
Acting
Ushasie Chakraborty
Ushasie Chakraborty is an Indian actress and academic who works in Bengali language films. She has played the role of Satyabati opposite Abir Chatterjee in Anjan Dutt's film adaptations on Byomkesh Bakshi. She also played the role of June Guha in the Bengali television show Sreemoyee (2019-21). In 2020, she submitted her PhD thesis in the midst of personal challenges, including the death of her Marxist father, Shyamal Chakraborty. At Jadavpur University, she wrote about bias against female drivers for her MPhil.
Acting credits
NRKheya, a theatre artist, faces challenges in her personal and professional life spanning from 1950 to 1970s in a world dominated by misogynistic men.
Natoker Moto: Like a Play
2015
Deb, Joy, and Ananda are unhappy with their lives. While Joy's wife earns more than he does, Ananda‘s wife is a housewife and Deb is a kind of man who wants to sleep with any girl who catches his eye. Will their bedroom stories forever be the same or will they make an effort to get along well with each other?
Bedroom
2012
NRAn existential playwright and novelist Isha reads her novel to her partner, Agnibha, who is a ruthless critic. While in the middle of the reading, Agnibha presents his critical viewpoints, which initiates a discourse between them and unveils the cobweb of complexities in their love-hate relationship. Agnibha suggests a different ending to Isha's story. Will Isha understand Agnibha's point of view and change the ending of her novel? or Will this lead to more complexities in their lives?
Mukhomukhi
2019
7.5A retired judge, Mr. Sen, living in a farming colony on the outskirts of Calcutta, contacts Byomkesh Bakshi to investigate an attempt to blackmail him. One day, the judge is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and Byomkesh takes up the case.
Byomkesh O Chiriakhana
2016
8.0Tired of the corrupt Communist regime and its policies, a group of flying humans and black magicians join forces to hatch a conspiracy and wage a guerrilla attack against the totalitarian government and overthrow it.
Kangal Malsat
2013
10.0Babin, Dolly, and Tyre are three slum kids with big dreams of becoming a doctor, nurse, and engineer. When Babin's father falls critically ill, they steal an oxygen cylinder that sets off a chain of events.
Onko Ki Kothin
2025
6.1The everyday life of a middle-class man changes when he finds a magic lamp containing a genie, who helps him achieve all the luxuries of life.
Ashchorjyo Prodeep
2013
6.0A young couple meet a mysterious man who, in the course of conversation, covers Japanese cuisine, Bengali literature, and his own checkered past.
Khawto
2016
6.2Raktokorobi is a 2017 Indian Bengali film directed by Amitava Bhattacharya, starring Kaushik Sen, Rahul, and Shantilla Mukherjee. It was released in Hollywood as Red Oleanders Raktokarobi with English subtitles.
Red Oleanders Raktokarobi
2017
7.2Byomkesh is called upon for help by police to solve the murder mystery of a wealthy old man Benimadhab and his servant Meghraj. He and Ajit finds the case submerged in crooked intentions of family members.
Byomkesh Phire Elo
2014
7.7The curtain rises on a small coalfield town. Plagued with a series of unexplained troubles that broke out suddenly, owner of a coalmine seeks the help of Byomkesh Bakshi to sort things out for him. When Byomkesh arrives with his trusted confidante Ajit, they discover to their complete dismay a maze of crimes woven around a violent murder that had little to do with the job that they were entrusted with. A mesmerizing mosaic of criminal characters, a sordid saga of lecherous lust, the thriller unfolds the complex layers of the human mind.
Byomkesh Bakshi
2015
6.9Byomkesh, a detective, stumbles upon a case of robbery while recuperating from a prolonged illness. With the only object to be stolen being a group photograph, he attempts to solve the mystery.
Abar Byomkesh
2012
4.0The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.
Shah Jahan Regency
2019
7.0Free as a bird. To wander. To nestle. To take flight. We are not. As India gained its much awaited independence in 1947, a race faced another struggle. Bengal was divided and hundreds of thousands of Bengalis were displaced and divided on the basis of their religion. The Hindus were forced out as East Bengal was made a part of Pakistan and the same fate lay in store for the Muslims of West Bengal. Millions became refugees in their own homeland, and thousands still bear the cross and the scar. The film is a human saga of a truncated land and how people are trying to relive their destiny.
Shankhachil
2016
NRThe film starts with the hint of another story 'Satyanweshi' where young Byomkesh caught the head of a cocaine racket who is now seeking revenge. On the other hand, a young girl dies in mysterious condition having a match stick in her hand. One Kokonad Gupta, who claims to be a fan of Byomkesh gifts him a matchbox.
Byomkesh O Agnibaan
2017
7.7Set against the backdrop of The Partition, Byomkesh Bakshi and his assistant Ajit must solve the murder of the head of the dysfunctional Halder family.
Byomkesh Bakshi
2010
NROn the wee hours of a December morning, the ring of a telephone shatters the quietness of the Sen household. Anuradha, Who answers the call, is stunned to hear the caller on the other side of the line. Her husband had met with a fatal accident in Thailand and had sunk into coma and she needed to take the next available flight and reach the hospital. Both Anuradha and Sohini's world are shattered. Both the Mrs. Sen did not know how to address this crisis that they had never imagined in their wildest dreams. Somnath's body is cremated and Anuradha wants to carry the ashes to India, to Somnath's father for the last rights. Sohini does not object, as she is about to set for the Airport, Sohini faints. The doctor is called and he asks Anuradha to admit Sohini to the Hospital once more. In the Hospital, Sohini is diagnosed as having her internal organs damaged and internal bleeding happening. Doctor's however clearly mention that it was only days before Sohini would actually die.
Mrs Sen
2013
Nikhil (Prosenjit Chatterjee) is in distress over his failures. His personal circumstances are in shambles and he has defaulted on most of his obligations. His assistant asks him to make a commercial film on the lines of a Tamil film to revive his career. He refuses and decides to make his own film by producing it himself. He convinces his father to mortgage their house. He receives a call from Subhash one day who provides him with finance, but in return he would have to accept the actress of the man's choice. Nikhil agrees and they start shooting with Sujata, better known as Nandita (Rimjhim Gupta). A series of explosions take place in the city and Subhash is accused. He is also Sujata's boyfriend. Sujata is arrested. The film meets the same fate as his other films. Nikhil finally agrees to make a commercial film.
Houseful
2009
NRAdapted from "Dui nomberer asami" written by Nilanjan Chaterjee. 'Kaler Rakhal' ( The Understudy), is a musical depicting the lives of colorful 'Bahurupis' ( The itinerant performers ) in rural India, mainly in Bengal region. The story also focuses on contemporary social and political issues.
The Understudy
2009
NRAfter her sexual orientation is revealed, a successful actress in the Indian film industry struggles against stigma, forcing her to embark upon a journey of change on every level - physical, emotional, spiritual and social.
Conditions Apply
2016
8.5A Bengali language rock musical.
Ranjana Ami Ar Asbo Na
2011
NRLattoo is a story about an aspiring singer who gets the lyrics for his songs from a secret admirer.
Lattoo
2013
NRBased on real-life events, the film follows the ups and downs in the career of a gifted female footballer named Kusumita Das. Her rise to fame and her subsequent fall following an injury will be a test of her endurance, and how she survives the ordeal through sheer willpower, resilience and some help from a sports reporter forms the crux of the story.
Kusumitar Gappo
2019
NRA struggling film director looking for his next project decides to examine the LGBTIQA+ community.
Achena Bondhutto
2015