Bengali movie reviews, ratings and box office

The Big City by Rouven Linnarz · Asian Movie Pulse · 6 Sep 2026

“Linnarz calls it a profound look at modern urban life: economic need brings humiliation and also change, forcing the characters to rethink roles, with Madhabi Mukherjee at its centre.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Anita Agnihotri · Robbar · 21 Oct 2026

“Agnihotri calls it one of the best Bengali films of the time and praises how the director took it to people and non-cinema stages, a sign that a filmmaker is not alone.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Shoubhik Bhattacharya · Robbar · 11 May 2026

“Bhattacharya says the three hours slow him down and leave him comfortably numb, and reads Nadhar as the marginal person in all of us whom society pushes aside, which is why the violence builds.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Amborish Roychoudhury · The Wire · 23 Feb 2025

“The Wire, writing with Udayan Ghosh after the Rotterdam premiere, says the film brings new life to Bengali cinema, mixing dark humour, existential thought and social critique around a man who lives at a different speed.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Satabdi Das · Bongodorshon · 28 Nov 2025

“Das writes a personal reflection on what the slow man teaches viewers, treating the film as a lesson about solitude and keeping a different pace from everyone else.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Inscript · 12 Nov 2025

“Inscript's review reads the film as a quiet protest against a fast life, praising its rooted village world, folk music and restless handheld camerawork in the director's most moving film.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Bidisha Chattopadhyay · Sangbad Pratidin · 14 Nov 2025

“Chattopadhyay says she cannot recall a recent Bengali film like it: it silences the viewer, its three hours pass unnoticed, and its portrait of a village of hunger, love and violence stays with you.”

Nadharer Bhela (The Slow Man and His Raft) by Bipasha Bhattacharyya · High On Films · 19 Nov 2025

“Bhattacharyya calls it a quietly audacious cinematic poem shot in 13 days in the director's home village, treating Nadhar's slowness as a philosophical stance against a world that prizes speed.”