Here is a list of the Best Indian Films as voted by
Bengal Film Journalists' Association
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...
as part of their annual awards.
In most years the films are listed in order of merit as voted by the jury of the association.
1939
Source;Best Indian Film
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Aadmi''
;Best Bengali Film
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Jiban Maran''
;Best Hindi Film
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Aadmi''
;Best Foreign Film
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Pygmalion''
1940
;Best Indian Film
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Aurat''
;Best Bengali Film
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Doctor
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;Best Hindi Film
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Aurat''
;Best Foreign Film
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* Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
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1941
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Pratisruti''
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Padosi''
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Sikandar''
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Naya Sansar''
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Khazanchi''
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Parichay''
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Punar Milan''
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Pardesi''
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Raj Nartaki''
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Nandini''
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Citizen Kane
''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by, produced by and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It was Welles's List of directorial debuts, first feature film. ...
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Kitty Foyle''
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Hold Back the Dawn
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* Hold (compartment), interior cargo space
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* Stronghold, a castle or other fortified place
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The Letter''
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The Philadelphia Story''
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Meet John Doe
''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward Arnold. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created ...
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Blossoms in the Dust
''Blossoms in the Dust'' is a 1941 American biographical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden and Samuel S. Hinds. It tells the story of Edna Gladney, who help ...
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The Great Dictator
''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound f ...
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My Life with Caroline
''My Life with Caroline'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee, in her second Hollywood film and her first in a starring role. The supporting cast featured Charles Winninger, Regin ...
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Back Street''
1942
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Apna Ghar
''Apna Ghar'' is a Bollywood film. It was released in 1942.
Cast
*Shanta Apte
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Garmil''
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Bondi''
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Bharat Milap
''Bharat Milap'' is a Bollywood film based on Ramayana. It was released in Bollywood films of 1942, 1942.
It is Ramayana from Bharata's point of view and is about the brotherhood of Lord Rama and Bharata.
Remakes
It was remade into two movies i ...
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Saugandh''
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Doctor
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Titles and occupations
* Physician, a medical practitioner
* Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree
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** List of doctoral degrees awarded b ...
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Kunwara Baap''
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Basant''
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Shesh Uttar
Shesh Uttar () is a 1980 Bangladeshi film starring Bulbul Ahmed and Shabana opposite him. Bulbul bagged Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor
Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor is the highest award for film acting in Banglad ...
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Lagan''
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How Green Was My Valley
''How Green Was My Valley'' is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own experi ...
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Fantasia''
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H. M. Pulham, Esq.''
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Ball of Fire
''Ball of Fire'' (also known as ''The Professor and the Burlesque Queen'') is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The Samuel Goldwyn Productions film (originally distr ...
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It Started With Eve
''It Started with Eve'' is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Music Score ( Charle ...
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Suspicion''
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Two-Faced Woman
''Two-Faced Woman'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Greta Garbo in her final film role, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, and Roland Young. The movie was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Garbo ...
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The Little Foxes''
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Pimpernel Smith
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Reap The Wild Wind
''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard, with a supporting cast featuring Raymond Massey, Robert Preston (actor), Robert Pres ...
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1944
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Ram Shastri''
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Udayer Pathey''
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Shakuntala
Shakuntala () is a heroine in ancient Indian literature, best known for her portrayal in the ancient Sanskrit play '' Abhijnanashakuntalam'' (The Recognition of Shakuntala), written by the classical poet Kalidasa in the 4th or 5th century AD ...
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Wapas''
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Sondhi''
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Parakh''
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Dasi''
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Fashion
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Chhadmabeshi''
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Zameen''
;Foreign films
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The Song of Bernadette''
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Madam Curie''
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Since You Went Away
''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the US home front during World War II that was adapted and produce ...
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For Whom The Bell Tolls
''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned ...
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It Happened Tomorrow''
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Constant Nymph''
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Going My Way
''Going My Way'' is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest ...
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Mission to Moscow
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Heaven Can Wait''
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Jane Eyre
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The North Star''
1945
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Bhabhi Kaal''
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Parbat Pe Apna Dera''
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Dui Purush''
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Kashinath''
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Ek Din Ka Sultan''
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Aaina''
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Din Raat''
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Mun-Ki-Jit''
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Devdasi
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Mazdoor''
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Gaslight''
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The Lost Weekend
''The Lost Weekend'' is a 1945 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on Charles R. Jackson's 1944 novel about an alcoholic writer. The film was nominated for seven Academy Aw ...
