Top 10 Bengali Films About Culture

Bengali films have been creating several genres of films. One such is highlighting the cultures of Bengal. Art, literature, sports, and many more can be witnessed in these films. It shows the richness of our culture. Here is the list of Bengali films about culture.

1. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

The film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne is about the world of music. This film is based on the characters from Sandesh Magazine, written by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. Gopinath Gyne is the son of a poor man Kanu Byne. They live in the village of Amloki. He wants to become a singer. But he is a bad singer. So, he is banished from the village. There in the forest, he meets Bagha Byne. He wants to be a drummer. He is also bdismissed from his village for the same reason. Now they meet the king of ghosts. He grants them three wishes. Now things have changed in their lives.

2. Vinci Da

The film Vinci Da is about making prosthetics. Vinci Da learned this art from his father. No one respects his true talent. On another side, Adi is a teenage boy. He is good at studies. He is interested in law. His father beats his mother. He is frustrated. Then he kills his father. He becomes mentally affected. He is sent to a mental asylum. Now when he grows up, he meets Vinci Da. With his help, he wants to demolish all crimes. He does this anyhow. Even if this takes him to lead to another crime. He is a psychopath.

3. Jaatishwar

The film Jaatishwar is about memories. Rohit Mehra is a Gujarati man. He falls in love with Mahamaya. She is Bengali. She challenges him to learn Bengali without an accent and write and sing a song in Bengali. Then she would think about their relationship. Now he is going to Portugal to study history. There he is learning Bengali from his classmate, Bodhi. Rohit plans to do his dissertation on Anthony Firingee. Hensman Anthony was a folk poet of the 19^th century. One day, he goes to the library and meets Kushal Hajra. He says that he is the second life of Anthony. Now things change in the film, and Rohit gets to learn a lot about the Bengali folk culture of Anthony.

4. Aparajito

The film Aparajito is about the life of a filmmaker. This film shows the time of the 1950s. Aparajito Ray works in a magazine company. He lives with his mother, wife, and son. He wants to expand his career. He goes abroad with his wife to learn filmmaking. He made a film named Pather Podaboli in India, inspired by a novel written by Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay. The film he made won an international award at the Cannes International Film Festival.

5. Mahalaya

The film Mahalaya is about Birendra Krishna Bhadra At a rented residence in Ahiritola, his maternal h >> Read More... . He is the reciter of Mahisasur Mardini. In 2019, the film was released. It is directed by Soumik Sen Soumik Sen is a journalist turned Indian screenwri >> Read More... and produced by Nideas Creations and Productions Pvt Ltd. The film is about the incident of 1976. The new Durga Durgatiharini, narrated by Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar was matinee idol of Bengali cinema. He >> Read More... , a program that started playing instead of the famous Mahisasuramardini program. It has been played yearly on Mahalaya on All India Radio since 1931. It was narrated by Birendra Krishna Bhadra and composed by Pankaj Mullick Pankaj Kumar Mullick, who was a pioneer of film mu >> Read More... . Subhasish Mukhopadhyay plays Bhadra in this film.

6. Cinemawala

The film Cinemawala is about a man named Pranabendu Bose. He owns a cinema hall named Kamnilini. Hari is his assistant. Due to the invention of the CD and DVD, they are at a loss. His son Prakash sells illegal CDs and DVDs. Pranabendu is a cinema addict. He believes that cinema is only for the big screen. Both father and son do not speak with each other. Prakash sells his mother Kamnilini’s jewelry to buy a home theatre. He sets this in a fair. It is hit now. Everyone likes it. Now Hari and Pranabendu are heartbroken. Hari commits suicide. Pranabendu also burns the cinema hall along with himself.

7. Open Tee Bioscope

The film Open Tee Bioscope is about football. This film shows the struggle of middle-class families and their aspirations. This film shows the time of the 1990s. East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are the two famous football clubs of West Bengal. The film highlights North Kolkata’s para’s football.

8. Rosogolla

The film Rosogolla shows the birth and discovery of the famous sweet of Bengal, Rosogolla. Nobin Chandra Das is a young man. He has a sharp mind. He is romantic at heart. The film is about a sweet-maker. Nobin’s father dies. He faces financial problems. Now he has decided to start a sweet shop. He tries to make new sweets every day. He wants to present this to his wife, Khirodmoni. She also helps him in innovating sweets. They failed many times. But together, they worked. They faced humiliation from society. Finally, a unique sweet was discovered named Rosogolla. The story is based on the 19^th century of Bengal.

9. Chitrangada The Crowning Wish

The film Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish is about a love life. Rudra Chatterjee becomes a performer of Tagore's Chitrangada as a percussionist. He did this against his father’s wish. He is in love with the choreographer. They want to adopt a child together. They face many problems from their family and society. But this is not allowed for same-sex couples. Rudra goes for surgery. He changes his gender to female. Lastly, she says, ‘Be what you wish to be.’

10. Arekti Premer Golpo

The film Arekti Premer Golpo is about the art of bisexual relationships. Abhiroop Sen makes documentary films. He comes to Kolkata with his bisexual lover, Indranil, to make a film. Chapal Bhaduri India's last and most famous female impersonat >> Read More... , known as Chapal Rani, was a famous Jatra actor. They want to make a documentary film about him. He acted as a female when real females were prohibited on the stage. Abhiroop is transgender. She faces many problems in making the film. Indranil is married to Rani. But Abhiroop and Indranil become intimate. The film shows the difficulties faced by transgender people in leading a regular life.