Discoveries from Bangladesh World Cinema

Surja, a kind man, is in love with Ojanta. Will he end up marrying Alo, the maid who works in his house, to save her life from her wicked brother Turja?

After Partition, a large group of farmers from East Bengal have to migrate to Calcutta.

A story of a couple making the most of their lives as they approach their end.

Kanyadaan is a Bangladeshi drama film released in 1995. The film is written and directed by Delwar Jahan Jhantu and S. S. The film is produced by Shabana under the banner of Productions Limited. It stars Shabana, Alamgir, Salman Shah, Lima, and Humayun Faridi.

There are so many things happening in this world that have no explanation. Believe it or not, there is probably no one who doesn’t love ghost stories. There is a storyteller who would dictate his stories, while a girl would write it down. While writing those stories, the girl also gradually became haunted and then she was shocked. This series is about the surprises of the girl and the ghost stories told by the author.

The story is based on the dominance of gangsters in Dhaka during 1982-1996.

A young woman consults a witch to help her gain revenge and restore her wronged sister's honor.

Idrish acts as an urgent and potent piece of anti-deportation activism. With reports of deportation flights regularly in the news, the film is rich with resonance to our current moment. In one striking sequence, footage of a protest march gives way to staccato editing and propulsive sound design by Claude Nouk, who re-uses and manipulates archival sounds to transform the film into a powerful rallying cry. Radically reanimating the documentary form, Jacob enlivens the archive to tell a vital history.

A young couple’s relationship seems perfect and even the girl’s family accepts the boy warmly, but everything changes when her suspicious brother uncovers that the boy’s ancestors were once feared dacoits, triggering tension and chaos between the two families.

Abid, a new renter of a house in Dhaka city. He rented a house where the landowner is very strict about one thing nobody can be in or out after 11 PM.

Rudro, a young sculptor, moves to a remote Bangladeshi beach village after the death of his conservative father. At first he is welcomed by the locals, but after the fishing shoals they rely on start to disappear, Rudro is harassed by the village chairman's men and his progressive ideas are blamed.

Incidentally, an innocent couple Muku and Nayontara, lives in an area of Dhaka city where supply of drinking water is limited. In summer, water supply is ceased for a few days. Local dwellers stored some water for emergency but Muku and Nayontara have no water at all. So they beg water to every door. Nobody give them water but beat Nayontara mercilessly. Nayontara becomes revengeful and takes her revenge in different way.

Two rival singers who have their specific talents of entertaining singing. They both start to have small quarrels between them, but as the story progresses they become friends

A Bangla drama featuring Farhan Ahmed Jovan and Tasnia Farin in lead roles.

A heartfelt romantic drama where love, misunderstandings, and family bonds test whether two souls truly meant for each other can stay together.

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Sadat, an engaged man, finds himself at a career crossroads, leading him to postpone his engagement and start on an urgent journey to Hridoypur to rescue his job. On this unexpected trip, he meets Golpo, a lively and energetic young woman who ends up being his travel partner. Their journey together leads to unexpected romantic moments, bringing them closer and elevating their relationship from mere acquaintances to something deeper. But what happens next?

In the city of Dhaka, a pack of goons look to hunt down an unstable alcoholic.

Featuring Soham Chakraborty, Srabanti Chatterjee, Om Sahani, Adrit Roy, Manali Manisha Dey and Rajnandini Paul, the slice-of-a-life drama has three parallel stories that meet at the climax. The COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown affects each of the protagonists.

Over Smart is Bangladeshi Comedy Drama.

Transcending beyond the social constructs, a ray of hope and acceptance always pushes through the inner self tends to revolt, voice out and discover the unwanted reflections, breaking all norms while still confined within the four walls of reality. nirvana depicts the stories of the shadowed lives, hidden among us, struggling to reach out to that light. three souls on a breathtaking cross journey through the abstracts of being human, unearthing the true meaning of inner peace.

After doing something sinister, a man cleans and dresses up and leaves the house. Resting beside the river of Padma, he texts to someone and starts to wait. Undesired to him, an annoying man in white dress sits beside him and starts to chatter. Something mysterious awaits him.

Written and directed by Masud Hasan Ujjal the cast of the film includes Aupee Karim, Ripon and Shoeb. The story of the tele-film follows a seemingly slacker named Mudra. One day he bums into a moving car. A frantic June, who was behind the wheels, rushes to make sure the man her car hit is ok. After a while Mudra moves and surprises June with his annoying, nonchalant attitude. The story rolls on from this strange encounter.

A Bangla drama featuring Afran Nisho and Mehazabien Chowdhury in lead roles.

Eid UL Adha drama of Bangladesh 2026

A new employee and her colleague fall in love, but their relationship is shaken when the boss’s son joins the office and complicates their bond.

A Bangla natok.

The police arrest Riyad and his girlfriend for drug possession. Shockingly, Riyad himself is a police officer. This situation brings up several questions: Is Riyad really a drug dealer using his uniform as a cover, another conspiracy ?

