Lily Chakravarty

The 50 year journey of women at Rikers Jail and a painting that leads the way out.

Mishti, a housewife, is taken for granted by her husband and ignored by her children. Cheeni, is full of life and has big dreams. These two women bond over their shared struggles and embark on a journey of self-discovery together.

Rawkto Rawhoshyo is an Emotional-Thriller which follows the journey of Swarnaja, who is a radio jockey and once receives a strange phone call from an unknown caller in her live show, which forces her to chase & find out a hidden truth of her Life.

Sona da with Aabir and Jhinuk embarks on his new adventure, a quest that will take them to the legendary Durgeshgor. The journey reveals that the Debroy family, the erstwhile zamindars in their princely mansion hold the key to a presumed rumor of a treasure connected with Plassey. With an amazing vibrant backdrop of Durga Puja in the princely Debroy mansion where the trio is invited for the occasion, one after the other clues are revealed testing Sona da`s wit and grit one more time leading towards the discovery of one of greatest treasures Bengal has ever witnessed.

This is a coming-of-age story of friendship, parenting, growing up and finding yourself. A 17-year-old boy's relationship with his parents is tested as he discovers teenage rebellion and fun in the company of a cool but troubled 19-year-old girl who shakes things up giving him the courage to be true to himself.

This film revolves around the era of 1947 and explores the consequences of partition of India. Delving into the grim history of the partition, Mukherjee`s movie Rajkahini is weaved around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing eleven women.

Khaad is a story of hope and survival. It recounts the tale of a group of tourists who are on their way to the mountains of North Bengal. Their bus, however, meets with an accident and they fall into a cliff. Shaken but still alive, they must now make their way out of this abyss before it is too late.

