
Acting
Shyam Laha
Born 1911-11-25 · Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Shyam Laha (26 November 1911 – 25 October 1973) was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi-language films. He was known for his comic acting. His original name was Kashinath Shil. Laha passed matriculation from Bangabashi Collegiate School. He was interested in music, playing the Tabla. Actor Pahari Sanyal was impressed by Laha at a function of the Bengali club in Lucknow and introduced him to Bengali director cum actor Pramathesh Barua. Laha became popular after acting in Debaki Bose's film Chandidas. He worked in the first animated Bengali film Pear Brothers in 1934. Music director Rai Chand Boral formed his independent MLB production company with Laha. He also appeared in theatres and was a radio comic. Laha performed in a comedy duo with another comedian Nabadwip Haldar in various films.
Acting credits
8.0A working-class leader confronts a villainous factory owner, falls in love with the boss's daughter unaware of her family origins and, after many adventures and setbacks, it is revealed that the hero is in fact the official heir to the property the villain had usurped. An influential Bengali novelist acknowledging allegiance to socialism, Mitra's studio-bound film concentrates on showing the milieu of the rich while the dialogues make numerous references to the workers and the poor.
Samadhan
1943
8.0Bhupen is an excellent student who works as a private tutor to support his education and family. He begins to teach Sandhya who is a rich man's granddaughter. She ends up falling for him and that ruins his career, even though he did not feel the same for her. He later gets married to Kalyani but he and Sandhya still share a bond for the sake of her property.
Ratrir Tapasya
1952
8.0The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel.
Sharey Chuattar
1953
9.5Tapas, an aspiring singer, and Mina, a troubled woman, meet by chance and decide to give life a chance together. As Tapas and Mina face struggles in their jobs, accusations of infidelity threaten their livelihoods, but they remain determined to overcome obstacles and find happiness.
Prithibi Amare Chay
1957
7.0Satyendra, the scion of a wealthy Bengali zamindar family, is married by family duty to an eleven‑year‑old girl, Radharani. Emotionally detached, he grows closer to Bijli, a mature, self‑sacrificing courtesan.
Beam of Light
1957
9.0Poor but brilliant doctor Jayanta (Uttam Kumar) and Mallika (Suchitra Sen), the grand-daughter of one of the richest men in Darjeeling, fall head over heels in love. Mallika's grandfather is not amused and tries to break up the affair when Jayanta goes abroad to study for a higher degree. Will true love conquer all?
Pathey Holo Deri
1957
NRA 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Deb Narayan Gupta.
Dasiputra
1949
7.0An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.
Chhabi
1959
NRTapan Sinha's first Comedy Film & Madhabi Mukherjee's Debut Film.
Tonsil
1956
10.0A lady visited Mr. Surajit Roy, a detective, with a proposal to steal a will from a landlord's house. Surajit did not accept the assignment. Soon after, he received a telegram from one Rajib Lochan Choudhury, zamindar of a remote village in Murshidabad district. It appeared that Rajib Lochan's life was in danger. When Surajit visited his house the zamindar had already been murdered. Detective Surajit started an investigation while staying at the house. He saw a nurse, Anima, appointed for Rajib Lochan and recalled that this lady went to him with the proposal of theft. There were several relatives and servants in the house but most of them concealed some or other facts from him. Finally, Surajit was successful in tracking down the real culprit
Kalo Chhaya
1948
9.0Indrani falls in love with Sudarshan, an unemployed man. Soon they face the hardships of life and drift apart.
Indrani
1958
9.0Haria, an elephant driver, loves gypsy girl Gulabi, but faces rivalry from Ajay, the tea estate owner's son. After Ajay kills Haria's elephant, Raja, Haria seeks revenge, intertwining with a family secret and inheritance dispute.
Ban Phool
1945
NRTapan Sinha's debut film is based on a Narayan Ganguly story SAINIK, which figured an elephant in the central character.
Ankush
1954
8.0Social comedy about two young newlyweds against the backdrop of pre-Independence Bengal.
Sriman Prithviraj
1973
9.0While on their way to Hinglaj, Maharaj and his companions meet Kunti, who was raped by dacoits, and Thirumal, whom she left her family for. Together, they set out to seek the blessings of God.
Marutirtha Hinglaj
1959
NRNupur Chatterji has fled from her home in Delhi, resisting an arranged marriage with a man she dislikes. She comes to Calcutta to her college friend, but as her home is not safe she takes shelter in the house of one Anjan Mukherjee. Though initially annoyed, Anjan, a bachelor and a music director cum singer from Lucknow, comes to empathise with Nupur. In this situation enters the great detective Bhanu with Jahar, his assistant, for by now Dr. Digambar Chatterji has declared a prize money of ten thousand rupees for finding his missing daughter.
Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant
1971
9.0Ramesh is the eldest brother in a close-knit joint family. When his salary is doubled, he pays more attention to his wife and child's needs, making others jealous. The family disintegrates as members start moving out to live separate lives. Will they realize the shortcomings of living independently?
Punarmilan
1957
6.8A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
Palatak
1963
NRIndra catches a thief Kaanta in the night and tricks him into believing he's a famous thief himself who has made away with large sums of money in high-profile heists and thefts. Later, Indra enters a bet with his friends who bait him into pulling off a theft and he seeks Kaanta's help.
Sakher Chor
1960
4.0Arjun is a very lonely person. He doesn't know what life is. Every day for him is a struggle. So, he becomes a criminal. Jail is a safe custody for him because food is always available in jail. So, he tries to return to the place, but all his efforts are gone in vain, then he travels to a place and meets a father. He is the principal of a missionary residential school. In that place, Arjun meets Miss Chatterjee, a teacher. At first, she doesn't like him, but shortly after she starts to realize Arjun's quality. Arjun is also a very good singer, but again for his bad reputation police catch him and send him to jail. In court some students support him and thus all the misunderstandings are solved and the truth prevails.
Abak Pritibhi
1959
10.0A person vows to eradicate the rumors of a haunted house.
Hanabari
1952
NRWhen the messengers of 'Yamraj'- God of Death - mistakenly bring an alive, honest person to hell, he starts a revolution to fix outdated rules of heaven and hell.
Jamalaye Jibanta Manush
1958
7.0A nurse at a psychiatric ward gets a bit too involved in the well-being of a patient.
Deep Jele Jaai
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Hashi Sudhu Hashi Noy
1963