Best Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee Movies, Ranked: All 5 Films Together by Critics, Box Office and IMDb

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The short answer

Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee appear together in leading roles in 5 films on this site, from 1965 to 2000. The ranking below uses critic scores, India net box office and IMDb ratings, kept separate, and updates itself.

• Best with critics (provisional): Basanta Bilap (1973), 1.4/5 from 4 critic reviews.
• Best liked on IMDb: Basanta Bilap, 8.0 out of 10 from 515 votes.
• Where the evidence is thin: 4 of the 5 films have fewer than two collected critic scores, so they are listed but not scored.

All 5 films, ranked

Critic score is the BMR average out of 5, with the number of reviews in brackets. A film is ranked only with 5 or more critic scores; 2 to 4 are shown as provisional and are not numbered. India net is from Sacnilk where it tracked the film. IMDb is shown for context and never mixed into the critic score.

Questions people ask

How many films have Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee made together?

5 on this site, counting films where both are in the leading cast: Up in the Clouds, Basanta Bilap, World Within, World Without, Asukh, House of Memories.

What was their first film together?

Up in the Clouds (1965) is the earliest on this site.

Which is the best Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee movie?

By critic score, Basanta Bilap leads with 1.4/5 from 4 reviews. A film is only numbered in the ranking with 5 or more critic scores.

Why are some films not scored?

We do not guess a score where critic reviews are missing. A film needs at least two collected critic scores to be scored and five to be ranked.

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How this ranking works

Critic score is the BMR average of published critic ratings and labelled BMR estimates out of 5; a film is numbered only with 5 or more critic scores, and 2 to 4 are shown as provisional. India net is from Sacnilk where it tracked the film. IMDb is shown for context and never mixed into the critic score.