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Arsenic and Old Lace''
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A Song to Remember''
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Wilson''
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A Thousand And One Nights''
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Henry V Henry V may refer to:
People
* Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026)
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125)
* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
* Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (–1227)
* Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216–1281 ...
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Dragon Seed''
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The Seventh Cross''
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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1961
Source;Indian films
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Teen Kanya''
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Gunga Jumna
''Ganga Jamna'' (ISO 15919: ''Gaṅgā Jamunā''), also transliterated as ''Ganga Jamuna'' or ''Gunga Jumna'', is a 1961 Indian crime drama film, written and produced by Dilip Kumar, and directed by Nitin Bose, with dialogues written by Wajahat ...
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Punasha''
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Madhya Rater Tara''
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Saptapadi
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In this rite, the bride and the groom tie a knot and take seven steps together, or complete seven rounds around a sacred fir ...
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Kanoon
''Kanoon'' () is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language courtroom drama film directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Nanda, Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Shashikala, Jeevan and Om Prakash. The film presents a case against capital punishment ...
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Char Diwari''
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Usne Kaha Tha
''Usne Kaha Tha'' () is a 1960 Bollywood drama film directed by Moni Bhattacharjee starring Sunil Dutt and Nanda in lead roles. This film is Bhattacharjee's first independent directorial venture. He had previously assisted Bimal Roy on various f ...
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Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai
''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai'' () was an Indian film released in 1960, directed by Radhu Karmakar and produced by Raj Kapoor. The film stars Padmini, Raj Kapoor and Pran in lead roles. This was the first directorial venture of Karmakar, w ...
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Swayambara''
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Ben-Hur Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to:
Fiction
*'' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace
** ''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899
** ''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent ...
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Apartment
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Kanał
''Kanał'' (, ''Sewer'') is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's ...
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Devochka Ishchet Otsa''
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The Millionairess
''The Millionairess'' is a 1960 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. Set in London, it is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 1936 play of the same name.
Plot
By the ...
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On The Beach''
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South Pacific
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Pepe
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The Singer Not the Song''
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Elmer Gantry
''Elmer Gantry'' is a 1927 satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis that presents aspects of the religious activity of the United States in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. Reverend Dr. ...
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1962
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Abhijan''
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Kanchanjangha''
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Kancher Swarga''
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Dada Thakur''
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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam''
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Bhagini Nivedita''
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Sautela Bhai''
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Hansuli Banker Upakatha''
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Arati
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Benarasi''
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Two Women
''Two Women'' ( , rough literal translation "The Woman from Ciociaria") is a 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cesare Zavattini, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. ...
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The Naked Island''
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Ballad of a Soldier''
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Come September
''Come September'' is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. The film was the first produced by Hudson's film production company, 7 Pictures Corp ...
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The Guns of Navarone''
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The Longest Day''
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Spartacus
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La Dolce Vita
''La Dolce Vita'' (; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life'Kezich, 203) is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi. The film stars M ...
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Sleeping Beauty
"Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...
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Psycho''
1963
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Mahanagar
''Mahanagar'', aka ''The Big City'' (), is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role and based on the short story ''Abataranika'' by Narendranath Mitra, it te ...
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Nirjan Saikate''
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Bandini''
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Saat Pake Bandha
''Saat Pake Bandha'' is a Bengali romantic film starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal and Tarun Kumar. Directed by Ajoy Kar, it was a box office success upon its release. The movie was remade in 1963 in Telugu as ''Vivaha ...
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Palatak
'' Palatak'' is a 1963 Bengali film directed by Jatrik. The film features actors Anup Kumar, Sandhya Roy and Ruma Guha Thakurta in the lead roles. The film was based on ''Angti Chattujjer Vai'', a Bengali short story of Manoj Basu. Shyam ...
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Uttar Falguni
''Uttar Falguni'' () is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Asit Sen and produced by Uttam Kumar, starring Suchitra Sen in a double role, Bikash Roy and Dilip Mukherjee in lead. At the 11th National Film Awards, the film ...
