Arun Guha Tharkurta

Arun Guhatharkurta was an actor and assistant director, known for Red Door (1997), Shabdo (2012) and Laptop (2012). He died on July 6, 2020 in Kolkata, India.

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Just Another Love Story (2010)

Delhi-based trans documentary filmmaker, Abhiroop Sen, wants to make a documentary film on the life of famous jatra thespian, Chapal Bhaduri. But in doing so Sen recognises that their life resembles Chapal's life. 'Just Another Love Story' revolves around the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Rituparno Ghosh  •  Chapal Bhaduri  •  Jisshu Sengupta  •  Indraneil Sengupta

Delhi-based trans documentary filmmaker, Abhiroop Sen, wants to make a documentary film on the life of famous jatra thespian, Chapal Bhaduri. But in doing so Sen recognises that their life resembles Chapal's life. 'Just Another Love Story' revolves around the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Rituparno Ghosh  •  Chapal Bhaduri  •  Jisshu Sengupta  •  Indraneil Sengupta

Moner Manush (2010)

The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Priyanshu Chatterjee  •  Mir Naufel Jisan  •  Paoli Dam

The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Priyanshu Chatterjee  •  Mir Naufel Jisan  •  Paoli Dam

Kaalbela (2009)

Animesh Mitra is simpleton who arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaiguri, during hostile times (1967), to study at the Scottish Church College. He is scheduled to take refuge at the residence of his father’s friend Mr. Debabrata, but he accidentally gets shot in the limb ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Papri Ghosh  •  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Paoli Dam  •  Soumitra Chatterjee

Animesh Mitra is simpleton who arrives at Calcutta from Jalpaiguri, during hostile times (1967), to study at the Scottish Church College. He is scheduled to take refuge at the residence of his father’s friend Mr. Debabrata, but he accidentally gets shot in the limb ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goutam Ghose
CAST:  Papri Ghosh  •  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Paoli Dam  •  Soumitra Chatterjee

Tolly Lights (2008)

Tolly Lights is a 2008 Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by Arjun Chakraborty, starring Sreelekha Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee, Priyadarshini Chatterjee and Arjun Chakraborty in lead roles. The Film is based on the novel "Rangeen Prithibi" by Suchitra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arjun Chakraborty
CAST:  Arindol Bagchi  •  Kamalika Banerjee  •  Haradhan Basu  •  Uma Basu

Tolly Lights is a 2008 Bengali-language Indian feature film directed by Arjun Chakraborty, starring Sreelekha Mitra, Abhishek Chatterjee, Priyadarshini Chatterjee and Arjun Chakraborty in lead roles. The Film is based on the novel "Rangeen Prithibi" by Suchitra ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arjun Chakraborty
CAST:  Arindol Bagchi  •  Kamalika Banerjee  •  Haradhan Basu  •  Uma Basu

C/O Sir (2013)

Jayabrata Ray, a teacher of a reputed school in Kurseong, finds himself in a helpless situation after losing his eyesight. Although the school authorities allow him to continue with his job for a while, but all hell breaks loose when he starts getting threat calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Dhiru Banerjee  •  Sabyasachi Chakraborty  •  Sudipta Chakraborty  •  Saswata Chatterjee

Jayabrata Ray, a teacher of a reputed school in Kurseong, finds himself in a helpless situation after losing his eyesight. Although the school authorities allow him to continue with his job for a while, but all hell breaks loose when he starts getting threat calls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Dhiru Banerjee  •  Sabyasachi Chakraborty  •  Sudipta Chakraborty  •  Saswata Chatterjee

Sound (2013)

The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Raima Sen  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Srijit Mukherji

The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Raima Sen  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Srijit Mukherji

Cinemawala (2016)

An old film exhibitor struggles to keep his cinema from being demolished. Meanwhile, his relationship with his immoral son deteriorates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Paran Banerjee  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta  •  Lama Halder

An old film exhibitor struggles to keep his cinema from being demolished. Meanwhile, his relationship with his immoral son deteriorates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Parambrata Chatterjee  •  Paran Banerjee  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta  •  Lama Halder

Bisorjon (2017)

A young mother refusing to go see Durga bishorjon with her son. Bishorjon takes place with immense celebrations as the two Bengals drown their Durga idols in the river Ichamati separating them. The young lady remembers one such day after bishorjon in her past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Abir Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Lama Halder

A young mother refusing to go see Durga bishorjon with her son. Bishorjon takes place with immense celebrations as the two Bengals drown their Durga idols in the river Ichamati separating them. The young lady remembers one such day after bishorjon in her past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Abir Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Lama Halder

Cholai (2016)

Cholai is a black comedy based on the 2011 hooch fatalities in Bengal, India. Country liquor, commonly known as 'Cholai' is a flourishing business in rural Bengal It is cheap and highly addictive. A sudden turn of events is triggered when a batch of Cholai gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arun Roy
CAST:  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Kharaj Mukherjee  •  Sandeep Ghosh  •  Sumit Samaddar

Cholai is a black comedy based on the 2011 hooch fatalities in Bengal, India. Country liquor, commonly known as 'Cholai' is a flourishing business in rural Bengal It is cheap and highly addictive. A sudden turn of events is triggered when a batch of Cholai gets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arun Roy
CAST:  Saswata Chatterjee  •  Kharaj Mukherjee  •  Sandeep Ghosh  •  Sumit Samaddar

Chotoder Chobi (2015)

Focusing on the predicaments of those born with genetic defect causing dwarfism, the film is the love story between Khoka and Soma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Debalina Roy  •  Dulal Sarkar  •  Pradip Roy  •  Nirmal Majumdar

