
Acting
Lily Chakravarty
Born
1941-08-08 (85)
Place of birth
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Lily Chakraborty is mainly a Bengali actress who has earned accolades for her natural way of acting skill and has acted in many Bollywood films also.In large number of films she portrayed character roles but has acted as heroine in several pictures as well.She has acted as heroine of one Malayalam film 'Priya' in 1970.She has acted in Bhojpuri films,Assamese films etc also. She used to act in stage plays and in TV serials. Lily Chakraborty was born on August 8, 1941 in Dhaka and her Father's name was Kesab Chandra Chakraborty and Mother was Dipti Chakraborty.Her debut film was as a supporting actress in the film " Bhanu Pelo Lottery' in 1958.She then used to appear continuously in Bengali f…
Known for
NRThe story of a jolly little ghost.
Bhootu
2016
7.3Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Chupke Chupke
1975
4.3Forbidden love is a Hindi romantic thriller short film starring Ali Fazal, Patralekhaa, and Omkar Kapoor. Unable to come out of the closet to his parents, Neel gets married to his partner Dev's sister, Keya. Will Neel succeed in living a dual life, or will his truth destroy everyone involved?
Forbidden Love
2020
NRAlokparna and Srijan have an arranged marriage. Despite being complete opposites, they fall in love amidst the bitter-sweet surprises life throws at them.
Neem Phooler Madhu
2022
7.2When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
The Branches of the Tree
1990
7.7A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
Chokher Bali
2003
Film credits
2020s · 10 titles
7.0Set against the backdrop of an unexpected wedding invitation, a chance reunion after two years of estrangement forces two women to confront their deeply entangled, hidden past. As their unresolved history resurfaces in the shadows of the Chatterjee household, an unsuspecting husband finds himself increasingly caught in a web of unspoken anxieties.
Aajo Ardhangini
2026
9.0Abyakto is a poignant tale of a mother and son. The story encapsulates the unusual journey of Indra from his childhood and adolescence to adulthood. A series of unexplained events turn him into a man he never ought to be.
Abyakto
2020
5.5Krishanu ‘Tintin’ Chatterjee (Dev), an aspiring graphic novelist, meets Rohini Sen (Rukmini Maitra), a rich, progressive girl, at a college in the hills and the duo fall in love. They are all set to get married when their parents’ past returns to mess things up.
Kishmish
2022
5.5Swarnaja (Koel Mallick) is a hard-working do-gooder radio jockey with the rarest blood group in the world, Rh null blood group. She has been brought up by her grandmother. Her four year old son Pawrag is kidnapped by Shammo, an imposter.
Rawkto Rawhoshyo
2020
6.0Mishti, a housewife, is constantly ignored by her husband and children. And Cheeni is full of life and has big dreams. When the path between Mishti and Cheeni collides, they embark on a journey of self-discovery together.
Cheeni 2
2023
7.0Parna's crisis-ridden family has an unexpected guest who is her stay-at-home husband Raktim's confidante, Prosen Mitra. Will Prosen usher in happiness, or will the middle-class couple descend into further chaos?
Ajogyo
2024
NRGunjan, Sindur and Ashalata are three women from three different generations, who are all struggling to set themselves free from social compulsions. Tumi O Tumi revolves around the conflict between the inner and outer selves of these women, redefining the meaning of women empowerment in the process.
Tumi O Tumi
2020
NRan anthology of three stories based in different eras - the first story is set in the 1940s where a freedom fighter ends up taking refuge at a woman's place after being chased by the cops. The second story is about three childhood friends who have lost touch and reunite after many years. The third story is about a young village boy who comes to the city to pursue his dream and doesn't care for his old parents.
Sedin Kuyasha Chilo
2024
8.0After Suman suffers an accident, the two women in his life - Meghna, the wife, and Shubhra, the ex-wife - are compelled to meet each other. Ardhangini revolves around the awkward emotional duel between the two wives - past and present - in a time of personal crisis.
