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Kony

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 8

Khidda (Soumitra Chatterjee) is a swimming coach who teaches swimming to underprivileged kids. He picks Kony (character played by Sriparna Banerjee) from a slum of Calcutta and grooms her to be part o...

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Saheb Bibi Golam

Saheb Bibi Golam

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 8

The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the movie and the story is a reference to the plot simultaneously exploring a platonic relationship betwee...

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Prithvi Vallabh

Prithvi Vallabh

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 7.8

The story revolves around two kings, Prithvi Vallabh (Munj) of Avantipur who is kind and just, and Tailap, a neighboring king who is cruel. With the help of his sister Mrinalvati (Durga Khote) and ano...

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Jhinder Bondi

Jhinder Bondi

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Gauri Shankar Roy looks much like the king of Jhind. When the actual king, Shakar Singh, goes missing, a person from the kingdom approaches Gauri to pretend to be the king.

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Chemmeen

Chemmeen

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Karutthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.

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Raazi

Raazi

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.7

An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

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One Night

One Night

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 7.6

This film revolves with miscommunication and misunderstanding of two couples and their family which cause series of laughter. Sushavan Dutta and his wife, Anita, were invited at their relative Digbija...

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Byomkesh, fresh out of college, agrees to investigate the disappearance of Bhuvan, a chemist. Assisted by Bhuvan's son Ajit, Byomkesh links the case to a larger conspiracy that will unsettle Calcutta.

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Under the Blue Sky

Under the Blue Sky

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Set in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of...

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Parichay

Parichay

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.6

An unemployed young man (Jeetendra) takes a job to tutor unruly grandkids of Rai Sahab (Pran) and brings out respect, appreciation and hard work hidden deep inside them.

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