Shyam Laha

Acting

Shyam Laha

Born — Died

1911-11-25 — 1973-10-25

Place of birth

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

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 …

Known for

Deep Jele Jaai poster
7.0

A nurse at a psychiatric ward gets a bit too involved in the well-being of a patient.

Deep Jele Jaai

1959

The Restless Bride poster
8.3

At the Nangteshwar Shield tournament, Bagha and his teammates from the Sarbamangala Football Club face challenges on and off the field, as the local club president strives to keep the ancestral shield in the family by hook or by crook.

The Restless Bride

1971

Ban Phool poster
9.0

Haria, 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

Chhabi poster
7.0

An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.

Chhabi

1959

Kalo Chhaya poster
10.0

A 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

Jamalaye Jibanta Manush poster
NR

When 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

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

1960s · 8 titles

1950s · 21 titles

Deep Jele Jaai poster
7.0

A nurse at a psychiatric ward gets a bit too involved in the well-being of a patient.

Deep Jele Jaai

1959

Chhabi poster
7.0

An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.

Chhabi

1959

Jamalaye Jibanta Manush poster
NR

When 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

Pathey Holo Deri poster
9.0

Poor 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

Sharey Chuattar poster
8.0

The owner of Annapurna boarding house facing an upcoming trouble for let in a girl in the boys hostel.

Sharey Chuattar

1953

Prithibi Amare Chay poster
9.5

Tapas, 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

Hanabari poster
10.0

A person vows to eradicate the rumors of a haunted house.

Hanabari

1952

Manik Jor poster
NR

Nondo and Gobindo are both rich people who live in a village. But they had married in the city. One day Nondo writes Gobindo's father-in-law that they are coming to the city and want to stay there. But after arriving in the city, they found nobody was waiting for them in the station. Then they meet somebody who is also looking for some people. So, he takes them into their house. After receiving the hospitality, they realized they were in the wrong place. They decided to go to a hotel. After reaching there they met some people and day by day they had different experiences in the city. Then they accidentally reached a film shooting spot and after then through some incident, they reached a police station. After that, they found their house and again did some hilarious incidents in his father-in-law's house.

Manik Jor

1952

Adarsha Hindu Hotel poster
10.0

Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job while harboring dreams of owning his hotel. After overcoming numerous challenges including wrongful imprisonment and financial hardship, he successfully establishes a thriving hotel business, eclipsing his former employer and even securing a contract to manage large railway hotels. In a surprising turn of events, Hajari offers his former tormentors, Bechu Chakraborty and Padma, positions in his growing enterprise, showcasing his resilience and magnanimity.

Adarsha Hindu Hotel

1957

Marutirtha Hinglaj poster
9.0

While 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

Tonsil poster
NR

Tapan Sinha's first Comedy Film & Madhabi Mukherjee's Debut Film.

Tonsil

1956

Punarmilan poster
9.0

Ramesh 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

Indrani poster
9.0

Indrani falls in love with Sudarshan, an unemployed man. Soon they face the hardships of life and drift apart.

Indrani

1958

Abak Pritibhi poster
4.0

Arjun 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

Beam of Light poster
7.0

Satyendra, 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

Swarga Martya poster
NR

Lalu and Chinta are neighbours and extremely good friends. One morning both of die and reach hell. However Yandyut exclaims that there was a mistake and that they were not the individuals he intended to kill. He orders Lalu and Chinta to be sent back to the earth but the latter claim for a tour of hell as compensation. Soon the friends find themselves back on earth but soon realize that their souls have been exchanges in error. This leads to a series of confusion of themselves as well as their near and dear ones. In the end their souls come back to themselves and there is no bound to their happiness, much to the amusement of the rest who did not know why they were so happy.

Swarga Martya

1958

Ratrir Tapasya poster
8.0

Bhupen 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

Ankush poster
NR

Tapan Sinha's debut film is based on a Narayan Ganguly story SAINIK, which figured an elephant in the central character.

Ankush

1954

Kalyani poster
7.0

A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.

Kalyani

1954

Chasing a Bounty poster
8.0

The movie tells the story of Fakkaram, a.k.a. Fakka, and his love, along with his family and his greedy relatives, who are in search of a valuable amount of money left by a millionaire.

Chasing a Bounty

1953

Bagha Jatin poster
NR

The 1958 film is based on the biographical journey of Bagha Jatin, an Indian Bengali revolutionary philosopher who fought against British rule.

Bagha Jatin

1958

1940s · 10 titles

Ban Phool poster
9.0

Haria, 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

Kalo Chhaya poster
10.0

A 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

Samadhan poster
8.0

A 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

Milan poster
7.0

A young law student is forced into an arranged marriage though he is in love with somebody else. Following the wedding the drama focuses on the bride's mistaken identity and the search for her husband.

Milan

1946

Dasiputra poster
NR

A 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Deb Narayan Gupta.

Dasiputra

1949

Sadharan Meye poster
7.0

A run-of-the-mill girl.

Sadharan Meye

1948

Zindagi poster
10.0

The story of an unemployed graduate who falls in love with a woman who ran away from her cruel husband.

Zindagi

1940

Pratikar poster
8.0

Sri Beniprasad, owner of "Model Drugs," discovers his workers’ grievances when he finds a bulletin circulated by them. Though his son Dilip is involved with the company, he advises his father to investigate independently. Taking on a disguise as a common laborer, Beni Prasad learns that his executives are dishonest and oppressive, even mistreating him. He is welcomed by Rammoy, a worker, and his family, where Jayanta, an enigmatic leader of the labor movement, regularly appears. During a secret meeting, Jayanta realizes Beni Prasad is undercover and orders his glasses broken, rendering him unable to see. Both Beni Prasad and Rammoy's daughter Reba question Jayanta’s true identity, which is revealed in a twist at the film's end.

Pratikar

1944

Jar Jetha Ghar poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jar Jetha Ghar

1949

Niruddesh poster
8.0

A 1949 Bengali Drama Film directed by Niren Lahiri.

Niruddesh

1949