Discoveries from Bangladesh World Cinema

The night takes a strange turn in Dhaka as a ride-sharing motorcyclist tries to reach his next passenger in time.

The Nobel Medal of great Indian Poet Rabindra Nath Tagore was stolen in 2004 and it was never found. This film is a fictional account of what might have happened to the medal. A poor farmer...

Based on a story of the Bengali writer Jorasandho, this film takes a sympathetic view of hardened criminals, and was notable in its time for its unsentimental and realistic depiction of the daily grind behind bars and the complex relationships that develop between the inmates.

Novera, a bride-to-be in present-day Dhaka, is in love with her groom and dreams of a fairytale wedding, but secretly struggles with her body’s resistance to wedding rituals. As stress and emotional pain intensify, a mysterious woman with long hair begins appearing in Novera’s imagination.

Anik lives alone in the city, but he is much loved by his aunt and uncle, the only relatives he has here. His aunt’s unconditional love puts him in difficulties as she wants him to get married. His aunt arranges a series of meetings with girls, which do not create interest in him. The problem begins when Anik finally likes someone. Meanwhile, a strange incident occurs in his aunt and uncle’s married life. Anik realizes that some loves never get a proper conclusion!

An arranged-marriage couple struggles to connect emotionally as the shy husband fails to express his love, leaving his wife frustrated and longing for affection.

During anti-Ayub movement in the 1960’s a young leftwing political activist had warrant against him. He would secretly move around by trains. Police detectives followed him. It was never clear in the poem whether the young man went to his village and met his mother and comrades, or whether he was just thinking about them and thus the past, present and future of the politics of that particular time of our history all converged in his subconscious.

It's a 1997 Drama film from Bangladesh about a father's life after his retirement...

The life of a girl takes a 360 degree turn after she meets with an accident which causes amnesia. The battle of her family and her lover continues as things keep getting worse for her.

Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how the famed American architect built a daringly modern and monumental parliamentary complex in war-torn Bangladesh.

The film revolves around Antara, a typist and Ananya, BPO employee and explores the realm of unspoken unadulterated love which goes beyond the reach of materialism.

Sutana’s young sister Liza is missing. Liza’s desire to break the rules drove her into such a position. Sultana risks herself to find out Liza's condition. Will it be possible to rescue Liza?

Fifteen years after they parted ways, Sayani, Law officer in a corporate firm meets Asimabha, a brilliant man leading a devious life, and they go through a unique journey with a curious interplay of conflict, intrigue and surprise.

The movie revolves around the protagonist Asad, a freedom fighter who still struggles to get out of the trauma of war. He meets Ghuddi at a film theatre and later falls in love.

The femme fatal inspector Jasmine gets transferred to uproot criminals and terrorists only to make enemies with the local godfather.

Amol, a child, is confined to his adoptive uncle's home by an incurable disease. He stands in the courtyard and talks to passers-by and inquires about the places they go to. The construction of a new post office nearby prompts the imaginative Amol to fantasise about receiving a letter from the King or being his postman.

Sundori is a young woman from a poor family in a village governed by a ruthless zamindar.

People suffer from depression at some point in their lives. How does that time go to them? 'Shobdo Prem' is based on the story of two people suffering from depression.

Ovi is suffering from clinical depression. To overcome it, he visits Morshedpur and enters a house being their paying guest. Few days later, he receives a call in the landline of that house and get introduced to Sarah. Thus their story starts. All of a sudden something happens and Ovi realises that no matter how much they tries it's kind of impossible for them to meet. What is the reason?

Drama of Bangladesh

The film is about Joy (Shakib Khan) who is engaged to his cousin Mithu(Mimo). But he promises his grandfather that he will not tie the knot before he finds his missing aunt and uncle. In search of his missing relatives, he goes to Malaysia, where he meets Jara(Jaya) who is a UN employee. They become familiar with each other and Jara helps Joy find his aunt. Joy, appreciative of her companionship and help, falls for Jara. To avoid him, Jara gets involved with another man Shakib(Arefin Shuvo). In this situation, the climax of the film comes down between responsibility towards family, relatives and love affairs.

