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- DirectorAparna SenStarsRakhee GulzarAparna SenMukul SharmaA 40-year-old married woman falls in love with a young man.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsShakuntala BaruaNirmal Kumar ChakrabortyChandniOn her way home the newly wed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five man are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsMeenakshi SheshadriRishi KapoorSunny DeolAfter witnessing a rape in her own household, Damini fights for justice for the deceased victim. However, she faces a bunch of challenges until she meets a disgraced lawyer who decides to fight the case and bring the culprits to justice.
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsShabana AzmiKulbhushan KharbandaSmita PatilA film-maker who is having an extra-marital affair with an actress decides to leave his wife. Arth is the story of this women's search for her identity.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShabana AzmiSmita PatilNaseeruddin ShahForbidden love, fraying loyalties and flagrant hypocrisy emerge when sanctimonious politicians drive a madam's brothel from the heart of Hyderabad.
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsShabana AzmiSadhu MeherAnant NagBelonging to a lower caste, Lakshmi and her deaf-mute husband Kishtayya serve the landlord's son, Surya. When Surya's young wife finds out about his affair with Lakshmi, they all find themselves at crossroads.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsKonkona Sen SharmaAnjan DuttRajat KapoorAn award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeAparna SenRituparna SenguptaExplores the dual themes of friendship and loneliness. Sanaka and Paromita are mother and daughter-in-law who, despite differences in age, backgrounds and temperaments, build a strong bond together.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsMoushumi ChatterjeeKonkona Sen SharmaSrabanti ChatterjeeShirshendu Mukhopadhyay's famous tale of 3 generations of women and their changing position in society, seen in relation to a box of jewels, handed down from one generation to the next.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsJisshu SenguptaSayantika BanerjeeSara SenguptaUma, a child suffering from a terminal illness, wishes to see Durga Pooja held in Kolkata. Her father, along with a director, struggles to create a fake Durga Pooja to make her dreams come true.
- DirectorSrijit MukherjiStarsRituparna SenguptaLily ChakravartyParno MittraIn August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 women.
- DirectorShiboprosad MukherjeeNandita RoyStarsNigel AkkaraSarit Shekhar BanerjeeBratya BasuNiharika, an unhappy housewife decides to organise a play involving the inmates of Bengal. With Niharika unaware of the inmates' getaway plan, she ends up changing their conscience for good.
- StarsMoon Moon SenKalpana IyerBenjamin GilaniA realistically told story of three people in different stages of their lives, going through their own ups and downs.
- DirectorAsit SenStarsAjit BanerjeeKalipada ChakrabortyChhayadeviA story of love and sacrifice of a mother who did everything to protect her child ,even from her husband.
- StarsAnanya ChatterjeeSavitri ChatterjeeBiswanath BasuSubarnalata TV series is based on novel of same name written by smt ashapoornadevi one of best Bengali authors of all times.subarnalata was forced to marry at 9 yrs of age agnst her mother's wish and after that she has to face lot of hardships from husband and mother in law.story revolves around time when women were considered like slaves of husband home.their only duty was to cook and reproduce.they were illiterates and not allowed to study.subarnalata rise above all this and fight hard to get a place for woman in society.she dream of time when women would be treated with equal diginity as men.smt ananya chaterjee plays lead role of subarnalata and satyavati also.the role she played was so great that subarnalata get incorporated to our minds.Great Bengali actress savitri chaterjee play role of muktakeshi the cruel mother in law.the story is not only abt a single lady subarnalata but it is actually a representation of desperate life of woman in late 19th century and early 20th century.one of greatest epics of all times beautifully cnvrtd to a great soap opera.zee bengla will be always honoured for their painstaking role in uplifting a great epic of all time.
- DirectorBijoy BoseStarsBhanu BannerjeeChhayadeviAnup Kumar
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAparna SenDebashree RoyDipankar DeyPotrays a sentimental mother daughter relation. How a female dancer sets her priority and became famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way .
- DirectorArjun DuttaStarsArpita ChatterjeeChhanda ChatterjeeDebjani Chatterjee"Guldasta" traces the journey of three distinctive women named Srirupa, Renu and Dolly, Interwined in a web of make-believe emotions. Their interpersonal relationships, hardships, agonies, and ecstasies form the crux of the story.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsAnil ChatterjeeChandana BanerjeeAparna SenBased on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore, these short films reveal definitive moments in the lives of three young girls.
- DirectorAgnidev ChatterjeeStarsRituparna SenguptaAnanya ChatterjeeUnnati DavaraA psychological thriller that tells a story of lives of three women.
