Movies: Jahar Roy

A 1977 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Salil Dutta....

Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor village boy's hazardous experience in a rich urban family....

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Ramesh is the eldest brother in a close-knit joint family. When his salary is doubled, he pays more attention to his wife and child's needs, making others jealous. The family disintegrates as members start moving out to live separate lives. Will they...

This story concerns an honest police officer Amit Sen and his wife Seema. Seema has to kill a smuggler, Changez in self-defence, but she cannot tell anything to Amit. Changez's boss Shamsher Singh harasses her for the diamonds that Changez has accide...

Bidhu, a family man, leads a content life with his two sons and four daughters. As the sole breadwinner of the family, Bidhu's life turns upside down when his son is diagnosed with tuberculosis....

Biltu and Dolly are in love with each other, but Dolly's orthodox uncle disapproves of their relationship. However, when her uncle decides to get her married to his friend's son, she pretends to be ill. After listening to this news, Biltu seeks for h...

A 1951 Bengali Thriller Film directed by Naresh Mitra....

Nupur Chatterji has fled from her home in Delhi, resisting an arranged marriage with a man she dislikes. She comes to Calcutta to her college friend, but as her home is not safe she takes shelter in the house of one Anjan Mukherjee. Though initially ...

It's a story based on friendship and love. In this movie, there are three friends Satya, Shankar, and Manimohan. Satya is in love with a girl named Srimoti. After a few years, Srimoti gets pregnant. Satya shoots himself after an argument with her. Ma...

The romanticized story of a peasant who lives in a small village. He learns to read and is befriended by a doctor who helps him improve his status in the community. The film concentrates on the atmosphere and the character of the somewhat irascible p...

Sarama develops a close bond with her sickly classmate, Abinash, but fate takes her to Bipin and they get married. However, things turn awry when Bipin commits suicide after an irrational suspicion....

Tapan Sinha's first Comedy Film & Madhabi Mukherjee's Debut Film....

On their first honeymoon, newlyweds face an unexpected twist when the husband discovers his boss, whom he deceived to get time off, staying at the same hotel....

The widower land-lord fixes his wayward step-brother's alliance with priest's daughter. Groom disappears on wedding day, and he is forced to marry her. The brother comes back and when the elder brother dies, tries to dispossess the widow....

A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya....

Reena was a very honest/beautiful and tomboy type village girl who lived with her grandfather in East Bengal. She developed a very close relationship with her simple style of living. But Partition of India creates problems for them. Reena had to came...

The lesser known 'Sannyasi Rebellion' of the 18th century forms the base of this film. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's 'Anandamath' is regarded as one of the most significant patriotic novels that fueled the national movement. India's national song 'Va...

Himangshu is a villageman who apart from practicing homeopathy helps the local people with their odds and ends. One day he gets a call from a rich man to escort his daughter Juthika to Patna. At first the rich and spoilt lady takes much disliking for...

Forced by her guardian-aunt to marry the son of the stationmaster, she runs away from her marital home but finds herself unwelcome everywhere...