Kolkata Calling 2014
People from different backgrounds struggle to make their mark in the world while also trying to deal with their families and societal pressures.
People from different backgrounds struggle to make their mark in the world while also trying to deal with their families and societal pressures.
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.
an ambitious boy named Badshah who dreams of becoming a don. He gains access to the crime of city's don and uses his own cleverness to play of the top two - Tangrar Tony and Jyanrar Johny fierce rivals with each other . He goes to London on a project. How he becomes don.
In a family where relations have deteriorated to the worst level, even affecting professional lives, an outsider tries to rebuild the lost love and compassion.
A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances upon. They meet frequently since then. Bluffs continue to pile up. There is no way out. In a desperate bid the young man tries to break the wealth barrier. His friend, well placed in life, cautions him. He turns a deaf ear. The inevitable happens. The young man grows wiser but pays heavily for it.
Narsimha, an old ventriloquist and 'horbola' lives in a decrepit locality of Kolkata. Once a favourite among children, he barely manages to survive now and is reduced to a shabby madman. Abandoned by his family, he has a solitary friend in a local 'kabadi-wala', who, all of a sudden, brings him an old, majestic chair- a 'kedara'.
Rahmat, a fruit seller from Kabul, comes to Bengal Province to hawk his merchandise and becomes friend of a small girl Mini, daughter of a Bengali writer.
Unhappy with the marriage, a rich man's mother drives her pregnant daughter-in-law, Asha, out of the house. However, years later, her son sets out to exact revenge against the injustice.
Nilkantha, an artist, is admitted in a mental asylum but even while undergoing treatment, he manages to write a play.
Rajani is a well-known prostitute in a small town in Bengal, India, living in a brothel with her teenage daughter, Lati. With few options for a better life, Rajani hopes to arrange a marriage for her daughter with a wealthy local businessman - an idea Lati opposes. Choosing a life of unpredictability and the possibility of education over the known fate of arranged marriage, Lati takes off for Calcutta, encountering several quirky characters along the way.
Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
The Indian Bengali film tells us a story about the life of a young doctor who stood against the social superstitions prevalent in the rural areas and is hell bent on bringing in a sea of changes among the villagers.
A romantic comedy about a series of clashes between the female residents of a ladies' hostel Basanta Bilap, and four boys of the neighbourhood, aided and abetted by their boudi (sister-in-law).
Against all odds, love finds its voice in a tale of forbidden romance, resilience, and the power of truth. Manju's mother keeps her very strictly disciplined. What happens when she falls in love with Nirmal?
A movie about her girl who lived her live on the principles of self-esteem. Since married a person of her Love when she did not get that respect from him. And due to misunderstanding had to leave the house with their child in the womb with vow that she will be a mother of a capable singer. Which she achieved and so did her husband realize his faults.
When 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.
Borun Chakraborty, a grumpy old man, leads a lonely life with his bedridden wife and an emotionally distant family. Things take a turn for the unexpected after the country's president gets in touch with him.
South Kolkatan cricketer Abir moves with his family to Dorjipara in north Kolkata which is home to 11 Bullets, a cricket team that is out of luck. Abir gives them their first match win ever and also sets their land free from a political goon.
When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.
A bickering mother-in-law and her constantly annoyed daughter-in-law dive deep into their strained relationship to discover friendship, love and ultimately, their individuality.