Ardhangini
2023
4.0Manik Babu, a respected Ex-Army officer, with his wife Dipa sojourns in a conurbation near Kolkata. His son along with his daughter-in-law and grandson have settled abroad. So he develops a bond with his childhood friend Sen Babu's grandson, Tatai. When a circus team emanates in their area, Tatai falls in love with the grandeur of the circus, especially the circus horse. But can Manikababu ultimately fulfill Tatai's dream?
Circus Er Ghora
2022
2010s · 7 titles
6.0As an elderly couple prepare to celebrate their 50th anniversary, their family begins to gather at their once magnificent mansion. Relatives, both young and old, reminisce about the family's history, bringing long-buried secrets to the surface.
Basu Paribaar
2019
7.4This film to be a family drama based on the theme of parenting. The film revolves around the upbringing of a young boy by his grandparents and his working parents and also deals with the legal fight over parenting as the plot unfolds. His grandpa wins.
Posto
2017
6.8Prof. Subarna Sen along with Abir and Jhinuk, visits his student's ancestral mansion in Durgeshgor. Once there, the trio comes across a vital clue that could lead them to one of the greatest treasures in Bengal's history.
Durgeshgorer Guptodhon
2019
7.8In August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 women.
Rajkahini
2015
5.9A group of tourists try to survive after their bus meets with a terrible accident, falling off a cliff into an abyss.
Khaad
2014
7.0Sulekha, a lonely elderly woman, misses her son who lives in a different country but finds comfort in the company of her caretakers.
Sanjhbati
2019
NR'Hera Pheri' is the story of a con man Ronnie and a con woman Bonny who cheat people for money. But it's gradually revealed that Bonny wants money to build a mental asylum where mentally unstable people like her mother can be treated. On a fateful night years back criminal named Bhagare Shashthi attacked Bata Krishna's jewelry shop and on their way back they had killed Bonny's father and charged young Ronnie of the murder. After the truth is revealed Bonny and Ronnie start working together for money. One day Bata Krishna receives a ransom call from Sashti meant for Haladhar Manna. Signal, Ronnie's aide decides to pose as kidnappers and call Manna. They demand double the amount demanded by kidnappers. After a lot of complications the child is rescued, Ronnie gets the money and Sashti gets killed.
Hera Pheri
2016
2000s · 4 titles
7.7A young woman is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies. Based on the novel by Rabindranath Tagore.
Chokher Bali
2003
6.9Based on Nabarun Bhattacharyas novel of the same name which won the highest literary prize in India in 1997, Suman Mukhopadhyays debut feature Herbert is a deeply moving and artistically accomplished motion picture full of profound laughter, pathos, and humanity.
Herbert
2005
NRNRI Jayanta Dutta makes his return home to Calcutta, only to soon discover that he must fight tooth and nail in order to save his ancestral estate from being seized by a ring of land sharks.
Pitribhumi
2007
NRAfter leaving her family, Teesta seeks solace at the hills and greenery of Kalimpong.
Teesta
2005
1990s · 11 titles
7.2When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
The Branches of the Tree
1990
7.0During the 1960s Naxalite movement in Calcutta, an Economics professor sympathetic to the movement is arrested, tortured, and imprisoned for ten years. Upon his release, he returns to a transformed city, only to discover that the traumas of the past continue to haunt him.
Sunya Theke Suru
1993
NRBiswajit is a renowned barrister. He has two younger brothers, named Indrajit and Abhisek. He along with his two younger brothers creates a very happy family. Indrajit joins the police force by the recommendation of MLA Suprakash Sanyal. Indrajit is a honest, sincere and brave police officer, on the other hand Abhisek slowly enters into a wrong path. Indrajit does not concentrate properly in family. So he has some conflicts and differences with his wife. At this juncture a rape case investigation is handed over to him. A member of the Sanyal's gang named Raja has done that crime. So Indrajit arrested him and placed the file before court. When the trial is almost at the end of its proceedings, then Sanyal's men kidnapped Indrajit's son. Release of Raja is their only demand and they convey it to Indrajit. On the other hand Sanyal's daughter Rupa loves Abhisek. So she helps Indrajit. After refusing the demand of Sanyal, Indrajit defeats all evil forces and reveals Sanyal in front of ...
