Mamata Shankar

Pinjar is an evocative meditation on the captivity of bodies, spirits, choices, and silence. Through the intertwined lives of five individuals and a caged wild bird, the film explores how people become trapped by poverty, patriarchy, grief, migration, and social expectation. The bird, stolen from the forest and imprisoned in a cage, becomes a powerful metaphor for human confinement. As Tarak, Jhimli, Paromita, Shefali, and Iqbal struggle with their own invisible cages, Pinjar becomes a quiet yet urgent plea for compassion, dignity, and liberation.

Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and as the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to his principles? Will he be able to save his integrity and loved ones?

A tale of the infamous Shibpur back in seventies, where the rise of a woman gangster comes under the scan of West Bengal police and government. A political journalist from Kolkata found an interesting story in a woman who rose from an ordinary housewife to a notorious lady mafia gang leader in the 80s Shibpur who dominated the area for long time but went missing in late 90s and was never found. Sultan Ahmed, a colourful IPS officer was appointed by the then CM to catch the lady gangster and stop the bloodshed. The State Government issued instructions to dominate her at any cost. But what was the reason of her disappearance?

Years ago, destiny forced young lovers Amit and Labanya to drift apart, leaving them no choice but to move on with their lives. Now in their twilight years, the former lovers meet again at an old age home run by Amit. Things get further complicated when Amit`s daughter Kuhu and Labanya`s nephew Akash fall for each other. Will a fate similar to their elders befall Akash and Kuhu?

A romantic drama, Ahare Mon is a heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, revolving around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love. The movie features four different and parallel love stories; two members of an old age home fall in love and elope to embark on an adventure of a lifetime, two hustlers pull off con jobs one after the other, an immigration officer crossing paths with a ravishing flyer more than often, and a young girl fights a terminal disease but is hopelessly in love with a movie star.

A murder mystery set in the backdrop of scenic hills of Kasauli.

Three independent working girls, one rock concert, a few drinks, and an assault.

Jaatishwar is the story of Rohit, a Gujarati born and brought up in Bengal, who falls in love with a woman who is Bengali with a vengeance. She is obsessed with the Bengali language, hates using English words, loves Bengali poetry, songs and believes in the intellectual superiority of the race. Naturally, she rejects his proposal and challenges him to write, compose and sing a perfect Bengali song for her. After this, their paths diverge. Mahamaya becomes a RJ who works for a radio station which eventually is entrusted the responsibility of organizing a rock concert involving bands from India and Bangladesh. Rohit meanwhile goes to Portugal to study Colonial history, and decides to do it on Heynesman Antony, a Portuguese who was born in 19th Century Bengal and went onto become of the leading minstrels of that time. In his fieldwork, he meets a mysterious man, Kushawl Hajra in Chandannagore, who claims to be Antony`s reincarnation. Rohit starts recording his narrative of his past life as Antony for his dissertation. From here we see a journey of two men separated by one and a half century - both learning an alien language and going on to write songs in that overcoming all odds. How Rohit woos Mahamaya with the perfect Bengali song, and how Kushawl deals with his psychological disorder forms the rest of the story.

Hiya (Payel Sarkar) is an aspiring model and Megh (Parabrata) is a wannabe musician. Their sweet and loving relationship finally bangs on 'Career or Love - Choose One' and they choose- career. Would their relationship sustain or wither away as they delve into their careers?

Aniket is one of the finest Bengali filmmakers, devoted to making the best films. His wife, Deepti was an actress who gave up her career when she met and fell in love with him, choosing instead to raise their son, Apratim. Along comes Shikha, a pretty young starling, who resembles Deepti in her younger days. Shikha is selected to work in Aniket's new film and Deepti coaches her for the same. But Aniket finds himself falling for the young woman who's as old as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family.

