20 Bengali movies one must watch

A young college graduate is struggling to find a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.

Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small town. His taxi is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye. The film shows the love of taxi driver Bimal and his pathetic vehicle Jagaddal.

A gullible man faces strange situations on his quest fo find an elephant in order to keep a promise he made with a little girl.

Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.

Quando Goopy e Bagha scoprono che Hirak Raja è un tiranno, cercano di cambiare la situazione con l’aiuto di Udayan, un maestro di scuola, e dei loro poteri magici.

A selfless young woman (Supriya Choudhury) sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

Un giovane brillante e idealista si prepara per il mondo degli affari e fallisce in un mercato del lavoro pieno di migliaia di altri candidati speranzosi.

An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a 'parash pathar', a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.

Lord Shiva threw away a golden ball that even the gods are scared to keep. The ball creates greed and violence amongst the gods due to its opulence. Shiva had endowed the ball with a magical power, whenever a person physically hands it over to someone else, they start behaving like each other. When it reaches Earth, accidentally a typical Bengali Babu is the first person to find it while going to his in-laws' home. He gives it to his servant to carry, and when their minds get exchanged, comedy ensues.

Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.

The story revolves around a mischievous teenager, Rasik, who is the only son of a wealthy landlord. One day, Rasik makes some misdeeds in school and gets suspended. He escapes from home but his father's mentor (gurudev) finds him and returns him home. Rasik's father then decides to marry him with the daughter of a zamindar, Amala. Rasik and amala got married. After their marriage, Amala's father develops some misconception about Rasik for his deeds and separates his daughter from him. But the young couple try hard to save their marriage and they succeed at the end.

A misbehaving boy who runs away from his village and goes to Calcutta.

En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.

Una famiglia benestante riceve una visita inaspettata e piuttosto indesiderata da un uomo che afferma di essere lo zio della donna perduto da molto tempo fa.

A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal land-lord, has a dream envisioning her as an avatar of Kali.

Tarak is a professional foley artist whose obsession with creating sound effects for films makes him oblivious to all the talking around him. As his family and friends struggle to cope up with his changing soundscape, Dr Swati tries to figure out the roots of his obsession and finally succeeds to identify. Yet, Tarak plunges deeper and deeper into the world of the unheard as his love for cinema is unplugged.

A widower is about to marry a woman when another woman enters the scene claiming to be his first wife.

Shibnath is released from prison after eleven years of incarceration for murdering a British officer.

Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They make four short story in this film with one theme: Death.

A rib-tickling comedy about a group of spirits who, in their various idiosyncrasies, try and save their only haunt, their resting place, when some unscrupulous builders try and break it down to build a modern monstrosity.