Focusing on the predicaments of those born with genetic defect causing dwarfism, the film is the love story between Khoka and Soma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Debalina Roy  •  Dulal Sarkar  •  Pradip Roy  •  Nirmal Majumdar

Shubho Sharadiya (2018)

Shubho and Sharodiya live on the opposite ends of the same neighbourhood in North Kolkata. Sharodiya’s family is eager to get her married. Her folks keep coming up with options of new suitors every day. Sharodiya though has been successfully revolting against this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rajdeep Ghosh
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Raima Sen  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Shubho and Sharodiya live on the opposite ends of the same neighbourhood in North Kolkata. Sharodiya’s family is eager to get her married. Her folks keep coming up with options of new suitors every day. Sharodiya though has been successfully revolting against this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rajdeep Ghosh
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Raima Sen  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

The Eunuch and the Flute Player (2019)

Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a flautist in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Riddhi Sen  •  Bidipta Chakraborty  •  Sujan Mukherjee

Parimal is a woman trapped in a man’s body who runs away from home and joins a ghetto of eunuchs as Puti and sings at traffic signals to earn money. There she falls in love with Madhu, a delivery boy with a Chinese restaurant who moonlights as a flautist in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Riddhi Sen  •  Bidipta Chakraborty  •  Sujan Mukherjee

Jyeshthoputro (2019)

A popular movie star, the eldest son of his parents, returns to his ancestral village for his father's funeral, only to unearth long-hidden complexities within his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Sudipta Chakraborty  •  Gargee RoyChowdhury

A popular movie star, the eldest son of his parents, returns to his ancestral village for his father's funeral, only to unearth long-hidden complexities within his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Ritwick Chakraborty  •  Sudipta Chakraborty  •  Gargee RoyChowdhury

Bijoya (2019)

Bijoya' is the sequel to Kaushik Ganguly National award-winning film 'Bishorjon'. Padma is now married to Ganesh Mondal. An emergency situation brings Padma and Ganesh Mondal to Kolkata where she meets Nasir Ali once again. What will she do now? How does her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Abir Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Bijoya' is the sequel to Kaushik Ganguly National award-winning film 'Bishorjon'. Padma is now married to Ganesh Mondal. An emergency situation brings Padma and Ganesh Mondal to Kolkata where she meets Nasir Ali once again. What will she do now? How does her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Abir Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Laptop (2012)

The story revolves around a stolen Laptop which becomes a witness of the lives of those who own it from time-to-time, connecting all of them in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Aparajita Adhya  •  Anjana Basu  •  Rahul Bose  •  Gaurav Chakrabarty

The story revolves around a stolen Laptop which becomes a witness of the lives of those who own it from time-to-time, connecting all of them in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Aparajita Adhya  •  Anjana Basu  •  Rahul Bose  •  Gaurav Chakrabarty

Ardhangini (2023)

After 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Lily Chakravarty  •  Kaushik Sen

After 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Jaya Ahsan  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Lily Chakravarty  •  Kaushik Sen

Lokkhi Chhele (2022)

The Indian Bengali film tells us a story about the life of a young doctor who stood against the social superstitions prevalent in the rural areas and is hell bent on bringing in a sea of changes among the villagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ambarish Bhattacharya  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Ujaan Ganguly  •  Indrasish Roy

The Indian Bengali film tells us a story about the life of a young doctor who stood against the social superstitions prevalent in the rural areas and is hell bent on bringing in a sea of changes among the villagers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Ambarish Bhattacharya  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Ujaan Ganguly  •  Indrasish Roy

Kaberi Antardhan (2023)

It all starts when Mrinmoy Ghosh (Kaushik Sen), the powerful head police officer in Hatimara, Jalpaiguri, known for hunting down Naxal insurgents in his area, is found dead at his residence. Arghya Sen (Prosenjit), a charming middle-aged bachelor, who takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Kaushik Sen

It all starts when Mrinmoy Ghosh (Kaushik Sen), the powerful head police officer in Hatimara, Jalpaiguri, known for hunting down Naxal insurgents in his area, is found dead at his residence. Arghya Sen (Prosenjit), a charming middle-aged bachelor, who takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaushik Ganguly
CAST:  Prosenjit Chatterjee  •  Kaushik Ganguly  •  Churni Ganguly  •  Kaushik Sen

The Cloud & the Man (2021)

Manik is a lonely middle-aged man who lives with his father, but with whom he has no contact. Instead, his life consists of taking care of his plants and ants, plus a spider and a lizard. But then a change happens in the man’s dull life – he notices a cloud in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abhinandan Banerjee
CAST:  Chandan Sen  •  Bratya Basu  •  Debesh Roy Chowdhury  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Manik is a lonely middle-aged man who lives with his father, but with whom he has no contact. Instead, his life consists of taking care of his plants and ants, plus a spider and a lizard. But then a change happens in the man’s dull life – he notices a cloud in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abhinandan Banerjee
CAST:  Chandan Sen  •  Bratya Basu  •  Debesh Roy Chowdhury  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Maulavi Master (2019)

Once Upon A time in British India Bengal Province An old Maulavi (Muslim Priest) wanted to start a primary school for village boys and A Kind-hearted Zamindar (Land Lord) helped him to build the school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nyle Bhattacharjee  •  Dev Goswami
CAST:  Paran Banerjee  •  Jyotsna Majumdar  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta

Once Upon A time in British India Bengal Province An old Maulavi (Muslim Priest) wanted to start a primary school for village boys and A Kind-hearted Zamindar (Land Lord) helped him to build the school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nyle Bhattacharjee  •  Dev Goswami
CAST:  Paran Banerjee  •  Jyotsna Majumdar  •  Arun Guha Tharkurta
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