Top 10 Bengali Short Films : Ready To Watch

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Still, if you are reluctant to accept the fact that “SHORT FILMs are the new trend and within 2 years from now it’s going to be the mainstream one“, we have something for you. AnariMinds movie review team has selected top 10 Bengali Short Films which you can directly watch here. Let us know how many you liked?

 

Rank #10

Name: The Third Eye

Makers: Pocket Films

Plot: The young daughter in law of the aristocratic household, defies tradition and norm to go ahead and follow her dreams of joining the design unit of a famous fashion designer. Her mother in law disapproves as she does not need money. But her husband supports her and she goes ahead to realize her dreams. in the background is the festival season of Bengal in India where the Female Power- ”DURGA’ is worshiped. The irony of a country where the goddess is worshiped yet there are obstacles for a woman at every step in spite of modernization

Specialty: Late Ananda Shankar and Tanushree Shankar’s daughter Sreenanda‘s debut venture. Directed by Modhurima Sinha.

 

 

Rank #9

Name: Queen’s Gambit

Makers: Crescendo Films & Music Production

Plot: One night, two strangers and a deadly game of Chess. As the night gets darker, mysterious secrets starts to emerge, leading to a spine chilling climax.

Specialty: Well known face Dipankar Dey and Rahul. Directed by Sayantan Ghosal.

 

 

Rank #8

Name: Check-Mate

Makers: Pocket Films

Plot: At a remote village when an old, workaholic Postman, who is not usually concerned about his family, comes across Death, is given any one of the two options to choose before he dies. He may either meet his ailing wife at home or deliver two very urgent letters.

Specialty: Veteran Falguni Chatterjee’s brilliant performance. Directed by Sanjiban Nath.

 

 

Rank #7

Name: Sudarshini

Makers: Humaramovie

Plot: The concept of finding a fair skinned wife is deeply ingrained in the mind-set of every marriageable Indian man and his parents. A mere glance at the regular matrimonial advertisements in newspapers’ classifieds and online websites reveals it all.This obsession with fair skin doesn’t seem to be fading any time soon. It is so far ingrained in our society that it has now become a subconscious part of our psyche. The film portrays the agony of a woman who’s been rejected based on the color of her skin.

Specialty: Do you remember Byomkesh’s love interest Leela from Bollywood movie “Detective Byomkesh Bakshi”? Moumita Chakraborty is also a very popular face in Bengali mega serial circuit. It’s her directorial debut.

 

 

Rank #6

Name: Naamkaran

Makers: Rhizome Films

Plot: What’s in a name! Yes, it matters.

Specialty: Directed by Konkona Sensharma.

 

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Rank #5

Name: If

Makers: Cinemawalar Dol

Plot: What’s in a name! Yes, it matters.

Specialty: The film by Suman Chakraborty & team won first prize in B&M Film Festival. Suman is one of the very few talented young directors in Bengal now, who is definitely going to earn his fame very soon. His latest venture “Charkahini” is coming soon partnering with “Large Short Films”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DukOxMcZekQ

 

 

Rank #4

Name: Sambit

Makers: Bankura Meme Shorts

Plot: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Specialty: Winner of Dream world Film Festival. Brilliant performance by newcomer Preetam Ganguly.

 

 

Rank #3

Name: Debi

Makers: Emami Healthy & Tasty

Plot: For all of you who’ve made a home away from home. This one’s for you.

Specialty: We are in awe how director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury has managed to put up a masterpiece yet again. Ananya Chatterjee and Monali Thakur proved their caliber once again.

 

 

Rank #2

Name: Ahalya

Makers: Large Short Films

Plot: The 14 minutes short spins a web around seduction and deceit. Watch the greatest epic ever retold. It would keep you on the edge of your seat for the next 14 minutes.

Specialty: Directed by Sujoy Ghosh and starring the legendary Soumitra Chatterjee, Tota Roy Chowdhury and Radhika Apte.

 

 

Rank #1

Name: Two

Makers: Satyajit Ray (yes you read it right!)

Plot: The short film shows an encounter between a child of a rich family and a street child, through the rich kid’s window. The film is made without any dialogue and displays attempts of One-upmanship between kids in their successive display of their toys. The film portrays the child-rivalry with the help of world of noise and that of music. The film is among less known films of Ray but experts rated the film as one of Ray’s best. It is often regarded as a prelude to another Ray film, Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969). Made during the Vietnam War, experts believe that the film makes “a strong anti-war statement” as it ends with street kid’s flute sound overpowering sound of expensive toys.

Specialty: A 1965 black-and-white short film directed by one and only Satyajit Ray. The film was made under the banner of Esso World Theater at the request of a non-profit American public broadcasting television, PBS. Ray was requested to make a film in English language with a Bengali setting, however Ray being an admirer of silent film decided to make a film without any dialogue as a tribute to the genre.

 

 

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