Here we've displayed a list of the best Calcutta, India films : The World of Apu(1959), Aparajito(1956), Nayak(1966), Kahaani(2012), Lion(2016), Raincoat(2004), The Namesake(2006), Born Into Brothels(2004), The Letters(2014), Bow Barracks Forever(2004), The Middleman(1976), Alice(1990) ... ...
Drama
India
1959
103 Minutes
Alok Chakravarty Soumitra Chatterjee Sharmila Tagore Swapan Mukherjee
writer husband wife friend son emotional touching india calcutta, india marriage aspirations disillusionment grief growing up discovery love transformation 1950s
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
Drama
India
1956
105 Minutes
Pinaki Sengupta Kanu Bandyopadhyay Karuna Bannerjee Ramani Sengupta Charuprakash Ghosh Smaran Ghosal Santi Gupta Ranibala Sudipta Roy Ajay Mitra Subodh Ganguli
young boy mother father widow sad moving india calcutta, india village mother/child relationship family death school loneliness loss growing up discovery 1950s
Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Adventure, Drama
India
1966
120 Minutes
Uttam Kumar Sharmila Tagore Bireswar Sen Somen Bose Premangshu Bose Sumita Sanyal Kamu Mukherjee Ranjit Sen
actor journalist passenger executive wife emotional suspenseful melodramatic train calcutta, india new delhi guilt regret fame trust confession depression discovery transformation sacrifice
En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2012
122 Minutes
Vidya Balan Parambrata Chatterjee Nawazuddin Siddiqui Saswata Chatterjee Indraneil Sengupta
young man young woman pregnant woman missing person police officer assassin gripping intense engaging india calcutta, india apartment police station lodge office mystery mission search missing link husband/wife relationship
A pregnant woman's search for her missing husband takes her from London to Kolkata, but everyone she questions denies having ever met him.
Biography, Drama
UK|Australia|USA
2016
121 Minutes
Dev Patel Rooney Mara David Wenham Nicole Kidman Abhishek Bharate Divian Ladwa Priyanka Bose Deepti Naval Tannishtha Chatterjee Nawazuddin Siddiqui Sunny Pawar
indian adopted son australian husband wife girlfriend emotional gripping intense calcutta, india train australia airplane house bedroom loss isolation search family reunion
A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Drama
India
2004
112 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Annu Kapoor Pradip Adhikari Kailashnath J. Koppikar Kameshwar Mishra Dilip Patra Surekha Sikri Sammeer
man ex-fiancée husband landlord old flame emotional melodramatic calcutta, india household street lost loves money memory marital problems engagement unemployment pursuit love 2000s
All he wanted was to see her just once. Manu was from a village in the backwoods. Neeru was the girl next door, his lost love.
Drama
USA|India
2006
122 Minutes
Kal Penn Tabu Irrfan Khan Zuleikha Robinson Jacinda Barrett Glenne Headly Brooke Smith Sahira Nair Jessica Blank
mother son husband girlfriend in-law singer emotional calcutta, india new york city airplane cemetery culture clash childhood wedding interracial relationship literature discovery transformation 2000s
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Documentary, Biography
USA
2004
85 Minutes
Zana Briski Avijit Halder Shanti Das
photographer prostitute young boy young girl mother teacher emotional gritty brothel calcutta, india school street mother/child relationship poverty photography ambition growing up underdog 2000s
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2014
119 Minutes
Juliet Stevenson Max von Sydow Rutger Hauer Priya Darshini Kranti Redkar Aapo Pukk Kaizaad Kotwal Tillotama Shome Mark Bennington
nun indian government official catholic priest poor person sick person brooding emotional intense calcutta, india vatican infirmary convent hospital camp mother teresa courage helping others message love
A drama that explores the life of Mother Teresa (Juliet Stevenson) through letters she wrote to her longtime friend and spiritual advisor, Father Celeste van Exem (Max von Sydow) over a nearly fifty-year period.
Drama, Action
India
2004
118 Minutes
Lillete Dubey Clayton Rodgers Neha Dubey Sabyasachi Chakraborty Sohini Pal Moon Moon Sen
young man young woman husband wife family member emotional gripping engaging powerful calcutta, india india city house apartment identity crisis confusion quest pursuit adventure 2000s
Bow Barracks Forever is a film about the triumph of the human spirit. It is not easy to fight back the march of progress. And progress brings with it change-change that is often painful, ... See full summary »
Drama
1976
122 Minutes
Pradip Mukherjee Utpal Dutt Lily Chakravarty Robi Ghosh Dipankar Dey Soven Lahiri
sister best friend businessman taxi driver college graduate prostitute emotional dark gritty cheeky calcutta, india big city brothel family home apartment business post-college friendship prostitution social climbing
Directed by Satyajit Ray. An innocent youth takes a job in a profession where one must break the rules to succeed.
Romance, Fantasy
1990
106 Minutes
Mia Farrow Joe Mantegna William Hurt Alec Baldwin Blythe Danner Judy Davis Keye Luke Bernadette Peters Cybill Shepherd Gwen Verdon Julie Kavner
housewife stockbroker musician doctor ghost sister quirky amusing dreamy new york city chinatown apartment office calcutta, india love infidelity magic romance family love
A pampered Manhattan housewife embarks upon a mystical odyssey of self-discovery following a visit to a Chinatown healer.
Drama
2001
186 Minutes
Kamal Haasan Shah Rukh Khan Rani Mukharjee Nassar Abbas Sourabh Shukla Vikram Gokhle Iravathi Hershe Mohini Mathur Arun Bali Arun Badekar
archaeologist husband wife religious fanatic mohandas gandhi intense emotional india street calcutta, india assassination plot hinduism vengeance grief religious fundamentalism redemption fall pursuit discovery 1990s
A dying man recalls the turbulent events in 1940s India that compelled him to join a radical Hindu sect.
Drama, Romance
2005
130 Minutes
Saif Ali Khan Vidya Balan Sanjay Dutt Raima Sen Diya Mirza Sabyasachi Chakraborty Biplab Chatterjee Achyut Potdar
orphan uncle businessman neighbor young man passionate emotional melodramatic tender calcutta, india wedding boat haveli family home greed class distinctions deception betrayal love triangle jealousy
The arrival of an outsider (Sanjay Dutt) threatens the love between a young woman (Vidya Balan) and a budding musician (Saif Ali Khan).
Comedy, Drama
1963
131 Minutes
Anil Chatterjee Madhabi Mukherjee Jaya Bhaduri Haren Chatterjee Sefalika Devi Prasenjit Sarkar Haradhan Bannerjee Vicky Redwood
wife husband friend boss father-in-law sister-in-law confident emotional family home calcutta, india office family tradition feminism marriage transformation 1950s
An Indian woman (Madhabi Mukherjee) becomes the breadwinner when her husband (Anil Chatterjee) loses his banking job.
Drama
1991
120 Minutes
Dipankar Dey Mamata Shankar Bikram Bhattacharya Utpal Dutt Dhritiman Chatterji Robi Ghosh Subrata Chatterji
wife husband son stranger friend lawyer airy lighthearted profound mellow house calcutta, india village backyard family suspicion modernity acceptance class distinctions mystery
Manmohan Mitra, an explorer, returns to India after 35 years to his only surviving relative, his niece, whom he has never seen or met. However, she and her husband refuse to believe and accept him.