Indrajit
1992
10.0After her husband passes away at a regressive Shyambazar household, progressive Bandana falls in love with her son's painting mentor, Sudipto Sorcar. However, due to Titli Chatterjee's mother's objection, Bandana gives up on her love and starts living at the orphanage.
Shet Patharer Thala
1992
6.5Sen Gupta, a doctor who only treats upper-class patients, is forced to confront his own moral and medical beliefs as he discovers rural India during an unexpected stop at a village. He finds a breathless man lying on the side of the road. With little sympathy, the doctor sends him back to his own village for treatment. When Dr. Gupta discovers that the villages want a witch doctor to treat the man, he attends the exorcism and is shocked. A transformation of the cold city man then follows.
Uttoran
1994
NRSantu is murdered in the hands of a corrupt minister's drug-peddling son when he protests against the sale of drugs on the college campus. As the law enforcers turn a deaf ear to Raja's pleas, he decides to avenge his brother's death.
Ranokhetro
1998
NRSabitri, who is married to Nanda, is exploited daily by her mother-in-law. Seeing this, her uncle decides to help her overcome her problems.
Lovely Wife
1999
NRA series of murders in a forest compels the owner to file a complaint with the police. The authorities investigate the killings in order to apprehend the perpetrator and uncover their motive.
Mayabini
1992
NRAnanda loses his father as a young boy. He is forced to quit his studies and to take care of his entire family and struggles a lot while doing so. This story marks his sufferings and struggles.
Sansar Sangram
1995
Priyo and Urmy are lovers who get separated due to the twisted ways of fate. Years later, when they meet each other, Priyo decides to help Urmy as she leads a troubled married life.
Mon Mayuree
1990
Raju, an honest officer, tries to eradicate corruption from the town. However, he faces many obstacles and even loses his wife in the process.
Danga
1994
1980s · 9 titles
6.8Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappears from their lives. Each member of the family reviews her final hours and days with him to try and discover what, if anything led to his disappearance.
Ek Din Achanak
1989
NRThe film documents one of the largest Indian religious fairs, the Kumbh Mela, which is held at the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The action is seen through the eyes of Shubhendu Chatterjee who has come to the Mela not out of any religious sentiment but to see and understand people and seek the reason why “….multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining.” (Mark Twain after visiting the 1895 Mela)
Quest for the Pitcher of Nectar
1982
NRA 1985 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Ajit Gangopadhyay.
Tagari
1985
7.0Despite being married, king Rajshekhar Ray falls in love with sexy dancer Aparna, who loves Raghubir. However, things take a turn when he kills Raghubir.
Kalankini Kankabati
1981
NRA 1982 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Bijoy Bose.
Matir Swarga
1982
7.0Gauri, an average girl from a village, falls in love with a wealthy man from the city, Samir. The unusual couple go through a series of turmoil after Samir goes abroad to study law.
Protidan
1983
NRHaji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
Vasundhara
1986
NRSwarna Mahal is the tale of power, deceit, betrayal and murder. Swarna Mahal is the ancestral palace of the Singharoy family. It's the family's tradition that the eldest in the family will get the throne and inherit the property. The eldest son of the family Birendra is a bachelor and an alcohol addict. The second son Jitendra had married a priest's daughter but she and her son Saibal were never accepted by the family. Taking advantage of this situation the youngest Bihupendra plans to usurp the property. But, his plans get disturbed when Jitendra marries Semontini who forces them to accept Saibal into the family. Bhupendra kills Jitendra and instigates Saibal to kill Birendra. Saibal is jailed for murdering Birendra. Bhupendra conspires to kill Semontini too. But, Satindra, Bhupendra's lawyer son ruins all his plans and reveals his truth before the court. Bhupendra is given life imprisonment. The mother and the son are united.
