Jahar Ganguly

Acting

Jahar Ganguly

24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India (now India)

Jahar Ganguly (October 1904 – 1969) was an Indian actor and theater personality. He received the Best Actor award in the 6th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards in 1943 for his performance in Bandi. Ganguly was born in undivided 24 Parganas Dist., British India. He worked in several Bengali and Hindi films in the 40s and 50s as a supporting actor in comedy counterparts to the dramatic lead. He got a breakthrough in Dena Paona directed by Premankur Atorthy. Ganguly acted under Satyajit Ray's direction in Parash Pathar and Chiriyakhana.[2] He also performed as a stage actor until 1960.

Acting credits

Mriter Marte Agaman poster
NR

Biswanath or Bishu a young warm-hearted man, made a "Mukti Fauj" in Hell against Jamraj. He also planned to escape with Lolita, Heena, Rita, Ghosai babu and others. After a lot of hurdles, they managed to fly away from Hell. They came back to Earth with expectations, but unfortunately, time was changed. All of them faced some unbearable situations which really made them sad. Bishu came to know his wife got married to a wrestler. Lolita's boyfriend Montu da was busy with some other lady. All these experiences helped them realize the changing time. As a result, Bishu with his mates decided to go back to Hell. Earth was unable to give them sufficient space to live a happy life.

Mriter Marte Agaman

1959

Babla poster
8.0

Babla, a young boy who is forced to grow up too quickly when tragedy strikes his poor family, leading him into the harsh world of Calcutta as a newspaper hawker who must rely on his fierce integrity to survive.

Babla

1951

Dui Bon poster
NR

Ananda, an upcoming writer leaves his village to pursue his writing career in Kolkata

Dui Bon

1955

Ranee poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ranee

1943

Dena Paona poster
8.0

Dena Paona is a dramatic exploration of societal pressures and personal redemption. The film follows Sorashi, a strong-willed temple priestess, as she confronts the challenges of a troubled marriage and a disapproving community. Her journey towards self-discovery and reconciliation with her husband forms the heart of this compelling story.

Dena Paona

1931

Determination poster
NR

A father who is ill, is worried about his family in case of his demise. Will he be able to secure their future or will all his hopes crumble?

Determination

1949

The Healing Tree poster
7.0

A narration of the journey of a young aspiring writer. Sandhya Rani and Uttam Kumar won critical favor for their performance in the film.

The Healing Tree

1952

Tasher Ghawr poster
NR

When a wealthy man accidentally stumbles upon his lookalike who is poor, the two of them decide to swap places in a bid to escape from their problems. Things take quite an interesting turn after that.

Tasher Ghawr

1957

Bireswar Vivekananda poster
8.0

Bireswar Vivekananda is a 1964 Indian Bengali-language biographical film about the Indian Hindu religious leader, Swami Vivekananda.

Bireswar Vivekananda

1964

Agni Pariksha poster
10.0

Love story of Tapasi and Kiriti in the backdrop of social and cultural conflict regarding marriages and progressiveness.

Agni Pariksha

1954

Chupi Chupi Aashey poster
8.5

A woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer headed for it? Who is next victim? All the boarders, including owners are under false name. Why? A policeman arrives, will he be able to stop?

Chupi Chupi Aashey

1960

Manmoyee Girls' School poster
7.0

Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, a zamindar looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. They apply for and get the job. The two are not actually married; they posed as a couple to obtain the job. After a series of complications and delicate situations, love blooms between the two and they marry.

Manmoyee Girls' School

1958

Abhoyer Biye poster
8.0

When Abhoy gets engaged to Sabitri she starts to ridicule him as he is old fashioned and socially awkward. Will situations change for Abhoy?

Abhoyer Biye

1957

Mahashweta poster
9.0

The widower land-lord fixes his wayward step-brother's alliance with priest's daughter. Groom disappears on wedding day, and he is forced to marry her. The brother comes back and when the elder brother dies, tries to dispossess the widow.

Mahashweta

1967

Debatra poster
NR

A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Haridas Bhattacharya.

Debatra

1955

Sagarika poster
6.5

A medical student falls in love with a junior but he becomes blind because of an accident, which threatens his entire life.

Sagarika

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

Palatak poster
6.8

A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.

Palatak

1963

Chandranath poster
8.0

Feeling lonely after his father's death, Chandranath meets and falls in love with a poor widow's daughter during his travels. Later, secrets from her past come to haunt him.

Chandranath

1957

The Philosopher's Stone poster
6.8

A middle-aged bank clerk happens on a stone with alchemical properties, allowing him to turn steel into gold.

The Philosopher's Stone

1958

Garmil poster
9.0

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.

Garmil

1942

Grihapravesh poster
7.0

A 1954 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Ajoy Kar, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Mahanayika Suchitra Sen.

Grihapravesh

1954

Arogya Niketan poster
10.0

Pradyut Sen is an allopathic doctor who moves to Nabagram to run his practice. However, as the village already has an ayurvedic doctor, Jibon Sen, Pradyut develops a dislike for him.

Arogya Niketan

1967

Shudhu Ekti Bachhar poster
10.0

Shudhu Ekti Bachhar is a romantic comedy that is based on a comical situation which finds the female protagonist having to marry a complete stranger according to her father's will. The stranger she is to be married is a funny boy whom she is at cross ends with. The story goes on with this baseline, that they agree to stay married for a year and the comedy rolls on there forth. There are many quarrels, misunderstandings and childlike fights, which all add to the comical content of the movie. All characters add life to the story with hilarious punch-lines and comical episodes. And in the end the two main leads falling in love with each other and living happily ever after.

Shudhu Ekti Bachhar

1966