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Gumrah''
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Nisithe''
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Chhaya Surya''
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Dil Ek Mandir''
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The Birds''
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Judgment at Nuremberg
''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic legal drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, and written by Abby Mann. It features Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietr ...
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The World of Suzie Wong
''The World of Suzie Wong'' is a 1957 novel by British writer Richard Mason. The main characters are Robert Lomax, a young British artist living in Hong Kong, and Suzie Wong, the title character, a Chinese woman who works as a prostitute. T ...
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The Cranes Are Flying
''The Cranes Are Flying'' (, translit. ''Letyat zhuravli'') is a 1957 Soviet war drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm, written by Viktor Rozov, and starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It depicts the cruelty an ...
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Can-Can
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To Kill a Mockingbird
''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by American author Harper Lee. It became instantly successful after its release; in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' ...
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The Loudest Whisper''
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The V.I.P.s''
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El Cid
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A Very Private Affair
''A Very Private Affair'' () is a 1962 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot and Marcello Mastroianni.
Plot
Jill is an 18-year-old French woman from an upper-class background who lives with her w ...
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1964
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Charulata
''Charulata'' (, ; also known as ''The Lonely Wife'') is a 1964 Indian drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Based on Rabindranath Tagore's novella '' Nastanirh'', it stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, and Shailen Mukhe ...
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Arohi''
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Dosti''
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Shehar Aur Sapna
''Shehar Aur Sapna'' () is a 1963 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, about a young couple searching in vain for a home of their own in a metropolis, amidst the backdrop of rapidly developing city, and the many who flocked to it in hope o ...
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Pratinidhi
The Pratinidhi (the Viceroy) was an important member of the ministry in the Maratha Empire. The title of ''Pratinidhi'' means ''the representative of the King,'' and such officials were entitled to sign and seal papers and issue orders in the abse ...
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Jotugriha''
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Anushtup Chanda''
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Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Men''
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Jiban Kahini''
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Sangam''
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The Night of the Iguana
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West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...
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Parent Trap''
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The Condemned of Altona
''The Condemned of Altona'' (French: ''Les Séquestrés d'Altona'') is a play written by Jean-Paul Sartre, known in Great Britain as ''Loser Wins''. It was first produced in 1959 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. It was one of the la ...
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Lilies of the Field''
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Charade
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* Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game
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* Charade (1953 film), ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason
* Charade (1963 film), ''Charade'' (1963 film), an ...
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Five Miles to Midnight''
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Hatari!
''Hatari!'' (, Swahili for "Danger!") is a 1962 American adventure romantic comedy film starring John Wayne as the leader of a group of professional game catchers in Africa.McCarthy, Todd. ''Howard Hawks: the grey fox of Hollywood'', New York, ...
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Leopard
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Hud''
1965
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Atithi
Atithi ( in Indian languages) may refer to:
* Atithi (1965 film), ''Atithi'' (1965 film), a 1965 Bengali film
* ''Atithee'', a 1978 Hindi film
* Atithi (2002 film), ''Atithi'' (2002 film), a 2002 Kannada film
* Atithi (2007 film), ''Atithi'' (2007 ...
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Subarnarekha''
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Haqeeqat''
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Eki Ange Eto Rup''
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Kapurush
''Kapurush'' (), English title ''The Coward'', is a 1965 Indian drama film directed by Satyajit Ray.
Plot
Amitabha Ray is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks do ...
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Mahapurush''
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Raja Ram Mohan''
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Baksho Badal''
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Akash Kusum
''Akash Kusum'' (; "Up in the Clouds") is a 1965 Bengali film directed by noted Indian parallel film director Mrinal Sen. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as ''Manzil'' (1979).
Plot
It is the story of the longings of a middle-class execu ...
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Aarzoo
''Aarzoo'' (transl. Desire) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Lawrence D'Souza starring Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal and Reema Lagoo. The film was primarily filmed in Mumba ...
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Geet Gaya Patharon Ne
''Geet Gaya Patharon Ne'' () is a 1964 Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by V. Shantaram on V. Shantaram Productions banner. Starring Jeetendra, Rajshree which were first marked debut to both of them and music is composed by R ...
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My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...
