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Spring in the Colony
Situated on the southern fringes of Calcutta, the bustling, sunny Deshbandhu colony, a settlement of refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), has a lot going on.
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The Shelter of Wings
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Charachar Released: 1993 Country: India Director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Language: Bengali Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Based on the novel by Prafulla Roy, Charachar (Shelter of the Wings) revolves around the film’s protagonist Lakha, who comes from a family of bird catchers. Each day Lakha traps birds and sells them to [...]
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Reaching Silence
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Nisshabd Released: 2005 Country: India Director: Jahar Kanungo Language: Bengali Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama Summary Nisshabdh is a contemplative film about Sarit (Kaushik Chakravarty), a young man whose job as a door-to-door salesman suffers as a result of his mounting sensitivity to sound. When visits to doctors and gurus fail [...]
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Barbed Wire
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Kantatar Released: 2005 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Set against the backdrop of political unease resulting from the 1947 partition of British India into the Republic of India (Hindu) and the Dominion of Pakistan (Muslim), Kantatar follows the journey of Sudha (Sreelekha Mitra), an [...]
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The Unknown Bird
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Achin Pakhi Released: 1996 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Art & Music Genre: Documentary Summary Lalon Fakir’s impressive oeuvre of folks songs are filled with profound lyrics and have found a close following in Bangladesh and the West Bengal of India, even a hundred years after his death. Although [...]
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Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2004 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama Summary As a young man, Lalon Fakir had contracted pox while on a pilgrimage. Thinking him dead, his fellow travelers performed his funeral rites and drifted his body away on a raft. A weakened Lalon was finally washed ashore [...]
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A Tree Without Roots
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Lalsalu Released: 2001 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Religion Genre: Drama Summary Majid, a traveling Mullah (religious leader), comes across a rural village in East Bengal. When he convinces the villagers that an old tomb within their village houses the remains of a holy man, they turn it into [...]
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Quiet Flows The River Chitra
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Chitra Nadir Pare Released: 1998 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary In 1947, following the partition of India, Pakistan was formed. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), millions of Hindu families were forced to choose between living under Islamic rule, or abandoning the land, [...]
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Our Time
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Kaal Released: 2007 Country: India Director: Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Language: Bengali Theme: Human Rights Genre: Drama Summary Threatened with censor cuts before its release in 2007, Bappaditya Bandopadhyay’s controversial feature film Kaal (Our Time) explores the disturbing world of human trafficking in India. The film focuses on four women: Itu, Fatima, Soma, and [...]
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Wheelchair
Released: 1994 Country: India Director: Tapan Sinha Language: Bengali Theme: Health & Disease Genre: Drama Summary Sushmita is attacked one night after staying late at the office. She falls down the stairs in her attempt to escape and suffers damage to her spinal cord, resulting in paralysis. Despondent and wishing for death to end her suffering, she is sent to live in a nursing home for neurologically handicapped patients, run by Dr. Mitra, who is himself, wheelchair-bound. As Sushmita struggles [...]
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Wheelchair
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1994 Country: India Director: Tapan Sinha Language: Bengali Theme: Health & Disease Genre: Drama Summary Sushmita is attacked one night after staying late at the office. She falls down the stairs in her attempt to escape and suffers damage to her spinal cord, resulting in paralysis. Despondent and wishing for death to end [...]
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What The Sea Said
Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Yugant Released: 1995 Country: India Director: Aparna Sen Language: Bengali Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary Deepak and Anasuya have been separated for eighteen months – Deepak works as a Creative Director for an advertising agency in Calcutta, while his wife is managing her own dance school in Bhubaneshwar. They agree [...]
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