Swarna Mahal
1982
9.0A landlord develops feelings for Kunda but is unable to marry her since he is married to Suryamukhi. Eventually, Kunda marries Suryamukhi's brother, who turns out to be an alcoholic.
Bisha Briksha
1984
1970s · 12 titles
7.3Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Chupke Chupke
1975
10.0Fuleshwari, a beautiful young woman, falls in love with Brindaban, a simpleton who arrives in her village. She plans to marry him but is hesitant when she learns that he is involved in a crime.
Fuleswari
1974
7.2A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
The Middleman
1976
4.0Dr. Chaudhary must perform multiple surgeries on Major Ranjeet Khanna, who was shot by the Police while trying to escape from custody after killing his wife, Pushpa, and her lover, Prakash. Chances of Ranjeet's recovery are very slim, if he does recover, he could end up mentally unstable or paralyzed. In the event he does recover, the medical staff's efforts would be in vain as he has already been found guilty and sentenced to be hanged.
Achanak
1973
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
8.0Raja Roychowdhury and his nephew Santu travel to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to solve the mystery behind the continuous disappearance of researchers at a remote island inhabited only by a primitive tribe.
Sabuj Dwiper Raja
1979
7.5Haridas Choudhury, a wealthy and honest shoe company owner, faces a moral dilemma when his Chauffeur's son (Bansi) is mistakenly kidnapped instead of his son. Inspector Amar is assigned to the case and while the search for Bansi is on-going Haridas is losing control of his company.
Inkaar
1977
NRBhola Moira, a singer from rural Bengal, wins a musical contest. However, when a special person from his past resurfaces, he is left disturbed.
Bhola Moira
1977
NRJanani is the struggle that a widow goes through to bring up her three children after the sudden death of her husband.
Janani
1971
10.0Story of Anuradha who is an alcoholic
Ujala Hi Ujala
1974
9.0Directed by Gurudas Bagchi in 1972.
Chhanda Patan
1972
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Priya
1970
1960s · 5 titles
10.0Set in 1941, the film delves into the complexities of rural life in Bengal. It sheds light on the oppressive Zamindari system, a social structure that perpetuates inequality and suffering. By exploring the lives of individuals caught within this system, the film offers a poignant commentary on the changing social dynamics and the growing discontent that would ultimately lead to significant transformations.
Hansuli Banker Upakatha
1962
9.0Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon receiving a letter, Dibyendu leaves Bipasha before the ceremony to locate his birth parents.
Bipasha
1962
7.0Subrata joins his father's business that he quits due to ideological differences. What awaits his fate now?
Kanch Kata Hire
1965
8.5The son of a wealthy industrialist aspires to be a singer against the wishes of his father.
Deya Neya
1963
NRBiltu and Dolly are in love with each other, but Dolly's orthodox uncle disapproves of their relationship. However, when her uncle decides to get her married to his friend's son, she pretends to be ill. After listening to this news, Biltu seeks for help from his friends. One of them eventually enters the house as a nurse (with false name Priyangbada, played by Bhanu Bandyopadhyay) to take care of Dolly and another friend is appointed as the house guard. Meanwhile, Dolly's uncle proposes Miss Priyangbada. After have some hilarious incidents, Biltu weds Dolly and lives happily together.
Miss Priyangbada
1967
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
NRThe story of a jolly little ghost.
Bhootu
2016
4.3Forbidden love is a Hindi romantic thriller short film starring Ali Fazal, Patralekhaa, and Omkar Kapoor. Unable to come out of the closet to his parents, Neel gets married to his partner Dev's sister, Keya. Will Neel succeed in living a dual life, or will his truth destroy everyone involved?
Forbidden Love
2020
NRAlokparna and Srijan have an arranged marriage. Despite being complete opposites, they fall in love amidst the bitter-sweet surprises life throws at them.
Neem Phooler Madhu
2022