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The Visit''
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Divorce Italian Style
''Divorce Italian Style'' () is a 1961 Italian black comedy film directed by Pietro Germi. The screenplay is by Germi, Ennio De Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, and Agenore Incrocci, based on Giovanni Arpino's novel '' Un delitto d'onore'' (English ...
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1966
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Teesri Kasam
''Teesri Kasam'' () is a 1966 Hindi, Hindi language drama film directed by Basu Bhattacharya and produced by lyricist Shailendra (lyricist), Shailendra. It is based on the short story ''Mare Gaye Gulfam'', by the Hindi novelist Phanishwarnath Re ...
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Nayak''
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Shaheed
''Shahid'' ( , , ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acqui ...
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Guide
A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom.
Travel and recreation
Exp ...
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Galpo Holeo Satti''
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Mamta''
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Kanch Kata Hirey''
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Gaban''
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Subhashchandra''
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Aasman Mahal''
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Lawrence of Arabia''
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Love at Twenty
''Love at Twenty'' (, , , , ) is a 1962 French-produced omnibus project of Pierre Roustang, consisting of five segments, each with a different director from a different country. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
''Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'' () is a 1963 comedy anthology film directed by Vittorio De Sica. Starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, the film consists of three short stories about couples in different parts of Italy. The film won t ...
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1967
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;Indian films
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Chhuti''
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Balika Badhu''
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Anupama''
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Kedar Raja''
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Shakespeare Wallah''
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Uski Kahani''
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Aakhri Khat
() is a 1966 Bollywood film written and directed by Chetan Anand. This film marked the debut of Rajesh Khanna. The music of the film is by Khayyam and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi; it includes the song "Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sanwaro", sung by Lata ...
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Hatey Bazarey''
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Upkar
''Upkar'' () is a 1967 Indian Hindi film directed by Manoj Kumar. Set in the backdrop of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, ''Upkar'' celebrates village life and the contributions of farmers and soldiers to India. The film was inspired by Indian pr ...
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Milan
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Dr. Zhivago
''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations.
Description
The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago and deals with love and loss during ...
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they rece ...
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Zorba The Greek
''Zorba the Greek'' (, , Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and m ...
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1968
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Apanjan
''Apanjan'', or simply ''Aponjon'' (English: ''One's own people)'' is a 1968 Indian Bengali language socio-political drama film directed by Tapan Sinha. The film is produced by R.K Kapoor under the banner of K.L Kapoor Productions and is based o ...
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Majhli Didi''
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Chotto Jigyasa''
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Sunghursh
''Sunghursh'' ("Struggle") is a 1968 Indian Hindi film directed and produced by Harnam Singh Rawail. It is based on ''Layli Asmaner Ayna'' ("Layli Does Not Go To Heaven"), a short story in Bengali language by Jnanpith Award-winning writer Mah ...
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Aadmi''
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Chowringhee
Chowringhee (also Chourangi) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Chowringhee Road (officially Jawaharlal Nehru Road) runs on its western side. A neighbo ...
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Baghini''
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Raja Aur Runk''
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Hamraaz
''Hamraaz'' () is a 1967 Indian Bollywood suspense thriller film, produced and directed by B. R. Chopra and written by Akhtar-Ul-Iman. It stars Raaj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Vimi, Mumtaz in lead roles, with Balraj Sahni, Madan Puri, Jeevan, I ...
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Charan Kavi Mukundadas''
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The Agony and the Ecstasy''
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Fahrenheit 451
''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 Dystopian fiction, dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" Book burning, burn any that are found. The novel follows in the ...
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Lord Jim
''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in '' Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...
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1969
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Bhuvan Shome
''Bhuvan Shome'' is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Mrinal Sen based on a Bengali story by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. The cast includes Utpal Dutt (Bhuvan Shome) and Suhasini Mulay (Gauri, a villa ...
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Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' () is a 1969 Indian fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. It is a fantasy musical, with music and lyrics composed and ...
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Aashirwad''
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Saraswatichandra''
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Anokhi Raat
() is a 1968 Hindi film produced by L. B. Lachman and L. B. Thakur and directed by Asit Sen. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Zaheeda Hussain, Aruna Irani, Keshto Mukherjee and Parikshit Sahni. It has music by Roshan and Salil Chowdhury, with t ...