A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels. A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle-class perspective on the world. —Anonymous The film sees Anila receiving a letter from a man claiming to be her uncle, a man who disappeared thirty-five years prior. He turns up at her family home professing to be an anthropologist, a globally seasoned traveler en route from the United States to Australia. The family is suspicious of the stranger, believing him to be an impostor pushing a financial scam. After a grilling from the family's lawyer, he leaves as unexpectedly as he arrives, leaving behind a stunned family, and some very insightful observations. —Mr Bongo This tells the story of a woman and her husband who are visited by a man who claims to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The couple is initially skeptical of the man's identity but gradually come to accept him. The film explores themes of civilization, humanity, and the nature of truth, and is known for its philosophical depth and simplicity. "Agantuk" is notable for its introspective and thought-provoking narrative, a hallmark of Ray's filmmaking style. It reflects on the ideas of cultural identity and the clash between traditional Indian values and modernity, themes Ray frequently explored in his works.

In this adaption of the Ibsen stage play, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's temple waters are dangerously contaminated. But with the community relying on the holy attraction for tourist dollars, his warnings go unheeded. Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

"The Chief labour officer of a private steel company in Barrackpur senses corruption in the management. An idealist he resigns and is murdered. The secretary of the trade union, Probir gets to know of it and is murdered. His comrade Bijan manages to escape and absconds. Nirupama, the sister, who silently cherishes Bijan, along with Sandipan, a reporter, tracks down the hired gang of killers, which include Sital, the goal keeper in a smalltime football team. Sital reveals that they had been lured with the promise of a job. But the promises were not kept and sital wishes to disown his past. Meanwhile, Bijan has made good as a salesman in Nasik and returns to Calcutta as a changed man. His values had been eroded by time and success. He tries to justify his desertion of his earlier convictions, but fails to convince Nirupama. He wants a settled married life with Nirupama. She still clings to the ideals of her dead brother. But confusion and desperation forces Nirupama to accept his proposal. On the date of marriage, Sandipan is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Confused, Nirupama wants to postpone the marriage. Quarrels follow and Nirupama realises that the void between them is too wide to be bridged. The rift, however, forces a helpless girl to the threshold of self awareness. She realises that she, The film ends with Niupama beginning the struggle all by herself." Watch the full movie, Grihayuddha online, only on Eros Now.

Kharij opens with a sequence where a small child comes to work in the household of a middle-class family. The couple are both working, and have a small lovable child. A few sequences later, the scene of action moves to the kitchen. The kitchen is locked from inside. The previous night, the servant had gone to sleep in the kitchen ( usually he sleeps in the basement of the house) and is not answering the frantic calls of his master and other members of the household. After trying for quite a while, the door is broken and the boy is found to be lying in an unconscious state. The doctor is called, who announces the child to be dead. As it is a case of unnatural death, the police is called. By now, inquisitive neighbors have already got wind of the incident, and have converged as a crowd in front of the couple's residence. Some sympathetic neighbors comes to help the couple in this crisis. Police arrives and takes stock of the situation. They conduct their routine investigations, and takes the body of the boy for "postmortem." The husband will have to report to Police Station in the evenings. A helpful neighbor, sensing it to be a complicated case, advises the husband to consult a reputed lawyer to prevent him from getting implicated in legal wrangling. When the husband goes to the lawyer, the lawyer exposes the husband's false claims of treating the servant-boy as one of their family members. When the deceased boy's father comes to the couple's house to take his son's monthly salary, he receives the shattering news of his son's demise from the other small boy working in the household. When the couple actually goes to meet the servant's father, the man breaks down and naturally, is inconsolable. Some of the sequences are indeed very touching. When the deceased boy's father has to stay that night in the couple's house, the couple sets up a nice bed for him at night, full of warm quilt and thick mattresses. However, the boy's father's sentiments prevented him from availing of such luxury, and he said that he would like to sleep in the kitchen where his son was found dead sleeping. Post-mortem gives verdict that the boy has died from carbon-monoxide formation. The boy had gone to a late night film show the previous night, and returned around midnight to the house. When he felt that it was cold, he went to sleep in the kitchen (normally he slept in the basement). There was no ventilation in the kitchen room, and the charcoal cooking item was dimly burning. Ignorant of the perils of sleeping without proper ventilation, the servant succumbs in his sleep. After the postmortem report, the boy is taken to the burning Ghat and set aflame. The denouement sees the hapless father finally asking permission from the couple to return to his home in the village.

The daughter of a middle-class family fails to return home one night.

The daughter of an economically middle-class family fails to return home one night. The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The night begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope, of strength hidden behind despair.