Rupa, a rich girl, is unexpectedly pregnant, and in Bangladesh she needs to get married before she can have a baby. But her journalist boyfriend, who is pursuing a political case, has no time for her. Rupa's mother lives in the United States with her emigrated brother and cancer-stricken father, and they want Rupa to emigrate to the United States as soon as possible to join them. The latest film by Bangladeshi filmmaker Kamal Ahmed Simon, an architect by training, was awarded the World Cinema Fund grant at the Berlin Film Festival. The film has a unique artistic perspective, the hero and heroine are not completely justified, they have the perseverance of the "watchers", but also the confusion of the "bystanders", and finally pushed to the edge of the edge of no way back, the free explosion, but also touching.

It's a story of a little boy who becomes a gangster. He fell in love with a girl after saving her from committing suicide. But a rival gang leader tries to destroy his life and the people he cares about. So now he is seeking revenge

A documentary film on the life and achievements of Tajuddin Ahmad, The first prime minister of Bangladesh.

Shafiq was on his way to Dharmapur for office work, suddenly some robbers attacked his bus. Then some weird things happen which is beyond imagination

A Bangla drama featuring Ziaul Faruk Apurba and Tasnia Farin in lead roles.

A Bangla drama featuring Sayed Zaman Shawon and Tasnia Farin in lead roles.

This is the first film ever made in the history of Bangladeshi cinema. It was a silent short film . Directed by Ambuj Prasanna Gupta, starring Nawabzada Nasarullah in the lead role.

Emon flees Dhaka with his parents following the genocide attacks on Bangladeshis by Pakistan Army on March 25, 1971 to take shelter in a village.

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Horror movie.

Two sisters fall for the same man. Their lives, however, turn into a tragedy after the women find the man cheating on them.

A simple village boy comes to the city to stay with a familiar family while searching for a job, and in the process, he slowly begins changing the troubled family for the better.

Eliza likes Sameer, but Sameer does not like Eliza, so she gets furious and marries Nasir Khan. Ila fractures her leg and Thanda brings her to Sameer's hospital; Ila falls in love with Sameer and marries him. Ila's grandfather, angry about this, wills all his property to an orphanage. Ila and Sameer start their new life together and have a baby. But when Ila finds out that Sameer once had a relationship with Eliza, she leaves him with his son Emon and Thanda. Emon grows up and falls in love with Eliza's daughter Tithi; Ila and Eliza do not allow the relationship because they hate each other, so the lovebirds suffer greatly.

A supernatural genre-based telefiction “Suravi (সুরভি)” is taken from Imdadul Haq Milan’s best-selling novel “Suravi” and adapted as telefiction in BOB Season 02 directed by Chayanika Chowdhury and starring Eamin Haque Bobby, Suborna Mustafa, Shampa Reza, Dolly Zahur and more.

A poor boy gives speech with torn shoes.

“Mujib Bhai”, an animated feature film produced under the concern of ICT Division, Bangladesh aims to deal with this current uprising anarchy and motivate our people once again in the light of Bangabandhu’s political career. The inspiration of Bangabandhu’s political career lies in the unfair, demeaning and rage inducing treatment of the Indian subcontinent people by the British dominance.

Set in the backdrop of the scathing consequences of climate change, an impoverished ambulance driver Saiful staggers between two wives while he sets out on a bone-tired journey of moral decay, murder, deception, and social bashing.

A Bangla drama starring Afran Nisho and Tanzin Tisha in the leads.

A documentary filmed in 2012 in Dhaka City, Bangladesh about some children who were born in brothels and a woman who escaped from a brothel and is maintaining a shelter home for those children.

The Studio Of Mr Gagan Choudhury

Tritio Adhyay is a romantic thriller that redefines the boundaries of love through its characters : their sacrifices, their passion and their retribution. When Koushik on his own mission stumbles upon his ex-girlfriend Shreya in a small town in Jharkhand, their lives change forever. The demons from the past rears its ugly head, and thereon begins a nightmare of a dark thrilling ride to its ultimate destination...the victory of Love.

A quiet and heartfelt romantic drama that follows two people carrying unspoken emotions and unfinished stories. As their paths cross amid the beauty of nature and the chaos of everyday life, silence slowly turns into connection. Chupkatha explores love, healing, and the words left unsaid, while touching on social realities and emotional growth.

One fine morning it stopped working and I realized my little compact camera was dying. So I started taking as many photos as possible with it before it dies. These photos were taken in 2018 and 2019. A time I spent in oblivion. It was dark. It was blurry. This silent film is my tribute to my beloved camera.

Asif joins neighborhood cricket led by skilled batter Mahtab. They nickname a pretty woman 'Sania Mirza', sparking rumours of her being Mahtab's girlfriend. But when Asif meets her unexpectedly, a shocking truth comes to light.

Shuvo and Purnima fled to Dhaka standing against the society and starts their own family. Mousumi tries to sustain her family anyhow. Mousumi wants a baby badly but Maruf is not interested. Rojina was tolerating torture of her drunk husband regularly, decides not to continue it anymore and to start a new beginning with CNG driver Ilyas. But one night, everything goes haphazard, three couples meet with one another just like an act of fate.