Top 10 Bengali Films Where Durga Puja Is Shown

Bengali films have been portraying several stories. Within the plot, Durga puja is shown. Durga puja is an auspicious festival observed by Bengali families. Here is the list of Bengali films where Durga puja is conducted.

1. Durgeshgorer Guptodhon

The film Durgeshgorer Guptodhon is about an adventure. Professor Subarna Sen is a history professor. He is also known as Sonada. Abir is his younger brother. Jhinuk is Abir’s love interest. Sonada, Abir, and Jhinuk visit Sonada’s student’s ancestor’s home. It is in Durgeshgor. The ancestor was Durgagati Deb Roy. He was a zamindar. He was also a famous artist. They visit there in Durga Puja. During the puja, they come to know about a treasure. It was a gift from King Krishnachandra Roy. It was given after the Battle of Plassey. The three set out to find the treasure.

2. Asur

The film Asur is about the artist Kigan. He is an art professor. He is suspended from the college. He was found drinking alcohol. He repeats this every time. He is now fired from his job. He is happy. He is currently an independent artist. He imagines Devi Durga as a little girl who goes with him everywhere he goes. He wants to make the world’s most giant Durga idol for the puja. The puja committee agrees to work with hi9m. They advertise this. Bodhi is his friend. He is jealous of him. Adity is also his friend. She is in love with him, but he is not. During puja, there is a huge crown in Kigan’s pandal.

3. Uma

The film Uma is about a little girl Uma. She lives in Zurich, Switzerland. She is suffering from a chronic disease. She has only two months to live. She wants to see Durga Puja in Kolkata. It is her last wish. Himadri is her father. He plans to take her to Kolkata. But it was not the time of Durga Puja. But she has few days to live. So, he devises a fake Durga puja with film director Brahmananda Chakraborty. He agrees. They face many problems while doing this. But they succeed. This film is based on an actual incident in the life of Evan Leverage of St. George, Ontario, Canada.

4. Ekannoborti

The film Ekannoborti is about the lives of women. Malini Chatterjee visits her mother’s home with her daughters, Shila Chatterjee, and Pinky Chatterjee. They visit to celebrate Durga Puja. Pinky is concerned about her body. She is always fat-shamed. She is jealous of her elder sister. Shila is having problems in her relationship. Malini is also dealing with issues with her husband and their father. He is having an extra-marital affair. On the last day of Durga Puja, everyone confronts each other. The film explores the problems faced in women’s life.

5. Poran Jai Joliya Re

The film Poran Jai Joliya Re is a romantic story. Anna lives in London with her parents. They are NRI. She is in love with an English man, Harry. Her father wants her to marry an Indian boy. Her brother Sid marries an English girl without their father’s approval. Ana, with her parents’ visits India during Durga Puja. There lives a boy named Raj. He falls in love with Anna. He puts sindoor during the Durga Dashami. Now Anna is angry. She plans to pretend to agree to marry him. But when they bring him to London. She breaks up. But at last, they end up marrying each other with love.

6. 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.

7. Durga Sohay

The film Durga Sohay is about a young nurse named Durga. She visits the North Kolkata home of the Basak family to take care of an older man. The film shots in between Mahalaya and Dashami. She is a thief. She is caught by Manasi. Later she becomes a good person. Now everyone trusts her. She was sent by her husband to steal. He is a dacoit. He enters their house on the last day to steal. But the police catch them with Durga’s help.

8. Utsab

The film Utsab is about Durga Puja. Utsab means festival. Utsab film is the portrayal of the background of Bengali’s biggest festival. It is Durga Puja. Every member of the family meets. They all visit their ancestor’s homes together. The head of the house is Bhagabati. She has two sons, Asit and Nishith, and two daughters, Parul, and Keya. They have their own lives and the festival is where they can meet each other. Shishir is their relative. He is a real estate agent. He wants to buy the house. All the people in the house are not interested in the old house. Now chaos occurs during the Durga Puja.

9. Debipaksha

The film Debipaksha is about a priest Anandamohan Bhattacharya. He lives in a village with his wife, Anima Bhattacharya, and three daughters, Rebati, Haimanti, and Jayanti. These are the names of Devi Durga. He is a religious person. He follows everything that is written in the scriptures. Rebati is a widow. Haimanti lives in the same village with her lover Nikhilesh. Jayanti lives with her parents. They celebrate Durga Puja together. They face several personal life problems. Ratan is a local man. It was Durga Dashami. He harasses the three daughters. Now Haimanti kills Ratan with Devi Durga’s trident from the idol. It is a weapon.

10. Bodhon

The film Bodhon is about Shinjini. She studies in her second year of college. She gets raped one day. Raka Sen is her professor. She helps her. The film shows how one woman helps another woman in her hard times. She is in the form of Devi Durga. She can fight for her right. She gets justice. The occurrence of Durga Puja is also shown in this film.