Movies: Calcutta

The film follows seven consecutive days at a pivotal moment in Mother Teresa’s life, the period where she decides to leave the Loreto Entally convent in Calcutta and launch her own order....

Kanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, until he reaches there....

When he was cutting "Phantom India," Louis Malle found that the footage shot in Calcutta was so diverse, intense, and unforgettable that it deserved its own film. The result, released theatrically, is at times shocking—a chaotic portrait of a city en...

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

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

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

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....

Rare amateur footage of East India....

The story, set in 19th century Calcutta during British rule, sees a female prostitute embark on an unheard-of killing spree....

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

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....

A documentary portrait of Calcutta...

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

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal....

Rina and Nikhil have been married for eight years and feel that their marriage has become lifeless. Their situation worsens after their former lovers enter their lives....

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

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

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

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

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