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Arogya Niketan
''Arogya Niketan'' () is a 1953 Bengali novel by the Indian writer Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Set in rural Birbhum, it portrays the psychological and philosophical tensions between tradition and modernity through the aging Ayurvedic healer Jiban ...
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Natun Pata''
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Rahgir
''Rahgir'' (The Traveler) is a Bollywood romantic social drama film. It was released in 1969 and directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film was produced by Geetanjali Pictures and had music by Hemant Kumar. The film had Biswajeet playing the central ...
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Nannha Farishta''
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Parineeta''
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2001: A Space Odyssey''
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Rosemary's Baby''
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Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a ser ...
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1970
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;Indian films
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Pratidwandi
''Pratidwandi'' () is a 1970 Indian Bengali drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray based on the novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is the first part of the Calcutta trilogy. ''Pratidwandi'' tells the story of Siddharta, an educated middl ...
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Mera Naam Joker
''Mera Naam Joker'' () is a 1970 Indian romantic drama film, directed, edited and produced by Raj Kapoor under his banner R. K. Films, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. The film stars Raj Kapoor as the eponymous character, with his son Rish ...
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Sagina Mahato
''Sagina Mahato'' is a 1970 Bengali film produced by Shri J. K. Kapur and directed by Tapan Sinha. The film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, two acting giants of Indian cinema. The film is based on the true story of the labour movement of ...
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Interview
An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.Merriam Webster DictionaryInterview Dictionary definition, Retrieved February 16, 2016 In common parlance, the word "interview" re ...
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Samaj Ko Badal Dalo''
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Diba Ratrir Kabya''
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Satyakam''
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Safar
Safar (), also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
Most of the Islamic months were named according to ancient Sabean/Sabaic weather conditions; however, since the calendar is lunar, the months shift ...
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Darpan''
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Aranyer Din Ratri''
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Blowup
''Blowup'' (also styled ''Blow-Up'') is a 1966 Psychological thriller, psychological Mystery film, mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti. It is Antoni ...
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The Graduate
''The Graduate'' is a 1967 American independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novella by Charles Webb. It stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddoc ...
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Blow Hot, Blow Cold''
1971
Source
;Indian films
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Nimantran''
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Anand''
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Seemabaddha
''Seemabaddha'' ( Romanization of Bengali, ''Shimabôddho''; English title: ''Company Limited'') is a 1971 in film, 1971 social drama Bengali language, Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based on the novel ''Seemabaddha'' by Mani Shan ...
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Chetna
''Chetna'' () is a 1970 Bollywood drama film directed by B.R. Ishara. The film stars Shatrughan Sinha, Anil Dhawan and Rehana Sultan. The film focuses on the subject of rehabilitation of prostitutes. However, the film is more famous for its bo ...
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Sara Akash''
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Malyadan''
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Guddi''
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Ekhonee''
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Tere Mere Sapne''
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Khamoshi''
;Foreign films
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Charly
Charly may refer to:
People
* Charly (name)
Places
* Charly-sur-Marne, in the Aisne department
* Charly, Cher, in the Cher department
* Charly, Rhône, in the Rhône department
* Charly-Oradour, in the Moselle department
Other
* Operation ...
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Woodstock
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...
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Midnight Cowboy
''Midnight Cowboy'' is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles, J ...
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1972
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Anubhav
Anubhav may refer to these Indian films:
* ''Anubhav'' (1971 film), a Hindi film
* ''Anubhav'' (1986 film), a Bollywood romantic comedy
* ''Anubhav'' (2009 film), a Bollywood film See also
*
* '' Anubhavam'', a 1976 Indian film
* Anubhava Ma ...
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Phir Bhi''
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Calcutta 71''
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Pakeezah
Pakeezah (; ) is a 1972 Indian musical romantic drama written, directed, and produced by Kamal Amrohi. The film stars Meena Kumari as the eponymous lead, alongside Ashok Kumar and Raaj Kumar. It tells the story of Sahibjaan, a Lucknow-base ...
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Dastak''
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Bigalita Karuna Janhabi Jamuna''
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Uphaar
''Uphaar'' is a 1971 Hindi film. Produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions, the film stars Jaya Bhaduri, Swarup Dutta and Kamini Kaushal. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This film is based on the 1893 short story "Samapti" (T ...
