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Black Narcissus
1947 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Jalsaghar
Jalsaghar ( Jalsāghar, ) is a 1958 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray, based on a popular short story by Bengali writer Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and starring Chhabi Biswas. The fourth of Ray's feature films, it was filmed at Nimtita Raajbari in Nimtita, Murshidabad district.
Yuva
Yuva () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language political action drama film written, produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, and Esha Deol. It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as Aayutha Ezhuthu but with a completely different cast, excluding Deol. The film's rights are owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.
Gangs of Wasseypur
2012 Hindi film series by Anurag Kashyap
Billu
2009 film by Priyadarshan
Jagga Jasoos
2017 film by Anurag Basu
Gunday
Gunday () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language period action drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles. Set in 1971–1988 Calcutta, the film follows two best friends who are also outlaws that both fall in love with a cabaret dancer, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them while a police officer tries to take advantage of this situation to eliminate them.
Khadaan
Khadaan (; ) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language action thriller film written and directed by Soojit Rino Dutta. Produced by Nispal Singh and Dev under the banners of Surinder Films and Dev Entertainment Ventures respectively, the film stars Dev in dual roles, alongside Jisshu Sengupta in the lead, with an ensemble cast of Anirban Chakrabarti, Barkha Bisht, Idhika Paul, John Bhattacharya, Partha Sarathi Chakraborty, Sneha Bose, Sujan Neel Mukherjee, Sumit Ganguly and Raja Dutta. In the film, an ordinary fair organizer from a coal mine near the Damodar Valley, is recruited by his dead father's li
Kahaani 2
2016 film by Sujoy Ghosh
Yodha
Indian film directed by Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha
Suspect X
2023 film directed by Sujoy Ghosh
Tango Charlie
2005 film by Mani Shankar
Lootera
Lootera (, ; Robber) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and the second half is based on author O. Henry's 1907 short story "The Last Leaf". It is the second film directed by Motwane after the critically acclaimed Udaan (2010).
Shyam Singha Roy
2021 film directed by Rahul Sankrityan
Bulbbul
Bulbbul is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language period horror film written and directed by Anvita Dutt. It was produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Ssharma under Clean Slate Filmz and starred Tripti Dimri in the lead role alongside Avinash Tiwary, Paoli Dam, Rahul Bose, and Parambrata Chattopadhyay. Tripti Dimri was praised in many reviews. Set against the backdrop of the 1880s Bengal presidency, the film revolves around a child bride and her journey from innocence to strength. Bulbbul was released on Netflix on 24 June 2020.
Arohan
1982 film by Shyam Benegal
Pari
2018 Indian horror film
Bhalo Theko
2003 film by Goutam Halder
Mission Raniganj
2023 Indian Film
Panjaa
Panjaa () is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan (in his Telugu film directorial debut), produced by Arka Media Works and Sanghamitra Art Productions. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Jackie Shroff, Adivi Sesh, Atul Kulkarni, Sampath Raj, Subbaraju and Tanikella Bharani. The plot centers around Jai, a loyal henchman for a gangster, who is forced to go on the run after a botched mission leads him to kill his boss's son in response to a violent atrocity.
Antony Firingee
1967 film
Chotushkone
Chotushkone (; ) is an Indian Bengali thriller drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Aparna Sen, Goutam Ghose, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Parambrata Chatterjee and Payel Sarkar. The film received positive reviews from critics. Srijit Mukherji won the National Film Award for Best Direction at India's 62nd National Film Awards.
Maa
2025 Indian horror film
Yevade Subramanyam
2015 film by Nag Ashwin
Noor Jahaan
2018 film by Abhimanyu Mukherjee
Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans
2014 film by Kamal Sadanah
Rajkahini
Rajkahini ( Tale of Kings, can also be called Tale of the Raj) is an Indian Bengali-language epic period action drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji. The shooting of the film was completed in June 2015 and the film was released on 16 October 2015. The film has an ensemble cast of eleven major female characters led by Rituparna Sengupta and also stars Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Abir Chatterjee and Jaya Ahsan in other pivotal roles. The film was a critical and commercial success. It has since then been remade in Hindi by Mukherji as Begum Jaan.