Movies: Calcutta

Bolo Dugga Maiki is an entertaining movie about Samya who always leads his life as a liar. However, when he meets a gorgeous girl in a train, Uma, his life changes in the blessings of Ma Durga....

A well-off Indian 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...

Rare amateur footage of East India....

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin....

Madhuri cannot bear a child yet her husband Shatadal is fond of children. They decide to part ways but years later when they meet in a railway station they realize their fondness for each other hasn't died....

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta....

Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Ho...

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta....

A documentary portrait of Calcutta...

A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal....

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty....

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta....

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?...

The film is about youngsters and the story of the film revolves around a young sheltered man who suddenly discovers life when he comes out on to the streets one day....

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata....

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard....

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta....

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup....

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata....

A web of secrets, deceits, games and lies ... and three human beings caught up in a dangerous tangle of love, lust and passion....