Acting

Jagannath Guha

Jagannath Guha (1946 – 2020) was a Kolkata-based actor, writer, director and a notable figure in Bengali cinema and theater, known for works such as Bor Bou Khela (2010), The Japanese Wife (2010), and Raahgir – The Wayfarers (2019).

Acting credits

The Japanese Wife poster
6.6

Snehmoy and Miyage are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between them. This unusual relationship comes under a cloud when a young widow, Sandhya, comes to stay with Snehmoy along with her eight-year-old son Poltu. Snehmoy and the little boy bond and the arithmetic teacher discovers the joy of palpable bonds and fatherhood. There develops an inexplicable thread of understanding with Sandhya too. But Snehmoy remained loyal to his unseen Japanese wife.

The Japanese Wife

2010

The Namesake poster
6.8

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

The Namesake

2006

Bor Bou Khela poster
6.5

Manash and Niharika fail to secure a job after repeated attempts. When they decide to pose as a couple, they find employment at Manmayee Girls School, run by a couple in a village.

Bor Bou Khela

2010

The Peacock Spring poster
7.3

Filmed in India, Rumer Godden’s story has been adapted and directed by the Jewel in the Crown team. Two English schoolgirls arrive in New Delhi, 1959. Their diplomat father has secured them a beautiful Eurasian governess. 15-year-old Una suspects an ulterior motive. But her father’s affairs take second place to her own when she has a secret affair with the Indian gardener.

The Peacock Spring

1996

Bhooter Bhabishyat poster
7.8

A young director listens to a hilariously scary story narrated by a stranger, where a group of ghosts try to save the only place they can haunt in peace.

Bhooter Bhabishyat

2012

Palatak poster
NR

A Telefilm by Kaushik Ganguly

Palatak

2005

Cholo Paltai poster
6.0

Gaurav, who is about to take the test for his board exams, is more interested in playing cricket than studying. Worried about his son's future, Subhomoy, a single parent, tries to change his mind.

Cholo Paltai

2011

Ghawre Bairey Aaj poster
6.3

Ghawre Bairey Aaj is inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's novel 'Ghawre Bairey' (Home and the World) and is a contemporary retelling of love triangle involving Tagore's characters Nikhilesh, Sandip and Bimala.

Ghawre Bairey Aaj

2019

Noukadubi poster
6.9

Months after an accident following his marriage, a husband finds that the veiled woman he brought home is not his wife.

Noukadubi

2011

A Holy Conspiracy poster
NR

A science teacher in a Christian missionary school is suspended and imprisoned as he refuses to teach the Bible’s Genesis before Darwinian Evolution. As two stalwarts, Reverend Basanta Kumar Chatterjee and Anton De Souza, face each other in court for the trial, a Hindu fundamentalist politician uses the issue for his gain

A Holy Conspiracy

2022

Mahaan poster
NR

Ajit, a driver, decides to take care of Chandu after an accident changes his perspective of life. He gives up everything in order to devote his time to Chandu's upbringing.

Mahaan

1996

Footsteps poster
NR

At the end, the only love which lasts is the love that has accepted everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire as deep as the simple desire for companionship." Inspired by this Graham Greene quote, "Podokkhep" is the story of an unusual bond between a retired man and a 5-year-old girl where he rediscovers life in his twilight years through this friendship.

Footsteps

2006

Ghar Sansar poster
NR

The story of an honest cop Haribhai Haldar and his family consisting of two brothers Joy and Debu. Hari bhai, a modern demi god, has spent his life to bring up his younger brother and his sister Renu.

Ghar Sansar

1993

Nishimrigaya poster
8.0

A thrilling tale of crime and deception as Mr. Gonzales' criminal empire faces collapse, entwined with the mysterious Number Three's dangerous game of love and betrayal.

Nishimrigaya

1975

Behind the camera