Top 10 Bengali Films About Freedom Fighters

Bengali films have been portraying several stories via their art. The struggles of the freedom fighters have been known to us through the history books. Bengals’ contribution towards freeing our country from the Britisher’s rule has been notable. Here is the list of Bengali films about the freedom fighters.

1. Binoy Badal Dinesh

The film 8/12 Binoy Badal Dinesh is about the lives of Benoy Krishna Basu, Sudhir Gupta, and Dinesh Chandra Gupta. The story is based on the famous revolutionary Binoy, Badal, and Dinesh. They, on December 8, 1930, get into the Writers' Building to kill brutal British officer Colonel Simpson. They move out to terrorise the British administration. The film shows how the three boys are trained. They leave their personal lives to save our country.

2. Subarnarekha

The film Subarnarekha is about the Hindu immigrant Ishwar Chakraborty. They relocate to West Bengal to start a new life. They find a low-caste woman and her son Abhiram. They have been sent to Jhargram for study. Ishwar works as a manager and a writer. But he also falls for Sita. They are staying in Calcutta. Then Abhiram becomes a bus driver. Ishwar changes into a broken man and finds Binu. He is Sita's son. He was working as a manager. But because of his honesty and legal troubles, he is fired. The film ends with the two approaching the quarter along the Subarnarekha River after he finds Binu.

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The film Meghe Dhaka Tara is about Nita. She is an East Pakistani girl. She lives with her family on the outskirts of Calcutta. She is selfless. She is unable to work because of her father's accident. Now her older brother Shankar is sure that he should be good at his singing before he can earn any money. Personal incidents occur in Nita's life, such as her lover Sanat leaving her for Geeta and her younger brother getting hurt. Then she develops tuberculosis. The only person who cares about her is her brother. He is not there because he went out to make his career. He is a singer now. She shouts out in pain at the end of the story. She falls into her brother's arms and says, "Brother, I want to survive."

4. Chinnamul

The film Chinnamul is based on a true story by Swarnakamal Bhattacharya. It shows the physical suffering and hardship of Bengal's partition. Also, it shows the problems of the arrival of East Pakistani refugees into West Bengal in India. The story starts in an East Bengali village where Muslims and Hindus live together. Husband and wife, Govinda and Sumati, are forced to flee their village. They become exiles. Together with the millions of other migrants living in the big city, they suffer extreme pain. Now they are forced to live in temporary shelters near the Sealdah train station.

5. Chittagong

The film Chittagong is a story showing British colonial India in the 1930s. It is about a group of young men and women who fought against the Empire under the leadership of a schoolteacher named Masterda Surya Sen. The Bengal police are chasing a fourteen-year-old boy Jhunku. He hides in a bunker with his childhood friend Aparna. He struggles between his favor for Wilkinson. He has an interest in Masterda. Jhunku leaves his friends. He joins Masterda's army. Other people on that team, Ganesh Ghosh and Lokenath Baul's revolutionary forces, forcefully take control of the police weapons. Masterda and his group plan to take Chittagong. They spread to neighboring villages. Then Jhunku is caught. He is given a life sentence. He prepares to strike government godowns. He joins Aparna in revolts. The Tebagha Uprising of 1945 shows the end of British rule in India.

6. Devi Chowdhurani

The film Devi Chowdhurani is about the life of a female dacoit. Due to a fight between him and her mother, Prafulla's father-in-law, Haraballabh, avoids her. She runs away in search of her unknown in-laws. She receives motherly treatment. She is adopted by Bhavani Thakur. He educates her in a variety of subjects. He turns her into the leader of the dacoits. Devi Chaudhurani now came to be known as the Bengali Robinhood. She steals from the wealthy and gives to those in need. She secures her husband and father-in-law. Everyone thanks her intelligence, preparation, and leadership. She wins.

7. Mahabiplabi Aurobindo

The film Mahabiplabi Aurobindo is about the Bengali youngster Arabinda Ghosh. He joined the Baroda estate after finishing school abroad. He helped with the Armed Revolution. He has a strong attraction to Bengal. C R Das is a well-known attorney. He helped Arabinda Ghosh even though he had his conviction in the Alipore Bomb Case. He fought the British for a long time. He finally won in the case. Arabinda Ghosh came back to his religion and philosophy. Now he developed a deep love for God.

8. Gumnaami

The film Gumnaami is about the idea of Subhas Chandra Bose's death. It is based on the Mukherjee Commission proceedings. It is about Subhas when he leaves the Indian National Congress. He travels the world to search for allies. To know the truth and open the mystery, a journalist Chandrachur Dhar, who is angry about his wife's divorce, creates a group. According to Dhar, Bose made up his own death in 1945. Also, there was no plane disaster, according to him. He died in 1985, according to the commission's results. But the government will not believe the findings. Dhar destroys his ideas and artwork while being forced to continue fighting by his ex-wife.

9. Komal Gandhar

The film Komal Gandhar is about Rabindranath Tagore's poetry. It shows as the inspiration for the movie's title, E- flat. The music is essential because Rithwik Ghatak's different style shows topics about the partition of Bengal, idealism, corruption, the relationship between the arts and the world of work, and class conflict during that time. As the main character, Vrigu and Anusua, they are lovers. They are reunited. The film shows their life during colonial rule.

10. Sabyasachi

The film Sabyasachi is about a man named Sabyasachi. He is a rebel from Bengal. He found Pather Dabi. It is a secret organization opposite to British control. He is the main character of the story. Sabyasachi is wise, intelligent, and dedicated to his company. He meets Rose at a brothel. He motivates her to take up the case for freedom. Rose changes into Sumitra. Then Sabyasachi organized an armed force. Bengali couple Apuraba and Bharati are also inspired by Sabyasachi. Sabyasachi, on the other hand, is betrayed. This happens in exchange for leadership, love, and power. Many twists and turns take place.