Ruma Guha Thakurta
Actor · 1934 – 2019 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Ruma Guha Thakurta was born on 3 November 1934 to Satyen Ghosh (Monty Ghosh) and singer Sati Devi who was a trained vocalist and Bijoya Ray's, wife of Satyajit Ray, elder sister's daughter. Ruma Guha Thakurta began as a dancer, actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films. She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958 after her divorce. She got married to eminent singer, Kishore Kumar, in 1951.
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Movie6.8DramaThe American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
The Namesake
2006 · 194 votes
MovieRomanceSagar falls in love with Jhilik, who is his maid's daughter. Things, however, take an odd turn when Subhankar, who wants his sister to get married to Sagar, plans to kill Sagar's father.
Movie7.2DramaAshoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
MovieComedyFamilyIll-treated and disrespected by his sons, an octogenarian man wishes to go back to his youth. Things take a hilarious turn when he falls into a pond and is overjoyed to find his wish to have come true.
Movie7.0DramaMusicThis is a family drama. A poor school master had three sons and one daughter. He was very tense for his daughter's marriage. He meets his former student Bablu, who meets Minu and falls in love with her. He wants to marry Minu. But Minu loved another boy, Alok. Bablu meets Alok and helps him by giving him a job in his office. But Alok was an uncivilised person and falls in love with Rupali, a girl in Bablu's office. Rupali was not a very nice person. Bablu warned Alok about her but Alok left Minu and started staying with Rupali. Minu was dejected and wanted revenge. She wants to transform herself and Bablu helps her to become Minoti,a modern cultured lady. Alok now wants to get Minoti but she slaps him. Minoti realizes that Bablu is the right man for her and they get married.
Movie8.0ThrillerDramaJadi Jantem (English: If I Knew) is a 1974 Indian Bengali-language drama thriller film directed by Tarun Majumdar as Yatrik. This movie was released under the banner of Chitrajug. Uttam Kumar played the role of main protagonist of the movie, Mr. P. K. Basu, Bar-at-law. This movie was based on the thriller novel Nagchampa of Narayan Sanyal.
MovieFamilyDramaA man and his wife are frustrated with the responsibilities of taking care of their family. However, Borun tries to keep the family from falling apart.
Movie6.0ComedyRamapoda Dutta gets a job in an all-female company as the personal assistant to the Managing Director.
Personal Assistant
1959 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DramaWhen a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcutta where they can hopefully find work. Instead, they end up sleeping on the streets until they have a chance at earning a little income -- a man has asked them to take his herd of pigs across a fast-moving river. The current is dangerous, and worse, the wife is pregnant and this would not be an easy task even if she were not. Undaunted and desperate, the couple accept the job and enter the river to face their destiny.
MovieActionBiswajit is a renowned barrister. He has two younger brothers, named Indrajit and Abhisek. He along with his two younger brothers creates a very happy family. Indrajit joins the police force by the recommendation of MLA Suprakash Sanyal. Indrajit is a honest, sincere and brave police officer, on the other hand Abhisek slowly enters into a wrong path. Indrajit does not concentrate properly in family. So he has some conflicts and differences with his wife. At this juncture a rape case investigation is handed over to him. A member of the Sanyal's gang named Raja has done that crime. So Indrajit arrested him and placed the file before court. When the trial is almost at the end of its proceedings, then Sanyal's men kidnapped Indrajit's son. Release of Raja is their only demand and they convey it to Indrajit. On the other hand Sanyal's daughter Rupa loves Abhisek. So she helps Indrajit. After refusing the demand of Sanyal, Indrajit defeats all evil forces and reveals Sanyal in front of ...
Indrajit
1992
- Movie9.0Drama
The movie is about child marriage, a custom that was prevalent amongst various Indian societies. Set during British Raj in India, the movie tells the story of a village school boy Amal, who is married to a younger girl named Rajni.
MovieThe struggles of a doctor in rural India.
Khaniker Atithi
1959
MovieDramaRomanceAnuaradha and her brother save a man, Debabrata, washed ashore from the sea. Anuaradha and Debabrata fall in love and get married, but Anuaradha's feelings change when she finds that Debabrata is widower and has a son.
MovieThe film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)
Movie7.5DramaNarsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business.
Movie7.2DramaRomanceAfter the marriage of her niece, an Anglo-Indian school-teacher, Violet Stoneham, lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts visiting her with her boyfriend, Violet welcomes them eagerly.
36 Chowringhee Lane
1981 · 10 votes
Movie8.3FamilyDramaDilip Kumar in Triple Role
Movie6.8DramaA wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
Movie10.0DramaRomanceFilm starring Ruma Guha Thakurta, Aga Jaan and Vikram Kapoor
Jwar Bhata
1944 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaFilm about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.
MovieDramaTroyee is the story of a simple man (Mithun), his life, love and relationship.
Troyee
1982
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA romantic story set in 1960s urban Kolkata.
Hangshamithun
1968 · 1 votes
Movie8.5DramaMusicAntony Firingee was a Portuguese-Indian who became a famous Bengali poet musician and fell in love with Shakila. She agreed to marry him after revealing her tragic history. But his fame was not enough to overcome their ostracisation and tragedy struck again.
Antony Firingee
1967 · 2 votes