depankar De)
Mamata Shankar ... Anila Bose
Utpal Dutt ... Manomohan Mitra
Dhritiman Chatterjee ... Prithwish Sen Gupta
Robi Ghosh ... Ranjan Rakshit
Subrata Chatterjee ... Chhanda Rakshit
Promode Ganguly ... Tridib Mukherjee
Ajit Banerjee ... Sital Sarkar
2. Days and Nights in the Forest (1970) Aranyer Din Ratri (original title)
Drama
A group of four middle class workers in India take the week off to have a holiday. When they get to the forest, they meet up with another group and spend their time flirting with women.
Cast
Sharmila Tagore ... Aparna
Kaberi Bose ... Jaya
Simi Garewal ... Duli (as Simi Garowal)
Soumitra Chatterjee ... Ashim (as Soumitra Chatterji)
Subhendu Chatterjee ... Sanjoy (as Subhendu Chatterji)
Robi Ghosh ... Shekhar (as Rabi Ghosh)
Samit Bhanja ... Hari
Aparna Sen ... Hari's former lover
Pahadi Sanyal ... Sadashiv Tripathi
3. The Big City (1964) Mahanagar (original title)
Drama
Calcutta in the early 1960's. Bhambal supports his wife Arati, his parents, and two children. Money is tight, so Arati goes to work. She's successful and enjoys it, but this untraditional step throws the household into chaos: her in-laws initiate a "cold war" of silence and approbation. When Bhambal loses his job, her working is essential; he loses self respect, and the gulf between them widens. Arati questions whether to keep her daughter in school. At work, her friendship with Edith, a Euro-Indian who smokes, swears, and uses lipstick, brings Arati close to impertinence with her genial boss. Her job is imperiled, she acts impulsively, and who will understand her actions?
Cast
Anil Chatterjee ... Subrata Mazumdar
Madhabi Mukherjee ... Arati Mazumder
Jaya Bhaduri ... Bani
Haren Chatterjee ... Priyogopal (Subrata's father)
Sefalika Devi ... Sarojini (Subrata's Mother)
Prasenjit Sarkar ... Pintu
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Himangshu Mukherjee
Vicky Redwood ... Edith
4. The World of Apu (1959)Apur Sansar (original title)
Drama
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. This changes his life, for when the bridegroom turns out to be mad, Apu's friend asks him to become the husband! After initial revulsion at the idea, Apu agrees. Apu takes his exquisite bridge, Aparna, back to Calcutta. But Aparna dies in childbirth, Apu leaves Calcutta, crazy with grief, and his son Kajal is left abandoned with his wife's parents. Only after a long period of total indifference to worldly responsibilities, does Apu become capable of returning to the world.
Cast
Soumitra Chatterjee ... Apurba Roy
Sharmila Tagore ... Aparna
Alok Chakravarty ... Kajal
Swapan Mukherjee ... Pulu
Dhiresh Majumdar ... Shashinarayan
Sefalika Devi ... Shashinarayan's wife
Dhiren Ghosh ... Landlord
Shanti Bhattacherjee ... Office Associate
Abhijit Chatterjee ... Aparna's Brother
Belarani Devi ... Apu's Neighbor (as Belarani)
5. Company Limited (1974) Seemabaddha (original title)
Drama
Shyamalendu (Barun Chanda) is a successful executive at a fan company where he is expecting a promotion shortly. His life revolves around his work and socialising with colleagues along with his wife, Dolan (Paromita Chaudhuri). His sister-in-law, Tutul (Sharmila Tagore) comes to stay with them for a few days. She is given a tour of the life they lead - in restaurants, beauty parlours, clubs and race courses. But then crisis strikes in the form of agitation at the factory just before the shipment of a prestigious export order and Shyamalendu is held to blame. With the help of a shady labour officer, Shyamalendu averts the crisis by declaring a lock-out at the factory after staging a false riot. For his 'efficient' handling of the crisis, Shyamalendu is promoted and there is congratulations all around - except from Tutul, who has understood the vacuousness of Shyamalendu's world and has hated it. Shyamalendu is left successful and desolate - at the top.
Cast
Barun Chanda ... Shyamalendu Chatterjee
Parumita Chowdhury ... Dolan
Sharmila Tagore ... Tutul
Ajoy Banerjee
Haradhan Bannerjee ... Talukdar
Harindranath Chattopadhyay ... Sir Baren Roy
Shefali ... Cabaret Dancer
One of the greatest directors of all time. Always the last scene of his movies would be the one that kept us haunting long after we finished watching it. He was the only one who could explain how an eclipse is magic!
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