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Hare Rama Hare Krishna''
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Memsaab''
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Bawarchi
''Bawarchi'' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and produced by Mukherjee himself along with N.C. Sippy and Romu N. Sippy. Released in India on 7 July 1972, the ...
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Summer of '42
''Summer of '42'' is a 1971 American coming of age romance film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Christopher Norris. Based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman "Hermie" Raucher, it f ...
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1973
Source
;Indian films
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Padatik''
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Achanak''
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Streer Patra''
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Saudagar''
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Ashani Sanket
''Distant Thunder'' (; translit. Ashani Sanket) is a 1973 Bengali film by the Indian director Satyajit Ray, based on the novel by the same name by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
Unlike most of Ray's earlier films, ''Distant Thunder'' was ...
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Koshish
''Koshish'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri, written and directed by Gulzar. The movie depicts a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for ...
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Abhimaan''
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Shriman Prithviraj''
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Bilet Pherat''
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Parichay''
;Foreign film
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Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 mil ...
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1974
Source
;Indian films
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Ankur''
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Chorus
Chorus may refer to:
Music
* Chorus (song), the part of a song that is repeated several times, usually after each verse
* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound
* Chorus form, song in whic ...
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Garm Hawa''
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Rajnigandha''
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Chhenra Tamsuk''
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Sonar Kella
''Sonar Kella'', also ''Shonar Kella'', is a 1971 mystery novel written by Bengali writer and filmmaker Satyajit Ray. In 1974, Ray directed a film adaption of the book, also named ''Sonar Kella'', starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, ...
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Sujata''
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Jadubangsha''
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Phuleswari''
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The French Connection''
1975
Source
;Indian films
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Nishant''
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Sansar Simantey''
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Palanka''
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Aavishkar''
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Mili''
;Foreign film
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The Touch''
1985
Source
;Indian films
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Paar''
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Ghare Baire''
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Paroma
''Paroma'' (English title: The Ultimate Woman) is an Indian Bengali feature film directed by Aparna Sen. The film was released in 1985 under the banner of Usha Enterprise.
Plot
The movie is about a 40-year-old married woman, Paroma whose ident ...
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Aashray''
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Neelkantha''
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A Passage to India
''A Passage to India'' is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th-century English liter ...
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1986
Source
;Indian films
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Kony''
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Atanka''
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Party
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a Hospitality, host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will oft ...
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Ek Pal''
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Ankahiee''
;Foreign film
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The Killing Fields''
1987
Source;Indian films
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Mirch Masala''
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Debshishu''
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Chopper''
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Nagpash''
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Aaj Ka Robinhood''
;Foreign film
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Fanny & Alexander''
1988
Source;Indian films
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New Delhi Times''
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Phera
'' Phera'' (English language:''The Return'') is a 1988 Bengali drama film directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta based on a story of Bengali novelist Narendranath Mitra. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, competition sect ...
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Pestonjee
''Pestonjee'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Vijaya Mehta, starring Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, based on a story by film journalist B. K. Karanjia.
At the 35th National Film Awards, it won the award f ...
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Utsav''
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Madhuban
Madhuban is a small area of Jorhat City and is under Jorhat municipality Board, Assam, India. The only road that passes through Madhubon is the Madhuban Path. It connects two important roads of Jorhat; Malow Ali and Choladhara road. Madhuban is ...
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;Foreign film
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The Sacrifice''
1991
Source;Indian films
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Ek Doctor Ki Maut
''Ek Doctor Ki Maut'' () is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama film by Tapan Sinha, which depicts the ostracism, bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult of a doctor and his research, instead of recognition. The film is based on the 1982 R ...
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Astuhara''
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Mahaprithibi
''Mahaprithibi'' (World Within, World Without) is a 1991 Bengali social drama film directed by Mrinal Sen. The film was released under the banner of G. G. Films and received BFJA Awards in 1992.
Plot
The film revolves around the global changin ...
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Prahaar: The Final Attack''
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Drishti''
;Foreign film
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The Whales of August
''The Whales of August'' is a 1987 American drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson and adapted by David Berry from his play of the same name. It stars Bette Davis and Lillian Gish as elderly sisters living on the Maine coast. The cast also fe ...
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1992
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Agantuk
''Agantuk'' (; known by its English title The Stranger) is a 1991 Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Notable for being Ray's last film, it was based on one of his own short stories, ''Atithi''. A joint Indo-French ...
