Acting

Umanath Bhattacharya

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Parama poster
8.0

The journey of a woman from a mere homemaker to a woman seeking her self identity. This search for self identity is sparked off by a young bohemian photographer, with whom she falls in love while he photographs her for a magazine doing her daily chores.

Parama

1985

Charmurti poster
8.0

Based on Narayan Gangopadhyay’s creation, Potoldangar Charmurti is the story of Tenida and his three followers, who go on a holiday and end up solving a mystery case.

Charmurti

1978

The Golden Thread poster
6.5

After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.

The Golden Thread

1965

In Search of Famine poster
7.2

A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.

In Search of Famine

1981

Punashcha poster
8.5

Difficulties erupt between a couple when their relationship gets hit by societal pressures, norms, and deep-rooted patriarchy.

Punashcha

1961

Ek Din Pratidin poster
7.2

The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The saga begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope and of strength hidden behind despair.

Ek Din Pratidin

1979

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1960s · 4 titles

Behind the camera