Best Bengali Movies Dubbed In Hindi
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Some of the finest actresses we have in Bollywood are Bengalis. Not only are they endearing looking, the stars discovered from Bengal are exceptional performers as well. Right from Konkona Sen, Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen, there have been plenty of actresses who have shown their talent in Bollywood.But there are many more actors in Bengali movies who are making regional cinema only better. Here's taking a look at 11 such amazing plot and storylines that is making Bengali movies way better than some of the Hindi movies.
Directed by Rituparno Ghosh in 2003 and stars Aishwarya Rai as Binodini and Raima Sen as Ashalata. Ashalata and Binodini refer to each other as Chokher Bali. Chokher Bali won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali, National film award for best costume design and National film award for best art direction. The drama and the equation between people is kept so subtle that it feels real.
A 2014 Bengali feature film stars Dulal Sarkar and Deblina Roy in the lead roles. The plot revolves around the lives and opinions of a group of dwarfs who work as jokers in a circusIt won the National film award for best feature film on other social issues.
Starring Mithun Chakraborty, the movie is about a struggling junior artist who is yet to taste success after a struggle of 30 years of acting career. The film motivates thousands of junior artistes, when the character played by Mithun gets signed for an international project as the leading man.
The movie is based on the Bhawal case, which is about a possible impostor who claimed to be the prince of Bhawal, who was presumed dead a decade earlier.The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali at India's 66th National Film Awards
A psychological thriller film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The characters are extremely strong, captivating and inspiring. The story is unique and is totally appropriate for the gruesome realities of today's world. One of the hidden gems, this movie definitely is going to add to the list of permanent movies.
No, we are not talking about the fashion designer Sabyasachi. The movie did not do well at the box office but it became a cult over a period of time. The plot revolves with the activities of an absconded Bengali revolutionary Sabyasachi and India's freedom movement against the British rule.
This is Satyajit Ray's debut film which was based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name. The first film in The Apu Trilogy, Pather Panchali depicted the childhood of the protagonist Apu played by Subir Banerjee which shows the harsh village life of their poor family.
Satyajit Ray's interpretation of the movie makes this a critically acclaimed film. Charulata which also means The lonely wife has some scenes that are beautiful. The first scene, with almost no dialogues shows Charu's loneliness and how she looks at the outside world through the binoculars. In the last scene when Charu and her husband are about to come closer and hold their hands, the screen freezes. This has been described as a beautiful use of freeze frame in cinema.
The biggest event that rocked the Bengali film industry in this decade was the shocking early demise of the legendary Rituparno Ghosh in 2013. With him an era in Bengali cinema came to an end, and that gap could never be fulfilled the same way again. But he laid the foundation for many other filmmakers to come, and showed the way how to feel and tell stories about the deepest human relationships. It was his fearless courage that helped Bengali cinema to break taboos much ahead of the rest of the country and bring forward sensitive stories around homosexuality, coming of age, complex female psyche or other atypical relationships on screen with a much wider acceptance.
With so much to hope for and look forward to in the future, here is then looking at 30 Best Bengali Films of the Decade. It is a good mix of genres, filmmakers and kind of films, though there are some clear front-runners who drove the quality narrative for the last decade. This is a ranked list, and like every other listing, there will always be personal experiences and tastes driving the choice of films and their relative ranking. So a cult film or a popular film may not be as appealing to me, while an unlikely film may have spoken a whole lot more at the overall level. The reverse is equally true. We also saw to it that the overall film was strong enough and was not getting influenced by a very strong performance in an above average film; or did not go over indulgent in filmmaking to eventually turn out to be a missed opportunity even with an interesting concept. We also only considered films that got a theatrical release within this period.
Do share your thoughts and comments on the lists here. What would you like to add to this list and why? Is there something here that you do not completely agree with? Here goes the listing then for your consideration:
A heartwarming story of an aging father and his NRI son, Mayurakshi had brilliant performances by Prosenjit Chatterjee especially as well as Soumitro Chatterjee, and made us feel for the changing expectations of relationships with time. Honestly, the film did not work too well for me in the first watch, but this is also the kind of cinema that grows more on you during its repeat viewing within the comfortable corners of home. The film is available on Netflix.
Again a debut directorial, Natoker Moto is a sensitive retelling of the life of a dedicated theatre artist, her passion for the art and the price she pays for it along the way. The film adopts an excellent visual narration style that quickly blurs the lines between cinema, theatre and life in general. The transitions between life and stage and very well executed. The film has some excellent performances from the entire cast. Paoli Dam and Bratya Basu especially shine. The film is available on Hoichoi TV.
Open Tee Bioscope is a well executed coming of age film with an overdrive of nostalgia of the growing up years. The film understands every nook and corner of the by-lanes of North Calcutta and the nuances of growing up there. The next gen of bengali film actors from Riddhi Sen to Rwitobroto Mukherjee found their wings in the film and enabled an authentic portrayal of the golden friendship of childhood. Sudipta Chakraborty was endearing as the mother, but the stellar performance of the film came from Rajatava Dutta and Upal Sengupta (with the music). The film is available on YouTube.
Another film that marketed itself as Baroder Chhotobelar Chhobi, Phoring is another beautiful coming of age story that deals with the obsessive infatuation of a young adolescent boy with his sensitive and helpful teacher. Akash Adhikary was excellent as the young boy, and in her debut year, Sohini Sarkar gave two back to back good performances in Phoring and Rupkatha Noy. The film can be watched on Amazon Prime Video.
Bakita Byaktigato is a very unique film. In the garb of a filmmaker trying to make a film on the pursuit love, this story traces some very unlikely forms and complexities of human relationships and reaches surreal territories where boundaries between realism and fantasy is all blurred. The film flows like a river with a somewhat unstructured construct, at times can get a little overwhelming, but remains strongly grounded by the stellar performances by the cast, especially Ritwick Chakraborty. The film can be watched on Zee5 and YouTube.
Four filmmakers strangely connected in life come together on a project exploring death through their unique short films on the same topic. But there is a bigger construct of destiny and they are all part of a situation that they cannot run away from. Not all the four films (within the film) are equally strong, but with Chotushkone Srijit Mukherji is on his comfortable zone of the thriller and plays out the larger construct very smartly. This is possibly one of the finest performances of Parambrata Chatterjee and he is topped over only by the hidden ace of the pack. The film is available on Hoichoi TV.
Technically two different films released about 2 years apart, they are both first two parts of a trilogy that deals with love that transcends over national boundaries and religious bindings. The first film Bishorjon explores the dynamics between a young hindu widow in Bangladesh, a muslim man from India stuck there in her shelter post a mishap and the rich lord of the village who schemes to marry the widow. With Bijoya, the action moves to this side of the river Padma, and we see how the change in situation now influences the thinking of all the three characters. Both Kaushik Ganguly and Jaya Ahsan are brilliant in both the films and Abir Chatterjee is earnest in his efforts to match up to them. Bishorjon is available on Hoichoi TV and Bijoya on Zee5.
Shabdo revolves around the life of a foley artist of Bengali film. His job is to create ambient sounds for films as part of the overall sound design, but he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound, and starts losing out on the rhythms of life and his grip with the real world dialogues. A very unique subject is powerfully represented on screen by some excellent direction by Kaushik Ganguly and possibly one of the finest performances by Ritwick Chakraborty. The film is available on YouTube.
Kedara is such a matured cinematic experience that it is difficult to figure out that it is the debut directorial of Indraadip Dasgupta. It is a lyrically evocative film that shows class and grace in every frame, and delves deep into the solitude of a ventriloquist and his struggle to find life in nothingness. The masterful act by Kaushik Ganguly as the lead takes the film to another level, and hours after one has left the theatres, this immersive film does not leave you. Kedara is still awaiting a digital release.
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