- DirectorAparna SenStarsShabana AzmiArun BannerjeeKali BannerjeeClose to the holy River Ganga, an ancient tree provides shelter and comfort to Uma, a mute, orphan, Brahmin girl. Treated like a drudge by her cruel aunt, Uma is also cursed by a horoscope that portends widowhood. This might not be such a bad thing as this is 1828 and it will be next year before the British outlaw the religiously enforced burning of widows on their husbands' funeral pyres ("sati/suttee"). However, the priest thinks it a sin that a girl over the age of puberty is not married and tradition has it that a younger member of the family cannot marry before an older one. A solution is found: Uma is married to the tree. When she becomes pregnant (the victim of an assault by the local schoolteacher) not even the superstitious villagers believe that the tree is the father and Uma is ostracised for having been unfaithful to her "husband". Sent to live in the cowshed, Uma is forced to shelter in her tree when the cowshed is blown away during a violent storm. Lightning blasts the tree and in the morning Uma is found dead amongst the shattered branches and stumps. To the wonderment and consternation of all the onlookers, this most despised member of society has blood on her forehead resembling the vermillion that a groom puts on his bride whilst the manner of her death resembles that of an exulted sati.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSharmila TagoreSoumitra ChatterjeeChhabi BiswasA 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.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsAnil ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeJaya BachchanLife at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeVictor BanerjeeSwatilekha SenguptaWhen the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world. Years ago, her husband, a wealthy Western-educated landowner, challenged tradition by providing her with schooling, and inviting her out of the seclusion in which married women were kept, to the consternation of more conservative relatives. Meeting her husband's visiting friend from college, a leader of an economic rebellion against the British, she takes up his political cause, despite her husbands warnings. As the story progresses, the relationship between the woman and the visitor becomes more than platonic, and the political battles, pitting rich against poor and Hindu against Moslem, turn out not to be quite as simple as she had first thought.
- DirectorTapan SinhaStarsNirmal Kumar ChakrabortyBhishma GuhathakurtaManoj MitraUrmila is gang-raped by men from rich and influential families. She decides to get justice despite facing ostracism and humiliation from the society and the culprits' families.
- DirectorUrmi ChakrabortyStarsKoushik BhattacharyaBiswajit ChakrabortySoma ChakrabortyAditi Majumdar is an educated middle-aged homemaker bored with her humdrum existence. Her friend Hemenmama encourages her to start writing, and soon her first work is published. Unfortunately, her family shows no enthusiasm and even disparages her literary efforts. Her husband stops her from meeting her friend. The painful realization comes and she decides to give up writing and composes a letter to Hemenmama informing him of this. Next day, she tears the letter and lets the winter breeze whisk away the pieces of paper.
- DirectorSujoy GhoshStarsVidya BalanParambrata ChattopadhyayIndraneil SenguptaA pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
- DirectorChurni GangulyStarsChurni GangulySaswata ChatterjeeChristoffer AigeviThis is a story of isolation and hope, of a writer in exile. The writer is banished for her attack on religious fundamentalism and patriarchy and her cat is suddenly left alone.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAishwarya Rai BachchanPrasenjit ChatterjeeRaima SenBinodini is a young widow who lives with a woman and her son, Mahendra, who had once refused to marry her. Their lives are thrown into disarray when there is deceit and adultery between Binodini, Mahendra, his wife and his friend.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsKirron KherChiranjitSudipta ChakrabortyA lonely middle-aged woman is forced by circumstance to let out her house to a film crew. She is attracted to the charming director and he exploits this fact to suit his purposes.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsSharmila TagoreNandita DasKalyani MandalAn actress mysteriously dies after the "Shubho Mahurat," a celebration of the first shot of the film. A journalist and her perceptive aunt investigate.
- DirectorMuzaffar AliStarsRekhaFarooq ShaikhNaseeruddin ShahIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSuchitra SenSanjeev KumarOm ShivpuriHotel manager J.K. (Sanjeev Kumar) works there. One day, he bravely steps in to save Aarti, the drunken daughter of a politician (Suchitra Sen). Aarti and J.K. have a small ceremony to celebrate their marriage after falling in love. The married pair decides to separate after a few years because of several issues. Aarti and J.K. eventually cross paths again when she has achieved political success. Both of them sense a connection despite their distance, but Aarti is reluctant to speak up for fear of having her reputation ruined and endangering her profession. However, when the opposing party conducts a rally to disparage and humiliate Aarti Devi, When she gets there, she informs the populace and voters of her decision to leave her husband and family in order to serve this nation's citizens. The public respects her and is deeply moved by her voice and selflessness. J.K. arrives there as well and offers her support; she is overjoyed and moves on. She is elected and goes on to have a fulfilling life.
- DirectorAsit SenStarsAshok KumarDharmendraSuchitra SenMonish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. After his departure, financial problems surround Deviyani and her dad. She approaches Monish's mom for assistance, but is refused. In desperation, her father gets her married to a much older man, who is also alcoholic and frequents courtesans. Deviyani gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, Suparna. Unhappy with her marriage and her circumstances, she runs away. She approaches a nun, Mother Mary, in a monastery and leaves Suparna in her care and disappears forever. When Monish returns he runs into Deviyani, but is told that the person he has seen is a Lucknow based prostitute, Pannabai. Is Deviyani still alive? Who is Pannabai? What happened to Suparna?
- DirectorSomnath SenStarsDimple KapadiaVinod KhannaDeepti NavalLeela is a film based on the South Asian-American experience. By providing a dynamic expression of the struggles and celebrations of the expatriate lifestyle, Leela has the potential to be a crossover film - popular among expatriate South Asians and mainstream English speaking audiences the world over. Leela is a true reflection of how the South Asian-American community is beginning to emerge, blend, and influence the mainstream American culture in its own exquisite ways. Leela is the story of Leela, an aware, liberal woman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. It is also the story of Krishna, born of Indian parents in America but uncomfortable with his hyphenated existence. Leela then is a universal story of two paths that cross each other and pause a moment before moving on.
- DirectorK. Narayan KaleStarsSunil DuttShobha KhoteFeroz KhanGopal's sister believes that she knows what is best for him. But a series of events causes turbulence in the family.