GenresComedy ThemesChildren's films ActorsSamadarshi Dutta, Ridhima Ghosh, Paran Bandopadhyay, Shantilal Mukherjee Rating63% The story revolves around three friends who stay together in a rented house. Bubka (Samadarshi Dutt) is an aspiring artist who comes to Kolkata from the suburbs. He does odd jobs for a living. He lies to his nagging girlfriend Koel (Ridhima Ghosh) that he is a sales executive, simply to impress her. Koel constantly doubts Bubka and can't stand him talking to any other girl. Bubka is joined by two of his old friends (Sourav Chatterjee and Apurbo Roy), who also come to the city looking for jobs. They decide to stay at the same rented place, owned by an old man, Bulu-da (Paran Bandyopadhyay). As days pass by, Bubka and his friends fail to find employment. One day an angry Bulu-da shows his disapproval of their stay without paying the rent for months together. He prods them to go out and earn, even kidnap if they wish to earn quick bucks. Confused and threatened, Bubka's two friends end up kidnapping four kids — one girl and three boys. All hell breaks loose when they discover one of the boys to be Koel's nephew. Bubka and Bulu-da are furious at their foolishness. However, they try their best to keep the kids safe — away from prying eyes. In no time, the children become a part of the household and began to enjoy there. They simply refuse to go home even when Bubka insists that they should. Later on, the three friends get success in their professional lives as well . The rest of the film also includes a real life comic kidnapper, 'Top Up Bhai' (Shantilal Mukherjee) who intends to kidnap the 3 children, but ends up being caught himself.
Directed byRituparno Gosh GenresThriller, Comedy ActorsR. Madhavan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Tota Roy Choudhury, Raima Sen, Jaya Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah Roles Music Rating56% Damn the seven-year itch! A period every young new-age couple dreads. After seven years, are there newer things to be discovered? In the case of Chitra and Sanjay, there are several. In a chapter of matrimony that is already confusing, destiny adds a sprinkle of exposure and a dash of spice.
Directed byKaushik Ganguly GenresThriller, Crime ThemesFilms about disabilities ActorsSaswata Chatterjee, Raima Sen, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Indraneil Sengupta, Sudipta Chakraborty, Kaushik Ganguly Roles Music Rating73% The film is set in a boys' school in Kurseong. The story revolves around the life of school teacher Jayabrata Ray, played by Saswata Chatterjee, who has gone blind due to a sudden retinal disorder. He must now rely on his sense of hearing. After becoming irritable and helpless due to the situation, how he tries to stop the school being sold and how he tackles the situation himself (as his friends are turning foes) becomes the issue of the story.
, 2h6 Directed byRituparno Gosh GenresDrama, Romance ActorsProsenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Laboni Sarkar Roles Original Music Composer Rating76% A tender romance blossoming in early Kolkata between law student Ramesh and his friend's sister Hemnalini, is nipped suddenly when his father sends an urgent and mysterious summons from his village home. There, the dutiful son is peremptorily ordered to marry Susheela, daughter of a hapless widow. Ramesh refuses, confesses that his heart belongs to another. But the widow's fervent plea softens him ultimately. And he concedes, albeit with a heavy heart. The wedding takes place with due ceremony; and Ramesh sets out with his bride on a river boat journey back to Kolkata.
ActorsRituparna Sengupta, Kiran Janjani, Alok Nath, Aanjjan Srivastav, Yashpal Sharma, Daya Shankar Pandey Rating47% Mumbai-based Tanvi Sharma, married to Financer, Nikhil, for 3 years, is thrilled when she is not only promoted as Assistant Vice-President with her employer, ICBI Bank, but also tests positive for motherhood. But her joy will be short-lived when she must abort the child as it comes in the way of her promotion as Vice-President - the venue to power, position and wealth - as well as incur the wrath of Nikhil. The duo do make up, and decide to have a child through a surrogate who will live with them during the pregnancy period. A broker, Shukla, arranges a surrogate, Gauri, an impoverished village-based mother of two children, and the wife of an unemployed idol-artist, Mohan. While dealing with pressures of the stigma attached of nursing a child sired through another woman from family and friends, she must also deal with the fact that a naive Gauri may decide to keep the child.
Directed byRituparno Gosh GenresDrama ActorsProsenjit Chatterjee, Bipasha Basu, Paoli Dam, Jisshu Sengupta Rating68% Non-resident Bengali Radhika (Bipasha Basu) marries the thespian poet Indranil Mitra (Prosenjit Chatterjee) to settle in Kolkata. While Indranil continues his surveillance of the surreal world of words, rhythms, rhymes and imaginations Radhika single-handedly pulls out the private and public aspects of conjugal life. Radhika gets wholesome support from their housemaid Priyobala Das (also called Nondor ma). While the apparently irresponsible and introverted Indranil does one menace after other (like quitting his job after getting an award), Radhika stands like a rock to make the family financially sound.
, 2h10 Directed byRituparno Gosh GenresDrama ActorsAmitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah, Jisshu Sengupta Rating69% The story revolves around Harish Mishra (Amitabh Bachchan), a retired Shakespearean theatre actor who spent precisely thirty years and nine months on stage and then suddenly quit, and his first and last act as a cinema artist. He is immensely passionate about Shakespeare, believes that nothing even comparable can ever be written, knows all his plays by heart, lives in those stories, condemns modern cinema and considers theatre as a much higher artform for directors and actors to convey their message to an audience.
Directed byOnir GenresDrama, Romance ActorsSharman Joshi, Shabana Azmi, Boman Irani, Chitrangada Singh, Sanjay Suri, Gaurav Nanda Rating61% Siddharth Mathur (Sharman Joshi), a shy young scientist, travels to Mauritius for his elder brother Harsh's (Sanjay Suri) wedding. Accompanying him is his mother Gayatri (Shabana Azmi), a reluctant traveller since she is angry at Harsh for deciding to get married without consulting them. Also travelling is Siddharth's cheery father Navin (Boman Irani), whose sole entertainment is pulling Gayatri's leg. Harsh, pre-occupied with work, can spend little time with his family and it is left to his fiancée Aaliyah (Chitrangada Singh) to show them around Mauritius before the wedding. However, Ma's anger at Harsh ensures that she takes an instant dislike for Aaliyah, and it is Aaliyah and Siddharth who end up spending loads of time together. This, added to the fact that Aaliyah feels neglected by the career-obsessed Harsh, leads to them being irresistibly drawn to each other. A horrified Siddharth battles this attraction desperately, but Aaliyah has fallen madly in love and pursues him with single-minded determination. When Siddharth’s defences start crumbling and Ma starts getting suspicious, all hell breaks loose in the Mathur family.