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Shakha Proshakha
''Shakha Proshakha'' () is a 1990 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation. This film displays an extraordinary use of Gregorian Chant and legendary orche ...
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Goopi Bagha Phire Elo''
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Antardhan''
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Current
Currents, Current or The Current may refer to:
Science and technology
* Current (fluid), the flow of a liquid or a gas
** Air current, a flow of air
** Ocean current, a current in the ocean
*** Rip current, a kind of water current
** Current (hydr ...
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1994
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Wheel Chair''
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Silpi
P.M. Sreenivasan (1919-1983), who adopted the name Silpi, was a Tamil people, Tamil illustrator, best known for his detailed renditions of Tamil architecture and sculpture in Ananda Vikatan magazine.
Life and career
Sreenivasan studied art at t ...
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Sardar
Sardar, also spelled as Sardaar (, , 'commander', literally 'headmaster'), is a title of royal family, royalty and nobility that was originally used to denote princes, noblemen, chiefs, kings and other Aristocracy (class), aristocrats. It ha ...
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1995
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Mammo
''Mammo'' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film by Shyam Benegal. It stars Farida Jalal, Surekha Sikri, Amit Phalke and Rajit Kapur.
The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1995. Farida Jalal won Filmfare Crit ...
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Drohkal''
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Charachar''
1996
Source;Indian films
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Unishe April''
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Yuganta''
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Maachis
''Maachis'' () is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language period political thriller film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Chandrachur Singh, Om Puri, Tabu, and Jimmy Sheirgill. The film is set against the backdrop of the Sikh insurgency ...
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1998
Source;Best Hindi film
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Godmother''
1999
;Best Hindi fil
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Satya
(Sanskrit: ; IAST: ) is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as "truth" or "essence.“ In Indian religions, it refers to a kind of virtue found across them. This virtue most commonly refers to being truthful in one's thoughts, speech and act ...
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2000
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Uttara
Uttara, which means "north" in Sanskrit and many other South Asian languages, may refer to:
Places
*Uttara (town), Uttara, a neighbourhood north of Dhaka, Bangladesh
*Uttara Export Processing Zone, Bangladesh
*Uttara East Thana
*Uttara West Thana ...
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Paromitar Ekdin
''Paromitar Ek Din'' ( ''Paromitar Êkdin'', lit. "One day of Paromita's", English title: ''House of Memories'') is a 2000 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Aparna Sen.
Plot
The film explores the dual themes of friendship and loneliness. T ...
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Kichchu Sanglap Kichchu Pralap''
2001
Source;Indian films
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Utsab
''Utsab'', also written Utsav (, ) is a 2000 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali-language drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh and stars Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De a ...
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Dekha''
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Zubeidaa''
2002
Source;Indian films
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Mr. & Mrs. Iyer''
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Aamar Bhuban''
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Sanjh Batir Rupkathara''
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The Legend of Bhagat Singh
''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film is about Bhagat Singh, a revolutionary who fought for Indian independence along with fellow members of the Hindus ...
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2003
Source;Indian films
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Abar Aranye''
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Chokher Bali''
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Mondo Meyer Upakhyan''
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.''
2004
Source;Indian films
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Iti Sreekanta''
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Mahulbanir Sereng''
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Abar Asbo Phire''
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Swades
''Swades'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, alongside Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, and Lekh Tandon.
T ...
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2005
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Krantikaal''
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Nishi Japan''
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Antarmahal
''Antarmahal'' is a 2005 Indian Bengali film, directed by Rituparno Ghosh and produced by Amitabh Bachchan Corporation. The film is based on a Bengali short story named ''Pratima'' by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. Set in the late 19th century, the ...
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Black
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...
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2005
Source;Indian films
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Faltu''
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Dosar
''Dosar'' () is a 2006 Bengali language Indian drama film. It was produced by Arindam Chaudhuri (Planman Motion Pictures) and directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The black-and-white film won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Ment ...
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Bhalobasar Anek Naam''
;Hindi film
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Lage Raho Munnabhai''
See also
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Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...
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Cinema of India
The cinema of India, consisting of Film, motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various #Cinema by language, film indus ...
References
External links
Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Indian Films Award
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards