In Search of Famine

Every year, Ghunuram takes time off from his job to prepare for and appear in a folk dance in his village. His special part of the performance is called the Tiger Dance. This year is special, too; he hopes to become engaged to the daughter of his fellow performer. But a circus with a newly captured leopard has come into town. What's worse, the woman Ghunuram had hoped to woo has gone gaga over a circus performer. Not to be outdone, he prepares for a last, tragic, performance in which the tiger meets the leopard. Winner of the National Film Award for Best Picture.

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

Nilkantha, an artist, is admitted in a mental asylum but even while undergoing treatment, he manages to write a play.

Strange incidents occur in the heart of Shonajhuri forest in rural Bengal which develops an ominous character of its own that allures and finally engulfs the protagonists.

A happy-go-lucky Aakash who becomes the right hand man of a powerful politician who arranges for him to be married to his daughter Shraddha who falls in love with him, until he reveals the truth that he is already in love with another woman Meera.

Sona da with Aabir and Jhinuk embarks on his new adventure, a quest that will take them to the legendary Durgeshgor. The journey reveals that the Debroy family, the erstwhile zamindars in their princely mansion hold the key to a presumed rumour of a treasure connected with Plassey. With an amazing vibrant backdrop of Durga Puja in the princely Debroy mansion where the trio is invited for the occasion, one after the other clues is revealed testing Sona da`s wit and grit one more time leading towards the discovery of one of greatest treasures Bengal has ever witnessed.

Thinking that the internship they've just signed up for will be a breeze, five disaffected medical students receive a rude awakening. Hoping to be stationed near Goa, enjoy and have some fun, they instead find themselves in a remote place.They're assigned to a rural village in India crippled by poverty, malnutrition and sickness.

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan travels to India to investigate the issue of child trafficking. As the capital Delhi prepares to host the Commonwealth Games, she talks to young boys just rescued from factories in the slums. When she learns that many have been sent away with traffickers by their own parents, Lindsay sets off to find out why. In West Bengal, parents, child victims, and a former trafficker share their stories and reveal the desperate poverty which fuels this cruel trade in children. As India's economy is booming, Lindsay asks what can be done to stop this abuse.

Kuhu, a young girl, runs an NGO named Manobjomin, that works for the development of the underprivileged girls from the rural sectors of Bengal. Sanket, her lover, a banker, is also very attached to Kuhu`s NGO. Stuck in a financial crisis, can they save Manobjomin?

In a small village in northeast India, 10-year-old Dhunu dreams of having her own rock band. Her vibrant spirit, imagination and self-assurance stand out in a world where girls are expected to be timid and submissive. With her gang of boys and the support of her widowed mother, Dhunu faces the struggles of her daily life and hopes for the day she can finally play on a real guitar.

The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.

This independent feature film is about Gour, a speech-impaired little boy, and his life and adventures in a village in rural West Bengal. The film was crowdfunded by 930 residents of Aranghata village in the district of Nadia, who raised around ₹19L for the making of the film.

Zamindari Ma, the old landlady of a village supports its people during a famine and raises three orphaned children of differing religions. The children, although encouraged to practice their separate religions, are taught to remain united at all times.

Abhirup is a typical Bengali guy who has a happy family but he doesn't know how to protest. Everything was going very good but suddenly from his office to his personal life so many problems accrued in his life due to his scaredy attitude. Then his imaginary childhood friend Anjan comes into his life and changes his life completely.

Gouranga, a young man in 1960s rural Bengal, embarks on a journey where he encounters not only the local myths about a supernatural presence, but also his own demons which were buried in his past. The film was in the list of TOP 10 Recommended Movies of NFDC Film Bazaar 2023. It also won the Film Bazaar Recommends Award in the Viewing Room Category.

Ancient Impossible, the new H2 series, picks up where HISTORY’s long running Ancient Discoveries left off. In this next generation of storytelling, Ancient Impossible reveals how many of today’s technological achievements were actually developed centuries ago. Colossal monuments, impossible feats of engineering and technologies so precise they defy reinvention–the ancient world was far more advanced than we ever imagined. We’ll travel through history to reveal a radically different picture of the past, with innovations so far ahead of their time, they’re still in use today. New science uncovers a lost world more like our own than we ever suspected, and reveals how modern technology has its blueprint in the ancient world.

Rangrasiya tells us the story of a village girl from a rural village in Rajasthan and an BSD officer...who are met at an encounter by BSD army.

The time is 1930s, and crime is culminating. One man can uproot the sin: Satyanweshi Byomkesh Bakshi. Hoichoi Originals brings Bengal’s popular sleuth in an all-new but familiar avatar.

Following four friends in quest for the supernatural across various popular "haunted" places of West Bengal, the series takes us on a chilling journey.

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day. With ancient churches, castles, market places and cottages, the English village is a magnet for tourists. This cosy, picture postcard image is a snapshot of England which is recognised across the globe. But the story of the village from ancient times to the present day is not one of sleepy rural idylls. It is a story of purpose, persistence and power. ‘Pubs, Ponds and Power – The Story of the Village’ looks at how some of England’s greatest villages have evolved over time.

India - unique in its diversity and breathtakingly beautiful. The subcontinent is characterized by scenic, cultural and ethnic diversity. Despite growing space needs, there are efforts to preserve the wilderness through nature reserves and protected areas. So India still provides habitat for rare species such as the Bengal tiger or the Indian elephant. The 5-part series "India's wild beauty" leads to the most spectacular and beautiful regions and their inhabitants.

Panchayat is a comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh. Stuck between crazy villagers and a difficult village lifestyle Abhishek starts his job with the sole motivation of getting out of there as soon as possible, for which he even prepares for CAT.

A flight crash lands in West Bengal. However, what is so baffling about the incident is that plane went missing 35 years ago crashed a week back.

Daily soap featuring the fictional residents of the village of Cwmderi.

Professor Alice Roberts reveals how scientists are unearthing the evidence for cataclysmic events in the past and their disastrous consequences. From wars to earthquakes and floods to famines – these are the events that have helped shape our modern world.

Two insurance agents stumble upon several mysterious cases of people with life insurance policies from their company dying accidental deaths. The duo starts an investigation to find the truth, but they are clueless about the menacing mastermind behind the whole thing.

Young Tamizhselvi dreams of becoming a doctor. But her village, Veerappannai, has fearsome age-old customs and traditions which inadvertently suppress women of the village. Will she be able to overcome them?

12 city-bred divas are challenged to survive in a rural hamlet, with only their wit and labour to their rescue. Which one of them will survive till the end?

Ammaji, a powerful and conservative matriarch, supports female infanticide and other social evils in her village in rural North India.