Binodini 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. The book, Binodini, is the story of a young woman, who is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies soon after they are married. She returns to her village and lives there for a couple of months until she sees one of her relations passing by there on her way to somewhere else. Binodini hails the woman and the two soon agree that it would be best if Binodini came to live with the woman and her son, Mahendra (who, by the way, was one of the first to see Binodini's photo when she was unwed and up for grabs yet refused her on account of his being "unready for marriage"). Now, when the two arrive the woman's son and his new bride are in the throes of passion, constantly sneaking off to be alone together; this infatuation does not last long, however, when Mahendra begins to see that his wife's friend, Binodini, is more his type. The story details the lives of these three and Mahendra's best friend as they deal with certain issues as distrust, adultery, lies, and numerous fallings-out between them. The movie correctly depicts what Tagore so skillfully wrote and is a sad, stirring tale of the deceit and sorrow that come from being unsatisfied and unhappy. —gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com) Mahendra is a doctor circa British rule in India, who lives a comfortable life in a city in Bengal (India). He is friendly with a young man, a bachelor named Behari. Both Mahendra and Behari are of marriage age, and do get a lot of proposals. One day they receive a proposal of a young woman named Binodini along with a photograph. Neither of them shows any interest nor even take a look at the photograph. They get news that Binodini has got married. Shortly thereafter, they receive another proposal without a photograph, for a young woman named Ashalata. Behari is asked to check her out for Mahendra - he ends up consenting to marry her, but subsequently let's Mahendra be the groom. A few months later Ashalata gets pregnant, and the family gets the news that Binodini has been widowed only after a year's marriage. Then things get complicated when Ashalata befriends Binodini - and both Mahendra and Behari get attracted to her - so much so that Mahendra is considering separating from his bride - and Behari separating from his bachelorhood - but both in quandary over the social taboo of marrying a widow - and of the present agitation aimed against the British to quit India. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Widowed Advocate Triloki Prasad (Om Prakash) lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small town in India with two sons, Advocate Ashok (Vijay Sharma) married to Geeta (Lily Chakravarty), and Alok (Amitabh Bachchan) who has yet to settle down in their law firm. Alok is fond of music and enrolls in classes run by Pandit Jamuna Prasad (A. K. Hangal). On his return, his father asks him to accompany Ashok to their law firm and start learning to practice, which he agrees to do. Triloki wants Alok to learn basic law from Ashok and eventually study for a law degree. Triloki does not encourage Alok's interests in singing and other fine arts. Ashok understands and tells Alok that while he will need to come to the office, but after that he is free to do what he wants. Triloki himself doesn't attend office as he is running for local elections and is focused on that. Alok met Tonga wallah Ganeshi (Asrani) at the station upon his return. Ganesh and Alok used to be childhood friends. Ganeshi's father used to drive a Tonga for Triloki, but was fired when Triloki bought a motor car. Alok is fond of music and learns from Ganeshi that a courtesan Sarju Bai Banaraswali (Chhaya Devi) sings very well. Ganeshi is a tenant with her and hence knows about her. Radhiya (Rekha) is Ganeshi's sister and is learning music from Sarju Bai. Alok goes to the slums to meet Sarju Bai and she chases him out thinking he is a goon lusting after Radhiya. Ganeshi finds Alok and brings him to his hut, where they sing a song together, which Sarju Bai hears. Sarju Bai is impressed to know that Alok learned music from Pandit Jamuna and takes him under her wings. Maharaj Dinanath (Manmohan Krishna) is a singer in his own right. He has feelings for Sarju, but never expresses them and continues to care for her selflessly. Sarju tells the story of Raja Bahadur (Sanjeev Kumar) who lost his wife.. Raja was a huge fan of music and Sarju was young. She left her Kotha and went to Raja that night, when his wife died. Together they sang a duet and that's how Sarju shared Raja's grief with him. One day, Triloki finds out that Alok has not been going the firm but is instead spending time in the local slums with a former courtesan named Sarju Bai Banaraswali (Chhaya Devi). He cautions Alok about this, but Alok continues to visit Sarju Bai. He and Radhiya get close to each other. When Mr. Gupta (Yunus Parvez) approaches Triloki about taking possession and demolishing the slum area (Gupta had leased his land to the slum area many years ago. The land was next to his mill which is now growing and he needs the land back to expand his own business), Triloki readily agrees and with his expertise manages to sway the Court's decision in Gupta's favor. Meanwhile Triloki sends Alok to meet Gupta and Mrs. Gupta (Lalita Kumari) daughter Sulakshana (Farida Jalal) for a possible marriage. Sulakshana tells Alok that she loves someone else Kishan (Benjamin Gilani) and hence cant marry Alok. As a result of Triloki's legal brain, Sarju Bai and others are rendered homeless. With the fee he receives from Gupta, he asks Alok to purchase a used car for himself. But Alok purchases a horse-carriage and decides to drive it himself to make a living. His enraged father asks him to leave the house. Alok stays with Ganeshi, Radhiya and Sarju Bai and is now considered a member of the family. When Triloki finds out that Alok is doing well in his work, he decides to hire motor coaches to transport people at a much cheaper price, thus cutting off Alok's earnings and perhaps forcing him to reconsider his decision, apologize, and return home to his father. It is on.. Neither Triloki nor Alok are willing to step down from their positions. Soon, Ganeshi and Alok see their incomes dwindle to nothing. In desperation, Ganeshi sabotages the buses by breaking their fuel pipes. The buses catch fire, but Ganeshi is caught and imprisoned for 6 yrs. Sarju Bai begs Alok to marry Radhiya, which he does. Soon Radhiya is pregnant and gives birth to a son. Geeta wants to bring Alok and his son back home, but Triloki is adamant. When Geeta insists, Triloki asks her to leave the house. Ashok goes with Geeta. Yrs pass and Alok & Radha's son (Master Ravi) is now a toddler. Alok has TB and is sick. Radhiya meets Ganeshi in prison, who advises Radhiya to take Munna with her and leave Alok. she and Munna can settle in Banaras with Sarju and Maharaj. This way Alok might be invited back into the house by Triloki, and this could end up saving his life. Radhiya starts nagging and fighting with Alok, but he wont budge at all and reconcile with Triloki. Radhiya takes Ganeshi's advise and leaves for Banaras. One day, Triloki's car is broken and he takes a carriage home, not realizing the Alok is driving it. Back home, father and son exchange pleasantries, before Alok goes on his way. Alok learns that Geeta and Ashok no longer stay with Triloki. Triloki can see that Alok is badly ill. 8 months pass and Alok has not written back to Radhiya. Meanwhile Sulakshana is married to Kishan and visits Alok in the hospital where he is admitted. That day Maharaj also arrives and takes Alok with him to Banaras since Sarju Bai wants to see Alok before she passes away. Sarju and Radhiya are devastated to see Alok in such pitiable state. Eventually Sarju Bai passes away after Raja Bahadur comes to meet her (Maharaj visits Raja Bahadur and begs him to come and meet Sarju) one last time on her death bed. At her eulogy, Alok sings the song that once Sarju sang for Raja Bahadur. Raja is moved and realizes Alok's talent. now Triloki finds himself all alone and wants to go to fetch Geeta and Ashok back. Raja Bahadur meets Triloki at his mansion and tells him that Triloki has made a grave mistake by not understanding Alok's talent. Raja Bahadur tells Triloki that Alok is dying and needs his father. Triloki is moved and visits Alok in Banaras. It is implied that Alok dies shortly thereafter and Triloki returns home with Radhiya and his grandson, who is as good a singer as Alok.

Chupke Chupke is the story of a woman who is super impressed with her brother-in-law Raghav`s intelligence and sense of judgement. A series of comical events ensue when her husband decides to fool Raghav and goes to work as his driver.