Bangladeshi 2010s Bengali language film. Action Type Drama Movie.

"Chapal Bhaduri, a leading lady of Bengal’s traditional folk traveling theatre-in-the-round, the Jatra, spent his life playing women. This film is an intimate biography that brings you face to face with this unique individual, sharing what it means to him to become a woman night after night, talking of the woman inside his body, of troubled sexuality, of a long partnership with his older lover, of the loneliness of living on the edges of conventional society–and showing how he metamorphoses into the goddess to perform her story." - The Bangalore International Centre

Consumed by self-imposed isolation and total apathy, a young man’s mind begins to violently turn against him, trapping him in a psychological puzzle box of his own making where he must fight his own fractured identities to survive.

A man leaves the city and takes a job as a forest officer believing society, himself included, to have been unjust to his father.

Javed runs a small catering service. While delivering food to Mitu, who is new to the neighborhood, he falls in love with her at first sight. From time to time, he cooks a variety of delicious dishes for Mitu. Slowly, Mitu also begins to fall in love with Javed. But for some unknown reason, Mitu does not want to get involved in a serious relationship. Whenever she thinks about it, a dark future appears before her eyes.

It's between a family drama movie.

Three working women - Mili, Shirin, and Noorie are struggling at their workplace. Their manager sexually harrases them and their female colleagues. Can they successfully stand up against all the injustices they face?

Mistreated by his cruel uncle, an imaginative orphan with autism sees hope when a fairy vows to change his life with a week of enchanted recipes.

The story unfolds around the struggle of Tithi, a young girl from a lower middle-class family in Bangladesh. Tithi becomes a call girl to support her family. Tithi’s brother gets married and surprisingly discovers that working can also give satisfaction. He opens up a business with the capital his sister made as a prostitute. Financially, things are getting better in the family but Tithi slowly becomes aloof and indifferent to everything. Even the touch of her own mother irritates her and makes her recall a man’s lust. She withdraws within herself and takes refuge in solitude.

When two hearts unexpectedly cross paths, they discover that every beautiful beginning was meant to start with each other in Tomar Sathei Shuru.

Jayanti is a woman full of life but unfortunately, she loses her husband in a war within a year of their marriage. In immense pain and completely shattered, she forgets how to live life the way she did before.

Rudra has come back one morning, has return to his friend Saruar's home. He had disappeared from home leaving no cue, a year ago. Saruar first came to know about Rudra's disappearance in Rudra's mother's call. Then he had gone to Rudra's home and saw how his agitated parents and elder brother were tracing out reasons of his desertion. Rudra do not answer any of these questions of Saruar now. He become immutable and eloquent. He only replies that he is tired and cinema experience Rudra's exhaustion from this world's journey in a non-narrative way. Rudra's consciousness become aware of a bigger crisis. Rudra just express interest to go to sleep for a while.

A down-on-his-luck drifter, Omar, stumbles into a dangerous situation when he participates in the accidental death of a powerful businessman's ruthless son. Now forced to work alongside the son's bodyguard, Omar must help conceal the body.

In an empty hospital in Kolkata, India, a man faces protocols of blood, a subtly discriminatory office, and a vacant operating theater. His mind is on a loop of the last months of his wife’s life, when a quiet argument developed. When is the end of pharma-medical care, whose life is it anyway?

To get his desired one, a young man takes the path of cheat and deception that brings some realities before him.

Recent university graduates who are unable to find jobs become desperate.

Dangal is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. The film released was 1991 in Bangladesh. director-writer Kazi Hayat. Stars Manna, Suchorita, Wasimul Bari Rajib, Anowara and Miju Ahmed play lead roles. Dangal film won two National Film Awards.

A kind-hearted man’s simple honesty and goodness begin to change the lives of those around him in Valo Manush.

