Mamata Shankar

‘Pinjar’ is an evocative meditation on captivity—of bodies, of spirits, of choices—unfolding through the entangled lives of five individuals and a wild bird.

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A lonely, retired police officer decides to travel. In his quest, he meets a lady, and they both search for life and love in their late 60s. They relive moments gone by, seeking to finally find their "Happily Ever After." Will they manage to do so?

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The film follows Mrinal Sen in his early days around the time of India’s independence, where he is a struggling idealist with an all-consuming hunger for cinema but unable to feed himself or his young wife, to 1950s Calcutta, where (alongside Satyajit Ray) he helped start the Indian New Wave cinema movement.

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Amid the celebratory atmosphere of Durga Puja, after an unexpected tragedy, Alokananda, strives to maintain the illusion of happiness. As Aloka confronts the self-centeredness within their relationships, a poignant journey unfolds.

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Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to his principles to save his integrity and loved ones?

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Kaushik Ganguly will bring the story of dismissal in his new film ‘Palan’ in the context of 2022. The characters of Kharij will remain the same, the names will not change. The story will change a bit to keep pace with the context of this era.

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A political journalist associated with a leading mews channel found an interesting story in a woman who rose from an ordinary housewife to a notorious lady mafia gang leader in the 80s Shibpur who dominated the area for long time but went missing in late 90s and was never found.

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A retired 65-year-old widower lives alone as his wedding planner son runs a busy business, and he's determined to see his son get married.

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After losing his parents at a very tender age, Bhotbhoti was raised in a ghetto close to the Ganges by his 'daadi' (grandmother) who too has passed away. Daadi was a great story-teller and Bhotbhotis favourite story was the one about mermaids and their world that exists, or rather flourishes underwater. Bhotbhoti's belief was further strenthened when he found out, not in the distant past, a story (movie) on mermaids that floats on the televison screen, called The Mermaid Princess. His most prized possession, the dvd of the film stays in his little trunk under his chowki (bed) until he takes it out every night and puts it into his battered but not run-down collected and repaired dvd player which brings to him his Ariel (the name of the mermaid in the film). The Ganges calls out to him and while his friends (group members) are sloshed, he dives into the waters to look for his mermaid queen, but she is ever-elusive.

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Anirban is a professor who lives in Delhi with his wife Tanu and daughter Zinia. He is transferred to a lonely town named Kasauli. They enjoy a lot in the new city but their neighbors are mysterious. One day, their daughter Zinia goes missing during an excursion. Anirban and Tanu enquire and come to know that Zinia's friends didn't even accompany her.

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Sheser Golpo is an Indian Bengali romantic drama film directed by Jiit Chakraborty. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee as 'Amit Ray' and Mamata Shankar as 'Labanya', in the lead roles.

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The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.

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A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.

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A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.

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A world-renowned chef returns to his roots through a bowl of fish curry, the quintessential Bengali delicacy.

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Two strangers, both suffering from immense emotional distress arising out of life's tragedies, wanting to commit suicide, meet on a Bridge over the Ganges. For both, the meeting initially brings great challenges but eventually 'healing' at physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels

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Kolkata police detective Aniket Sanyal (Kharaj) guess on a holiday to Kasuli in Himachal Pradesh after his wife's death, only to be sought out to solve the mystery behind the well-planned murder of another tourist.

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Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.

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A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.

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A Bengali language rock musical.

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Marital strife follows when an aging filmmaker meets an actress who bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife in her younger days.

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It is a film of the childhood tragedic story of three siblings, wher their father lost his job and his family people killed him. The childhood life of those people was in the ancient Darjeeling during the british rule. One of the sibling was recalling the whole past and was writing about that after the independence of Inida. he then went to meet his siblings in distance places, but found them in much much more traumatising and proverty situations, but could not help them.

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The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their places of origin. It seeks to explore sensitive souls singing to the tunes of Tagore.

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Manosi (Mamata Shankar) devotes her life to taking care of her family. When her son (Jisshu U Sengupta) grows up he doesn't respect her, but she continues to adore him. Her life takes an unexpected turn after her husband dies.

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Subhankar Sen, the teacher of St. Peter's school fell for Medha, but never admitted it before her. Medha loved him but waited for his recognition. But unfortunately that came only after he got married to Preeti and decided to transfer to Kolkata.

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After 23 years of marriage, a woman is bored with her mundane existence. Based on her friend’s suggestion, she decides to try a career in writing, but her family is against it.

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Family tension runs high when four grown siblings reunite at their elderly mother’s home. When the mother reveals that she might sell off the estate, the announcement stirs up painful memories and uncovers a long-buried secret.

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One night, the newlywed Romita is molested by five men until Jhinuk, a teacher, helps save her. But even after the incident ends, the two women are faced with several hurdles.

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Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.

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Nayantara, once a celebrated theatre artiste, faces a drastic turn in her life as her husband succumbs to vices, leaving her to bear the financial burden. Despite her hardships, Nayantara becomes the sole provider for her son Kumar, who later struggles with his electronics shop.

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During 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.

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'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.

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A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.

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When 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.

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Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.

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