1977 Bengali-language films

Nagarik (), also spelled as Nagorik (), was the first feature-length film directed by legendary Indian director Ritwik Ghatak. Completed in 1952, it preceded Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali as perhaps the first example of an art film in Bengali cinema, but is deprived of that honor, since it was released twenty-four years later, after Ghatak's death. On 20 September 1977, it finally premiered at the New Empire theatre in Kolkata, India. Ghatak directed only eight feature films, but is generally regarded as one of the auteurs of Indian cinema and virtually unsurpassed as a creator of powerful im

1977 film by Shakti Samanta

Kabita is a 1977 Indian Bengali-language drama film co-written and directed by Bharat Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Produced by Krishnamurthy and Govindarajan under the banner of Venus Combines, the film is a remake of Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) by K. Balachander. It stars Mala Sinha in the titular role, alongside Ranjit Mallick, Sandhya Roy and Kamal Haasan in lead roles, while Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Sulata Chowdhury, Prema Narayan and Bankim Ghosh play another pivotal roles, with Bikash Roy, Anil Chatterjee and Samit Bhanja in special appearances. The film plots Kabita, a working m