Shahana's daughter Dipa asks her tailor to stitch deep pockets on her burkha. The young waiter at the tea stall worships the ground she walks on; the maid at home revels in her affection; the widowed college teacher's heart is in turmoil. Yet her family considers her a disgrace and a menace to society.

Everything changes for a proud chef and an underappreciated cook as they are forced to work together to make a great dish under a hostage situation.

When a famous Kisorekonthi was to attend some small Indo-Pak border musical, he, his wife and his team are kidnapped by a mysterious group of people.

Refugees from East Pakistan flee West Pakistani soldiers aboard a rickety steamboat.

Presenting the new drama of Masrikul Alam's "Biyer Gondogol", Written by Joynal Abedin and directed by Yasir Arafat Rahim and starring Farhan Ahmed Jovan, Totini, Mili Bashar, Monira Mithu, many others. Sponsored by Bkash Remittance, producer SK Shahed Ali Pappu and produced by Central Music and Video (CMV).

A renowned social worker of the old Bengali culture has been conspired against by the landlord of the village to create criticism against him before the public to hide his crimes.

Taijul found a girl who is a newly wedded bride in water near river. Who was going to her in laws house along with her new family. but in the middle of the road their boat was attacked by the bandits. will Taijul be able to find her family?

Biopic of the Bengali revolutionary nationalist, Pritilata Waddedar, who had a great amount of influence in the Indian Independence Movement. She is known for leading fifteen revolutionaries in the 1932 armed attack on the Pahartali European Club.

How a miserly teacher falls in love with his student who can't pass a subject even after having 12 retakes-

After Nuru's disappearance Rokeya becomes nervous and vulnerable. Taking advantage of the situation, Rafsan is trying his best to get rid of Rokeya. A new character named Niloy is introduces as Rafsan's fan boy. Things get more complicated when a dark secret about Neela is exposed.

A devoted husband refuses to lose hope for his wife in a coma, and despite his family's objections and concerns about their daughter's future, he remains determined to do everything possible for her recovery.

After getting betrayed by his close associates, a TV show creator, suffering from a terminal disease, designs a reality show to seek his revenge on the very people who stole his last shot at fame.

A family experiences paranormal happenings in their new home in Narinda. An investigator is then brought to look into the matter.

A social satire of 1990s.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sharma and his detective friend Chandrakant Sen are called on to investigate the death of veteran music director Debraj Sen. Was his death of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome a mere accident? Did his third wife Megha Sen have anything to do with it?

Mamun is currently in the city for upskilling training and is staying with Rumki's parents as a guest. Despite this, Rumki, who is an A-level student, has been treating Mamun poorly. However, a simple act of kindness could potentially change everything for Mamun.

A tale of paranormal romance, Kuasha Jakhon tells the story of a man who comes to sanctify a haunted mansion. But, the house's disturbing history and his exploration into its past, leads him to unexpected situations.

Sata Bose, the receptionist of hotel Shahjahan and other crew members work hard to make the hotel first choice of the upper class for socializing in the city, just got the taste of freedom from British rule. The movie revolves around different characters - hotel employees to page 3 personalities dealing different human emotions. Although Sata Bose (played by Uttam Kumar) is the central character of the film, he is not the protagonist in many ways, rather the movie can be described as "hyperlink movie" made long ago than the term is coined.

A heartfelt romantic drama, Mon Bojhe Na explores the emotional complexities of love, misunderstanding, and unspoken feelings. The story follows two individuals whose lives become intertwined through unexpected circumstances, gradually forming a deep emotional bond. As their relationship deepens, they struggle with personal insecurities, miscommunication, and the fear of expressing their true emotions. Despite their growing closeness, silence and emotional hesitation create distance between them. Set in a contemporary backdrop, the drama beautifully portrays how the heart often feels more than words can express, questioning whether love can survive when emotions remain unspoken.

One day, Sumon, a young boy from the village, out of curiosity, calls out to a jinn. The jinn responds to that call and keeps Sumon as his own child. Which mother will win her son's love?